Gerrit de Jager (born 1954,
Amsterdam
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) is a Dutch cartoonist, and the creator of series including ', ', ' and '.
Career
De Jager's career started in the early 1980s with
Wim Stevenhagen
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under the pseudonym ''Prutspruts'' ("fiddle-fiddle"), later changed to ''Prutswerk'' ("lousy job"). In the early stages he worked with
Fay Lovsky. The first comic they released, entitled ''De Ironische Man'' ("The Ironic Man") was not very successful, but the duo went on producing comics such as ''Bert J. Prulleman'' and ''Pruts Pruts, Privat Kreye'' for the alternative magazine ''De Vrije Balloen''. During this time, the Familie Doorzon also appeared for the first time.
In 1984 Lovsky and de Jager broke up, and de Jager continued the familie Doorzon series, a satire of Dutch society and family life which eventually became one of the most popular cartoons in the Netherlands.
De Jager released an autobiographical novel, ''Door Zonder Familie'', in 2011.
References
Sources
Nederlandse Stripgeschiedenis
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1954 births
Living people
Dutch comics artists
Dutch comics writers
Dutch comic strip cartoonists
Dutch humorists
Dutch satirists
Dutch satirical comics writers
Dutch satirical comics artists
Dutch graphic novelists
Artists from Amsterdam
Winners of the Stripschapsprijs