Piet Pienter en Bert Bibber
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Piet Pienter en Bert Bibber is a Belgian comic
series, published between 1950 and 1995, ceated by Pom
(Jozef Van Hove).
The title characters' adventures are filled with puns and comments on the contemporary events. Pom exploited the possibilities of funny names (as with the would-be dictator Julio Agosta, meaning "July and August" in Spanish) and spoofs on contemporary adverts ("Oma wast beter" - Grandma does the laundry better, a spoof on the detergent brand Omo).
Although very popular in Antwerp the series enjoyed little success elsewhere in Belgium, mainly because it was published only by local newspapers.
Belgian comics
Belgian comics are a distinct subgroup in the comics history, and played a major role in the development of European comics, alongside France with whom they share a long common history...
series, published between 1950 and 1995, ceated by Pom
Pom (comics)
Jozef Van Hove, better known as Pom, is a Belgian comics writer and artist, mainly known for the comic strip Piet Pienter en Bert Bibber published in Gazet van Antwerpen. Pom was one of the best known Flemish comics authors of the 1950s. Between 1955 and 1995, 45 comic books were published of his...
(Jozef Van Hove).
The title characters' adventures are filled with puns and comments on the contemporary events. Pom exploited the possibilities of funny names (as with the would-be dictator Julio Agosta, meaning "July and August" in Spanish) and spoofs on contemporary adverts ("Oma wast beter" - Grandma does the laundry better, a spoof on the detergent brand Omo).
Although very popular in Antwerp the series enjoyed little success elsewhere in Belgium, mainly because it was published only by local newspapers.