October 2009, 248 albums and more than 50 million copies of Jommeke have been sold. Although some of the comics have been translated in French ("Gil et Jo"), English ("Jeremy") and German ("Peter und Alexander"), the series has only been truly successful in Flanders, where Nys was considered as one of the four great comic artists, together with Willy Vandersteen, Marc Sleen and Bob de Moor. Bibliography De avonturen van Kadodderke (The adventures of Kadodderke) in 't Pallieterke' , 1946 Adam leeft nog (Adam still lives) in 't Pallieterke' , 1948 De Familie Knol (The Family Knol) in 't Pallieterke' , 1948 De lotgevallen van Jef Neus (Whatever happened to Jef Nose) in Gazet van Antwerpen, 1952–1955 Amadeus en Seppeke (Amadeus and Seppeke), 4 stories in Het Handelsblad, 1954–1955 Jommeke in Kerkelijk Leven, 1955–1958 Five biographies (Pieter Breughel, Berten Rodenbach, Pius X, Bernadette and Godelieve van Gistel) in Kerkelijk Leven, 1955–1959 Six biographies (Johannes XXIII and five other lives of priests and missionaries, including one of Pierre-Jean De Smet) in 't Kapoentje, 1958–1965 Langteen en Schommelbuik, 11 stories in 't Kapoentje, from 1963 on De Lustige Kapoentjes (The joyful rascals) in 't Kapoentje, 1965–1967 De Jommekesclub (The Jommeke club) in Ohee, from 1970 on Jommeke in Het Volk, more than 200 adventures from 1958 on Regular albums have appeared for Jommeke, Langteen en Schommelbuik, De Lustige Kapoentjes, and his biographies. Most of his other works have appeared in limited, bibliophile editions. Currently, only Jommeke and Langteen en Schommelbuik are easily available in shops. Awards and honours 1988: A first Jommeke statue in Beveren, Belgium 1992: Honorary citizen of Koksijde, Belgium 1995: Honorary citizen of Durbuy, Belgium 1997: A statue of Jommeke in Middelkerke, Belgium 1997: A stamp issued by the Belgian Post 1998: A medal issued by the Belgian National Bank 1998: A statue of Jommeke in Temse, Belgium 2005: Gouden Adhemar at Strip Turnhout, Belgium, for his entire career 2005: A mosaic of Jommeke in Wilrijk, Belgium 2006: A statue of Annemieke and Rozemieke (from the Jommeke comic) in Middelkerke 2006: A bas-relief of Jommeke in Temse Notes Resources Danny De Laet (1981), De geesteskinderen van Jef Nys, in De avonturen van Amadeus en Seppeke! pages 171–176, Antwerpen, De Dageraad. External links Alan Hope, "Face of Flanders - Jef Nys" - article in Flanders Today Jef Nys in ODIS - Online Database for Intermediary Structures People from Berchem Royal