Tina #2/1986
Tina #2/1986 is a representative issue of the Dutch girls' weekly at a pivotal editorial crossroads: just one year after Oberon expanded the magazine from 32 to 40 pages and only months after the death of Andries Brandt, the writer who had anchored the flagship strip 'Tina en Debbie' since 1974. With Marjolein Winkel now steering that title serial and Patty Klein continuing to produce 'Noortje' for the back page, the issue captures the magazine mid-transition — from a nearly all-comics format toward the hybrid comics-and-editorial formula that would define it for decades. The presence of Noortje Visser and her family in this issue is also historically notable: 1986 is the year that character notched her 500th gag, a milestone that underlined 'Noortje' as the longest-running Dutch comic strip produced continuously by the same creative team.
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Tina launched on 10 June 1967 as a Dutch-language, full-colour adaptation of the British weekly Princess Tina, published first by Spaarnestad (Haarlem) and later under the Oberon imprint after the 1972 merger of Geïllustreerde Pers and NV De Spaarnestad created that specialised comics publishing house. Through the 1970s and early 1980s, Oberon built a distinctive locally produced identity for the magazine, with Andries Brandt creating the title strip 'Tina en Debbie' in 1974 (drawn by Spanish artist Purita Campos) and Patty Klein and Jan Steeman launching 'Noortje' in issue #37/1975. By the time issue #2/1986 appeared, Brandt had died in 1985 and editorial staff writer Marjolein Winkel had assumed the 'Tina en Debbie' scripts, while the magazine had just completed its first full year at the expanded 40-page count introduced at the start of 1985.
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- Tina was the first Dutch comic magazine published exclusively for girls, debuting on 10 June 1967 as a colour adaptation of the British Princess Tina.
- Publisher Oberon was formed in 1972 from the merger of Geïllustreerde Pers and NV De Spaarnestad, and operated as part of VNU Tijdschriften (United Dutch Publishing Companies).
- The title strip 'Tina en Debbie' — featuring red-headed model Tina Ruysdal and her fashion-designer friend Debbie — was created by writer Andries Brandt and artist Purita Campos, debuting in issue #35 of 1974; by early 1986 it was being scripted by editor Marjolein Winkel following Brandt's death in 1985.
- Noortje Visser, the perpetually unlucky teenage protagonist of the back-page gag strip 'Noortje', was created by writer Patty Klein and artist Jan Steeman, first appearing in Tina #37 of 12 September 1975; her parents Jan and Marga Visser are recurring supporting characters.
- By 1986 'Noortje' had clocked its 500th gag, an in-magazine milestone; the strip would ultimately run for over four decades, holding the record as the longest-running Dutch comic produced continuously by the same creative team.
- The 'Madelon' strip — featuring the character Madelon — was written by Patty Klein and drawn by Angeles Felices, part of the expanding roster of Dutch-produced humor comics that Klein developed for Tina in the 1980s.
- Starting with issue #1 of 1985, Oberon increased Tina's page count from 32 to 40 pages, adding new reader-participation sections and editorial content alongside the comics.
- Best-of story collections from the magazine were published in the 'Tina Topstrip' album series (71 volumes through 1985) and the 'Tina Dubbeldik Superalbum' series (18 volumes), giving popular serials an extended readership beyond the weekly issues.