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.