Fred de Heij

Fred de Heij studied at the Rietveld art academy in the period 1978-83. After his graduation, he began working as an illustrator. He has done illustration work for children's books, like 'Bolke de Beer', and for magazines like Donald Duck and Penthouse. His comics have appeared in magazines like Incognito, Taptoe and Penthouse Comix (using the pseudonym Emiel Jansens).

For the girl's magazine Tina, he has created the V.O.C. comic 'De Zeemeeuw' and the gag strip 'Fanny'. He self-published 'Filo' in 1997-99, a bizarre smallpress comic centered around a violent clown, full of malice and eroticism, which was strongly influenced by erotic artist Milo Manara. 2006 saw the publication of the erotic thriller 'Afgezaagd'. Since 2000, he is mainly active as a painter.