Martin Lodewijk
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Martinus Spyridon Johannes Lodewijk (30 April 1939 —) is a Dutch comics writer and cartoonist, and advertising adviser.
Martin Lodewijk was born in Rotterdam. He dropped out of high school in 1957, and started drawing cartoons, notably space craft and pirates. In 1959 his first cartoon was published in the newspaper Het Parool, after which he specialized in drawing for commercial advertizing. For the weekly comics magazine Pep, he created the Agent 327 comic in 1966, following with scripts for other cartoonists, such as Don Lawrence's Storm. After the comic magazines Pep and Sjors merged into Eppo, Lodewijk became its chief editor.
For his whole work on comics, Lodewijk was presented the Stripschapprijs in 1978, the highest award in the Dutch comics world. From 2004 onward, Lodewijk succeeded Willy Vandersteen and Karel Biddeloo as writer for De Rode Ridder, with drawings by Claus Scholz.
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In 1973 Martin Lodewijk and his brother Tim participated in the Twee voor Twaalf quiz. The brothers won, and returned in the special jubilee quiz in 2005, where they reached the finals.
