Freddie Langeler

(Johanna Frederika Langeler)

(4/4/1900 - 18/3/1948, The Netherlands)

Bobby den Speurder, by Freddie Langeler
Freddie Langeler was a self-taught Dutch female illustrator. She has illustrated several books by writers like Alfred Listal, A.D. Hildebrand and A.B. van Tienhoven. She was married to comics artist E.M. ten Harmsen van der Beek, the creator of 'Flipje, het Fruitbaasje van Tiel'.

Jan en Piet, by Freddie LangelerJan en Piet, by Freddie Langeler
Jan en Piet (De Gelukscent, Nederlandschen Spaarbankbond, 1930s)

Langeler has often cooperated with her husband, such as on the comics series 'Pietje Pluk en Kootje Kwak'. This comic appeared at the Gelderse Electriciteits Mij. before and after World War II. In April 1924, she drew the strip 'Bobby den Speurder' with rhymes by Clinge Doorenbos for Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf.
Pietje Pluk, by Freddie Langeler
Her other comics are 'De Lotgevallen van Barendje Kwik aan 't Hof van Koning Suikerbuik' in Elck Wat Wils (1935) and 'Bello Blafmeier' in Radiomaandblad (1938). She was a longtime collaborator to the magazine Kie-ke-boe.
Cover for Kie-ke-boe #42, 1932Cover for Kie-ke-boe
Freddie Langeler in De Nederlandse Stripgeschiedenis