Jozef Van Hove, better known as Pom, (b. Berchem

Berchem

The 'Ring', Antwerp's circular motorway which follows the track of the former city defense walls, cuts Berchem in two parts, separating the urban inner city area of Oud-Berchem from the more residential and suburban areas Groenenhoek en Nieuw Kwartier .-Demography:Berchem's total surface is over ,...

, 16 November 1919) is a Belgian

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 comics

Comics

Comics denotes a hybrid medium having verbal side of its vocabulary tightly tied to its visual side in order to convey narrative or information only, the latter in case of non-fiction comics, seeking synergy by using both visual and verbal side in...

 writer and artist, mainly known for the comic strip

Comic strip

A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....

 Piet Pienter en Bert Bibber

Piet Pienter en Bert Bibber

Piet Pienter en Bert Bibber is a Belgian comic series, published between 1950 and 1995, ceated by Pom .The title characters' adventures are filled with puns and comments on the contemporary events...

published in Gazet van Antwerpen

Gazet van Antwerpen

The Gazet van Antwerpen is a Belgian newspaper in Antwerp and Flanders, published by Concentra.-History:...

. Pom was one of the best known Flemish comics authors of the 1950s. Between 1955 and 1995, 45 comic books were published of his newspaper comic strip. In 2010, a new album of Piet Pienter en Bert Bibber was created by Tom Bouden

Tom bouden

Tom Bouden is a comic artist from Belgium.He was born in Ostend in 1971, Belgium. When 9 years old he decides to become a famous comic artist and started making comics with his schoolfriends. Later he studied animation in Ghent. His work became more and more gay-related, especially when a gay...

, with the collaboration of Luc Cromheecke

Luc Cromheecke

Luc Cromheecke , is a Belgian comics artist best known for the comic series Tom Carbon, Taco Zip, Roboboy and Plunk.-Biography:Luc Cromheecke was born in Antwerp in 1961...

, Dirk Stallaert, Steven Dupré, Martin Lodewijk

Martin Lodewijk

Martinus Spyridon Johannes Lodewijk is a Dutch comics writer and cartoonist, and advertising adviser.Martin Lodewijk was born in Rotterdam. He dropped out of high school in 1957, and started drawing cartoons, notably of spacecraft and pirates...

, Marc Verhaegen, Willy Linthout

Willy Linthout

Willy Linthout is a Belgian comics author, best known for the Urbanus comics and his graphic novel Years of the Elephant.-Biography:...

, Jean-Pol, Steve Van Bael, Kim, Michael Vincent

Michael Vincent

Michael Vincent and similar may refer to:*Michael Vincent , British magician*Michael Vincent , Composer*Jan-Michael Vincent, American actor*Mike Vincent, Australian journalist...

, Wim Swerts, Marc Legendre, Charel Cambré en Hec Leemans.

External links

• Biography at Lambiek
  Lambiek
  Lambiek is a comic book store and art gallery in Amsterdam, founded in 1968 by Kees Kousemaker .It has held exhibitions of art by comic creators, including Robert Crumb, Daniel Clowes, Erik Kriek, André Franquin, Tanino Liberatore and Chris Ware...