Bio
Maarten was born in The Netherlands in 1964.
After his education at the Willem de Kooning academy of arts in Rotterdam he started working as
an independent cartoonist in 1992. Since then he has worked for several Dutch (regional)
newspapers, especially the Leidsch Dagblad. He makes cartoons for the magazine Vrij Nederland
and the opinion website Joop. Via Cartooning for Peace and Cartoon Movement his work also starred on
broadcast channel France 24 and newspapers Le Monde, Washington Post, Swiss Times and Trouw.
Besides being an editorial and political cartoonist he acts live as a stand up cartoonist
and gives workshops.