Jan Steeman (23 May 1933 – 24 January 2018) was a Dutch comics artist, best known for his association football comic Roel Dijkstra [1] and Noortje,[1] a comic strip about a bumbling teenage girl published in Tina. The latter runs for more than 40 years in succession, making it the longest-running Dutch comic strip by the self-same artist. [1] His scriptwriter for Noortje was Patty Klein while his son Lucas has taken over the comic.[1] Steeman won the 2005 Stripschapprijs.[2] He died on 24 January 2018 from kidney failure. [1]