1/21/2024 0 Comments Hey psst comic![]() ![]() Between 5 November 1983 and 2 January 1984 the duo's longer 'Oom Wim' story 'De Vampier van Blaffedijk' was published in the newspaper De Waarheid. Oom Wim also appeared in other magazines over the decade, such as Caramba and Gummi. Sometimes his aesops don't have a point to them or couldn't even be described as such. Wim is depicted as a slightly senile lunatic who regularly forgets what he was talking about. The corny morals and archaïc language are frequent targets. Windig and De Jong's version shares the same visual style and set-up as the original, but was far sillier. When he was finished talking, he'd deliver his moral to them and the young readers. The original Oncle Paul featured a wise uncle who would always break up arguments between his young nephews to tell them a story. In their self-published magazine Gezellig en Leuk, Windig and De Jong continued their high school comic parody of the classic educational and moralizing Spirou comic strip 'L'Oncle Paul' (called 'Oom Wim' in the Dutch version). Shortly afterwards, the fivesome published their drawings in the alternative music magazine Aloha, and launched the first issue of Gezellig & Leuk in 1973. Already in these early efforts, they parodied other comic characters, such as Spirou's 'Oom Wim' ('Oncle Paul'). They made their own comic stories, with each member drawing another panel, like a relay race. ![]() ![]() Windig (the tall one) and De Jong (the short one) began their collaboration at the local Barlaeus high school, where they formed the artists' collective "De Vijf Slijmerds" ("The Five Slimeballs") with their friends Hans van Amstel, Hans Rot and Hans Niepoth. Through his father, Windig also developed an interest for artists like Pablo Picasso, Karel Appel, Vincent Van Gogh, Hokusai and Saul Steinberg. Schulz and George Herriman, and Dutch comic artist and illustrator Carol Voges. Other influences on their future work were the Flemish artists Willy Vandersteen and Marc Sleen, American authors Charles M. Both René and Eddie grew up reading the 'Donald Duck' stories by Carl Barks and the comics published in Robbedoes magazine, most notably those by André Franquin and Morris. 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. ![]() 'Heinz' strip from 1991 featuring Lambiek and Kees Kousemaker. ![]()
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