Dick Bruynesteyn

Dik Bruynesteyn started his career drawing sports caricatures for the newspaper De Haagse Courant, as well as Sportwereld. In 1953 he became a full-time illustrator for the journal Het Vrije Volk. In 1959 he co-founded the sports magazine Sport-Toto for which he made the football strips 'Kris Krek' and 'Otto'. When the magazine went bankrupt, Bruynesteyn created 'Fritzchen Wunder' for the German magazine Der Kicker, while still doing sports illustrations and caricatures.

In 1967 he created 'Appy Happy' for Het Vrije Volk, a comic about a football team. Two years later, he replaced it with 'Chris Crack', but in 1970, he returned to 'Appie Happie', this time spelled in Dutch. This comic became Bruynesteyn's most famous creation, and appeared in several albums. Based on the events of the day, the strip ran for many years in Het Parool and other regional newspapers.

In addition, Bruynesteyn has been involved in television shows like 'Sport in Beeld' en 'Studio Sport'.