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Mark Retera (born 16 May 1964,
Eindhoven
Eindhoven () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of North Brabant of which it is its largest. With a population of 238,326 on 1 January 2022,[cartoonist
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, best known for his absurd gag comic ''
DirkJan DirkJan is a Dutch comic strip series, created in 1989 by Dutch author and artist Mark Retera. It is also the name of its main character. The series is a gag-a-day comic.
Description
DirkJan is an underachiever who stumbles through life in mostly ...
''. He is the winner of the 2004
Stripschapprijs
The Stripschapprijs is a Dutch prize awarded to 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 considered the most import ...
.
He also draws caricatures for the Dutch weekly ''Panorama''.
Retera studied
cognitive science at the current
Radboud University Nijmegen
Radboud University (abbreviated as RU, nl, Radboud Universiteit , formerly ''Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen'') is a public research university located in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The university bears the name of Saint Radboud, a 9th century D ...
before turning full-time artist.
References
1964 births
Living people
Dutch cartoonists
Dutch caricaturists
Dutch comics artists
Dutch surrealist artists
Radboud University Nijmegen alumni
People from Eindhoven
Winners of the Stripschapsprijs
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