Lambiek
Comic book store and art gallery in Amsterdam, Netherlands / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Galerie Lambiek is a Dutch comic book store and art gallery in Amsterdam, founded on November 8, 1968[2] by Kees Kousemaker (Steenbergen [nl], (1942-01-25)January 25, 1942 ā Bussum, April 27, 2010(2010-04-27) (aged 68)). His son Boris Kousemaker has been the owner since 2007. From 1968 to 2015, it was located in the Kerkstraat, but in November 2015, the store moved to Koningsstraat 27.[3] As of 2018, Lambiek is the oldest comics store in Europe,[4] and the oldest worldwide still in existence.[5][6]
Company type | Comic book store, art gallery |
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Industry | Comic books, art |
Founded | November 8, 1968; 55 years ago (1968-11-08)[1] |
Founder | Kees Kousemaker |
Headquarters | , |
Key people | Kees Kousemaker and Evelien Willems Klaas Knol Bas Van der Zee Boris Kousemaker |
Products | Comic books |
Website | lambiek |
The name "Lambiek" originated as a misspelling of the name of the comics' character Lambik, from the popular Suske & Wiske comic book series created by Belgian artist Willy Vandersteen.[7] The logo of the shop is an image from the Suske en Wiske album Prinses Zagemeel (Princess Sawdust).[8]