Noortje Visser

Half a century in print is a achievement few comic characters ever reach, and Noortje Visser has earned every one of those years. Debuting in Tina #37 in 1975 — right in the heart of the Bronze Age — this Geïllustreerde Pers creation has gone on to rack up an extraordinary 825 catalogued appearances, with seven of those recognised as key collector issues, a testament to just how much she has meant to readers over the decades. Her world is richly populated, sharing pages with the likes of Tina Ruysdal, Jan Visser, Marga Visser, Debbie, and Marlies across a run that stretches all the way to 2025. For fans of European comics and the beloved Tina series in particular, Noortje Visser is exactly the kind of enduring, warmly familiar figure that makes long-running anthology comics so special.