Jommeke

Jommeke is the name of a Flemish comic book series and of its main character. It deals with the adventures of Jommeke, a boy of about 11 years old and his friends. The creator of Jommeke is Jef Nys.

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History

The first appearance of "Jommeke" was on 30 October 1955, as a gag strip in the parish 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".

Main characters

Jommeke

Jommeke is a young boy who lives with his parents in Zonnedorp. He has no siblings, but he has a parrot named Flip who accompanies him everywhere. He is clever, honest, brave, loves adventure, and is recognisable by his distinct blonde haircut.

Filiberke

Jommeke's best friend, Filiberke joins him on most of his adventures. His pitch-black haircolor contrasts nicely with the protagonist. He is creative, and a bit crazy too. Many albums start with Filiberke engaging in some crazy activity relating to the main story (e.g. he's "playing a cucumber" at the start of album 146 "Komkommer in 't zuur"). He is often joined by his black poodle, Pekkie.

Annemieke and Rozemieke

An identical, blonde pony-tailed twin, also called "The Miekes". They are also good friends with Jommeke. Annemieke even has somewhat of a crush on Jommeke, and Rozemieke on Filiberke. The twins are little mothers, and love to take care of cooking and washing whenever it is needed.

Professor Gobelijn

The inventions of this good-hearted professor often give rise to weird situations. In many albums he invents a potion that accidentally gets mixed in Zonnedorp's water supply, thus affecting the entire population of the town. He is also notoriously confused, often stating exactly the opposite of what he means, only to correct it immediately afterwards. I.e. "We will arrive next year, I mean tomorrow", "I have completely forgotten, I mean I remember it now." His inventions include pills that make people fly, a car that runs on grass, a submarine in the shape of a whale etc.

Anatool

The main bad guy from the album. He is a butler, and comes up with many evil schemes to steal money from people.

Kwak and Boemel

Two other bad guys that live in a digged hole in the ground of Zonnedorp's woods. Both are not able to pronounce words correctly, though each pronounces words incorrectly in a different way.

Trivia

*Annemieke and Rozemieke can be distinguished by looking at their bare feet.
*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".

List of albums

Up till now, the following Jommekes albums exist:

