Jose Carioca/Panchito

[Rob Klein]

For Fernando: Until Harry Flucks or Daniel van Eijmeren or Roy Kooijman provide 
the complete information, I'll try to answer some of your Carioca/Panchito 
questions from memory: 
The Jose Carioca and Panchito original King Features newspaper strips were 
reprinted in The Netherlands during the early 1980s. The Panchito pages were 
printed as the back cover of the Dutch Weekly during the last half of 1981.  I 
seem to remember some single Panchito pages also printed on an inside page in 
1983? The Jose Carioca pages were serialised as two-page segments during 1981-
1983 (not every issue consecutive).

Yes, there was also Dutch own production of both characters' strips. They 
started for both in the early 1980s, and have continued 'til the present. There 
were a few individual short Carioca stories in the early 1980s of 1-3 pages, 
but much production 1984-1986, was from a few 22 page stories and one 44 pager, 
serialised in 3 page segments (a few were 2-page)in consecutive Weekly issues. 
They were written mainly by Ruud Straatman and drawn by Colomer.  From 1987-
1990, they were short individual stories (1-5 pages), written by Straatman and 
a few by Wilma van den Bosch, and drawn by Colomer.  Then, in the early 1990s, 
much of the writing was done by Frank Jonker, drawn by Colomer, joined by Mau 
and Bas Heijmans (Heymans). There were some longer stories of 20-22 pages 
again. In the later 1990s, most stories have been 3-6 pages.   As for Panchito, 
the early Dutch production (1980s) were written by Straatman, later joined by 
van den Bosch, and drawn by Colomer, of 1-5 pages. Many were drawn by Colomer, 
but also by Blai and Studio Bonnet, with a few by Comicup studios.  In the 
1990s, most were written by Jonker.  They were all individual stories (no 
serialisation).

I'm sure Harry F. will correct any of my misrememberings and add information 
(as he did the last time these questions were asked of the list.

Rob Klein


Rob
Klein

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