Jommeke

Jommeke is the name of a Flemish comic book

Franco-Belgian comics

Franco-Belgian comics are comics that are created in Belgium and France. These countries have a long tradition in comics and comic books, where they are known as BDs, an abbreviation of bande dessinée in French and stripverhalen in Dutch...

series and of its main character. It deals with the adventures of Jommeke, a boy of about 11 years old and his friends. The creator of Jommeke was Jef Nys

Jef Nys

Jozef "Jef" Nys was a Belgian comic book creator. He was best known for his comic strip Jommeke.-Biography:...

History

The first appearance of Jommeke was on 30 October 1955, as a gag 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....

in the parish magazine Kerk en Leven. Nys took on long adventure stories with the Jommeke character in Het Volk

Het Volk (newspaper)

Het Volk was a Belgian newspaper that focused on "news with a human undertone".-Mission statement:"You will find what you are looking for in Het Volk, the only newspaper where people really make the news. You will read everything on small and big events in your neighborhoods, your cities and far...

in 1958, while also continuing Jommeke gag pages in 't Kapoentje. Jommeke has sold 51 million albums in Belgium

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...

alone, which means an average of about 5 albums per person. This makes Jommeke the best-selling comic book series in Belgium behind Spike and Suzy

Spike and Suzy

Spike and Suzy, the British title for Suske en Wiske in Dutch, is a comics series created by the Belgian comics author Willy Vandersteen. The strip is known as Bob et Bobette in French and Willy and Wanda in the U.S. It was first published in De Nieuwe Standaard in 1945 and soon became popular...

.There's also a newspaper for children called "Jommekeskrant", which is delivered weekly together with popular Flemish newspaper "Het Nieuwsblad

Het Nieuwsblad

Het Nieuwsblad is a Belgian newspaper that mainly focusses on "a broad view" regarding politics, culture, economics, lifestyle, society and sports.-Mission statement:...

Jommeke is a young boy who lives with his parents in Zonnedorp. He has no siblings, but he has a parrot

Parrot

Parrots, also known as psittacines , are birds of the roughly 372 species in 86 genera that make up the order Psittaciformes, found in most tropical and subtropical regions. The order is subdivided into three families: the Psittacidae , the Cacatuidae and the Strigopidae...

named Flip who accompanies him everywhere. He is clever, honest, brave, loves adventure, and is recognisable by his distinct blonde haircut.

Filiberke

Jommeke's best friend, Filiberke joins him on most of his adventures. His pitch-black haircolor contrasts nicely with the protagonist. He is creative, and a bit crazy too. Many albums start with Filiberke engaging in some crazy activity relating to the main story (e.g. he's "playing a cucumber" at the start of album 146 Komkommer in 't zuur). Often pretends to be sick, most to the annoyance of the other characters. He is often joined by his black poodle, Pekkie.

Annemieke and Rozemieke

An identical, blonde pony-tailed twin, also called "The Miekes". They are also good friends with Jommeke. Annemieke even has somewhat of a crush on Jommeke, and Rozemieke on Filiberke. The twins are little mothers, and love to take care of cooking and washing whenever it is needed. Their pet "Choco", a monkey they received as a gift, is named after its love for chocolate spread

Chocolate spread

Chocolate spread is a chocolate-flavoured paste which is eaten mostly spread on breads and toasts or similar pastries such as muffins and pitas.Chocolate spread is a product favored mainly by children and serves as a prevalent spread on their sandwiches....

(or choco in Flanders).

Professor Gobelijn

The inventions of this good-hearted professor

Professor

A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...

often give rise to weird situations. In many albums he invents a potion that accidentally gets mixed in Zonnedorp's water supply, thus affecting the entire population of the town. He is also notoriously confused, often stating exactly the opposite of what he means, only to correct it immediately afterwards. I.e. "We will arrive next year, I mean tomorrow", "I have completely forgotten, I mean I remember it now." His inventions include pills that make people fly, a car that runs on grass, a submarine in the shape of a whale etc. in "Purpere Pillen" Jommeke saves his life helped by Filiberke.

