Peter C. A. de Jong has the biggest Douwe Dabbert Fansite. Part of the fansite is a special page of gesture drawings made by artists. I’ve also been asked to make such a drawing. I enjoyed reading Douwe Dabbert myself. The stories were first published as serials in the weekly magazine of Donald Duck. Meaning…Read more
Last year the Dutch Donald Duck magazine celebrated their 90th birthday. They organized a contest to give the readers a chance to create a new neighbor for Donald Duck. The day I noticed the contest it was also brought to my attention by Nadija. We talked a bit about it and I decided to give…Read more
Idea & Dialogue: Umut Ozturk Concept & Art: Feroz Nazir
I’ve thought about making a comic starring ghosts on multiple occasions. The last comic idea was about friendship, betrayal and forgiveness, but it was not the right moment to make a comic. It’s only now as I started reflecting that I realize how much influence that unmade story has had on De Spoekies (The Spookies)….Read more
Life is funny. I remember sitting in the train with Carmen and Saskia and I told them how there would be no more Imaginary Muse. I’m happy that Ulrik asked me to work on the magazine for three issues and I got to tell three stories. Two were in the fridge for a long time….Read more
This is a look behind the scenes of making my entry for the Big Drawing competition of the Kamper Stripspektakel 2022. The theme was “Do not think in limits, but in possibilities!“. One of the first things that came to mind was a sketch between Robin Williams and Elmo. With only a stick Mr Williams…Read more
I was finally able to join an edition of Graphic Novel Weekend. I was informed about the first edition (Utrecht) by Valentijn Hamel, but we were organising a model sketch session for The Artist Guild during that weekend. I had too much on my plate when the second edition came to Haarlem and the Corona…Read more