Kamagurka
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Luc Zeebroek (born 5 May 1956), better known as Kamagurka, is a
Early life and education
Luc Zeebroek was born on 5 May 1956 in Nieuwpoort in Belgium.
Kamagurka studied
During a schooltrip in Paris Kamagurka decided to visit to the editorial building of the magazine Hara Kiri on his own. Only twenty years old, he ended up going there every two weeks to stay there for three days. Kamagurka still believes this to be his true education and the foundation of the rest of his career.
Career
In 1972 he made his debut as cartoonist in De Zeewacht. Three years later he became the regular cartoonist at the weekly magazine
Since the 1980s he also made a few cartoons with Herr Seele, with whom he also made several radio ("Studio Kafka", "Kamagurkistan") and televisions shows (like "Lava", "Johnnywood", "Wees blij met wat je hebt" and "Bob en George"). Since 1981 they also make the comic Cowboy Henk, with Kamagurka writing the jokes and Seele making the drawings.
Kamagurka also paints and performs theater throughout
He has made music since the beginning of the 80s with singles as "Constant Degoutant", "Marjoleintje", "Een klein leger, maar een dik leger" (1981) and one censured by national radio "Weg met Boudewijn. Leve Fabiola" (Translation: "
In 1985 he received the Geuzenprijs for his entire oeuvre.[1]
Since from 2002 he made weekly guest contributions to De Laatste Show. In 2005 he also created a theater production with Jules Deelder: "Kamadeeldra".
Since 2006 he has been making segments for the TV show "Man bijt Hond" with the weekly shorts De grens.
Personal life
Kamagurka's son Boris is a musician working under the name Bolis Pupul.[2]
Paintings
During the Kamalmanak project he started to make short movies for the digital Dutch site NRC TV. While filming one of these short films he invented a new art movement called Accidentalism ("Accidentally made"). He created a portrait of an unknown person, as he saw him/her with his own eye. Afterwards he asked people on camera which person this man or woman on the painting resembled, and strange enough each time there was someone who could proof the likeness by showing a photo.[3][4]
In 2008 Kamagurka did a project called Kamalmanak, in which he painted daily a painting, in total 366, because 2008 was a leap-year. It is also the title of the book in which these paintings are pictured. The project was sponsored by business man
After this he kept painting in the same style, but with the slight difference that he kept doing it every day, but didn't necessarily finish a painting each time. He made a series he called "Veluxart", because the theme he painted was always close to a roof window. He painted a number of comic book characters (such as
Another series were the "Spiegeleipaintings" (Fried egg paintings: a chicken upon the yolk of a fried egg). He continued with this theme and changed the chicken by i.e.
He also made an official portrait of
Trivia
- Since 1978 he has won without interruption the annual trophy for "Best Graphic Artist", elected by the readers of the magazine HUMO. In 2010 he was beaten for the first time by Jonas Geirnaert. He ended number 4 in the top-10.
- In the comic strip series The Adventures of Nero by Marc Sleen in the album "De Smaragdgroene Pletskop" a colonel appears with the name "Kamagurka" (line 71).
- The group Osdorp Posse sampled a part of Kamagurka's Kamiel Kafka performances in their song "Sam Sam" from their album "Tegenstrijd" (2003).
- Since his youth Kamagurka is a fan of the football squad KV Oostende, in which he's in the board of directors. He designed the clubs' mascot. In 2009 he got a stadium prohibit of three months because he had entered the playing field during the game in March 2009.
Honours and awards
- Bronzen Adhemar (1978)[5]
- Louis Paul Boonprijs (1978)[6]
- Humo's Pop Poll - Best Cartoonist (1978->2010)
- Geuzenprijs (1985)
- Stripschapprijs (1993)
- Press Cartoon Prize Belgium (2001)[7]
- Sondermann Bernd-Pfarr-Sonderpreis (2009)
- Angoulême Prize for Inheritance (2014)
- Inktspotprijs (2021)
References
- ^ Auteur: avb (24 March 2009). "Het Nieuwsblad - Geuzenprijs voor Etienne Vermeersch en Erwin Mortier". Nieuwsblad.be. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
- ^ Hyun Kim, Michelle (29 March 2022). "Dance Duo Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul Want to Make You Move, Laugh, and Squirm". Pitchfork. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ "Kamagurka vraagt: Bent u dit misschien? - Entertainment - Algemeen - bndestem". Bndestem.nl. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
- ^ "Kamagurka in Cobramuseum - Kunst - algemeen - Gelderlander". Gelderlander.nl. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
- ^ "Kamagurka". comics.org. 2023.
- ^ "Kamagurka - Biografie". deharmonie.nl (in Dutch). 2023.
- ^ "Biography Kamagurka". presscartoon.com (in French). 2023.