Biebel is the title character of a Flemish satirical comic strip series written by
Marc Legendre
Marc Legendre (born 15 April 1956 in Antwerp) is a Bronzen Adhemar
The ''Bronzen Adhemar'' (Dutch for "Brass Adhemar") is the official Flemish Community Cultural Prize for Comics, given to a Flemish comics author for his body of work. It is award ...
, under the pseudonym of Ikke. It was created in 1983 for the magazine ''
Robbedoes''
and was published until 2002.
Biebel successfully appeared in 28
comic album
a medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, captions, and onomatopoeia can indicate ...
s published by
Standaard Uitgeverij
Standaard Uitgeverij is a Belgian publisher, and the leading publisher in the Dutch language market of Flanders.
History
In 1919, the Standaard group was created, mainly consisting of a chain of bookshops ( Standaard Boekhandel), a newspaper (''De ...
, the first of which was released in 1985, and the series were also published in the magazine ''
Suske en Wiske Weekblad
''Suske en Wiske Weekblad'' was a Belgian comics magazine which debuted in September 15, 1993 and ran in weekly syndication until December 24, 2003. It was based on the popularity of Suske en Wiske and notable for being the last attempt in Flan ...
''.
Concept
Biebel is a bald headed boy (Jesus) with a sarcastic attitude towards life. His best friend Reggie is more happy and carefree and thus an irritation to Biebel. Many Biebel comics are
gag-a-day
A gag-a-day comic strip is the style of writing comic cartoons such that every installment of a strip delivers a complete joke or some other kind of artistic statement. It is opposed to story or continuity strips, which rely on the development of ...
pages, but some are longer stories.
Comic Albums
# ''De Biebelstory''
# ''De Biebeltochten''
# '' De Biebelsporten''
# '' Op Bijna Algemene Aanvraag''
# '' De Biebelfeesten''
# '' De Biebelromances''
# '' Schoolonzin''
# ''Euh?''
# '' Kort Geknipt?!''
# '' Het Avontuurlijke Avontuur''
# '' Biebel Tegen Ted Vedet''
# ''Sportkot''
# '' Snotneuzen In De Sneeuw''
# '' Om Te Stelen''
# '' Bangelijk''
# '' Mafkees''
# ''Dinges''
# '' Mislukt''
# '' Slapmans''
# '' Parels Voor De Zwijnen''
# ''Kassa Kassa''
# ''Soepvlees''
# '' Een Beetje Feest''
# '' Virus''
# '' Opgeruimd''
# '' Halve Zolen''
# '' Paladijs-eiland''
# '' De doos''
References
External links
* Peter Leysen
Biebel was meteen een schot in de roos (en dat voor een Vlaming!), ''ZozoLala''
* Gert Meesters
''StripKap''
Belgian comic strips
Belgian comics titles
Belgian comics characters
Satirical comics
1983 comics debuts
2002 comics endings
Humor comics
Gag-a-day comics
Fictional characters from Flanders
Child characters in comics
Comics characters introduced in 1983
Comics set in Belgium
Works set in Flanders
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