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40-557: Krimson made his debut in the album "Het Rijmende Paard" ("The Rhyming Horse" (1962-1963), in which he appears as a cranky millionaire with his own private chauffeur who nearly runs Suske and Wiske over with his car while the children try to cross a forest path on horseback. Later he sends the owner of their manège a threatening letter, signing it too. It's here that the audience first learns his name. When Suske and Wiske tell Tante Sidonia and Lambik about Krimson Lambik happens to have heard from him. In fact, he panics and tells them "he

80-450: A dandy : high hat , black coat and a cane. Krimson is easily agitated or unnerved and takes pills to calm him down. They are usually provided by his trusty butler Achiel who is ordered to quickly bring him his daily dose of pills. Krimson swallows a wide variety of pills, often for contradictive means such as calming down as well as make him feel happier again. In Jerom and Amoras , two spin-off series of Suske en Wiske , Krimson

120-466: A flat character . He is brave, honest, helpful, smart, polite, heroic, strong and has no real flaws in the way that Wiske or Lambik have. This also explains why he is the least popular character in the franchise. In "Het Eiland Amoras" he often went berserk whenever someone said the battle cry "Seefhoek vooruit!" (the "Seefhoek" was the neighborhood in Antwerp where Vandersteen grew up. In reprints this

160-452: A fur trapper in Alaska and is married with a Native American woman, Big Snowbell. Sidonia's niece, Carmencita Falasol, is a Spanish operasinger who is married with inventor Don José del Rondello, with whom she has a toddler son, Sprotje. Sidonia is of ancient noble ancestry. In "De Koning Drinkt" ("The King Drinks") (1947) we learn that a medieval woman who shares a physical resemblance to her

200-410: A hero, but his father didn't support his dream, even when Krimson received his medical diploma. As a result, he decided to become the biggest criminal of all time. We get an impression of what he may have looked like as a child in "De Zeven Schaken" (1995). Krimson runs a powerful and global criminal network. He employs many henchmen and has occasionally worked together with other recurring villains in

240-541: A magical spell to become more attractive. In "Het Babbelende Bad" ("The Talking Bath") (2008) she visits a plastic surgeon. Sidonia is a spinster . She often tries to seduce other men, especially Lambik whom she secretly loves. In "De Lachende Wolf" ("The Laughing Wolf") (1952) she says she wouldn't go to Canada if Lambik asked her hand in marriage, a plea he ignores. In "Sjeik el Rojenbiet" ("Sheik Rojenbiet") (1963) Lambik imitates Ramon Novarro and tells Sidonia "I love you", which she takes seriously until he tells her he

280-489: A master of disguise, as demonstrated in "De Stierentemmer" ("The Bull Tamer") (1950), "De Sissende Sampan" ("The Hissing Sampan") (1963) and "De Apekermis" ("The Monkey Fair") (1965). Still there are times when Sidonia's emotions get the better of her. When she takes her glasses off this is usually a sign that she is about to get incredibly angry. She also has frequent nervous breakdowns where she starts screaming and jumps backward. Usually her entire body paralyzes or curves in

320-399: A potion to make her evil. In "De Spitse Bergen" ("The Steep Mountains") (2015) he wants to spread a gas that kills all plant life in the world. In some stories Krimson merely wants to enlarge his fortune. In "Amoris van Amoras" ("Amoris of Amoras") (1984) by building apartment buildings in the medieval city of Amoras and trying to make the local cathedral collapse to make space. Krimson bought

360-522: A while. One of the recurring storylines is Wiske's jealousy whenever Suske receives attention from other young, attractive females. Suske plays the central role in the spin-off series Amoras . The first volume is named after him. He is also the central character in the junior version Klein Suske en Wiske ("Little Suske and Wiske"). Both he and Wiske have their own statue in the Antwerp Zoo in Antwerp . It

400-440: Is Suske and Wiske 's guardian. Willy Vandersteen created her because, according to him, "a real mother would never allow her children to go on adventure like Suske and Wiske do". Despite that Sidonia still protects and defends them at all cost. Sidonia is an older, bespectacled woman who is thin and tall. (about 5'11") She has a large chin, big nose, a huge quiff and big feet. Because of her unattractive physical features she

