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“Best Friends” was published on the occasion of the eightieth birthday of Tom Poes and Mr. Bommel. This book brings together two indispensable source stories from the Bommel saga. In 'Tom Puss in the Magic Garden' the first meeting between the two is recorded. This is followed by the story 'Tom Poes and the dragon castle', which not only causes a sensation because of the exciting storyline, but also because of the introduction of Slot Bommelstein and the Oude Schicht, two iconic elements from the Bommel stories. On the morning of July 12, 1941, readers of De Telegraaf witnessed a historic meeting. In the third story of the comic strip about Tom Poes that started that year, a strange figure made his appearance. He had traveled a long way, was wearing a checked coat and was blowing a large cloud of smoke from his pipe. Tom Poes greeted the stranger politely, after which he introduced himself as Ollie B. Bommel. The two shook hands and immediately embarked on their first adventure together. It would be the start of a wonderful friendship and it laid the foundation for the much-loved comic strips that Marten Toonder wrote about Tom Poes and Mr. Bommel.
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