Cartoon in comics format for NRC.
Bas van der Schot is a Dutch political cartoonist, who has worked for daily newspapers NRC Handelsblad and NRC.Next, and is currently a cartoonist for De Volkskrant. Among his other clients are Dutch magazines like Vrij Nederland, Intermediair, Filosofie-Magazine and the university magazines Ad Valvas (VU), Mare (Leiden), Univers (Tilburg) and Erasmus-Magazine (Rotterdam). His work is also published internationally through agencies like Cartoonists and Writers Syndicate (New York) and Courrier International (Parijs). This includes publications in Welt am Sonntag in Berlin, Germany, and De Standaard in Brussels, Belgium.
Van der Schot paid homage to Marten Toonder in the tribute book 'Was Tom Poes Maar Hier - Een Hommage aan Marten Toonder' (De Bezige Bij, 2006). On 2 October 2014, Van der Schot won the Inktspotprijs (edition 2003) and his work has been featured in several cartoon book collections since 2003, including the solo books 'Democratie Voor Beginners' (Van Gennep, 2004) and 'Nederland Doet Mee!' (Van Gennep, 2003).
Cartoon by Bas Van der Schot.