Dopie

Dopie made their debut in 1986 within the pages of Taptoe, the beloved Dutch youth comics magazine published by Malmberg, arriving during the Copper Age alongside a colorful cast that includes Oktoknopie, Jopie, Cor Daad, and Gerda. Created by Michel Trublin and Andreas Dijkzeul, this character found a steady home across both the regular Taptoe run and its special vakantieboek holiday editions, accumulating some 30 catalog appearances over a solid twelve-year stretch through 1998. That kind of longevity in a competitive anthology format speaks to a character who genuinely connected with young Dutch readers year after year. For collectors with a soft spot for European youth comics and the warm nostalgia of the Malmberg era, Dopie is a charming piece of the puzzle.