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Dick Matena

Born in The Hague (b. 24/4/1943, The Netherlands), Dick Matena studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, but stayed there for only one year. He became an appretice at the Marten Toonder Studios in 1960. Soon, he was assigned to work on the comics production. He cooperated on the advertising project 'Het Geheim van de Gulden Gaper', and he became the penciller of the 'Panda' strip in 1961. During the same period, he cooperated on 'Tom Poes', and created his own series, 'Polletje Pluim'. He additionally illustrated 'Big Bad Wolf' stories for the Donald Duck weekly through the studios.Matena joined the magazine Pep in 1968, where he began such famous series as 'De Argonautjes' (1968-1973), 'Ridder Roodhaar' (1969-1971) (both scripted by Lo Hartog van Banda) and 'Grote Pyr' (1971-1974). He continued his career at Pep's successor, Eppo. He did the strip 'Kleine Pier', and became a scriptwriter for other artists. He did the artwork of the 'Storm' mini-series 'Kronieken van de Tussentijd' himself, using the pseudonym John Kelly. However, Matena's biggest fame came from his science-fiction comics. He changed his style and started out with the series 'Virl' in Mickey Maandblad in 1977, followed by stories for such magazines as Gummi and the American Heavy Metal. Matena did various comics for Eppo, Sjosji and Wordt Vervolgd, such as 'Dandy' and 'Alias Ego', as well as more adult one-shots that were published directly in album, such as 'Amen' (Yendor, 1980), 'Mythen' (Panda, 1984), 'Lazarus Stone' (SP, 1984), 'De Prediker' (Arboris, 1984) and 'Het Web' (Arboris, 1985). He revived the 'Tom Poes' balloon comic in 1997. Two new episodes appeared in Donald Duck in that year. In 2000, he began working on comic adaptations of famouse novels from Dutch literature, starting with Robert van Gulik's 'Rechter Tie'. In 2001 he commenced working on a comics version of the classic novel 'De Avonden' by Gerard Reve, which gave him wide media attention.

There are 8 Pieces of Art In This Gallery.    

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The Ruler

Art Details

Artist:	Dick Matena (Penciller)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views	188
Comments:	0
Added to Site:	4/15/2023

About the Owner

Cave Banshee
Member Since:	January 2009

The Ruler
Artist: Dick Matena (Penciller)
188 Views

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Het Web page 7

Art Details

Artist:	Dick Matena (Penciller)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views	204
Comments:	0
Added to Site:	1/11/2022

About the Owner

Cave Banshee
Member Since:	January 2009

Het Web page 7
Artist: Dick Matena (Penciller)
204 Views

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Mythen page 67

Art Details

Artist:	Dick Matena (Penciller)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views	145
Comments:	0
Added to Site:	1/11/2022

About the Owner

Cave Banshee
Member Since:	January 2009

Mythen page 67
Artist: Dick Matena (Penciller)
145 Views

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The Wheel

Art Details

Artist:	Dick Matena (Penciller)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views	663
Comments:	2
Added to Site:	10/4/2017

About the Owner

Cave Banshee
Member Since:	January 2009

The Wheel
Artist: Dick Matena (Penciller)
663 Views, 2 Comments

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Virl page 36

Art Details

Artist:	Dick Matena (Penciller)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:
Views	935
Comments:	1
Added to Site:	1/12/2016

About the Owner

Cave Banshee
Member Since:	January 2009

Virl page 36
Artist: Dick Matena (Penciller)
935 Views, 1 Comment

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Poe page 53

Art Details

Artist:	Dick Matena (Penciller)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	?
Views	455
Comments:	0
Added to Site:	8/5/2012

About the Owner

Cave Banshee
Member Since:	January 2009

Poe page 53
Artist: Dick Matena (Penciller)
455 Views

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Het web page 14

Art Details

Artist:	Dick Matena (Penciller)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views	473
Comments:	0
Added to Site:	6/22/2012

About the Owner

Cave Banshee
Member Since:	January 2009

Het web page 14
Artist: Dick Matena (Penciller)
473 Views

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Prediker page 9

Art Details

Artist:	Dick Matena (Penciller)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views	661
Comments:	1
Added to Site:	12/6/2011

About the Owner

Cave Banshee
Member Since:	January 2009

Prediker page 9
Artist: Dick Matena (Penciller)
661 Views, 1 Comment

There are 8 Pieces of Art In This Gallery.    

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