Sunday, February 23, 2020

Belgium: Suske and Wiske

On Tuesday I got seven postcards: four from Belgium, one from Italy and two from France.

One of the cards from Belgium shows Suske and Wiske. Suske and Wuske is a Belgian comics series created by Willy Vandersteen. The books revolve around the two children Suske and Wuske along with their friends and family, who experience adventures combining elements of comedy, fantasy and science fiction. First created in 1945, the series was serialised in Hergé's Franco-Belgian comics magazine Tintin between 1948 and 1959 and still runs today daily in the Belgian newspaper De Standaard. So far more than 300 albums have been published. Although Suske and Wiske are very popular in Belgium and the Netherlands, they are mainly unknown in other countries despite translations in other languages like French, German or Spanish.


With nice matching stamps:
75 years Suske and Wiske (two from set of five) (issued 25-01-2020)
with First Day Special Postmark


Thank You very much Gerda!

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