| Eric de Noorman | |
|---|---|
 Eric de Noorman drawn on a building wall in Arnhem, Netherlands | |
| Author(s) | Hans G. Kresse |
| Current status/schedule | Discontinued |
| Launch date | 5 July 1946 |
| End date | 24 January 1964 |
| Syndicate(s) | Panda, Antoninus Pius |
| Genre(s) | Historical comics, Action, adventure |
Eric de Noorman ("Eric the Norseman") was a Dutch comic strip, published in text comic format, and drawn by Hans G. Kresse from 1946 until 1964. The stories featured a Viking king, Eric, and his adventures overseas. Together with Kapitein Rob and Tom Poes, Eric de Noorman is widely considered to belong to the Big Three in Dutch comics history.[1] Kresse's well documented stories and high quality drawing are praised and have influenced many other European comics artists. Eric de Noorman is one of the few Dutch comics to gain popularity in foreign translations. In the Netherlands, it was published in Het Vaderland, De Nieuwe Haarlemsche Courant and Tom Poes Weekblad, in Flanders in Het Laatste Nieuws and De Nieuwe Gazet, in Wallonia in Le Soir.[2] The comic has been translated into French, Danish, Finnish, German, Spanish, Swedish, Portuguese and English.[3] From 1948 on the stories were published in oblong format books at the low price of 75 cent.