Trip Down Comic Memory Lane
Back in the Stone Age, uh, the very early 1960s, when I was just a tiny kid, I’d noticed that everybody in my family loved reading, which fascinated me a lot. Unfortunately, whenever I looked into those books, there were only meaningless scribbles, which at 4 years of age, I couldn’t read yet… However, there were also books and magazines with pictures, lots of them, and those were much more interesting. Despite the scribbles, those images were fascinating, and I could more or
Ladies from Hell and Krazy Kats
Let’s travel back in time, to 1966, late February, location: Nieuw Loosdrecht, Netherlands. I’m 7 years old and eagerly awaiting the delivery of the local newspaper: De Gooi en Eemlander . Not because I’m interested in the news, but because of the comics which include my favorite heroes, Suske & Wiske . In the English speaking part of the world these two are known as follows: UK: " Bob & Bobette " or " Spike and Suzy ", but in the US as " Willy and Wanda " A new adventure has
To Paint Or Be Painted
By now, my Art For Art's Sake series has reached over 400 cartoons, and I still enjoy mashing things up, a good sign! As explained in...
Creative Street Art
Earlier this month, there was a street art festival in Bangkok, of which I only managed to check out the last 2 days. Still better than...
2016 Street Art
Over the years, I moved from physical objects (photos, books, vinyl, CDs, etc.) more and more to digital versions (jpg, epub, pdf, mp3,...
Mashing Things Up
Usually, at least once a day, I surf the Net looking for potential 'candidates' for my Art For Art's Sake series (*). This can vary...
Art on the Streets
Songwat Road 2016 - 2025, first piece by Aitch I'm not sure when I started paying serious attention to street art, but around 2015, I...
She Drifted From Bed To Bed...
One of my (admittedly many) interests is old cover art, whether from pulp magazines from the 19202 - 1960s or weird paperbacks, whatever...
Cézanne mashed up!
‘How do you get your ideas?’ is a question I sometimes gets asked and although it’s tempting to reply with some rubbish like ‘I meditate...
Night At The (Art) Museum
Like in that not particularly great Ben Stiller movie surreal things happen in my cartoon series… On Feb. 3rd I conceived my first arty...