17 years of CARICATURES for 'Kits' and 'Klap'
For 17 years I made ''caricatures'' for the Flemish children's newspapers 'Kits' and 'Klap'. One year for Kits, the next for Klap, rarely for both at the same time. 141 assignments over the years, about 210 caricatures. All evening and weekend work. Here is an OVERVIEW of these works.
In the beginning I drew all my caricatures for 'Kits' with pencil.
Every now and then I made something in between in ink for 'Klap'.
From 38 to 60 I painted with watercolor, but that was too soft for my taste.
From 61 I started using gouache.
From then on I always kept painting with gouache.
With the exception of numbers 119, 120 and 121. Those were experiments with acrylic paint, 2 of them on cardboard.
But then again everything with gouache.
Afterwards I saw that #106 is missing (Pope JPII). Sorry about that.
Here and below you can see 20 examples a bit larger.
This was the very first ever: 1 - Saddam starts the Gulf War
4 - Nobel Prize for Mikhail Gorbachev
6 - George Bush during the Gulf War
7 - Karpov and Kasparov compete for world title
12 - Boris Yeltsin jumps over Mikhail Gorbachev and becomes the new leader
41 - President Bill Clinton and the U.S.A. guard the world
51 - Yasser Arafat will build instead of fight
58 - Exciting times for Boris Yeltsin - Russian elections this month
67 - Mobutu Sese Seko, a very rich president in a very poor country
69 - Kamiel Spiessens, longtime joker, rural philosopher and nature lover on Flemish TV, now also in the cinema!
81 - Claudia Schiffer wants change but doesn't know what to wear
84 - Tintin is 70 years old!
89 - Green politician Mieke Vogels (Mieke 'Birds' in English) cycling through the Flemish countryside
101 - Bill Clinton leaves the White House. He was president there for 8 years.
109 - The EURO is approaching! Prime Minister Verhofstadt seems satisfied with the quality!
111 - President Bush fights Taliban soldiers in Afghanistan
126 - Sven Nys and Bart Wellens are competing for the Cyclo-cross World Cup
130 - Stefan Everts is Motocross World Champion for the 8th time!
131 - Condoleezza Rice is the new United States Secretary of State
And this was the last one: 141 - Prime Minister Verhofstadt with some of his ministers. Queen Paola and King Albert II on the wall.