'De Mysterieuze Meester Booman' (Coyote Kollaazje, 1985).
Luc Verschuuren is a Dutch artist who works in a style influenced by the "Ligne Claire" ("Clear Line"), citing Hergé and Edgar P. Jacobs as his main inspirations. He has also expressed admiration for Alex Raymond.
Verschuuren's character 'Kees Kruik' (1983-2002) first appeared in papers like Brabants Dagblad, Tilburg Plus, Het Nieuwsblad van het Zuiden, Het Nieuwsblad en het Brabants Dagblad. As a commercial artist, he has illustrated a couple of comic albums set in the Brabant cities Tilburg, Roosendaal and Breda for the collection 'Jules en Ollie Stedenstrips'. In the 1980s, he also contributed to Coyote magazine. His weekly comic 'Annie' ran in Utrechts Stadsblad until 2002, when it was dropped because of budget concerns.
Verschuuren has done illustrations for amusement parks like De Efteling and Het Land Van Ooit, and commission comic books like 'De Ring van Roxanna' (for the Tilburg water company) and 'De Erfenis van Siska' (for Kinderssiska in Knokke). He is also the frequent album cover designer for the Dutch pop band VOF de Kunst, who are best known for their hit songs 'Suzanne' (1983), 'Een Kopje Koffie' (1987) and musical adaptations of Annie M.G. Schmidt's famous children's nursery rhymes.
In 2005, he started a monthly comic called 'Floor van Kantoor' for Boleka in The Hague and five years later illustrated 'De Jacht op de Gouden Leeuw' (2010) for the ING bank. Since 1997, he is also a painter working in a pop art style.
'Kees Kruik'.