440-607: Is a guide during the Brussels World's Fair in 1958 . In "Beminde Barabas" ("Beloved Barabas") (1974-1975) she works as a plumber. Sidonia's father is a moustached man, which explains his nickname "De Snor" ("The Moustache"). In "De Snorrende Snor" ("The Purring Moustache") (1957) he lives in with Sidonia. In "De Tijdbobijn" ("The Time Bobbin") (2009) he moves in the castle of the Van Zwollem family. In "De Lachende Wolf" ("The Laughing Wolf") (1952) we learn that her nephew, John, became

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480-528: Is also a major antagonist. He was voiced by Wim Wama in the TV puppet series Suske en Wiske (1976). Contrary to his image in the comic books his puppet version acts more like a clumsy crook who constantly falls and trips over objects. He also operates alone, rather than with henchmen. In the 1994 musical adaptation "De Stralende Sterren" Krimson's part was played by Guido Naessens in the Flemish version and Hans Wellens in

520-497: Is frequently mocked by other characters, especially Lambik . One of the most frequently uttered insults are comparisons between her and a coat stand . One of the running gags is that she often throws her shoe against the back of Lambik's head after he insulted her. Understandably, Sidonia feels very insecure about her appearance. During trips she often takes large trunks full with beauty measures along with her. In "De Jolige Joffer" ("The Jolly Joffer " (1986) she changes her face with

560-425: Is notably absent, but in other stories, such as "De Botte Botaknol" (1980-1981), "De Kattige Kat" (1984-1985), "De Flierende Fluiter" (2004-2005), "De Hippe Heksen" (1983) and "De Europummel" (2001-2002) she plays a central role. She is also a main character in the spin-off series Jerom and Amoras . While normally being a housewife Sidonia sometimes performs jobs. In "De Zwarte Zwaan" ("The Black Swan") (1958) she

600-463: Is often arrested near the end of the story, but always manages to escape from jail. Sometimes he is able to flee before anyone can stop him, usually taunting Suske, Wiske and their friends during his fleight by yelling: "Krimson always wins!" In one story, "De Zwarte Tulp" ("The Black Tulip") (2014) he becomes temporarily cured of his evilness by drinking a serum extracted from a white tulip . However, since Krimson feels so much remorse for his past he

640-508: Is only revealed on the next to final page when he explains that he survived the plane crash in the previous story. He ends up in jail, but in the next story, "Het Zoemende Ei" ("The Buzzing Egg") (1964) he escapes and tries to gain the mysterious Buzzing Egg, an extraterrestrial artefact which crash landed in the Brazilian jungle. The Egg eventually turns out to be a robot who will solve all of man's conflicts on Earth and bring world peace . Krimson

680-466: Is so humbled that he gives the robot a bouquet , but it turns out to be a bomb. To him war means money and therefore he doesn't want world peace. Jerom is able to dismantle the bomb in the nick of time, but the robot melts because it can't take the Earth's temperatures. From this album on he became the series' most recurring antagonist . Krimson was born in the fictional village Dievegem. He wanted to become

720-478: Is the biggest criminal in the world." Later in the story Krimson becomes the protagonists' major opponent when he tries to catch the Rhyming Horse to use it for smuggling , but is defeated when his plane crashes. In the same story Krimson's dependence on pills and butler Achiel are introduced. Krimson's physical appearance was based on a man, Henri Vinoelst, who often visited the manège where Vandersteen's daughter

760-521: Is unable to eat, drink or sleep anymore. Fearing for his health Suske, Wiske and Lambik travel back in time to 1637 to find a black tulip as an antidote . At the end of the story Krimson's butler Achiel refuses to balance the white and black tulip serums out and only feeds his master the black serum, making Krimson evil again. Krimson is rich enough to live in a mansion and have his own personal butler, Achiel, under his employ. He has access to helicopters and many other hi tech machinery. He dresses himself as

800-510: The communication satellites in the world. In "Het Enge Eiland" ("The Scary Island") (1999) he wants to force world governments to fulfill his demands or otherwise he'll use the Millennium Bug to dismantle the computer systems of all nuclear power plants in the world. In "De Kaduke Klonen" (2005) he tries to clone an army to invade other countries into submission. In "De Krimson-Crisis" ("The Krimson Crisis")(1988) Krimson succeeds in taking over

840-439: The 1975-1976 Dutch TV puppet series Suske en Wiske Suske's voice was done by Paula Majoor. In the 1994 musical "De Stralende Sterren" David Verbeeck played the part of Suske. In the 2002 musical "De Spokenjagers" Suske was played by Sébastien De Smet. Niels Destadsbader played Suske in the 2008 musical "De Circusbaron". In the 2004 live-action film De duistere diamant  [ nl ] Joeri Busschots played Suske. In

