Jan Kruis
Encyclopedia
Jan Kruis is a Dutch
comics artist.
He began creating comics as a child. Later he worked for the Dutch comics pioneer Marten Toonder
.
Kruis started his own comics career drawing "Prins Freddie" for the magazine "De Havenloods", but became famous thanks to his series of one-pagers, called "Jan, Jans en de Kinderen" (Jack, Jacky & the Juniors). It first appeared in the woman's magazine "Libelle" on December 12 1970. In German-speaking Switzerland, it appeared in the magazine "Spick" which targeted children and teenagers; and in Germany "Favorit" published it for some time under the name "Ulli, Ulla und die Kinder".
Kruis received the Order of the Netherlands Lion in 1996. Two years later he retired. Daughter Andrea Kruis
has followed her father's footsteps.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
comics artist.
He began creating comics as a child. Later he worked for the Dutch comics pioneer Marten Toonder
Marten Toonder
Marten Toonder was a Dutch comic creator, born in Rotterdam. He was probably the most successful comic artist in the Netherlands and had a great influence in the Dutch language by introducing new words and expressions....
.
Kruis started his own comics career drawing "Prins Freddie" for the magazine "De Havenloods", but became famous thanks to his series of one-pagers, called "Jan, Jans en de Kinderen" (Jack, Jacky & the Juniors). It first appeared in the woman's magazine "Libelle" on December 12 1970. In German-speaking Switzerland, it appeared in the magazine "Spick" which targeted children and teenagers; and in Germany "Favorit" published it for some time under the name "Ulli, Ulla und die Kinder".
Kruis received the Order of the Netherlands Lion in 1996. Two years later he retired. Daughter Andrea Kruis
Andrea Kruis
Andrea Kruis is a Dutch comics artist. She followed the footsteps of father Jan Kruis, best known for his one-page comic Jan, Jans en de Kinderen . Catootje, the younger bespectacled half of the two daughters, is modelled after Andrea.-Biography:Andrea Kruis went to the Minerva Art Academy in...
has followed her father's footsteps.