Carol Voges

The first and best-known creation of Carol Voges is 'Pa Pinkelman'. This daily comic strip appeared in the newspaper Volkskrant and was written by Godfried Bomans from 1945 to 1954. The first six episodes appeared under the title 'De Avonturen van Pa Knetterteen'.

The strip was very popular because of the absurd stories of Boman, in which dignitaries and politicians often had a guest appearance. In 1977, Voges cooperated on a television adaptation of the strip.

While working on 'Pa Pinkelman', Voges also created the newspaper comic strip about the sports monkey 'Jimmy Brown, Sportheld nr. 1', as well as 'Professor Creghel' in Rotterdams Kwartet (1947-1956), 'Hertog Lieverlui dan Moe' in De Tijd (1948-1949), 'De Bewoners van Laag-Wapperen' in Kris-Kras (1956-1957) with text by Han G. Hoekstra. For the magazine Olidin, he drew 'Opa' from 1957 to 1962, followed by 'Mex' from 1962 to 1963.

Voges joined the weekly comic magazine Sjors, where he did six 'Dinkie' stories from 1963 to 1967, as well as many 'Bertram', gags with 'Sjors van de Rebellenclub' and cover illustrations. About the same time, he also worked for the weekly Donald Duck, where he drew covers and stories with Disney characters.

He was also present in Libelle with 'Mario en de Toverpluisbloem' in 1965 and 1966, Bobo with 'Wolla-Wolla' in 1972. Carol Voges spent his final years in the Rosa Spierhuis in Laren.