Jaap Lamberton (1941 or 1946 - 1991) was a Dutch illustrator of comics and

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. Lamberton collaborated with

Harrie Geelen Harrie Geelen (born 10 January 1939, in Heerlen) is a Dutch illustrator, film director, animator, translator, writer and poet. In 2014, he was made a knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion ("Ridder in de orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw"). He stu ...

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s and animated cartoons. He was one of the last remaining artists to work at the comics department of Toonder Studios by

Marten Toonder Marten Toonder (2 May 1912 – 27 July 2005) was a Dutch comic strip creator, born in Rotterdam. He was probably the most successful comic artist in the Netherlands and had a great influence on the Dutch language by introducing new words and expr ...

, together with Richard Klokkers and Frits Godhelp. He also illustrated the ''

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'' comic strip series with stories written by Harrie Geelen and Ruud Straatman. He was production coordinator for the animated feature film ''

The Dragon That Wasn't (Or Was He?) '' The Dragon That Wasn't (Or Was He?) '' ( nl, Als je begrijpt wat ik bedoel, literally: ''If you know what I mean'') is a 1983 Dutch film written and directed by Harrie Geelen, Bjørn Frank Jensen and Bert Kroon. Based on the comic stri ...

''. In 1993, he was posthumously awarded the

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for illustrating ''Een heel lief konijn'', written by

Imme Dros Imme Dros (born 26 September 1936, Oudeschild, Texel) is a Dutch writer of children's literature. Life Dros grew up on the island of Texel. She studied Dutch in Amsterdam. There she met her husband Harrie Geelen, with whom she had three c ...

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Jaap Lamberton
(in Dutch),

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Year of birth uncertain 1991 deaths Dutch children's book illustrators Woutertje Pieterse Prize winners Dutch comics artists {{Illustrator-stub