Aimée de Jongh

Aimée de Jongh (born 1988) is a Dutch cartoonist, animator, and illustrator who publishes in Dutch and English.[1][2] Her books have received the Prix Saint-Michel, the Prix Atomium and the International Manga Award.[3][4]

de Jongh artwork at the StayOkay hostel in Rotterdam

Biography

De Jongh was born in Waalwijk, southern Netherlands.[3] She studied animation at Rotterdam's Willem de Kooning Academy.[5]

She began publishing small-press comics in 2004, and two years later published her first book, Aimée TV, an adaptation of her webcomic.[5] She is the author of the books TAXI! verhalen vanaf de achterbank/TAXI! stories from the back seat and De Terugkeer van de Wespendief/The Return of the Honey Buzzard. With Belgian cartoonist Zidrou she coauthored Obsolescence programmée de nos sentiments/Blossoms in Autumn.[6]

de Jongh has produced comic strips including Reborn and Snippers. She has also created animated films including Aurora.[7]

In 2017 she travelled to refugee camps in Lesbos, Greece with cartoonists Judith Vanistendael and Mei-Li Nieuwland. This resulted in de Jongh's work of graphic journalism, "De wachtkamer van Europa"/"Europe's waiting room".

She lives in Rotterdam, where in 2018 she created artwork for the cube house hostel StayOkay.

gollark: I think the main thing is that, in the past, if some horrible virus wiped out a big chunk of human civilization, it would not spread anywhere else because they then died.
gollark: I didn't say there was one.
gollark: Who says there isn't one?
gollark: The obvious solution is mind control, but distributed in a way conspiracists are likely to take (not vaccines).
gollark: They're not THAT internally inconsistent I think. Presumably they have empathy or something and don't want other people to be mind controlled by the government or whatever (or somehow think they can convince other people to support their thing).

References
  1. "Aimée de Jongh". Drawing The Times. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
  2. "Aimée de Jongh". Journalismfund. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
  3. "Aimée de Jongh". Europe Comics. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
  4. "New Dutch Writing: Aimée de Jongh". www.newdutchwriting.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
  5. "Aimée de Jongh". lambiek.net. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  6. Cooke, Rachel (2019-04-02). "Blossoms in Autumn review by Zidrou and Aimée de Jongh – never too late to fall in love". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
  7. "Aimee de Jongh". Vimeo. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
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