Leever, Gerard - 1 Original page - Puzzelpagina - Eppo - gesigneerd - 1981

Gerard Leever, also known by his pseudonym Gleever, is one of the Netherlands' most recognizable authors of humorous children's comics. Leever, born in 1960 in Naarden, a town in the Gooi in North Holland, knew at the age of nine that he wanted to become a cartoonist. Gleever is one of the most active youth comic artists in the Netherlands. He has worked for magazines such as Eppo, Sjors & Sjimmie Stripblad, Donald Duck, Taptoe, Tina, Troskompas, Suske en Wiske Weekblad, Jetix Magazine and Dolfje Weerwolfje, and created many series. Generations of Taptoe readers grew up with his iconic children’s comic 'Oktoknopie' (1985-2009), a gag strip about a young boy and his conscious toy. The series was also translated into Spanish as 'Oktavio'. Since 2001 Gleever has also been responsible for the most popular feature in the girls’ magazine Tina, 'Suus & Sas', about two twin sisters. In addition, he created other children’s humor comics, such as 'Ernst Vrolijk & Dick Hout' (together with Hanco Kolk and René Meulenbroek, 1984), 'De Vloek van Bangebroek' (1984-1985), 'Kanaal 13' (1985-1986), 'Het Felix Flux Museum' (with Kees de Boer, 1990-1992) and 'Dik van Dieren en Zo' (1995-2003). Gleever also drew the family gag strip 'Gemengd Dubbel' (1996-2005) for the TV guide Troskompas, reaching a more adult audience. His engaging creations earned Gerard Leever the nickname ‘Godfather of Dutch children’s comics’. At the same time, Gleever has historical significance because he – together with Peter Pontiac – was one of the first Dutch people to draw autobiographical comic strips, in his case via his diary strip 'Gleever's Dagboek'.

Regarding this lot; In 1981 and 1982 Gleever was commissioned by the comic magazine Eppo to illustrate the puzzle page. This lot contains a beautiful, old Eppo puzzle page, all hand-drawn by Gerard Leever. A wonderful page from a comic strip from a period when almost nothing like this is offered.
Original drawings (pages and covers) by Gerard Leever are hardly circulating, therefore extremely rare and highly sought after. This beautiful plate is signed bottom-right.

See also the photos that form part of the description. The page will be well packed and sent by registered mail.