Petoetje

Petoetje
Petoetje (left) and Petatje (right) depicted on a wall on the Place Saint-Géry/Sint-Goriksplein in Brussels, part of the Brussels' Comic Book Route.
Petoetje (left) and Petatje (right) depicted on a wall on the Place Saint-Géry/Sint-Goriksplein in Brussels, part of the Brussels' Comic Book Route.
Publication information
PublisherStandaard Uitgeverij (Belgium)
First appearanceThe Adventures of Nero:
Moea-Papoea (1950)
Created byMarc Sleen

Petoetje is a Belgian comics character from the comic strip The Adventures of Nero by Marc Sleen. He is a teenage black boy who originates from Papua New Guinea,[1] but was adopted by Madam Pheip and Meneer Pheip, along with another orphan child, Petatje.[2]

  1. ^ "Marc Sleen".
  2. ^ Auwera, Fernand, and de Smet, Jan, "Marc Sleen", Standaard Uitgeverij, 1985.