René Windig (born 1951 in

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

cartoonist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comics illustrators/artists in that they produce both the litera ...

, best known as a frequent collaborator with Eddie de Jong. Together they created the newspaper comic ''Heinz'', about a grumpy sarcastic cat. They won the 1991

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 ...

. They created the album covers for records by the rock band Rockin' Belly.

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1951 births Living people Dutch comic strip cartoonists Dutch comics writers Dutch comics artists Dutch humorists Artists from Amsterdam Dutch album-cover and concert-poster artists Winners of the Stripschapsprijs {{cartoonist-stub