South Africa.

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Comics

South Africa

1939

In short

In South Africa, Bitterkomix, founded in 1991 by Anton Kannemeyer and Conrad Botes, satirised Afrikaner conservatism, and the newspaper strip Madam & Eve first appeared in July 1992.

Supa Strikas followed in 2001.

South Africa in numbers

01 • 04

South Africa in numbers · 01 • 04

1939

2010s

Artists

Artists from South Africa in the archive.

Comics from South Africa in the archive.

Oom Kaspaas, the earliest comic from South Africa in the archive.

The decade when the most new comics from South Africa began.

Artists from South Africa in the archive.

Comics from South Africa in the archive.

Oom Kaspaas, the earliest comic from South Africa in the archive.

The decade when the most new comics from South Africa began.

comics

comics · Comics from South Africa

History

South Africa in 2 chapters

A short history you can leaf through. Click a page, use the arrow keys, or press Turn the page to read on.

World Comics Heritage

South Africa.

2 chapters

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Chapter 1

1991

to 2000

Satire and the daily strip

Madam & Eve

Cover

1991
to 2000
Chapter 01
Satire and the daily strip
Anton Kannemeyer and Conrad Botes founded Bitterkomix in 1991, with a first album in 1992, to satirise Afrikaner conservatism. Madam & Eve first appeared in The Weekly Mail in July 1992 and ran as a daily from 1993.
2001
to today
Chapter 02
New audiences
Strika Entertainment began Supa Strikas in 2001, and Comic Con Africa was held in Johannesburg in 2025.

Essentials

The comics to know

Essentials

The people to know

Artists

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All 39 artists

Comics

More comics from South Africa

All 28 comics

Satire and the daily strip

Satire and the daily strip

New audiences