He was also instrumental in post-war Dutch photography and a tutor to such photographers as Ed van der Elsken and Philip Mechanicus. René's father was photographer Ad Windig (1912-1996), one of the underground photographers who captured the German occupation in Amsterdam on camera during the final war years. The picture, taken by Rudy Vrooman, was also used in their book 'De Stomme Wereld van Heinz' (Oog & Blik, 1993).īoth artists were born in Amsterdam: Eddie de Jong in 1950 and René Windig in 1951. Their work is characterized by a fondness for absurdity, old-fashioned language and silly humor.Įddie de Jong and René Windig, photographed in front of their studio at the Nieuwe Herengracht in Amsterdam. Windig and De Jong have established their own universe, filled with both human and anthropomorphic characters, with many crossovers and guest appearances in other strips.

They have created hilarious parodies of such classic comics as the 'Oom Wim' feature from Spirou/Robbedoes magazine, Walt Disney's 'Donald Duck' and Alfred Mazure's 'Dick Bos', but are best known for their own gag comic, 'Heinz' (1987-2000, 2004-2006), about a grumpy striped cat. They are also referred to as 'Gezellig & Leuk' ('Cozy & Nice'), after the comic book they edited and published anonymously in the 1970s and 1980s. René Windig and Eddie de Jong are an inseparable Dutch comics duo, best-known as simply Windig & De Jong. Psst, he wants you to read that book to him and if I were you, I'd do that.' Heinz: 'Look Bonga, this is Lambiek, the very-very best comics store in the Netherlands and that man there is the salesman. If you’re able to support or share, it would be greatly appreciated!ĮDIT: She’s supposedly also gonna re-print the first volume, eventually (even if we don’t hit the 35k stretch goal for it), so don’t fret about picking up the series out of order if it keeps you back.'Heinz' strip from 1991 featuring Lambiek and Kees Kousemaker. It’s all in her tags!), so if you remember her from those shows then you can share too! Even if you’re not into DucktalesĪnyways, uh, yeah! That’s all I wanted to say. She’s also done some cool work/comics in the Wander Over Yonder, Gravity Falls, Osumatsu, and Mob Psycho 100 fandoms, previously (Plus others I’m forgetting, I’m sure. If you aren’t in a spot to back the project personally, perhaps consider giving it a bit of a signal boost? Selfishly speaking, I really want to see this book happen, but it’ll also be a huge support for a very talented indie cartoonist who very much deserves to succeed. Now, it’s not a duck comic, but it is still a product of Mod’s brilliant art, layout, and storytelling skills that might be able to be printed in real-life paper form! ( which you can check out in it’s entirety on her website first if you want) Five bucks or even one will still add up! So, what I’m asking is, if any of you out there have wished you could buy a physical copy of Mod’s duck comics, or wanted to support a really cool artist who’s put out some great stuff for the fandom, please consider backing the TPoH fund! It doesn’t even have to be at a rewards level. The Kickstarter went off to a strong start, but things have since slowed down a lot. What’s this about, you ask? Well, the thing is, Mod does some really cool stuff outside of her Ducktales art, too! A week-and-a-half or so ago she launched a Kickstarter to try and print her entirely original and ongoing webcomic, The Property of Hate! It’s a great comic that I’d highly recommend to anybody who likes weird dream-like fantasy adventures, Alice-In-Wonderland/Phantom-Tollbooth type stuff, stories about stories, or just loves her art style. Y’know, that Gladstone Gander redesign person,Īnd the artist who made all these freakin’ amazing fan comics.

From what I can tell, I’m sure a lot of you have either seen or maybe even reblogged stuff made by ModMad.

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