1. Marten Toonder was probably the most successful comic artist in the Netherlands and had a great influence on the Dutch language by introducing new words and expressions.
10 Facts About Marten Toonder
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Marten Toonder is most famous for his series Tom Puss and Panda.
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Marten Toonder lived in Ireland from 1965 until the early 1990s.
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Marten Toonder was married to the cartoon artist Phiny Dick, who collaborated with her husband and on whose earlier created characters Ollie B Bumble and Tom Puss were based.
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Marten Toonder died in his sleep on 27 July 2005, aged 93, in Laren, North Holland.
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In 1931, after his final exams, Marten Toonder went to Buenos Aires with his father.
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Nowadays his texts are considered literature by some critics, and Marten Toonder received several literary prizes for them.
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Marten Toonder invented many new words and expressions and some of those are now widely used in the Dutch language.
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Marten Toonder's drawing style is very detailed and might be compared to Pogo, with more room for background drawings, since there are no text balloons in the drawings.
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Apart from his eccentric use of language Marten Toonder is praised for satirical approach.