Dick Matena (born 24 April 1943) is a Dutch comics writer and cartoonist. He has also published under the pseudonyms A. den Dooier, John Kelly and Dick Richards. He has made several kinds of comics, from humor comics to erotic comics, but is best known for his comic book adaptations of famous literary novels. Biography Toonder studios In 1960, at the age of 17, Matena started working as a volunteer at the Toonder studios. He helped with the drawing projects of Tom Poes (1962–1963) and Panda (1961–1968). In 1968 his first own comic appeared in the comic magazine Pep. Freelance period In 1964 Matena started working as a freelancer, in the beginning mainly for the Toonder studios. He drew his own comic Polletje Pluim. For Pep he drew De Argonautjes (1968–1973) and Ridder Roodhart (1969–1971). He wrote scenarios for the Macaroni's (1971–1975) and Blook (1972–1973). He later worked for the cartoon magazine Eppo, and wrote four scenarios for the comic Storm (1978–1980). Under the pseudonym Dick Richards he wrote eight scenarios for the comic De Partners (1976–1984), drawn by Carry Brugman. In 1977 Matena changed his drawing style and created his first realistic comic, Virl. Foreign period From 1982 until 1984 he lived in Spain and worked for Selecciones Ilustradas. For the comic magazine Titanic, he created two starship stories. After his move to Belgium he created the comics De laatste dagen van Edgar Allan Poe, Gauguin en Van Gogh and Mozart & Casanova. Spin-off Storm and Beyond With stories by Martin Lodewijk, Matena drew three spin-off comics of Storm. The series of these Storm albums are called Kronieken van de Tussentijd. He used his pseudonym John Kelly at first; the last comic is published under his own name. In 1997 he started again with the comic Tom Poes. Two stories were published in the Dutch version of the magazine Donald Duck. Comics of Dutch literature Matena draws comics of classical Dutch literary books. In 2003 he won the Bronzen Adhemar award. He was the first non-Flemish comics artist to receive this honor. Awards Stripschapsprijs for his complete comic work 1986 Bronzen Adhemar for his comic work of the book De Avonden 2003 Bibliography De Argonautjes (with Lo Hartog van Banda) 1 – Het orakel van Delphi (1970) 2 – Het eerste avontuur van de Argonautjes (1976) 3 – De Olympische vlam / Het Labyrinth (1978) 4 – Het zwaard