Jopie

Jopie is a Copper Age creation who first bounded onto the pages of the Belgian-Dutch youth anthology Taptoe in 1986, brought to life by the creative team of Michel Trublin and Andreas Dijkzeul. Over a remarkable seventeen-year run stretching into the early 2000s, this character became a recurring fixture across Taptoe's various formats — from the regular issues to the beloved Taptoe vakantieboek holiday specials — sharing those pages with a colorful cast including Oktoknopie, Dopie, Gerda, and Cor Daad. With 42 catalog appearances under publisher Malmberg, Jopie is a genuine staple of Dutch-language comics for younger readers, and a warm, nostalgic find for anyone who grew up with Taptoe on the shelf.