Lambiek
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Lambiek is a comic book store and art gallery in Amsterdam, founded in 1968 by Kees Kousemaker (1942–2010).
It has held exhibitions of art by comic creators, including Robert Crumb, Daniel Clowes, Erik Kriek, André Franquin, Tanino Liberatore and Chris Ware. The shop as well as the informational website has a strong focus on underground comics, graphic novels and autobiographical comics. The exhibitions can be profit or non-profit, depending on the subject of the exposition.
The name Lambiek originated as a misspelling of the name of the character Lambik, from the popular Suske & Wiske comic book series created by Belgian artist Willy Vandersteen.
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[edit] Comiclopedia
The Lambiek website features online exhibitions of art and a history of Dutch comics. Kousemaker's Lambiek Comiclopedia is an illustrated compendium of over 11,000 international comic artists.
Kousemaker, who has also published books about Dutch comic culture, died April 27, 2010.
[edit] Awards
- Kousemaker was the recipient of the Order of Orange-Nassau medal from the Netherlands for his special dedication to the history of comic books.[1]
- 1997: Won the Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award[2]
