Fokke & Sukke

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Fokke & Sukke is a Dutch comic strip created by writer and illustrator Jean-Marc van Tol, and writers John Reid and Bastiaan Geleijnse. The strip appears in the daily broadsheet NRC Handelsblad .

Fokke & Sukke first appeared in 1994, in the student magazine Propria Cures. The one-panel comic, usually featuring humor of a politically incorrect nature, became very popular in the Netherlands. The strip has gone to appear in numerous Dutch publications, as well as over a dozen compilations. In 2003, Fokke & Sukke were awarded the Stripschapprijs, the Netherlands’ premier cartoon award.

The strip stars are Fokke, a duck wearing a small sailor's cap, and Sukke, a small bird wearing a backwards baseball cap. In the tradition of Donald Duck and Porky Pig, neither of them wear pants. They also appearing to have small exposed penises; however, these are (according to their creators) their tails.

In 2006, the strip began to appear in English speaking countries under the title "Duck and Birdie." While the creators have pointed out that "Fokke" and "Sukke" are ordinary Frisian names, they decided to avoid unnecessary controversy and use a name that would not be so easily misunderstood.