'Mevrouw De Heks'. Translation: "Mrs. De Heks. A little something about your music lessons!" - "Now what?".
Alex Turk is best known as the creator of the comic strip 'Mevrouw De Heks'. It appeared in TV magazine TCN10 and then every Friday in the free newspaper Metro from 1999 to 2005. Since then, it has been published in the student's paper Atrium, the comics news magazine Stripnieuws and on Turk's website. The Leidse Stripshop published Turk's first album, 'Doezel de Muis', in 1996.
'Katie' (Kidsweek #25, 2009). Translation: "And what about love?" - "Let's see: I see.. a very nice girl... with red hair... and pigtails." - "So, I'll get a girlfriend!?" - "Oh no, wait a moment... that was the reflection. I don't see anything, HAHAHAHA!" - "Funny...".
Since then, Alex Turk has self-published several books with his work, such as 'Onschuldig Sprookje', 'On Air', 'Simon Roekert' and some 'Mevrouw de Heks' collections. Turk makes 'Timo' for Kidsweek Junior and 'Katie' for Kidsweek, and additionally works as a designer.
'Mevrouw De Heks'. Translation: "But you don't know what it's like to always be laughed at... wherever I go, in the street, the hospital, the bar... everywhere! Whether I walk, sing, dance, wash my car... even when I fall... always!" - "And yet you owe it all to yourself!".