

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...


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...


Art For Art’s Sake
Since December 2023 I have contributed regularly to an American music blog (*), posting compilations of artists, groups, themes, whatever...


Pulp Comics Resurrection
As a comic lover, I find it painful to see how old pulp classics are becoming increasingly scarce. Due to tear and wear over the years...