René Leisink (b. 1976)

Born: 1976 June 26 in Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
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Biography:

Leisink started out to be a teacher and attended the Lerarenopleiding Tekenen en de PABO. After his graduation, he and a few other former editors for 'De Stripper' fanzine banded together to form Studio Noodweer. His first professional publication was 'Paul Flekx' for the free daily newspaper Metro (1999). He later added a second feature to Metro, called 'Ted' and a strip for competing newspaper Sp!ts, called 'Distelhof'. In 2003, he published his first album, 'Waterproef' with fellow Noodweer creator Michiel van de Vijver.

He created various strips for commercial companies and charities, such as 'Fons en Fiona de Koning' for Horeca Nederland and 'Sam en Simone' in Unicef's magazine Kids United. He also writes the noir crime horror series 'Amorfati' that is pre-published in Eppo and then collection in albums (2013-present).

His greatest achievement to date, however, is probably the daily cartoon 'Argus', which has become a sort of pseudonym. Initially published locally and online, 'Argus' has become widely known through appearing daily in various newspapers, such as De Pers (2007-2012) and currently Metro (2012-present). Several collections of these cartoons have been published annually since 2004.

Name:

  • René Leisink
  • Type: Name at Birth
    Given name: René Family name: Leisink

Other Names:

  1. Argus Type: Pen Name
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Signatures:

  1. RL [generic]

Relations:

  1. Employee of - Studio Noodweer (b. 2001)

Art Influences:

René Leisink (b. 1976) stated influences by:
  1. Jan Dirk Barreveld (b. 1974)
  2. Rob Derks (b. 1974)
  3. Maarten Gerritsen (b. 1977)
  4. Gary Larson (b. 1950)
  5. Robby van der Meulen (b. 1983)
  6. Jordi Peters (b. 1985)
  7. Gerben Valkema (b. 1980)
  8. Michiel van de Vijver (b. 1976)
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