Anatool

The main bad guy from the album. He is a butler

Butler

A butler is a domestic worker in a large household. In great houses, the household is sometimes divided into departments with the butler in charge of the dining room, wine cellar, and pantry. Some also have charge of the entire parlour floor, and housekeepers caring for the entire house and its...

, and comes up with many evil schemes to steal money from people.

Kwak and Boemel

Two other bad guys that live in a digged hole in the ground of Zonnedorp's woods. Both are not able to pronounce words correctly, though each pronounces words incorrectly in a different way.

Koningin van onderland

The Main bad woman from the albums. She's a crazy old woman who wants to start her underworld by kidnapping children from the towns of Zonnedorp. In album 3 she gets taken prison by the angry parents of the children an brought to a mental institution. She escapes sometimes but Jommeke keeps on putting her back in the institution. As from album 249 the queen of the underworld is released from the institution an she stays in her castle now.

List of albums

Up till now, the following Jommekes albums exist:

De jacht op een voetbal
De zingende aap
De koningin van Onderland
Purperen pillen
De muzikale Bella
Het hemelhuis
De zwarte bomma
De ooievaar van Begonia
De schildpaddenschat
De straalvogel
De zonnemummie
Paradijseiland
Het Jampuddingspook
Op heksenjacht
Het staartendorp
De gouden jaguar
Diep in de put
Met Fifi op reis
Wie zoekt die vindt
Apen in huis
Het verkeerde land
Het wonderdrankje
Dolle fratsen
De verloren zoon
De zeven snuifdozen
Kinderen baas
Geheime opdracht
De Samsons
De vliegende ton
Jommeke in de Far West
Knappe Mataboe
In Pimpeltjesland
Jacht op Gobelijn
Jommeke in de knel
Gekke grappen
Neuzen bij de vleet
De schat van de zeerover
Kaas met gaatjes
Lieve Choco
Anakwaboe
Twee halve lappen
De witte bolhoed
Filiberke gaat trouwen
De Jommekesclub
De zeepkoning
De tocht naar Asnapije
Diamanten in de zoo
De zilveren giraf
De groene maskers
De plastieken walvis
De fwietmachine
De zingende oorbellen
Het kristallen eendje
Broeder Anatolius
Tita Telajora
De vruchtenmakers
Het geheim van Macu Ancapa
De strijd om de Incaschat
De Kuko-eieren
Alarm in de rode baai
De hoed van Napoleon
Luilekkerland
Madam Pepermunt
De kristallen grot
De grasmobiel
De vrolijke bende
De slaapkop
De gele spin
Straffa Toebaka
De verborgen tempel
De sprekende ezel
Choco ontvoerd
De gekke wekker
De Kikiwikies
Prinses Pott
Het rode oog
Peuterweelde
Juffrouw Perlefinneke
Het plezante kliekske
De njam-njambloem
De luchtzwemmers
Opstand in Kokowoko
De stenen aapjes
De Plank van Jan Haring
De granda papiljan
De lustige slurvers
De stad in de vulkaan
Jommeke in Bobbejaanland
Het piepende bed
De kleine professor
Prins Filiberke
Het aards paradijs
De haaienrots
De supervrouw
Melanie
Paniek rond Odilon
De valse kameel
De kaart van Wawa Wang
De grote knoeiboel
Het jubilee
Het monster in de ruïne
De vampier van Drakenburg
De bron van El Razar
De vlucht van Bella
De knook van Azmor
Zoete Mosterd
De pestkopjes
De sidderplanten
Guitenstreken
De viool van Varazdina
De olijke oliemannen
Het ei van de smartlapvogel
In de greep van Mac Rum
Het kriebelkruid
De lappenpop van Anatool
De gelukzoekers
De stenen handdruk
De bedrogen miljonair
Het apencircus
De vlag van Lord Chester
De rare doedelzak
Het Boheems schommelpaard
