When Marten Toonder went to Ireland, Lo Hartog van Banda left the studio.
In 1973 Newland created storyboards for the animated television series Barbapapa while at Toonder Studios in the Netherlands.
Contrary to the other major Flemish newspapers like De Standaard/Het Nieuwsblad (with Spike and Suzy) and Het Volk (with Nero), Het Laatste Nieuws had no local, Flemish comic strip but only published Dutch comics by Marten Toonder or Hans G. Kresse, which left an opportunity for Merho.
He also won the Irish Arts Council's Marten Toonder Award in 2000 in recognition of his innovative work as a composer.
Despite the fact that she had become seriously ill, in 1996 Tera de Marez Oyens married the renowned cartoonist Marten Toonder.
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Initially inspired by the classic Asterix comics and the television serial Maid Marian and her Merry Men, it has taken on influences ranging from the work of Marten Toonder to Cerebus and the novels of Terry Pratchett or the graphic novels of François Bourgeon.
Oliver B. Bumble, a fictional bear in a series of Dutch comic books by Marten Toonder
He has received awards from The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York and The Marten Toonder Award, as well as Arts Council bursaries (1994, 96, 99).