#De jacht op een voetbal
#De zingende aap
#De koningin van Onderland
#Purperen pillen
#De muzikale Bella
#Het hemelhuis
#De zwarte bomma
#De ooievaar van Begonia
#De schildpaddenschat
#De straalvogel
#De zonnemummie
#Paradijseiland
#Het Jampuddingspook
#Op heksenjacht
#Het staartendorp
#De gouden jaguar
#Diep in de put
#Met Fifi op reis
#Wie zoekt die vindt
#Apen in huis
#Het verkeerde land
#Het wonderdrankje
#Dolle fratsen
#De verloren zoon
#De zeven snuifdozen
#Kinderen baas
#Geheime opdracht
#De Samsons
#De vliegende ton
#Jommeke in de Far West
#Knappe Mataboe
#In Pimpeltjesland
#Jacht op Gobelijn
#Jommeke in de knel
#Gekke grappen
#Neuzen bij de vleet
#De schat van de zeerover
#Kaas met gaatjes
#Lieve Choco
#Anakwaboe
#Twee halve lappen
#De witte bolhoed
#Filiberke gaat trouwen
#De Jommekesclub
#De zeepkoning
#De tocht naar Asnapije
#Diamanten in de zoo
#De zilveren giraf
#De groene maskers
#De plastieken walvis
#De fwietmachine
#De zingende oorbellen
#Het kristallen eendje
#Broeder Anatolius
#Tita Telajora
#De vruchtenmakers
#Het geheim van Macu Ancapa
#De strijd om de Incaschat
#De Kuko-eieren
#Alarm in de rode baai
#De hoed van Napoleon
#Luilekkerland
#Madam Pepermunt
#De kristallen grot
#De grasmobiel
#De vrolijke bende
#De slaapkop
#De gele spin
#Straffa Toebaka
#De verborgen tempel
#De sprekende ezel
#Choco ontvoerd
#De gekke wekker
#De Kikiwikies
#Prinses Pott
#Het rode oog
#Peuterweelde
#Juffrouw Perlefinneke
#Het plezante kliekske
#De njam-njambloem
#De luchtzwemmers
#Opstand in Kokowoko
#De stenen aapjes
#De Plank van Jan Haring
#De granda papiljan
#De lustige slurvers
#De stad in de vulkaan
#Jommeke in Bobbejaanland
#Het piepende bed
#De kleine professor
#Prins Filiberke
#Het aards paradijs
#De haaienrots
#De supervrouw
#Melanie
#Paniek rond Odilon
#De valse kameel
#De kaart van Wawa Wang
#De grote knoeiboel
#Het jubilee
#Het monster in de ruïne
#De vampier van Drakenburg
#De bron van El Razar
#De vlucht van Bella
#De knook van Azmor
#Zoete Mosterd
#De pestkopjes
#De sidderplanten
#Guitenstreken
#De viool van Varazdina
#De olijke oliemannen
#Het ei van de smartlapvogel
#In de greep van Mac Rum
#Het kriebelkruid
#De lappenpop van Anatool
#De gelukzoekers
#De stenen handdruk
#De bedrogen miljonair
#Het apencircus
#De vlag van Lord Chester
#De rare doedelzak
#Het Boheems schommelpaard
#De schat van Angkor
#Het geheimzinnige eiland
#Drie in een slag
#Het bal van Mathilde
#De watervallen van Svanjabak
#De grote zeilrace
#De whiskymaker
#Het geheim van Ambiorix
#De kippen van Gobelijn
#De spookkrater
#Het gekkegas
#De prinsen van Snoby
#De kruik van Aztrakan
#Het monster uit de diepte
#Apen te koop
#De rib van Kalafar
#De blauwe grot
#De Chinese kast
#De bruid van El Toro
#De documenten van Langneus
#Va Kwak en moe Boemel
#De pijp van Geurig Gras
#Het levenselixir
#Komkommer in 't zuur
#Het Yacochacabeeldje
#De vliegende brigade
#De grote puzzel
#De gestoorde zeereis
#Het meermonster
#S.O.S. Benistal
#Het hoofd van Samos
#De hellestokers
#De kleine vandaal
#De superster
#De koningin van Kachar El Nachar
#Het probleem van Jeff Klaxon
#De kokoskoe
#De verdroogde bron
#Drie toverstokjes
#De zwarte parel
#Het Midasmysterie
#Het verdwenen kasteel
#Spaghetti met kaas
#De mandoline van Caroline
#De appelvreters
#Het heksenbal
#De slangegodin
#Het Chocokomplot
#De goudvis van Filiberke
#Fifi in de knoei
#Het geheim van de hoefslag
#Het zevende zwaard
#De verdwaalde vuurtoren
#De snoezige dino's
#Kwistig kwissen
#Het bedreigde paradijs
#Paniek op de Akropolis
#Filicasso
#De valse papegaai
#Het zingende moeras
#Berta Gobelijn
#De kroon van Kazimir
#De modekoningin
#De pruik van Anatool
#De zwarte cactus
#De vurige inktvis
#De koppige cobra
#Alarm in het begijnhof
#De magische spiegel
#De drietand van Neptunus
#De zilveren traan
#Dinopolis
#Gerommel in de Far West
#De Elfenbron
#Het schuimspook
#De Kraaienburcht
#De vergeten mijn
#Stefanie Stekkebeen
#De Kovonita's
#De panda van Wanda
#De lachende mango's
#De verdwenen tuinkabouter
#De kopermicroben
#De ring van Mac Rum
#De geniale malloten
#Het raadsel van Kiekebilleke
#Blinkende knopen
#Het pompoenenkasteel
#De geest van Anakwaboe
#De limonadelelies
#Zeven sterren
#Holeman
#De kimono van Yamamatsu
#De laatste viking
#Zoektocht naar Sorab
#Het blauwe prieeltje
#Operatie Bonsaï
#De frietbaron
#Wowofski
#Strijd om de bizon
#De komkommerprinses
#De rare kwibussen
#De erfenis van Sorgeloos
#Het luchtkasteel
#Het brein van Gobelijn
#De goudkoorts van Anatool
#Het slimme varken
#Pekkie in Hollywood
#Het zeemeerdinges
#Duel in Venetië
#Paljaskof
#De pechvogel
#Mama Mataboe
#De dobbelmannetjes
#Het roze olifantje
#Kamperen is plezant
#Graaf Dondersteen
#De beer op sokken
#Nobelprijs voor Gobelijn
#De puddingkoningin

There are also some special albums, with a few games, jokes and some of the above stories added:
#Jommeke's album 4 2001
#Winteralbum 2001
#Veilig door het verkeer met Jommeke 2002
#Winteralbum 2002
#Winteralbum 2003
#Winteralbum 2004
#Winteralbum 2005
#Winteralbum 2006
#Zomeralbum 2003
#Zomeralbum 2004
#Zomeralbum 2005
#Zomeralbum 2006
#Zomeralbum 2007

Translations

Apart from some editions for the Netherlands, "Jommeke" has been unsuccessfully translated into French, English and Swedish.

A German edition was published from 1971 until around 1980 and lasted 32 volumes (the original comics were printed out of order and volumes 27-28 do not exist!) by Gemini Verlag (1-18) and Europress (19-26, 29-34). The series title was (Die tollen Abenteuer von) Peter + Alexander, obviously a play of words on Austrian actor and singer Peter Alexander.