Article · Wikipedia archive · Last revised Jun 21, 2026

Jan Steeman

Jan Steeman was a Dutch comics artist, best known for his association football comic Roel Dijkstra and Noortje, a comic strip about a bumbling teenage girl published in Tina. The latter runs for more than 40 years in succession, making it the longest-running Dutch comic strip by the self-same artist. His scriptwriter for Noortje was Patty Klein while his son Lucas has taken over the comic. Steeman won the 2005 Stripschapprijs. He died on 24 January 2018 from kidney failure.

Last revised
Jun 21, 2026
Read time
≈ 1 min
Length
112 w
Citations
6
Source
Wikipedia ↗

Jan Steeman (23 May 1933 – 24 January 2018) was a Dutch comics artist, best known for his association football comic Roel Dijkstra 1 and Noortje,1 a comic strip about a bumbling teenage girl published in Tina. The latter runs for more than 40 years in succession, making it the longest-running Dutch comic strip by the self-same artist. 1 His scriptwriter for Noortje was Patty Klein while his son Lucas has taken over the comic.1 Steeman won the 2005 Stripschapprijs.2 He died on 24 January 2018 from kidney failure. 1

References

References

  1. "Jan Steeman". lambiek.net. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  2. "38 jaar de Stripschapprijs - 1974 – 2011". Het Stripschap. Retrieved 28 December 2011.