John Reid (cartoonist)

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John Reid (born 1968) is a Dutch cartoonist and judge.

Reid was born in 1968 in Utrecht. [1] Reid makes the cartoon Fokke & Sukke with Bastiaan Geleijnse and Jean-Marc van Tol. Originally, the cartoon was published in the satirical student newspaper Propria Cures . Since 1999, it is published in the national newspaper NRC Handelsblad . [2] Reid, Geleijnse, and Van Tol won the Stripschapprijs in 2003. [3]

He studied law. He has been a judge at the court of justice in Alkmaar since 2002. [1] As of 2016 he is also the new host of the TV show De Rijdende Rechter  [ nl ] in which civil disputes are settled.

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References

  1. 1 2 Marcel Haenen & Lars van den Brink (23 February 2016). "De man achter Fokke & Sukke is de nieuwe Rijdende Rechter". NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  2. Bart Mos, "Cartoonist nieuwe Rijdende Rechter Archived 26 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine ", De Telegraaf , 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  3. "38 jaar de Stripschapprijs - 1974 – 2011". Het Stripschap. Retrieved 28 December 2011.