Carol Willem Voges (

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, 19 June 1925 –

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9 January 2001) was a Dutch

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and cartoonist.

Biography

Voges started his career working for comics artist Joop Geesink. He worked at the Toonder Studios, where he drew the ''

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'' comics, and also made illustrations and comics for magazines such as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Sesame Street'', ''Bobo'', ''Okki'', ''Taptoe'' and others. Voges was mostly active at publishing company ''De Eekhoorn'', where he illustrated many children's novels, including Henri Arnoldus' '' Pietje Puk'', ''Tup en Joep'', ''Klik en Klak'', ''Pim en Pidoe'', ''Jokkie'' and ''Oki en Doki''. He also illustrated Ans Arnoldus' ''Tillie en Tiffie'' series, Trix Bakker's ''Peter en Peet'' series, Willy van der Heide's ''Bob Evers'' series and Bouke Jagt's ''Edda en Wimmie'' series. Among his best known work was the comic strip '' De Avonturen van Pa Pinkelman'', which was published in ''

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'' between November 11, 1945 and 1952 under script of Godfried Bomans. He also co-operated on the 1976–1977 TV adaptation of this story. Other comics from his hand are ''Jimmy Brown, Sportheld nr. 1'' (1949–1957), which also appeared in ''De Volkskrant''. He also illustrated covers for

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Voges, Carol 1925 births 2001 deaths Dutch illustrators Dutch children's book illustrators Dutch male writers Dutch comics artists Disney comics artists Dutch comic strip cartoonists Dutch humorists Artists from Amsterdam