Erik Kriek

(The Netherlands, 1966) is an internationally feted comic artist, graphic novelist and illustrator. His comic series about the anti-superhero Gutsman ("Masked Defender of Male Inadequacy") and Gutsman's dfficult relationship with his sexy lover Tigra and her parents gained him fame and cult status. He is in demand as an illustrator and provides artwork for almost any kind of printable material: from skateboards, posters, CD and LP covers and sneakers to books, newspapers and magazines. Kriek's most recent publications include comic versions of the SF and horror stories of H.P. Lovecraft; a comic version of five "murder ballads" (In the Pines, 2016); and the graphic novels De balling (The Exile, 2019) en De kuil (The Pit, 2023).