Martinus Spyridon Johannes Lodewijk (born 30 April 1939) is a Dutch comics writer and cartoonist, and advertising adviser. Martin Lodewijk was born in

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. He dropped out of high school in 1957, and started drawing cartoons, notably of spacecraft and pirates. In 1959, his first cartoon was published in the newspaper ''

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'', after which he specialized in drawing for commercial advertising. For the weekly comics magazine ''

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'', he co-created with Jan Kruis the '' Agent 327'' comic in 1966, a feature he ended up writing and drawing for close to fifty years. He provided scripts for other strips, such as Don Lawrence's ''

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''. After ''Pep'' and '' Sjors'' merged into '' Eppo'', Lodewijk became ''Eppo'''s chief editor. In 1999, Lodewijk published the world's smallest comic book; ''Minimum Bug'' (26 mm by 37 mm). It belongs to the ''Agent 327'' series. From 2004 onward, Lodewijk succeeded

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and

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as writer for '' De Rode Ridder'', with drawings by Claus Scholz. Lodewijk worked on the third

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movie by the

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, '' Sintel'', released in 2010.

Personal life

In 1973, Martin Lodewijk and his brother Tim participated in the knowledge

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''. The brothers won, and returned for the special jubilee quiz in 2005, where they reached the finals.

Awards

For his whole work in comics, Lodewijk was presented the

Stripschapprijs The Stripschapprijs is a Dutch prize awarded to comic creators for their entire body of work. It is awarded annually by the ''Stripschap'', the Dutch Society of comics fans, since 1974. The prize is non-pecuniary, but is considered the most import ...

in 1978, the highest award in the Dutch comics world. On 29 April 2011 Martin Lodewijk was invested as a Knight of the

Order of Orange-Nassau The Order of Orange-Nassau ( nl, Orde van Oranje-Nassau, links=no) is a civil and military Dutch order of chivalry founded on 4 April 1892 by the queen regent, Emma of the Netherlands. The order is a chivalric order open to "everyone who has ...

. He received this royal medal because of his comic work.

Comics

* '' Agent 327'' — all volumes (artist and writer) * ''

'' — (writer) * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * '' De Rode Ridder'' (writer) * ''

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'', Volume:

La Corde du pendu ''La Corde du pendu'' ''et autres histoires'' (lit.: ''The Hangman's Rope and Other Stories'') is a ''Lucky Luke'' adventure written by Goscinny with Morris and illustrated by Morris. It was originally published in French in the year 1982. The ...

1982 (Eng: "The Rope of the Hanged") (writer)

References

External links

Martin Lodewijk at Comiclopedia
Dutch cartoonists Dutch comics artists Dutch comics writers Dutch humorists Dutch satirists 1939 births Living people Artists from Rotterdam Winners of the Stripschapsprijs {{comics-creator-stub