Cram

As a cartoonist, Marc Mestag, who signed his work with Cram, worked for publications such as De Standaard, Humo, De Volksmacht, Ons Volk, De Nieuwe Gazet, Le Soir Illustré and La Libre Belgique from 1960. From the late 1960s, he regularly drew cartoons and gag comics in Tintin magazine, such as 'Hoppy' and 'Monsieur Menu' ('Meneer Turf').

During his Tintin period, Cram worked with artists such as Mittéï and Géri. Besides his Tintin comics, Cram drew 'Orphée' and 'Jehan' for Pourquoi-Pas and 'Dok Schnok' for Ons Volkske. He also began 'De Weyfelaers' for several dailies of the Standaard group from 1975. From 1981 he was present in the Belgian version of Spirou, Robbedoes, with the series 'Jan Pech'. This so-called stop-gag series ran until 1983. Cram continued his work for Robbedoes until the late 1980s with dozens of cartoons, which appeared wherever there was space left. A collection of his work appeared in the album 'Cram zag eens pruimen hangen', at De Dageraad in 1983.