Mark Retera (born 16 May 1964, Eindhoven) is a Dutch cartoonist, best known for his absurd gag comic DirkJan . He is the winner of the 2004 Stripschapprijs. [1] He also draws caricatures for the Dutch weekly Panorama.
Retera studied cognitive science at the current Radboud University Nijmegen before turning full-time artist.
DirkJan is a Dutch comic strip series, created in 1989 by Dutch author and artist Mark Retera. It is also the name of its main character. The series is a gag-a-day comic.
Erik Kriek is a Dutch artist and the winner of the 2008 Stripschapprijs. He writes and draws the comic book, Gutsman. In addition to his work he collects banjos and plays in a bluegrass band.
The Stripschapprijs is a Dutch prize awarded to comic creators for their entire body of work. It is awarded annually by the Stripschap, the Dutch Society of comics fans, since 1974. The prize is non-pecuniary, but is considered the most important award for comics in the country.
Roel Dijkstra is a Dutch comic book series about a fictional football player. The series was created in 1975 by Jan Steeman and Andrew Brandt. The first 21 volumes, drawn by Steeman and his successors, were published between 1977 and 1995 by Dutch publisher Oberon. Steeman and Brandt produced the first ten.
Jesse van Muylwijck is a Dutch cartoonist. He is the winner of the 2010 Stripschapprijs.
Barbara Stok is a Dutch cartoonist, best known for her graphic novel Vincent.
Aloys Oosterwijk is a Dutch cartoonist. He is the winner of the 2007 Stripschapprijs. Since 1996 he publishes a weekly comic strip Willems Wereld in the Dutch magazine Panorama. Oosterwijk is also known as a courtroom sketch artist.
Gerard Leever is a Dutch cartoonist. He is the winner of the 2006 Stripschapprijs.
Jan Steeman was a Dutch comics artist, best known for his association football comic Roel Dijkstra and Noortje, a comic strip about a bumbling teenage girl published in Tina. The latter runs for more than 40 years in succession, making it the longest-running Dutch comic strip by the self-same artist. His scriptwriter for Noortje was Patty Klein while his son Lucas has taken over the comic. Steeman won the 2005 Stripschapprijs. He died on 24 January 2018 from kidney failure.
Bastiaan Geleijnse is a Dutch cartoonist and comics artist. He is the winner of the 2004 Stripschapprijs for Fokke & Sukke, with John Reid and Jean-Marc van Tol.
Jean-Marc van Tol is a cartoonist. He is the winner of the 2004 Stripschapprijs for Fokke & Sukke, with John Reid and Bastiaan Geleijnse. He also played in the Dutch TV-series Wie is de mol.
Eric Schreurs was a Dutch cartoonist. He was the winner of the 2002 Stripschapprijs. He is most famous for his long-running humor comics series Joop Klepzeiker, which had satirical elements. Later in his career he was also active as a painter. His son Boris is a drag queen known as My Little Puny, who competed on season two of Drag Race Holland, placing as the runner-up of the season.
Bernard Willem Holtrop is a Dutch cartoonist living in France since 1968, who publishes under the pen name Willem. He is renowned for his sometimes provocative cartoons featuring violent and sexual imagery on political topics. In 1968 two of his cartoons led to court cases, where he was, among others, accused of lèse-majesté for depicting queen Juliana of The Netherlands as a prostitute. In the end he was only sentenched for a cartoon criticizing police brutality by comparing it with Nazism. The events motivated Willem to move to France, where he still lives to this day. His work attacks religion, the monarchy, the far-right, the far-left, terrorism and war policies.
Peter Pontiac was a Dutch cartoonist, comics artist and illustrator. He was the winner of the 1997 Stripschapprijs. Pontiac died on 20 January 2015, after a lengthy battle with severe liver disease.
Hein de Kort is a Dutch cartoonist. He is the winner of the 1992 Stripschapprijs.
Eddie de Jong is a Dutch cartoonist, best known as a frequent collaborator with René Windig. Together they created the newspaper comic Heinz, about a grumpy sarcastic cat. They won the 1991 Stripschapprijs. They created the album covers for records by the rock band Rockin' Belly.
Jacob Cornelis (Jaap) Vegter was a Dutch cartoonist. He was the winner of the 1979 Stripschapprijs.
Evert Geradts is a Dutch cartoonist and former underground comics artist. He later became a prolific Disney comics writer and artist too. He is the winner with Leny Zwalve of the 1977 Stripschapprijs.
Dennis Retera is a Dutch racing driver currently competing in the International GT Open. Retera has raced in the International Formula Master, Formula Renault 2.0 and other racing series. In 2008 Retera joined A1 Team Netherlands as a test driver.
Peter van Dongen is a Dutch cartoonist. He is the winner of the 2018 Stripschapprijs.
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