It was originally published in Kerk en Leven, before moving to Het Volk, where it ran until the newspaper ceased to exist in 2010.

Jommeke is very popular in Flanders and, together with Suske en Wiske, is the best-selling comic strip in the region.

[citation needed] However, its success has always remained a phenomenon in Belgium and the Netherlands, and attempts at marketing foreign translations have all failed.

[citation needed] The first appearance of Jommeke was on 30 October 1955, as a gag-a-day strip in the Flemish magazine Kerk en Leven.

This makes Jommeke the best-selling comic book series in Belgium behind Suske en Wiske.

[6] On 31 July 1997 [7] Jommeke was the first comic book character to receive his own statue in Middelkerke, in front of the casino.