Minck Oosterveer

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Okay, I'm going to write a journal entry. A real one.

This first entry I would like to dedicate to fellow Dutch comic artist Minck Oosterveer, who tragically died in a motorcycle accident last weekend.

What makes this news all the more sad is that Minck -even after a few discouraging setbacks in the Dutch industry- was just setting out to make his mark in US comics. Having just finished his run on 'Ruse' with Mark Waid for Marvel Comics, he moved on to 'Spider Island: Deadly Foes', also for Marvel. It was pretty amazing. I read somewhere that his next project would be 'The Shadow' at Dynamite. An old classic he loved and without doubt, there was no artist better suited for that title.

I've known Minck for years - a great artist, a master of blacks and whites, and a really cool guy. We spent many times at convention booths joking around and being embarrassed about our sketches.

He was also not afraid to kindly invite people into his kitchen. Back when I started out inking my own work and asked him for just a few tips, he replied with a lengthy mail that could pretty much serve as a 'bible' for any aspiring b/w artist, explaining every single aspect of his inking work. Materials, methods, black/white balance, where to look for the inking Masters (Eisner, Caniff etc)...

The one advice that stuck with me the most was (roughly translated): 'don't concentrate on 'real' lighting too much - just put the blacks and the highlights where they look the most beautiful'.

Not sure how to end this entry except by saying I'll definitely miss him.



For a look at the impressive legacy Minck left for any admirer of amazingly classic, oldschool draftmanship, visit here: minckoosterveer.deviantart.com
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bluemonika's avatar
erg spijtig wat was gebeurd...vooral nu het hem net wat meezat. :/