Pom (Jozef van Hove)

Pom was a Belgian comic artist, best known as the creator of the humorous adventure series, 'Piet Pienter en Bert Bibber' (1951-1995). While barely known outside Flanders, the comic enjoys a cult following to this day. The stories are marked by odd verbal jokes, cynical comedy and sarcastic self-reflexive narration. Although 'Piet Pienter en Bert Bibber' is family friendly, it's far more popular among adults for poking fun at the naïvité and clichés of typical children's comics. Pom was also one of comics' most legendary oddballs. He worked without assistants, which explains his highly eccentric style. The man resisted colorisation, preferred Flemish dialect over standard Dutch and kept an all-time 1950s look in his backgrounds. Later in his career, he grew into a notorious grouchy recluse. He hated his own work so much that he deliberately refused all merchandising and media attention. It all just added to his legend and the enduring cult popularity of his peculiar work.

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