Margreet de Heer's Blog, page 12

‘t Is the Season…

Festivities are in the air – here in Holland we have no less than TWO this month. On the 5th of December, we celebrate Sinterklaas, the white-bearded saint from Spain, who visits our country with his army of Black Petes to shower the children with lavish gifts.

Here’s a comic I did in 2006, combining Sint and the political climate that year:

A year before, I made this one for girls magazine Yes:

And as soon as Sint leaves, we’ll be getting trees in to prepare for Christmas, which is always fun.

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Science: Happy Evolution Day!

It’s Evolution Day – the anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin’s book On the Origin of Species! Today, 154 years ago, Darwin’s work finally appeared in print, more than twenty years after he returned from his famous journey with The Beagle.

To celebrate, here are two pages from my book Science: a Discovery in Comics:

Want to read more?

Buy Science: a Discovery in Comics at your nearest comics-/book-store or online!

(Or check it out at your library, I hear the book has hit lib

The End of a Comic

It’s part of a comic artist’s life that assignments come and go. Last year, I was asked by magazine Open Deur to make a comic for their back page. It was a bit of an experiment for them, for the run of one year. And now the year is over and they decided to discontinue the comic.

Open Deur is a Dutch magazine that’s given out for free in churches. It has a very liberal and open character (hence the name: Open Door) and every issue has a special theme – sometimes very biblical, at other times mo...

Press & Praise for Science

Science: a Discovery in Comics has been out for two months now, and has received a few really good reviews:

Marc Mason in the Comics Waiting Room:

“Absolutely terrific.”

“Her art is simple and straight-forward, and she always chooses function over form: everything works to service the lessons she is trying to impart. When people ask me about how comics can serve a purpose in the classroom, this is precisely the kind of book I use to demonstrate that very thing.”

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Win Wiacek on ComicsReview.co.uk:...

Stella’s Stuffed Toys

Sometimes I come across an old comic I made that makes me giggle. This one about Stella, which appeared in 2007 in magazine Flo’, still makes me laugh. I hope I captured something Calvin&Hobbes-y in there:

Win a signed copy of Science

Are you on Goodreads? Then enter this giveaway for a chance to win one of three signed copies of Science: a Discovery in Comics.

Just click on this picture and it will take you there:

The History of Dutch Comics

On display in Museum Meermanno in The Hague right now: a great exhibition of 200 years of Dutch comics! Ever since I helped putting Dutch Comics History online on Lambiek.net, the subject has been a bit of a hobby of mine. So I was very pleased and honored when the museum asked me to draw a magazine to accompany the exhibition. It’s become a 40-page comic book, relating the history of Dutch comics mostly through several children of the past, who tell which comic they like best and why. The bo...

The Million Year Picnic

Yesterday, I did a book signing at comic store The Million Year Picnic in Cambridge, and it was a great experience. The store is small but very complete, and they set me up a nice little corner with both of my books, Philosophy: a Discovery in Comics and Science: a Discovery in Comics.

The right part of this picture was taken by Clay Fernald, who did a great interview with me that was published only hours before on DigBoston.com. I think it had some effect, since people came in steadily and I...

Booklyn

Yesterday, we were at the Brooklyn Book Festival, which was awesome: great weather, lots of people, lots of sales. Here I am with the merchandise:

In the first few hours, before it got really busy, Yiri and I drew this comic:

The figure with us behind the booth is our beloved publisher, Terry Nantier. The character visiting the booth is NarcissMan, one of Yiri’s creations.

We’re having a blast here in the States. Our next stop will be in Boston next Wednesday, at marvelous Harvard Square comic s...

Double Dutch at SPX

Last weekend, Yiri and I attended the SPX comics convention in Washington DC, where we met our publisher Terry Nantier for the first time, and also fellow NBM authors Dara Naraghi and Brent Bowman. Together, we manned the NBM booth, conveniently placed close to the entrance, and had a great time meeting fans and selling books. Science: a Discovery in Comics was received very well, and Philosophy: a Discovery in Comicswas even sold out by the end of Sunday!

Yiri and I gave out free “Double Dutc...