Erik Kriek (born 18 November 1966,

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the City Re ...

) is a Dutch artist and the winner of the 2008

Stripschapprijs The Stripschapprijs is a Dutch prize awarded to List of comic creators, comic creators for their entire body of work. It is awarded annually by the ''Stripschap'', the Dutch Society of comics fans, since 1974. The prize is non-pecuniary, but is con ...

. He writes and draws the

comic book A comic book, comic-magazine, or simply comic is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panel (comics), panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are often accompanied by descriptive prose and wri ...

, ''Gutsman''. In addition to his work he collects banjos and plays in a bluegrass band. Some of the most notable books he has illustrated are: '' The Set-up: The lost classic by the author of The Wild Party'' by Joseph Moncure March (Korero Press 2021), ''Welcome to Creek Country:'' (Concerto 2020) and ''In the Pines: Murder Ballads '' (Fantagraphics 2017).

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