In 1969, the album "Schild en vriend" was published by Het Volk as the third album in the comic series "De Fratsen van Jan Heibel". The character Jan Heibel was created by Hugo De Reymaeker, who worked under the pseudonym Hurey. The character originally appeared in a newspaper gag strip entitled "Jan Heibel en Piet Koning", published in the Belgian newspaper Het Volk. The series is set in the fourteenth century and follows Jan, a burly but none-too-bright butcher. His name is a pun on that of Jan Breydel, while his sidekick, Piet Koning, is a play on the name of Breydel's close friend Pieter de Coninck. From 1967 onwards, the stories appeared under the title "De Fratsen van Jan Heibel", with Jan accompanied by his son Dagobert.
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| Cover "Schild en vriend" |
No 3 "Schild en vriend"
- black and white
- publisher: Het Volk
- never published in English
- drawings by Hurey (Hugo De Reymaeker)
- story by Jan Cornand
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| Dagobert and Jan Heibel |
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| Filips de Schone (Philip the Fair) |
The main characters in this album are Jan Heibel, Dagobert, Filips de Schone, Karel van Valois, Jacques de Chatillon, Peter De Coninck, Gwijde Van Namen, Willem Van Gullik,
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Gwijde Van Namen and Willem Van Gullik |
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| Jacques de Chatillon |
Synopsis
Dagobert asks his father, Jan Heibel, to recount the story of the "Schild en Vriend". Jan begins his account of the Bruges Matins in April 1301, at the court of Philip the Fair, King of France and feudal overlord of Flanders...
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| Jan Heibel and Peter De Coninck |
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| Karel van Valois |
Trivia
- Reference to the billiards players Ceulemans and Vervest.
- Reference to the Valois stamps.
- References to the fashion designers Christian Dior, Pierre Cardin, Coco Chanel, Paco Rabanne and Jeanne Lanvin.
- Reference to the tax on jukeboxes.
- Reference to Jacques Anquetil.
- Reference to James Bond.
- Reference to Laurel and Hardy.
- Reference to de Gaulle.
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| Reference to the billiards players Ceulemans and Vervest |
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| Reference to de Gaulle |
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References to Christian Dior, Pierre Cardin, Coco Chanel,
Paco Rabanne and Jeanne Lanvin |
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| Reference to Jacques Anquetil |
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| Reference to James Bond |
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| Reference to Laurel and Hardy |
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| Reference to the tax on jukeboxes |
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| Reference to the Valois stamps |
