Marq van Broekhoven

Marq van Broekhoven was born in Eindhoven. After finishing school he attended the Pedagogische Academie, and later he studied Dutch language and literature as well as film and performance art. It was during these years that he met Anton Damen, with whom he teamed up in 1993. Together, they created the comic character 'Peer de Plintkabouter', at first for a local broadcasting station, later for the Dutch comic magazines Sjosji and Striparazzi (1994-99).

Later on, the 'Peer' comic has appeared in the free newspaper Metro (2002-03), De Telegraaf (2004-05), and in the comic magazine MYX (from 2003). Several book collections were published by Silvester.

Also in 1993 Van Broekhoven and Damen were asked to lighten up the comics information magazine Zozolala with a humorous comic strip, which resulted in 'De Collectioneur', a corny strip about a comicbook collector. 'De Collectioneur' has also appeared in album form in 1999. Magazine Incognito published Van Broekhoven and Damen's comic 'Fritz Pitz', which was later renamed to 'Fio Dio'.

Marq also likes to draw experimental strips, like 'Stille Lijnen', a comic book which he self-publishes under the label Juttemis. Through Juttemis, he has also published his comic books with his work for Incognito, including 'Fritz Pitz' and the autobiographical comic 'Marq Denkt'.