Dick Matena
Matena in 2014
Born	Dick Matena (1943-04-24)24 April 1943 (age 82) The Hague,Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Area(s)	Artist, writer
Pseudonym(s)	A. den Dooier John Kelly Dick Richards
Notable works	Storm,Tom Poes

Dick Matena (born 24 April 1943)^[1][2] is a Dutchcomics writer andcartoonist. He has also published under the pseudonymsA. den Dooier,John Kelly andDick Richards.

Matena has made several kinds of comics, from humor comics toerotic comics, but is known for his comic-book adaptations of famous literary novels.^[3]

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Matena was born inThe Hague.

In 1960, at the age of 17, Matena started working as a volunteer at theToonder studios. He helped with the drawing projects ofTom Puss (1962–1963) andPanda (1961–1968).

In 1968, his first own comic appeared in the comic magazinePep.^[3]

In 1964, Matena started working as a freelancer, in the beginning mainly for the Toonder studios. He drew his own comicPolletje Pluim.

ForPep, he drewDe Argonautjes (1968–1973) andRidder Roodhart (1969–1971). He wrote scenarios for theMacaroni's (1971–1975) andBlook (1972–1973).^[3]

He later worked for the cartoon magazineEppo, and wrote four scenarios for the comic seriesStorm (1978–1980). Under the pseudonym Dick Richards he wrote eight scenarios for the comicDe Partners (1976–1984), drawn byCarry Brugman.^[3]

In 1977, Matena changed his drawing style and created his first realistic comic,Virl.

From 1982 until 1984, he lived inSpain and worked for the art agencySelecciones Ilustradas.

For the comic magazineTitanic, he created two starship stories.^[3]

After his move toBelgium, he created the comicsDe laatste dagen van Edgar Allan Poe,Gauguin en Van Gogh andMozart & Casanova.^[3]

With stories byMartin Lodewijk, Matena drew three spin-off comics ofStorm. The series of theseStorm albums are calledKronieken van de Tussentijd. He used his pseudonym John Kelly at first; the last comic is published under his own name.^[3]

In 1997, he started again with the comicTom Puss. Two stories were published in the Dutch version of the magazineDonald Duck.

Matena draws comics of classical Dutch literary books. In 2003, he won theBronzen Adhemar award. He was the first non-Flemish comics artist to receive this honor.^[3]

• Stripschapsprijs for his complete comic work 1986^[4][5]
• Bronzen Adhemar for his comic work of the bookDe Avonden 2003^[6]

1 – Het orakel van Delphi (1970)

2 – Het eerste avontuur van de Argonautjes (1976)

3 – De Olympische vlam / Het Labyrinth (1978)

4 – Het zwaard van Damocles (1978)

5 – De strijd om de ronde tafel / De kwelling van Tantalus (1979)

6 – De held van Sparta (1980)

The Chronicles of the Deep World

3 – The People of the Desert (Het Volk van de Woestijn) (1979)

4 – The Green Hell (De Groene Hel) (1980)

5 – The Battle for Earth (De Strijd om de Aarde) (1980)

6 – The Secret of the Nitron Rays (Het Geheim van de Nitronstralen) (1981)

Chronicles of Meanwhile

1 – The Voyager Virus (Het Voyager Virus) (1996)

2 – The Dallas Paradox (De Dallas Paradox) (1997)

3 – The Stargorger (De Sterrenvreter) (1998)

4 – Klein Space (De Ruimte van Klein) (unfinished and unpublished)

1 – De jacht op het wezekind (1987)

2 – De verlosser (1988)

1 – Exile to Cion (Verbanning naar Cion) (1979)

2 – Quest for Terra (Speurtocht naar Terra) (1981)

3 – Het asiel (2014)

1 – Vlucht uit de richel (1993)

2 – De valse goden (1995)

Part 1 (2003)

Part 2 (2003)

Part 3 (2004)

Part 4 (2004)

Part 1 (2006)

Part 2 (2007)

De Prediker (1984)

Little Crumb (based onKruimeltje byChris van Abkoude) (1988)

Pietje Bell (based onPietje Bell byChris van Abkoude)

Dik Trom (based onDik Trom byCornelis Johannes Kieviet)

Afke's Tiental (based onAfke's Tiental byNienke van Hichtum)

The Last Days ofE. A. Poe (De laatste dagen van E. A. Poe) (1988)

Gauguin andvan Gogh (Gauguin en van Gogh) (1990)

Sartre &Hemingway (1992)

Het Hanzevirus

Mozart &Casanova

Judge Dee (based onRechter Tie byRobert van Gulik) (2001)

A Christmas Carol (based onA Christmas Carol byCharles Dickens) (2004)

Cheese (based onKaas byWillem Elsschot) (2008)

Will o' the Wisp (based onHet dwaallicht byWillem Elsschot) (2008)

The Comedian (based onDe Komiek, acabaret show byFreek de Jonge (2009)

Kees the Boy (based onKees de Jongen byTheo Thijssen) (2011)

The Boy with the Knife (based onDe Jongen Met Het Mes byRemco Campert) (2012)

Turkish Delight (based onTurks Fruit byJan Wolkers (2016)^[7]

• De Eppo-index
• Rob van Eyck (1979). Matena, Dick (ps. A. den Dooier, Dick Richard). In:Wordt Vervolgd: Striplexicon der Lage Landen (Evelien en Kees Kousemaker, eds.). Het Spectrum, Utrecht.
• Rob van Eyck (1987). Matena Dick. In:Kunst en Grafische Vernieuwing in het Europees Beeldverhaal. De Buck, Brussel.

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