Dutch Comics Poll - 4th edition - May 1997 (The official name of this poll is 'Strip Top Allertijden', which means as much as 'a poll of all comics ever made.) These are the short results of the Dutch Comics Poll, 4th edition. The complete results and more information about the poll are available only in Dutch on http://www.xs4all.nl/~collin/strips/poll.html. If you want to know more, send me an e-mail at collin@xs4all.nl. The poll was held amongst subscribers of the Dutch Comics Mailinglist and on a few relevant newsgroups. Fourteen people voted. In each categorie a maximum of 20 points could be given to each nominee. Nominees with more than 20 points therefore must have had votes from more than one voter. The short results show only these nominees. Because the way the points were given differs vastly from last year, I didn't add last year's positions in the rankings. Language note: Only in a few cases I knew the original or translated names and titles. In most cases you will find the Dutch names. However, with a little deduction you should be able to determine from the names of the heroes and of the series what stories you're reading about. The lay-out of below list is as follows: position - points - nominee - additional info (author, series) a Favorite comic story 1 48 Beauregard (Hanco Kolk - Meccano) 2 42 Cleopatra (Asterix) 3 36 Het Gele Teken (Blake & Mortimer) 36 De Gladiatoren (Asterix) 36 Les Bijoux de la Castafiore (TinTin) 36 Obelix & Co (Asterix) 7 34 De chninkel (Rosinski/Van Hamme) 34 De hermetische garage (Moebius) 34 De Opperalchimist (Godard/Ribera - Axel Moonshine) 10 33 Z van Zwendel (Spirou & Fantasio) 11 30 De krachtmeting (Huurling 2) 30 QRN op Bretzelburg (Spirou & Fantasio) 13 29 De Valstrik (Blake & Mortimer) 14 28 De revue (Gilles de Geus) 28 De dorpsgek van Schoonvergeten (Comes) 16 27 't 1e legioen (Goscinny & Uderzo - Asterix) 17 26 Dertien contra Een (XIII) 18 22 Uit de afgrond... (Baard & Kale) 22 On a marche sur la lune II (TinTin) 22 On a marche sur la lune I (TinTin) 21 21 Gilette (Hanco Kolk - Meccano) b Favorite comic series 1 91 Jeremiah (Hermann) 2 87 Asterix (Uderzo en Goscinny) 3 81 Gaston (Franquin) 4 72 TinTin (Herge) 5 67 Blake & Mortimer (E.P. Jacobs) 67 Calvin and Hobbes (Watterson) 6 65 Thorgal (Rosinski & Van Hamme) 7 54 De duistere steden [Les citees ...?] (Schuiten/Peeters) 8 53 XIII 9 51 Torens van Schemerwoude (Hermann) 10 49 De Huurling (Segrelles) 11 45 Agent 327 (Lodewijk) 45 Yoko Tsuno (Leloup) 13 42 de Generaal (de Smet) 14 41 Lucky Luke (Morris en Goscinny en Lo Hartog Banda) 15 37 Axel Moonshine (Godard/Ribera) 37 Blueberry (Giraud) 37 Isabelle Avondrood (Tardi) 18 35 Spirou & Fantasio (o.a. Franquin, Tome & Janry) 19 34 Rork (Andreas) 20 32 Ravian (Christin & Mezieres) 32 Jessica Blandy (Denauw & Dufaux) 32 Jonathan (Cosey) 23 30 Biebel 30 Er was eens een voorbijganger (Bilal) 30 Kinderen van de Wind (Bourgeon) 26 28 Gilles de Geus (Kolk & De Wit) 27 27 Baard & Kale (Maltaite) 28 26 Philemon (Fred) 29 25 Jaap (Deliege) 30 24 Klaagzang van de Verloren Gewesten 31 22 Franka (Kuipers) 32 21 Douwe Dabbert (Wijn & Roep) c Favorite comics character 1 87 Calvin (Calvin & Hobbes - Bill Watterson) 2 84 Gaston Lagaffe (Guust - Franquin) 3 78 Obelix (Asterix - Goscinny & Uderzo) 4 55 Kurdy (Jeremiah - Hermann) 5 42 Lambik (Suske & Wiske) 6 39 Blueberry 7 31 Wiske [Bobette] (Suske & Wiske - Willy Vandersteen) 8 28 Marsipulami (Franquin et al.) 9 27 Douwe Dabbert 10 26 Asterix 11 25 TinTin 12 23 Axel Moonshine 23 Captain Haddock (TinTin) 23 Roodhaar (Storm) d Favorite comics artist 1 115 Hermann (Jeremiah) 2 83 Andre Franquin (Guust) 3 79 Bill Watterson 4 73 Segrelles 5 66 Giraud/Moebius 6 55 Albert Uderzo 7 54 Marcel Gotlib 8 53 Rosinski 9 50 Edgar P. Jacobs 10 42 Hanco Kolk 11 40 Herge 12 39 Don Lawrence 13 38 Enki Bilal 14 37 Tardi 15 36 Andreas 36 Francois Schuiten 17 35 Carl Barks (Donald Duck, Ucle Scrooge) 18 34 Morris 34 Vance 20 31 Manara 21 27 Cosey 27 Henk Kuijpers (Franka) 23 21 Piet Wijn (Douwe Dabbert) e Favorite comics writer 1 134 Goscinny 2 86 Bill Watterson 3 77 Jean Van Hamme 4 54 Hermann (Jeremiah) 5 49 Charlier 6 40 Herge (TinTin, Quick & Flupke) 7 37 Martin Lodewijk 8 36 Marten Toonder (Koning Hollewijn) 9 35 Dufaux 10 33 Vandersteen 11 31 Andre Franquin 12 30 Hanco Kolk 13 29 Carl Barks (Donald Duck) 14 28 Duchateau 15 26 Edgar P. Jacobs 16 26 Peter de Wit (Familie Fortuin) 17 23 Henk Kuijpers (Franka) f Favorite animated cartoon 1 61 Tom & Jerry 2 53 The Lion King 3 27 Als je begrijpt wat ik bedoel 4 27 Simpsons g Favorite scientist appearing in a comic 1 70 Panoramix (Asterix) 2 49 Professor Tournesol (TinTin) 3 40 Professor Barabas (Suske & Wiske [Bob & Bobette]) 4 32 Professor Mortimer (Blake & Mortimer) 32 Willie Wortel (Donald Duck) 6 25 Geniale Olivier (Geniale Olivier) 25 Leonardo 8 24 Graaf van Rommelgem (Spirou) h What is the most memorable comic you have read in the last few months? Why? (The answer to 'Why?' only in the long version). 00. Mama (Gnoe). 01. A Donald Duck pocket. 02. Dirk Jan (Mark Retera). 03. De Generaal (deel 5). 04. 'Lanfeust' of Troy. 05. 'CAATINGA' of Hermann. 06. De Zaak Francis Blake. 07. 'THEUN' of Windig and De Jong, appeared in CARTOON AID. 08. Barbaraal 2 (comics by and about Barbara Stok) 09. "Minds" from the series Cerebus. 10. Het scheve kind (Schuiten). 11. The series 'Klaagzang van de verloren gewesten'. 12. Hoempapa. 13. Donald Duck Extra, number 4 (?), 1997: De Schat van de 10 Avatars. 14. 'De eerste reis' by Edmond Beaudoin.