De schat van Angkor
Het geheimzinnige eiland
Drie in een slag
Het bal van Mathilde
De watervallen van Svanjabak
De grote zeilrace
De whiskymaker
Het geheim van Ambiorix
De kippen van Gobelijn
De spookkrater
Het gekkegas
De prinsen van Snoby
De kruik van Aztrakan
Het monster uit de diepte
Apen te koop
De rib van Kalafar
De blauwe grot
De Chinese kast
De bruid van El Toro
De documenten van Langneus
Va Kwak en moe Boemel
De pijp van Geurig Gras
Het levenselixir
Komkommer in 't zuur
Het Yacochacabeeldje
De vliegende brigade
De grote puzzel
De gestoorde zeereis
Het meermonster
S.O.S. Benistal
Het hoofd van Samos
De hellestokers
De kleine vandaal
De superster
De koningin van Kachar El Nachar
Het probleem van Jeff Klaxon
De kokoskoe
De verdroogde bron
Drie toverstokjes
De zwarte parel
Het Midasmysterie
Het verdwenen kasteel
Spaghetti met kaas
De mandoline van Caroline
De appelvreters
Het heksenbal
De slangegodin
Het Chocokomplot
De goudvis van Filiberke
Fifi in de knoei
Het geheim van de hoefslag
Het zevende zwaard
De verdwaalde vuurtoren
De snoezige dino's
Kwistig kwissen
Het bedreigde paradijs
Paniek op de Akropolis
Filicasso
De valse papegaai
Het zingende moeras
Berta Gobelijn
De kroon van Kazimir
De modekoningin
De pruik van Anatool
De zwarte cactus
De vurige inktvis
De koppige cobra
Alarm in het begijnhof
De magische spiegel
De drietand van Neptunus
De zilveren traan
Dinopolis
Gerommel in de Far West
De Elfenbron
Het schuimspook
De Kraaienburcht
De vergeten mijn
Stefanie Stekkebeen
De Kovonita's
De panda van Wanda
De lachende mango's
De verdwenen tuinkabouter
De kopermicroben
De ring van Mac Rum
De geniale malloten
Het raadsel van Kiekebilleke
Blinkende knopen
Het pompoenenkasteel
De geest van Anakwaboe
De limonadelelies
Zeven sterren
Holeman
De kimono van Yamamatsu
De laatste viking
Zoektocht naar Sorab
Het blauwe prieeltje
Operatie Bonsaï
De frietbaron
Wowofski
Strijd om de bizon
De komkommerprinses
De rare kwibussen
De erfenis van Sorgeloos
Het luchtkasteel
Het brein van Gobelijn
De goudkoorts van Anatool
Het slimme varken
Pekkie in Hollywood
Het zeemeerdinges
Duel in Venetië
Paljaskof
De pechvogel
Mama Mataboe
De dobbelmannetjes
Het roze olifantje
Kamperen is plezant
Graaf Dondersteen
De beer op sokken
Nobelprijs voor Gobelijn
De puddingkoningin
Het zwarte prikgevaar
Groene Haring
Het vreemde avontuur
Filiberke en Biliferke
Krokodillentranen
Fifi kampioen
Het Oké-parfum

There are also some special albums, with a few games, jokes and some of the above stories added:

Jommeke's album 4 2001
Winteralbum 2001
Veilig door het verkeer met Jommeke 2002
Winteralbum 2002
Winteralbum 2003
Winteralbum 2004
Winteralbum 2005
Winteralbum 2006
Zomeralbum 2003
Zomeralbum 2004
Zomeralbum 2005
Zomeralbum 2006
Zomeralbum 2007

Translations

Apart from some editions for the Netherlands

Netherlands

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, Jommeke has been unsuccessfully translated into French, English, Finnish and Swedish.

A German edition was published from 1971 until around 1980 and lasted 32 volumes (the original comics were printed out of order and volumes 27-28 do not exist!) by Gemini Verlag (1-18) and Europress (19-26, 29-34). The series title was (Die tollen Abenteuer von) Peter + Alexander, obviously a play of words on Austrian actor and singer Peter Alexander.

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