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- ↑ Bart Mos, "Cartoonist nieuwe Rijdende Rechter Archived 26 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine ", De Telegraaf , 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
- ↑ "38 jaar de Stripschapprijs - 1974 – 2011". Het Stripschap. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
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