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880-520: The 1994 theatrical musical "De Stralende Sterren" ("The Blinking Stars") she was portrayed by Aimé Anthoni, in the 2002 musical "De Spokenjagers" ("The Ghost Hunters") (2002) by Jeroen Maes and in the live-action film De duistere diamant  [ nl ] ("The Dark Diamond") (2004) by Peter Van Den Begin . The only female actor to play the part so far was Wanda Joosten. In the Dutch educational comic strip series Van Nul tot Nu (1982), which tells

920-456: The 2009 3-D animated feature film Luke and Lucy: The Texas Rangers Marijn Klaver played Luke (Suske). Tante Sidonia Tante Sidonia is a Flemish comics character from the Belgian comics series Suske en Wiske . In the franchise she is the aunt of Wiske and the adoptive aunt of Suske , of whom she both takes care. In the original Flemish publications her name was Sidonie , while

960-454: The Amorasians' battle against their oppressors. At the end of the story Suske is adopted by aunt Sidonia and travels back to Belgium. Suske was named after Vandersteen's father, Sus Vandersteen. The diminutive "-ke" in Flemish dialect means "little", thus "Suske" would translate back to "Little Sus". In some stories his full name, François, is mentioned, but not often. Suske is somewhat of

1000-603: The Dutch version. In a card game based on Suske en Wiske , called "De Kaartendans", he fulfills the part of the joker . Suske Suske (English: Willy , Luke , Bob , Spike ) is one of the main characters in the popular Belgian comic strip Suske en Wiske by Willy Vandersteen . He is the boy of the duo. When Willy Vandersteen created his first adventure story with the characters Wiske , Tante Sidonia and Professor Barabas , "Rikki en Wiske in Chocowakije" ("Rikki and Wiske in Chocowakije") (1945) he already gave

1040-452: The little girl Wiske a boy companion called Suske . However, in this early incarnation the boy was her older and stronger brother. Also, Vandersteen's publisher had changed the character's name into "Rikki" without his knowledge, let alone with his approval. This turned out to be for the better, since Vandersteen felt that the character was way too old to be a good companion to the much younger Wiske. He also resembled Tintin too much. Thus, at

1080-448: The others don't understand him. He does this again in "De Curieuze Neuzen" ("The Curious Noses") (2007), but this time because he feels unwanted seeing he is an orphan. In "De Goalgetter" (1990) Suske becomes an association football champion and his success goes to his head. In "Het Gebroken Dorp" (2014) Suske becomes count of Marchimont, after saving the city from a local curse. Suske and Wiske are best friends, despite quarreling once in

1120-741: The second biggest mountain of the Alps in "De Begeerde Berg" ("The Desired Mountain") (1995) and wants to blow off the top of the Mont Blanc in order to own the highest mountain in Europe. In "De Ongelooflijke Thomas" ("The Unbelievable Thomas") (2000) he wants to use the micro-energetica of children to make older people younger again. He tries to steal the copyright of Suske en Wiske in "De Verdwenen Verteller" ("The Disappeared Narrator") (2002). He tries to sell an atomic aeroplane to international governments in "Het Machtige Monument" ("The Mighty Monument") (2008). Krimson

1160-741: The series, such as Savantas, De Zwarte Madam and professor Rosarius. He is mostly active in drug trafficking ("Het Rijmende Paard") ("The Rhyming Horse") (1963)), "De Sissende Sampan ("The Hissing Sampan ") (1963)). He collaborated with Druon Antigoon in "De Zeven Schaken" (1995) and with weapon salesmen in "Kaapse Kaalkoppen" ("Baldheads from Kaapstad ") (2004) to destroy a serum which can prevent people from xenophobia . Later stories often have him trying to steal certain magical objects, scientific inventions and/or treasures that he wants to use for his own personal gain. Krimson favors world domination and has tried to gain it several times. In "De Kwaaie Kwieten" ("The Evil Weirdos") (1986) he attempts to gain all

1200-409: The shape of a bow. In some stories she has to be calmed down with a mustard foot bath, smelling salts or a quick hospital visit. Tante Sidonia debuted in the first unofficial Suske en Wiske story, "Rikki en Wiske in Chocowakije" (1945), where she is already shown as Wiske's guardian. She adopts Suske in the next story Het Eiland Amoras ("The Isle of Amoras") (1946). In some older stories she

