In 1960 the new "Suske en Wiske" (UK: "Bob & Bobette" or "Spike and Suzy", US: "Willy and Wanda") album "De Windmakers" ("The Windmakers") is published. The series “Suske en Wiske” was created by Willy Vandersteen in 1945.
No
38:
"The Windmakers"
-
two-coloured
-
first published in 1960
by "Standaard Uitgeverij"
- never published
in English
- story and
drawings by Willy Vandersteen
- published in
French ("Bob et Bobette") as "Les Voisins querelleurs"
- pre-publication
in "De Standaard" and "Het Nieuwsblad"
The story was pre-published in the newspapers "De Standaard" and "Het Nieuwsblad" from 22 August 1959 to 31 December 1959. The main characters are Suske (Spike), Wiske (Suzy), aunt Sidonia, Lambik (Ambrose), Jerom (Jethro), Theofiel Boemerang, Celestien, Miako, India, Jank, Kaviarski, Stan and Ston.
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| Jerom and Celestien |
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| India and Miako |
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| Hank, Wiske and Kaviarski |
Synopsis
After
the adventure in Texas, Theofiel Boemerang and Celestien come
to live next door
to
Aunt Sidonia. Lambik receives a letter from the V.D.V., but the light
is turned off and the letter is
gone.
Aunt Sidonia asks Lambik to take care of her garden and discovers
that Theophiel's chickens eat the grain from her garden…
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| Lambik, Wiske and Suske |
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| Sidonia and Lambik |
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| Stan and Ston |
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| Theofiel Boemerang |
Trivia
- When Jerom (Jethro) hears that Christopher Columbus discovered America, he says: "Always thought that it was Marnix Gijsen", a reference to Gijsen's book "Discover America" (1927), as well as Gijsens' radio program “De Stem uit Amerika”.
- The
French boy in the
album is a caricature of Charles de Gaulle.
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| Marnix Gijsen reference |
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| The French boy is a caricature of Charles de Gaulle |
Cars
- Škoda 440
- Ford Fairlane Town Sedan (1957)
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| Škoda 440 |
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| Ford Fairlane Town Sedan |
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