Ever Meulen (born Eddy Vermeulen; 12 February 1946 in Kuurne, BelgiumEver Meulen: Eddy Vermeulen (b. 12 February 1946, Belgium)
, Lambiek Comiclopedia.) is a Belgian illustrator, cartoonist, caricaturist and comic strip artist. His

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is based on his name ''E. Vermeulen''.Interview met Ever Meulen
, Westlease, 2 April 2013.

Biography

Vermeulen studied graphic arts at the

Sint-Lucas School of Architecture KU Leuven Faculty of Architecture (formerly known as the Sint-Lucas School of Architecture) is a Belgian school of architecture established in 1862 with campuses in Brussels and Ghent. History Sint-Lucas School of Architecture was founded in 1862 ...

Ghent Ghent ( nl, Gent ; french: Gand ; traditional English: Gaunt) is a city and a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the East Flanders province, and the third largest i ...

and

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

. He debuted in 1970, working for the magazine '' Humo'', 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 Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is divided into Voivodeships of Poland, sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 mill ...

, which featured a photograph of the pope sporting Lech Walesa's moustache.Ever Meulen
, Kuurne. Meulen also had success abroad. In the

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his work was published in the

underground comix Underground comix are small press or self-published comic books that are often socially relevant or satirical in nature. They differ from mainstream comics in depicting content forbidden to mainstream publications by the Comics Code Authority, ...

magazine '' Tante Leny presenteert!'', as well as ''

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'' and '' OOR''. In France he published in ''

Libération ''Libération'' (), popularly known as ''Libé'' (), is a daily newspaper in France, founded in Paris by Jean-Paul Sartre and Serge July in 1973 in the wake of the protest movements of May 1968. Initially positioned on the far-left of France ...

'' and Télé-Moustique. During the 1980s his work appeared in '' Raw'' and '' New Yorker''. One of his covers for ''RAW'' won the ''Certificate of Design Excellence''. His work has been exhibited in London, Liverpool, Angoulême, New York, Genève, Amsterdam, Lyon and

Turku Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...

, Finland. Meulen's book ''Verve'' (2006), collecting his most important graphic work from 1988 to 2005, has a foreword by Art Spiegelman. Other artists who praised his work were Saul Steinberg and Andy Warhol.Elien Haentjens,
Ever Meulen: 'Dankzij Kuifje voelde ik me thuis in Brussel'
, Bruzz. Meulen also designed the annual Gouden Uil award and made album covers for the Belgian bands The Employees, Telex and singer Raymond van het Groenewoud. Meulen is known for his love of stylish cars and motorcycles, as well as old Belgian comics from '' Tintin'' and '' Spirou'', two elements he frequently pays homage to in his work. He owns an

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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.

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Lambiek Comiclopedia
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