Douwe Dabbert is a Dutch fantasy comics series by artist Piet Wijn and scenarist Thom Roep. It was published in the Netherlands between 1975 and 2001, and in the United States beginning in 2021.
Concept.
Douwe Dabbert is a fantasy comic set in an undetermined past, though in two stories "De Weg naar west" ("The Way to West") and "De zee naar zuid" ("The Sea to South") he meets representatives of the West-Indische Compagnie, which would put those of his adventures before 1792. But then in "De tanden van Casius Gaius"("The teeth of Casius Gaius") we see the royal Dutch coat of arms which would make that one and the following adventures take place after 1815 as that was the year the kingdom of Netherlands was created. Despite the historical context the comic makes use of many fantastic elements such as witchcraft, fictitious kingdoms and anthropomorphic animals.
Publication history.
Between 1975 and 2001 the series was published without interruption. They were pre-published in small episodes in the Dutch magazine "Donald Duck". All longer stories have been published in 23 comic book albums afterwards. Some shorter stories exist too, but haven't been published in the regular series yet. Piet Wijn drew all the stories personally, except for the final one, which was partially done by Dick Matena, due to Wijn's health problems at the time, which would lead to his death in 2010.
The first English-language edition of Douwe Dabbert was published in 2021 by Creston Books. "Douwe Dabbert" is changed to "Dusty Dabbert" in the American version. Currently, "The Secret Animal Kingdom" is the only title available in English.
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