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First issue: After 15 years we finally ran into the lamp. The first number was indeed number 8. The reason behind this is quite simple; the founder of De Stripper (Sven van der Hart) wanted to start an amateur comics magazine and needed artists for that, he thought he had a better chance of attracting enthusiastic artists by stating that the magazine had been around for a year instead assuming it had yet to be established. He had sent a call to Sjors and Sjimmie comic magazine, after which he was called and asked by the editors if he could send one of the numbers, so that the editors could place a cover with the call on the mail page. Sven sent an excuse and got away with just the faxed cover—a fake cover he hastily cobbled together in one night. So that's how it is. Glad the truth is finally out on the table. Regards, Michiel van de Vijver
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