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The initiative for Sjoert came from the board of Het Stripschap. In December 1982 the first issue of Kwartaal, the quarterly magazine for the members of Het Stripschap, was published. With this regularity in the printed matter, the need arose to give this printed matter its own face. The next issue, Quarter number 1, appeared on February 15, 1983, the deadline for issue was January 19, 1983. That was the official birthday of Sjoert, after a very short pregnancy, because the assignment for the design of Sjoert only came in the first week of January. In that short time Henk actually designed three different Sjoertjes, a fairly tall rat-like lank, a Paulus de Boskabouter-like figure and a kind of fauntje, which eventually became the Sjoert. The first sketches were made by Henk during a telephone conversation with board member Hans Duncker, keywords were "flexible" and "beast" and also "faun" (the description of the final Sjoert. This is the final version of Sjoert ... This is the drawing that was decisive for Sjoert's look. Officially the first drawing, with a sketch (cut-out) on the back in blue nonerepro.
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