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Joost Swarte was born on 24 December, 1947 in Heemstede, Netherlands, is a Dutch cartoonist and graphic designer (born 1947). Discover Joost Swarte's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 76 years old?

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Age 76 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 24 December, 1947
Birthday 24 December
Birthplace Heemstede, Netherlands
Nationality Netherlands

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1947

Joost Swarte (born 24 December 1947 in Heemstede) is a Dutch cartoonist and graphic designer.

He is best known for his ligne claire or clear line style of drawing, a term he coined.

Comic series and characters by Swarte include Katoen en Pinbal, Jopo de Pojo, Anton Makassar, Dr Ben Cine and Niet Zo, Maar Zo- Passi, Messa.

He is however more famous for his numerous drawings, stamps, posters, cards, LP and CD covers, and for his magazine covers (most noteworthy the Dutch magazine Vrij Nederland, the American magazine The New Yorker, and the Belgian magazine HUMO and the Italian architecture magazine Abitare.)

Swarte, born 24 December 1947 in Heemstede, studied industrial design in Eindhoven and started drawing comics in the late sixties.

1971

In 1971 he started his own comic magazine Modern Papier and made regular contributions to the Dutch comic magazine Tante Leny Presenteert.

1980

International recognition started around 1980 when Swarte took part for the first time in the international comic show Salon International de la Bande Dessinée in Angoulême (France).

His work has been translated into English, French, Spanish, Italian and German.

1984

Swarte, Hors Serie, a survey of his work, was published by Futuropolis (Paris) in 1984.

1985

In 1985, he founded the publishing house Oog & Blik with Hansje Joustra.

Joost published his own comics and silkscreens, as well as books by other cartoonists and a large number of Dutch translations of foreign comics.

1992

In 1992, Swarte initiated the Stripdagen, a biennial international comic event held in Haarlem.

In recent years, Swarte has created many illustrations for the New Yorker magazine.

1993

The cartoonist and critic Scott McCloud, in Understanding Comics (1993), wrote that "Joost Swarte's crisp elegant lines and jazzy designs speak of cool sophistication and irony."

Apart from comics and graphic design, Swarte has also designed furniture, leaded and stained glass windows, murals and other objects.

For his hometown Haarlem he designed a theatre building (De Toneelschuur) that was built in cooperation with Mecanoo Architects.

Swarte received numerous international prizes for his work.

2004

In 2004, Joost Swarte received a knighthood from Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.

2007

In 2007 Swarte, a former scout, designed the Dutch 2007 Europa stamp with the subject one hundred years of scouting.

2011

Swarte has produced a restored collection of almost all of his comics work (excluding the several hundred pages of the "Katoen en Pinbal" children's series), an English-language version of which will be released in late 2011 by Fantagraphics Books under the title Is That All There Is?.