Jan Steeman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jan Steeman

Dutch cartoonist

Date of Birth: 23-May-1933

Place of Birth: Schagen, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 24-Jan-2018

Profession: comics artist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Jan Steeman (23 May 1933 – 24 January 2018) was a Dutch comics artist, best known for his association football comic Roel Dijkstra and Noortje, a comic strip about a bumbling teenage girl published in Tina.
The latter runs for more than 40 years in succession, making it the longest-running Dutch comic strip by the self-same artist.
His scriptwriter for Noortje was Patty Klein while his son Lucas has taken over the comic.
Steeman won the 2005 Stripschapprijs.
He died on 24 January 2018 from kidney failure.