Alfred J. Kwak

Back in the early 1990s, a visitor from Germany (fairly rare in those days) brought over some merchandise from a Dutch show called Alfred J. Kwak by Hermann Van Veen. I was immediately taken with the expressive style and fine character designs, and thrilled when he later shipped us lushly painted books of Kwak's comic adventures.

Already a fan of British artists like Alan Davis and Brian Bolland, this started my hunt for and enjoyment of continental European funny animal and anthro comics. I'm really pleased that comics like Blacksad and Sillage are finally getting brought over and translated.

Now I'm finally getting to watch episodes in English, after all these years. Yay internet! Living in the future is great!

I did this little pic and put it on the inside front cover of my first Sampler, which started a little tradition: all my Samplers had duck fanart in that spot.