and Cars 2, where he was the voice of the character Mater. Comics career Urbanus is script writer of a comics series about a childlike version of himself, Urbanus, which debuted in 1982. The series is drawn by Willy Linthout and from the third story on, Urbanus started providing the scenarios. The comic strip managed to become the longest-running series in the celebrity-inspired genre and new albums are still published to this day. The comics also sell well in the Netherlands. Urbanus also writes the gags for the satirical comic De Geverniste Vernepelingskes (1998), which pokes fun at several Flemish celebrities. It was first drawn by Jan Bosschaert, then Dirk Stallaert and finally Steven Dupré. Urbanus also writes gags for the children's comics Plankgas en Plastronneke (2004–2008) and Mieleke Melleke Mol (since 2003), both drawn by Dirk Stallaert. Urbanus has also drawn some gag comics himself. He also illustrated many of his own album covers. Discography Albums Singles Films Urbanus produced and appeared in several movies: Hector (1988) Koko Flanel (1990) Les Sept péchés capitaux (1992) De Zevende Hemel (1993) Max (1994) (2004) K3 en het IJsprinsesje (2007) Urbanus did voices for the following movies: March of the Penguins (2005) – narration for the Dutch version Cars (2006) – voice of Mater for the Flemish version References External links urbanusstrips.blogspot.com Urbanus comic books Lambiek Comiclopedia article about his entire life and career 1949 births Living people 20th-century Flemish male actors 21st-century Flemish male actors 20th-century Belgian male singers 21st-century Belgian male singers Belgian atheists Belgian stand-up comedians Belgian comedy musicians Belgian humorists Belgian pop singers Belgian rock singers Belgian singer-songwriters Belgian male guitarists Belgian satirists Belgian surrealist artists Belgian comics writers Belgian comics artists Album-cover and concert-poster artists Flemish male film actors Flemish male voice actors Flemish television writers People from Dilbeek Dutch-language singers of Belgium Surreal comedy Male television writers Religious controversies in music Religious controversies in television Religious controversies in Belgium Obscenity controversies in music Television controversies in Belgium