From 1962 to 1975, the Dutch magazine Pep represented an attempt to spread and emulate the Franco-Belgian model. In the beginning, Pep relied on the two heros, Tintin and Mickey Mouse. By the end of its first year, however, in order to reach a teenage audience, the magazine adopted an identity inspired by the post-war Franco-Belgian tradition, with a combination of Spirou and Pilote as its main reference. After 1965, editors-in-chief Peter Middeldorp and Hetty Hagebeuk actually encouraged the emergence of a new artistic scene derived from the Franco-Belgian model. Local artists such as Daan Jippes, Henk Albers or Dick Matena, each in his own way, perpetuated the legacy of Morris, Goscinny, Uderzo and Franquin. The market developing around the journal was deemed promising by a number of Belgian players such as Morris and Delporte, who began creating works directly for Pep. Even so, the dynamics were not substantial enough to enable the Dutch authors to create publications of lasting international prominence.