Spike and Suzy
On 9 January 2011, during the New Year's reception of the city of Ghent, the Flemish nationalist political party Vlaams Belang handed out 2000 calendars with a cover largely copied from the cover of the 1961 Spike and Suzy comic "De Wilde Weldoener" ("the Wild Benefactor"). In the derivative image, money was distributed by Daniël Termont, the mayor of Ghent, whose image replaced that of Lambic, the original character. The persons collecting the money had dark-coloured skin and were wearing scarfs. Vlaams Belang politician Deckmyn said he wanted to highlight that in Ghent tax payer's money was mainly channelled to non-Ghent people, reducing the quality of life in the city as a whole. He indicated that "a child could see it was a parody" of the original Spike and Suzy cover.