Jan Kruis

Jan Kruis
Born (1933-06-08) 8 June 1933
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Nationality Dutch
Area(s) Cartoonist, Writer, Artist
Notable works
Jack, Jacky and the Juniors
Awards Order of the Netherlands Lion, 1996
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Jan Kruis (born 8 June 1933 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch comics artist most well known for the strip Jack, Jacky and the Juniors.

He began creating comics as a child. Later he worked for the Dutch comics pioneer Marten Toonder.

Kruis started his own comics career drawing Prins Freddie for the magazine De Havenloods., but became famous thanks to his series of one-pagers called Jan, Jans en de Kinderen ("Jack, Jacky and the Juniors"). It first appeared in the woman's magazine Libelle on December 12, 1970. In German-speaking Switzerland it appeared in the magazine Spick which targeted children and teenagers; and in Germany Favorit published it for some time under the name "Ulli, Ulla und die Kinder".

Kruis received the Order of the Netherlands Lion in 1996. Two years later he retired. Daughter Andrea Kruis has followed in her father's footsteps.

In 2013 his career was celebrated in a one-off glossy-zine; this includes previously unpublished gags of a comic about an infant punk raised by a gay couple; hence the nickname "Jan, Jan en de Kinderen" ("Jack, Jack and the Juniors").

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