Gerard van Straaten
(Sidoan)
(b. 17/4/1924, The Netherlands)
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Born in The Hague, Gerard van Straaten is the brother of famous Dutch cartoonist Peter van Straaten. He was active in the comics field between 1948 and 1967. Using the pseudonym Sidoan, he worked for Toonder Studios for a long time. His first comics work was 'Rex Rijvers', which appeared in Het Vrije Volk in 1948. This was followed by 'Pedro de Cania' the following year. He took over the strip 'Marco Polo' from Cees van de Weert in Tom Poes Weekblad in 1949.
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Van Straaten also made advertising strips, such as 'Stuurman Steven' for Niemeyer Shag (1951) and 'De Avonturen van Bert en Bettie Brinta' for Brinta porridge (1956, with text by A.D. Hildebrand). For the magazine Ping, a publication of the Rabobank, he drew comics like 'Ping Li-Ping, de Keizerlijke Schatbewaarder', 'Ruimtepatrouille SP-3' and 'Buffalo Kid' with scripts by Harry Baljet during the 1960s.
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Van Straaten also did a lot of illustration work for magazines like Tom Poes-Weekblad, Donald Duck and for children's books like 'Swiebertje', 'Kameleon', and 'Bakkertje Deeg', published by Kluitman.
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