John Reid (cartoonist)

John Reid in 2016

John Reid (born 1968) is a Dutch cartoonist and judge.

Reid was born in 1968 in Utrecht.[1] Reid makes the cartoon Fokke & Sukke with Bastiaan Geleijnse and Jean-Marc van Tol. Originally, the cartoon was published in the satirical student newspaper Propria Cures. Since 1999, it is published in the national newspaper NRC Handelsblad.[2] Reid, Geleijnse, and Van Tol won the Stripschapprijs in 2004.[3]

He studied law. He has been a judge at the court of justice in Alkmaar since 2002.[1] As of 2016 he is also the new host of the TV show De Rijdende Rechter in which civil disputes are settled.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Marcel Haenen & Lars van den Brink (23 February 2016). "De man achter Fokke & Sukke is de nieuwe Rijdende Rechter" (in Dutch). NRC Handelsblad. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 Bart Mos, "Cartoonist nieuwe Rijdende Rechter", De Telegraaf, 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "38 jaar de Stripschapprijs - 1974 – 2011". Het Stripschap. Retrieved 28 December 2011.


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