History
The first appearance of Jommeke was on 30 October 1955, as a gag strip in the Belgium magazine Kerk en Leven. Nys took on long adventure stories with the Jommeke character in Het Volk in 1958, while also continuing Jommeke gag pages in 't Kapoentje. Jommeke has sold 51 million albums in Belgium 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.There's also a newspaper for children called "Jommekeskrant", which is delivered weekly together with popular Flemish newspaper "Het Nieuwsblad".
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