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Number 10, September 2005
* New book about Dutch comics
* Marten Toonder dies
* Maaike Hartjes presentation in Lambiek
* More news
* Upcoming expo
* Available now

See the recent newsletter, or old newsletters in the archive.

New book by Lambiek's
Kees Kousemaker & Margreet de Heer

Dutch comics in colorful publication

'De Wereld van de Nederlandse Strip', the new book published by Kees Kousemaker and Margreet de Heer consists of 160 pages of thematic comic 'clippings' from our archives, giving an overview (in Dutch) of over 360 Dutch artists. The images, ranging from time machines to flying saucers, from cowboys to Indians, make this richly illustrated book the first of its kind to display the diversity of Dutch comics.

The book costs € 29.50 (EURO) and we can ship it anywhere!

Marten Toonder (93) dies

painting by Phiny Dick 1975

Marten Toonder, the Grand Old Master of Dutch comics died in his sleep in the early hours of 27 July 2005. He was a great inspiration and initiator for a lot of Dutch artists. He will be greatly missed.

Maaike Hartjes book presentation

	On Sunday, 2 October 2005, from 4:00 to 7:00 pm, the new book of Maaike Hartjes, one of Holland's first comic diary artists will be presented at Lambiek.
A small exibition will be held with her originals; the book will be presented by famous Dutch comedienne Sanne Wallis de Vries.

More news

Lambiek's website, and especially the Comiclopedia, is attracting large numbers of visitors. Due to vacation time here in the Netherlands, the statistics eased to below 16,000 visitors a day but the pages are read by people from a lot of countries, as varied as Bulgaria, Poland, China, Australia and the Philippines, and it's always nice to hear from fellow comic enthusiasts abroad, for instance from our Brazilian friend Marko Ajdaric, who follows our updates regularly and mentions them in his digital newsletter, see www.neorama.com.br

Upcoming expo

We have managed to get hold of a big collection of black-and-white and color Sunday pages of the legendary newspaper comic, Krazy Kat, by George Herriman. In September 2005 there will be an exibition where the pages are on display and for sale at reasonable prices.
You will be informed of the exact date!

	Around that time we hope to have the newly published, 'The Complete Sunday Strips 1925-1934'. This 600-page hardcover book reprints the first five books of the sublime series published by Fantagraphics.
With a one-time limited print run of 1000, it's a great collection piece. Fantagraphics is going to publish the years 1916-1924 and the color years 1935-1944 in a similar way. Price will be about € 85.00 (EURO).

Available now

The new store on Kerkstraat 132 is starting to get in shape (many compliments from local and foreign visitors) but it is not easy to fit all the 'old treasures' on our shelves, already stuffed with new publications. Here is a selection of some of the new treasures in our store:

Hank Ketchams' Complete Dennis the Menace (1951-1952).
This fist-sized, hardcover edition of Fantagraphics Books contains almost 600 pages of cartoons of this famous naughty neighbor.

Price: € 28.50 (EURO)

	The complete Peanuts 1950/51, 1952/53 or 1954/55 - Charles Schulz Price: € 30.00 (EURO)

	The Frank Book, by Jim Woodring Price: € 55.00 (EURO)

	Robert Crumb handbook + cd Price: € 29.95 (EURO)

	Drawn & Quarterly Showcase # 3 Price: € 14.95 (EURO)

	Ice Haven – Daniel Clowes Price: € 22.50 (EURO)

	Walt and Skeezix – Gasoline Alley, the dailies 1921/1922 – Frank King Price: € 29.95 (EURO)

	Paul Moves Out – Michel Rabagliati Price: € 25.00 (EURO)

	Fabuleux Furieux – Hommage en Freak Style Beautiful hommage to Gilbert Shelton's Freak Brothers. Contributions by Pic, Blanquet, Hunt Emerson, Blexbolex, Trondheim, Dupuy & Berberian, Cartier, Baudoin and many more. Price: € 24.00 (EURO)

	Souvenir d'une journée parfaite – Dominique Goblet Price: € 16.50 (EURO)

For the scholars among us, two wonderful books are published. First there is the book 'Arguing Comics', containing historical pieces on comics of literary masters and intellectuals like e.e. cummings, Umberto Eco, Thomas Mann, Donald Phelps and others.
	These essays, on E.C. comics, Krazy Kat, Pogo and the medium as a whole, were originally published in the period between the turn of the century and the 1960s. Published by University Press Mississippi. Price: € 25.00 (EURO)

Also recently published is the book: 'The Francophone Bande Dessinée'. This first publication on the subject, written predominantly in English, provides a thorough introduction to questions of BD history, context and bibliography but also more theoretically, the semiology, the reading of the current form, of the French/US (non)overlap.
	With artist such as, Moebius, Juillard, Binet, Bilal, etc. Published by Editions Rodopi. Price: € 28,00 (EURO)

That's all folks!

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Number 10, September 2005

New book by Lambiek's Kees Kousemaker & Margreet de Heer