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Spinvis cartooned

Monday, January 14th, 2008

[youtube width="500" height="418"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCdVdWlLnZo[/youtube]At last year’s Turnhout comics festival, Dutch singer-songwriter Spinvis performed on stage with a real pantheon of Dutch and Belgian comics artists. On the video, you hear Nagemaakte Gek (Counterfeit Crazy), with artistic support by Hanco Kolk. It wasn’t the first time the two met up on stage : during the Strips In Stereo event in Amsterdam in 2006 Kolk illustrated a rendition of Spinvis’ song Voor ik vergeet (Before I forget).

More videos after the break. Even if you don’t understand Dutch, the music is amazing.

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It’s raining music everywhere

Saturday, October 13th, 2007

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Prince gave away his latest CD for free with UK newspaper Mail On Sunday, while Thom Yorke’s Radiohead are selling their latest via their website only for as much as you care to pay for it. To say that the industry is in a turmoil is an understatement.

But it’s a good reason to showcase my countrymen’s illustration talents once more. The image above is by cartoonist Serge Baeken and was published in the most recent issue of Focus Knack.

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