1240-447: The start of the next story, "Op Het Eiland Amoras" ("On The Isle of Amoras") (1945) Vandersteen sent Rikki off to get a ration stamp for shoes and effectively wrote him out of the series. In the course of the story Wiske, Sidonia and Barabas travel to the isle of Amoras where Wiske meets a local orphan named Suske. He explains to her that he is the last living relative of Sus Antigoon, his great-great-great-grandfather. Wiske joins him in

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1280-484: The translations in the Netherlands named her Sidonia . After the series changed to Algemeen Beschaafd Nederlands in 1964 the character was changed to her definitive name Sidonia . She even announces this to the readers at the start of the album "De Nerveuze Nerviërs" ("The Nervous Nervii ") (1964). In English translations of the series, she has been called Aunt Agatha , Aunt Sidonia , and Aunt Sybil . Tante Sidonia

1320-406: The upper hand. Sidonia is very bright. In several stories she comes up with ingenious plans to solve complicated problems and uses her slender body to good use. In "De Straatridder" ("The Street Knight") (1955) she hides herself completely behind a street light, while she startles a burglar in "De Lachende Wolf" ("The Laughing Wolf") (1952) by crawling up the stairs in snake-like fashion. She is also

1360-491: The world and establishes a dictatorship. He is defeated in a large battle near the end of the story. Krimson has resorted to enforcing child labor in "De Sissende Sampan" (1963) and is not above stealing objects or kidnapping people to fulfill his goals. He kidnapped Paul Geerts in "De Verdwenen Verteller" ("The Disappeared Narrator") (2002) and Tante Sidonia in "De Verwoede Verzamelaar" ("The Obsessive Collector") (2015). In "Krimsonia" (2012) he tried to give Tante Sidonia

1400-670: Was a royal warrant holder . At the end of the story she marries the king. In "De Stierentemmer" ("The Bull Tamer") (1952) the mayor of the fictional Spanish town Servela tells Sidonia that she is related to the Duke of Medina Sidonia , who was a real 16th century Spanish duke. Even in the 19th century Sidonia still has nobility in her family. In "De Tuf-Tuf Club" (1951) we get to know baron van Stiefrijke, another great-grandfather of her. Her grand aunt Eulalie van Stiefrijke, however, had serious debts, according to "Het Lijdende Leiden" ("The Suffering Leiden ") (2011). On June 15, 1995, an illustrated wall

1440-510: Was a regular customer. Initially he resembled Vinoelst so much that the man complained about being misrepresented. As a result, Vandersteen was forced to make him less recognizable by stylizing Vinoelst's features and giving Krimson a goatee . Krimson returned in "De Sissende Sampan" ("The Hissing Sampan ") (1963), where it turns out he exploits children in Hong Kong as child laborers on local papaver fields for drug trafficking. However, this

1480-479: Was changed to "Antigoon vooruit!"). This element was dropped in later stories. Despite being one of the main protagonists of the series Suske is rarely the focus of the stories. In "De Stalen Bloempot" ("The Steel Flowerpot") (1950) Suske is brought back to his native Amoras to become king. At the end of the story he abdicates because he doesn't want to leave his friends behind. In "Het Ros Bazhaar" ("The Horse Bazhaar") (1974) Suske runs away from home, because he feels

1520-517: Was dedicated to Suske and Wiske in the Laekenstraat in Brussels , Belgium. Sidonia is also seen on this wall. In the 1975-1976 Dutch TV puppet series Suske en Wiske Sidonia's voice was done by Trudy Libosan. In the 2004 live-action film " Luke and Lucy: The Texas Rangers " she was voiced by Sien Eggers . In live-action films and plays Sidonia is often portrayed by male actors rather than female. In

1560-458: Was only joking. In "De Poenschepper" ("The Money Shoveler") (1963) it is revealed that she built a secret shrine for Lambik, who has been missing for several months. While her love for Lambik remains unrequited - as stipulated in Vandersteen's testament - her search for a partner has sometimes been fruitful, but either the men turn out to be villains or her love for Suske, Wiske and her friends gets

1600-647: Was sculpted by René Rosseel in 1978. They also have a statue in Middelkerke , sculpted by Monique Mol in 2002. On June 15, 1995 an illustrated wall was dedicated to Suske and Wiske in the Laekenstraat in Brussels , Belgium. Suske and Wiske are also part of an illustrated wall in the Korte Ridderstraat 8 in Antwerp, which was revealed on May 13, 2006. On April 24, 2009 a similar wall was revealed in Kalmthout . In

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