Paul Bodoni Derksen was born in Ouderkerk, along the Amstel river in Holland. He attended the Rietveld Academie from 1970 until he was kicked out in 1974. He has been working on 'Het Gilgamesj Epos' (the work of his life) since he was sixteen. He worked a couple of years with the children's street theatre, making 'street comics' ('straatstrips', drawings made 'live' on the street), that dealt with neighborhood problems in a humorous way.
Bodoni published illustrations and strips in magazines such as Aloha, Oor, Hitkrant, Jippo, Okki, Taptoe, Hello you!, Ezelsoor, de Vrije Balloen/de Balloen, de Kraakkrant, Gezellig en Leuk, Leesblad de Mensch, and Het Parool newspaper. He also made bookcovers, graphic design, logo-types, affiches and much more. "De verschrikkelijke Bodoni" has been making art all of his life, which is shown from time to time.
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