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Evens Mural is History

Since the current owner of the Oever building on the Antwerp Steenhouwersvest has torn down / is tearing down the wall that has sported Brecht Evens‘s wonderful mural for more than ten years, it’s a good thing I made pictures … Continue reading

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Brecht Evens for Altavoz

Flemish comics Wunderkind Brecht Evens came up with this wonderful sleeve design for the first album by French retro-psychedelic folk jazz combo, Altavoz. Thank God for the sheer size of vinyl…

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Brecht & Brecht

When Brecht Evens and Brecht Vandenbroucke, two of the best graphic artists currently working in Belgium (if not the most colourful), join forces to create a single picture, we are all just lucky that the world doesn’t implode due to … Continue reading

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Brecht illustrates the classics

For quite a while now,  Brecht Evens has been providing illustrations for a running feature in the Belgian newspaper De Morgen‘s weekly literature section, about the real people that inspired famous works of fiction. Even though in the earliest tableaux … Continue reading

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Brecht Evens Paints Tintin

In their literary supplement, the Flemish daily De Morgen is currently running a weekly series of short essays on literary figures that were based on actual people. Each time Brecht Evens provided a fantastic piece of art to go with … Continue reading

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How to wear your foulard

Have you ever found yourself buying a scarf and wondering how to wear it except as a casually thrown wrap around your throat? Well, wonder no more, as Belgian fashion label Clinch and equally Belgian cartoonist Brecht Evens are here … Continue reading

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All hail Hugo Claus

This week it’s been five years since Hugo Claus, one of my country’s most celebrated writers passed away, and as a commemoration a special full colour supplement was added to the Flemish daily De Morgen. And since endless black & … Continue reading

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Brecht Evens in the Times

Brecht Evens had an illustration in today’s New York Times, accompanying an article by Gisselle Perez.

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Brecht in De Morgen

Brecht Evens is not only the internationally acclaimed wonderboy of contemporary comics, he’s also a regular contributor to the Flemish daily De Morgen.  Here are a few examples of his recent illustrations, with his typical loose-lined watercolor style. (illustration © … Continue reading

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Ah, Brecht !

Pascal Girard was at MoCCA last weekend, and became totally infatuated with Flemish Young God Brecht Evens (as is everybody).  See his report at the new Comics Journal. (via Tom)

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