biography
pronunciation:
[tohnder]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1912– )
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| biography:
| Cartoonist and writer, born in Rotterdam, W Netherlands. He became famous with a comic series, appearing daily in several newspapers. The Tom Poes stories are based on the adventures of Tom Poes, a clever and good-hearted cat, a character that Toonder thought up for a children's comic book in 1938, and Heer Ollie B Bommel, a bear of standing. Since 1967 the comic has also appeared in book form. In 1934 he founded the Marten Toonder studios which produce animations and commercials for television. |
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