René Windig

René Windig and his high school buddy Eddie de Jong started their careers as the comix duo Gezellig en Leuk ('Cozy and Nice'), creating hilarious parodies of such classic comics as 'Oom Wim', 'Donald Duck' and 'Dick Bos'. For a brief period, the two even worked for the real Dutch edition of Donald Duck weekly magazine, but after a few contributions, the editor-in-chief kicked them out. Their Duck parodies grew even more acerbic and hilarious after this memorable event.

In 1987, success knocked on the door of the two Amsterdam friends. It was Heinz, the all-Dutch comix cat with a temper. 'Heinz' appeared in numerous Dutch newspapers and achieved great popularity. When they considered calling it quits in 2000, many fans were flabbergasted. Fortunately, Heinz continues and lives on in more than 20 comic albums. A proposed animated film storyboard was adapted for publication in the newspaper Het Parool, where Heinz re-appeared in March 2004.

Windig and De Jong opened a new exposition , 'The Heinz-Imperium' (Heinz Empire) in our gallery on 24 August 2006, where two new books were introduced, and a lot of their recent art was unveiled. Previously, a "miniatures" exhibition was opened in Galerie Lambiek in December 2002.