Margreet de Heer's Blog, page 5
September 27, 2016
Democracy
With all the electorial upheaval, it’s time for some historical perspective with this animated History of Democracy…
(Clicking on the image will take you to YouTube)
September 8, 2016
The Cover of Love
At the moment I’m working on my fifth book in the ‘Discovery in Comics’-series: about Love.
The Dutch version will come out in February, and this is the time to frantically work on the last pages, promotional blurbs for the publisher and the finalisation of the cover design.
It all started months ago, when I thought I had a great idea that would convey both the loveliness of love as well as its darker connotations: a heart-shaped hole in the ground, with different fumes coming out… Here’s the...
June 2, 2016
My local Omnipresence at the Stripdagen Haarlem
This weekend I will be at the Stripdagen in Haarlem, Holland’s most prestigious comics convention! Where to find me? Almost everywhere!
First of all, there’s a big expo of my religion-related comics work in the beautiful St. Bavochurch, right in the middle of town. It features pages from my graphic novel Religion: a Discovery in Comics, but also other work, such as Reverend De Heer and this church window depicting the shared paths of Christianity and Islam, almost 3 meters high!
The expo ha...
April 27, 2016
Dutch History Part 8
It’s King’s Day today in The Netherlands! Here’s a bit more history about Dutch royalty – a continuation of my comic about how Willem I came to be the first king of Holland. In this instalment, we see how he, by a stroke of political luck, became monarch of Belgium as well, and drafted a constitution for the United Netherlands in 1815…
March 25, 2016
Group Behavior
What’s wrong with the world today? Hmm, unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, not much more than what was wrong yesterday or a decade ago… One of the problems is this deep-seated psychological phenomenon of group behavior.
This comic is from my graphic novel World Domination: a Discovery in Comics – only out in Dutch yet, but here’s a little preview in English.
February 21, 2016
Sunday Nightmare
Every profession has its own specific nightmare. This one is for priests, pastors, reverends and the likes:
(comic drawn for Predikant & Samenleving, magazine for protestant priests)
February 10, 2016
Loss
I have not been very active online these past weeks – no blogs, no webcomics even – and the reason is the news of the death of the man I was in a relationship with from 1997 until about 2002. Imet himwhen I was 24 and he was 60 years old – yes, that’s some age gap, but that isn’t the most controversial thing. He was an extraordinary person: ex-legionnaire, talented author, energetic bon-vivant and, alas, the cause of the death of his second wife in 1991, in the tragic culmination of a marriag...
January 14, 2016
Shakespeare competition entry
This year it’s 400 years ago that William Shakespeare died. Teesside University has launched a special Graphic Shakespeare Competition, calling upon all visual artists to shine their light on his work.
Here’s the comic that is my entry – it has literal lines from the original balcony scene from Romeo & Juliet, though not in the original order:
Interested in participating? Then check out the Call for Entries here. Winner gets to go to a castle in Denmark!
January 8, 2016
Animation about the Separation of Powers
Ever wondered what the Separation of Powers is, how it’s meant to work and how many Powers there are nowadays? This animation provides an insight:
It is based on two pages from my newest book World Domination: a Discovery in Comics (not out in the US yet).
January 4, 2016
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to you all! Here are my comic musings on the Old & New…
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You can also find these comics and others on my Tumblr-webcomic.
