illustrator
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pseudonym
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graphic arts
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Ghent
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and
Brussels
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. He debuted in 1970, working for the magazine ''
Humo
''Humo'' (stylized in all caps) is a popular Dutch-language Belgian weekly radio and television magazine.
History and profile
''Humoradio'' (meaning a portmanteau of 'humor' and 'radio' in English) was first published in 1936 as a Dutch-langua ...
'', where he drew both comics ("Balthazar de Groene Steenvreter" ("Balthasar the Green Stone Eater") and "Piet Peuk" ("Pete Stub")), as well as cover illustrations, caricatures and illustrations to articles. When ''Humo'' published books or CDs, Meulen often provided the cover illustration.de bedrieglijk simpele tekeningen van ever meulen , Moors Magazine. In 1983 ''Humo'' won a ''Gold Award'' for a magazine cover created by Meulen about the visit of pope John-Paul II to
Poland
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, which featured a photograph of the pope sporting
Lech Walesa
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's moustache.Ever Meulen , Kuurne.
Meulen also had success abroad. In the
Netherlands
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his work was published in the
underground comix
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Vrij Nederland
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'' and ''
OOR
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History
The magazine was first published on 1 April 1971 as ''Muziekkrant Oor'', being ...
''. In France, he published in ''
Libération
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'' and Télé-Moustique. During the 1980s, his work appeared in '' Raw'' and ''
New Yorker
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''. One of his covers for ''RAW'' won the ''Certificate of Design Excellence''. His work has been exhibited in
London
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,
Liverpool
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,
Angoulême
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Located on a plateau overlooking a meander of ...
,
New York
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Genève
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,
Amsterdam
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,
Lyon
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and
Turku
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, Finland. Meulen's book ''Verve'' (2006), collecting his most important graphic work from 1988 to 2005, has a foreword by
Art Spiegelman
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. Other artists who praised his work were
Saul Steinberg
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and
Andy Warhol
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Gouden Uil
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award and made album covers for the Belgian bands The Employees,
Telex
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and singer
Raymond van het Groenewoud
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.
Meulen is known for his love of stylish cars and motorcycles, as well as old
Belgian comics
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from ''
Tintin
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* ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé
** Tintin (character), the protagonist and titular character of the series
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'' and '' Spirou'', two elements he frequently pays homage to in his work. He owns an
Oldsmobile
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. His early work is elegant and extravagant, while from 1979 his style became "sharper and hookier".
He taught at Sint-Lucas in Ghent, where one of his students was Jeroom.
In 2013 Meulen received the Henry Van de Velde Award for his entire career.Ever Meulen , Lekstock.
See also
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Ligne claire
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2024 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
The 2024 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne was the 76th edition of the Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne cycling classic. It was held on 25 February 2024 as a category 1.Pro race on the 2024 UCI ProSeries.
Teams
Seventeen of the eighteen UCI WorldTeams alon ...