Lambiek Explained

Lambiek
Type:Comic book store, art gallery
Industry:Comic books, art
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Founded:[1]
Founder:Kees Kousemaker
Hq Location City:Amsterdam
Hq Location Country:Netherlands
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Key People:Kees Kousemaker and Evelien Willems
Klaas Knol
Bas Van der Zee
Boris Kousemaker
Products:Comic books
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Galerie Lambiek is a Dutch comic book store and art gallery in Amsterdam, founded on November 8, 1968[2] by Kees Kousemaker (25 January 1942  - Bussum,). His son Boris Kousemaker has been the owner since 2007. From 1968 to 2015, it was located in the Kerkstraat, but in November 2015, the store moved to Koningsstraat 27.[3] As of 2018, Lambiek is the oldest comics store in Europe,[4] and the oldest worldwide still in existence.[5] [6]

The name "Lambiek" originated as a misspelling of the name of the comics' character Lambik, from the popular Suske & Wiske comic book series created by Belgian artist Willy Vandersteen.[7] The logo of the shop is an image from the Suske en Wiske album Prinses Zagemeel (Princess Sawdust).[8]

History

Only two earlier comic bookstores are known to have opened their doors on the North-American continent (or anywhere else on the world for that matter) prior to the one founded by Kousemaker; George Henderson's Canadian, Toronto-based Memory Lane Books opened in May 1967,[9] (itself a continuation of the Viking Bookshop he had already opened on another city location in the spring of 1966[10]), followed by Gary Arlington's San Francisco Comic Book Company, which was established in April 1968 in the US namesake city,[11] Making Lambiek the worldwide third-oldest comic book store in history. What the three stores had in common was that they all started out with a strong focus on underground comics. Memory Lane Books closed its doors in the 1980s, however, whereas Arlington's store went defunct in 2002,[12] leaving Lambiek as of 2023 the worldwide oldest surviving comic book store.[7] [1]

Kees Kousemaker and his wife Evelien also published two encyclopedic books about comics, titled Strip voor Strip (1970) and Wordt Vervolgd (1979).[1] He and Margreet de Heer also wrote the book De Nederlandse Stripgeschiedenis (2001) and De Wereld van de Nederlandse Strip (2005) about Dutch comics and their history.[13] From 1986 on, the store gained fame by holding art exhibitions and book signings by numerous comic authors, including Robert Crumb, Will Eisner, André Franquin, Joost Swarte, Charles Burns, Chris Ware, Daniel Clowes, François Avril and Art Spiegelman.[7] [1]

In 2010, Lambiek's founder, Kees Kousemaker, died.[7]

Comiclopedia

Since 1 November 1999, Lambiek has also hosted the Comiclopedia, a digital encyclopaedia featuring biographies of more than 14,000 international comics authors.[7] [14] [1]

Awards

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stripwinkel Lambiek bestaat 50 jaar . 15 November 2018 .
  2. Web site: Dutch Comics 1968 -1979 . Lambiek Comic History . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230616113309/https://www.lambiek.net/dutchcomics/1968.htm . Jun 16, 2023 .
  3. Web site: Comicshop Lambiek moves from Kerkstraat 132 to Koningsstraat 27. Lambiek Comic Shop . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304092614/https://www.lambiek.net/news/284/comicshop_lambiek_moves_from_kerkstraat_132_to_koningsstraat_27.html . Mar 4, 2016 .
  4. Web site: Happy 50th To Europe's Oldest Comic Shop, Lambiek, In Amsterdam. Oliver. MacNamee. 11 October 2018 . COMICON . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230616114757/https://www.comicon.com/2018/10/11/happy-50th-to-europes-oldest-comic-shop-lambiek-in-amsterdam/ . Jun 16, 2023 .
  5. Web site: Lambiek -The World's Oldest Comics Shop . Valise et Parapluie . 8 December 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20181108125159/http://www.valiseetparapluie.com/2016/12/lambiek-the-worlds-oldest-comics-shop/ . Nov 8, 2018 .
  6. Web site: 2012-01-08 . Memories Are Made of These . Jaideep . Unudurti . The Indian Express . en . subscription . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230616114802/https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/memories-are-made-of-these/ . Jun 16, 2023 .
  7. Web site: Stripwinkels verdwijnen, maar Lambiek gaat moedig voort . 8 November 2018 . Peter . van Brummelen . Het Parool .
  8. Web site: Willy Vandersteen. 1 January 1970. Lambiek Comiclopedia . Kjell . Knudde . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240224151658/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/v/vandersteen.htm . Feb 24, 2024 .
  9. Web site: Canada's 1st Comic Shop? . Scott . VanderPloeg . 14 September 2011 . comicbookdaily.com.
  10. Web site: Vintage Toronto Ads: Memory Lane  - The story of "Captain George" Henderson, Toronto's first retailer to specialize in comic books. . Jamie . Bradburn . torontoist.com . 2 September 2015.
  11. Web site: Comics History: Underground comix and the underground press . lambiek.net . 2017-09-18 . 2017-09-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170920191012/https://www.lambiek.net/comics/underground.htm . live .
  12. Web site: Gary Arlington (1938-2014), Owner of the First Comic Book Store in the United States . Lori . Dorn . 6 February 2014 . laughingsquid.com . 18 September 2017 . 18 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170918201916/https://laughingsquid.com/gary-arlington-1938-2014-owner-of-the-first-comic-book-store-in-the-united-states/ . live.
  13. Web site: De Geus Lambiek . 15 May 2010 .
  14. Web site: Comiclopedia krijgt P. Hans Frankfurtherprijs . 8 February 2020 .
  15. Web site: Comic-con.org Awards. https://web.archive.org/web/20070911033848/http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_eisners_spirit.shtml. dead. September 11, 2007. May 18, 2020.
  16. Web site: Stripfestijn te klein voor Brabanthallen. Van onze. verslaggever. Oct 11, 1999. de Volkskrant. May 18, 2020.
  17. http://www.stripschap.nl/control.php?&topgroupname=stripnieuws&groupname=stripnieuws&subgroupname=nieuws&contentname=sn_artikel0001 Koninginnedag 2006: Opnieuw zijn striphelden koninklijk onderscheiden
  18. Web site: Klaas Knol (1954-2019): Ambassadeur van de strip . 14 July 2019 . Maarten . Moll . Het Parool .
  19. Web site: Uitreiking van de P Hans Frankfurtherprijs 2020 . Stripjournaal . 13 November 2020 .

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