René Leisink was born in Nijmegen, The Netherlands, in 1976. He started drawing comics at an early age. Together with Rob Derks, Jan Dirk Barreveld, Koert Stavenuiter and Michiel van de Vijver, he founded Studio Noodweer. His work has been published in several magazines and newspapers, such as Metro ('Paul Flekx', 'Ted') and Sp!ts ('Distelhof'), and also in his first album 'Waterproef' (together with Michiel van de Vijver), which appeared in the Spring of 2003. He has done illustrations for schoolbooks like 't Klopt' and 'Lang Zullen Ze Lezen'. For the magazine is Horeca Nederland, he has created the comic 'Fons en Fiona De Koning'. He also made a series of cartoons about current affairs called 'Argus', of which a book collection appeared in 2004.
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