Nostalgia ahoy

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Earlier this evening I mentioned knowing more of English history than I did of Dutch. I'm sure I learnt lots during my high school years, but most of the stuff I remember is from a comic about a time travelling rodent who told us about the history of money and banks. It involved a quick trip (a very quick trip) along the Hoekse en Kabeljauwse Twisten and Alva losing his glasses and thus a city or something.

I wasn't dreaming. It was actually Bibi's Vertellingen, Oftewel: De Jacht op de Gouden Knorrepot^*, which involves a hamster chasing a golden piggy bank. And in that search we rediscovered gems like John Cleese doing a commercial for Giro and Van Nul Tot Nu, a comic about Dutch history from the prehistoric to the modern era.

Hee.

^* My sis is gooooood. She found the artist and the first comic, and I then recognised the title of the comic we both have a copy of.

Comments

[shriker-tam.livejournal.com]

I've read Van Nul Tot Nu - I even translated one of them into Swedish. Despite not knowing dutch. They're fun :o)

[sierra-le-oli.livejournal.com]

Wingnut has Van Nul Tot Nu, it was incredibly helpful as I never really learned much Dutch history. (Not something that comes up a lot in NZ schools *g*).

John Cleese will not load :-(