1. Kamagurka created various comic strip characters, but "Bert" is the most well known.
13 Facts About Kamagurka
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Kamagurka writes the scenarios for Herr Seele's comic strip, Cowboy Henk.
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Kamagurka studied Art in Bruges and later performed studies at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent.
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Kamagurka still believes this to be his true education and the foundation of the rest of his career.
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Kamagurka remains the house cartoonist of Humo to this day, despite other cartoonists being published as well.
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Since 1981 they make the comic Cowboy Henk, with Kamagurka writing the jokes and Seele making the drawings.
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Kamagurka's son Boris is a musician working under the name Bolis Pupul.
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In 2008 Kamagurka did a project called Kamalmanak, in which he painted daily a painting, in total 366, because 2008 was a leap-year.
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Kamagurka was inspired by various art movements, such as cubism and pop-art.
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Kamagurka made a series he called "Veluxart", because the theme he painted was always close to a roof window.
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Kamagurka painted a number of comic book characters and cartoon characters in a style he nicknamed Neo-cubism.
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Kamagurka tried to imagine how Picasso, Georges Braque or Juan Gris would have treated these subjects.
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Kamagurka made an official portrait of Queen Beatrix with a beard stubble.