Wim Meuldijk (8 June 1922 â€" 27 December 2007) was a Dutch writer,
illustrator, and screenwriter. He is the creator of Ketelbinkie, one
of the most popular Dutch comics after World War II, and of Pipo de
Clown, the star of a television show that ran from 1958 to 1980 which
Meuldijk produced, filmed, and for which he wrote the
script.Meuldijk's career as an illustrator really started during World
War II. While in hiding to avoid being drafted, he developed a comic
(Snowflake and the Eskimo), and after the war started publishing a
comic magazine, Snowflake, which turned into Ketelbinkie Krant, a
magazine containing what was to be his breakthrough:[1] Ketelbinkie, a
three-panel comic about a little street kid with miraculous strength.
The comic first appeared in 1945 and ran in the daily newspapers for
twelve years. After that, Meuldijk wrote for radio shows[2] until he
was asked by the VARA, one of the Dutch broadcasting organizations, to
help make a television show.[3] He drew the clown and thus created the
character Pipo de Clown.[2][3][4]For more than twenty years, Meuldijk
wrote the Pipo shows. During the show's first years he actually lived
and traveled in a travel trailer, just like his character, and both
his wife and his daughter were recognized in Pipo's wife and daughter,
Mamaloe and Petra. His daughter, Belinda, first performed on the show
at age six.[2] In the early days of Pipo de Clown, which was initially
broadcast live on Wednesday afternoon, Meuldijk did everything
himself, from writing the script and casting the supporting actors to
designing the set and choosing locations; he even built and painted
Pipo's travel trailer.[3]Meuldijk also wrote screenplays for other
television shows, including Mik & Mak and Koning Bolo, and scenes for
the Dutch Sesame Street, but remained pigeonholed the rest of his life
as the creator of Pipo.[2] His last creative act was the script for
the 2003 film Pipo en de p-p-Parelridder. At the time of filming he
was 81 and could not direct the movie, but did spend a number of days
on the set in Córdoba, Spain.[4]
illustrator, and screenwriter. He is the creator of Ketelbinkie, one
of the most popular Dutch comics after World War II, and of Pipo de
Clown, the star of a television show that ran from 1958 to 1980 which
Meuldijk produced, filmed, and for which he wrote the
script.Meuldijk's career as an illustrator really started during World
War II. While in hiding to avoid being drafted, he developed a comic
(Snowflake and the Eskimo), and after the war started publishing a
comic magazine, Snowflake, which turned into Ketelbinkie Krant, a
magazine containing what was to be his breakthrough:[1] Ketelbinkie, a
three-panel comic about a little street kid with miraculous strength.
The comic first appeared in 1945 and ran in the daily newspapers for
twelve years. After that, Meuldijk wrote for radio shows[2] until he
was asked by the VARA, one of the Dutch broadcasting organizations, to
help make a television show.[3] He drew the clown and thus created the
character Pipo de Clown.[2][3][4]For more than twenty years, Meuldijk
wrote the Pipo shows. During the show's first years he actually lived
and traveled in a travel trailer, just like his character, and both
his wife and his daughter were recognized in Pipo's wife and daughter,
Mamaloe and Petra. His daughter, Belinda, first performed on the show
at age six.[2] In the early days of Pipo de Clown, which was initially
broadcast live on Wednesday afternoon, Meuldijk did everything
himself, from writing the script and casting the supporting actors to
designing the set and choosing locations; he even built and painted
Pipo's travel trailer.[3]Meuldijk also wrote screenplays for other
television shows, including Mik & Mak and Koning Bolo, and scenes for
the Dutch Sesame Street, but remained pigeonholed the rest of his life
as the creator of Pipo.[2] His last creative act was the script for
the 2003 film Pipo en de p-p-Parelridder. At the time of filming he
was 81 and could not direct the movie, but did spend a number of days
on the set in Córdoba, Spain.[4]
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