Peter van Straaten

Peter van Straaten

Peter van Straaten (born 25 March 1935 in Arnhem) is a Dutch cartoonist and comics artist. He is best known for his political cartoons as well as his satirical observations of everyday people.

Biography

Van Straaten studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam and started his career on July 26, 1958 for the Dutch newspaper Het Parool, where he illustrated news reports.[1] Later he also drew political cartoons. From 1968 to 1987 he published a daily comic strip, Vader & Zoon (Father and Son),[2] which became a huge success and even inspired a TV series.

Though, Van Straaten is best known for his gag cartoons, based on observational comedy. His series Dagelijks Leven (Daily Life) depict everyday people in amusing recognizable everyday situations. The series Doe ik 't goed? (Am I doing well?) center around gags about people having sex and men usually having trouble satisfying their female partners. Between 1984 and 2000 he also had a weekly comic strip about the single woman Agnes, called Agnes.[2]

His work has been made available in comic books, as well as a yearly calendar, Peter's Zeurkalender (Peter's Nagging Calendar, a pun on the word zeuren (to nag) and scheurkalender (a calendar where one can rip off one page a day to read a joke), which is also available on iPhone since 2010. Van Straaten's cartoons have been published in Het Parool, Humo, Penthouse and Vrij Nederland.[2]

In February 2012 Van Straaten announced his retirement in "Het Parool".[1] Two years later, in July 2014, he also cancelled his weekly cartoon for Vrij Nederland.[2]

Awards

He is the winner of the 1983 Stripschapprijs.[3] He also won the Inkspotprijs four times, in 1994, 1997, 2003 and 2011.[4][5] In 2006 he received the Gouden Ganzenveer, in 2009 he was ordained in the order of Ridder in de orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw and in 2010 he won the Jacobus van Looyprijs.[6][7] He also received a honor doctorat from the University of Leiden on February 8, 2011.

Other family members

His older brother Gerard van Straaten was also a well known illustrator in his day.[8]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Peter van Straaten stopt in Parool, NOS nieuws, 25 februari 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/straaten_van_p.htm
  3. ↑ "38 jaar de Stripschapprijs - 1974–2011". Het Stripschap. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  4. ↑ Beste politieke prent van Peter van Straaten, NOS Nieuws, 11 januari 2011.
  5. ↑ Inktspotprijs voor Peter van Straaten, NRC Handelsblad, 11 januari 2011.
  6. ↑ Peter van Straaten wint Jacobus van Looyprijs, NU.nl, 2 juni 2010
  7. ↑ Expositie Peter van Straaten in Haarlem, NU.nl, 27 augustus 2010
  8. ↑ "Peter van Straaten - Zwart en cynisch". Algemeen Nijmeegs Studentenblad. 16 December 2009.

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