by reading "Nero". Sleen died at the age of 93 on the evening of 6 November 2016. He was buried in the Campo Santo in Ghent. Awards 1974: Prix Saint-Michel for best comical story, Brussels, Belgium. The award went to Het Lachvirus (The Laughing Virus). 1981: Honorary citizen of Hulshout, Belgium 1984: Honorary citizen of Sint-Niklaas, Belgium 1989: Stamp of Nero issued by the Belgian Post. 1993: Gouden Adhemar at Strip Turnhout, Belgium 1995: Best comic of 1994 by the "Belgische Kamer van stripexperten" (Belgian assembly of comic experts) 1997: Knighted (Ridder) by king Albert II of Belgium 2005: Honorary citizen of Brussels 2008: Honorary citizen of Turnhout 2011: Honorary citizen of Hoeilaart Statues of his creations have been erected in Turnhout (1991), Hoeilaart (1994) and Middelkerke (1997). An exclusive museum opposite the Belgian Centre for Comic Strip Art is devoted to his work . Major comics series His comics were drawn rapidly in a "flexible and loose" style. They can be divided in one-page or one-strip gag series like Piet Fluwijn en Bolleke and De Lustige Kapoentjes, and humorous adventure comics of book length (generally between 32 and 64 pages) like Stropke en Flopke and Nero. Piet Fluwijn (1944–1945) Piet Fluwijn en Bolleke (1945–1965) (also known as The adventures of a father and his son) Pollopof (1946–1952) Stropke en Flopke (1946–1950) Nero (1947–2002) De Ronde van Frankrijk ("the annual Tour de France". (Each year Marc Sleen drew a daily strip about the cycling event) (1947–1964) De Lustige Kapoentjes (1950–1965) (continued by other artists including Hurey and Kabou) Doris Dobbel (1950–1967) Fonske (1951–1960) Oktaaf Keunink (1952–1965) References External links Marc Sleen at Lambiek Comiclopedia 1922 births 2016 deaths Album-cover and concert-poster artists Belgian comics artists Belgian comics writers Belgian cartoonists Belgian editorial cartoonists Belgian caricaturists Belgian documentary filmmakers Belgian environmentalists Belgian humorists Belgian illustrators Belgian knights Belgian nature writers Belgian satirists Belgian television personalities Breendonk prison camp survivors Courtroom sketch artists The Adventures of Nero