Ever Meulen

Considering that he never really made a comic book, Ever Meulen is something of an oddity in European comix history. Still, his art work owes a lot to the European comix tradition and his influence in comix circles is impressive. Ever Meulen, whose real name is Eddy Vermeulen, was born in Kuurne in February 1946, in the Belgian province of West Flanders, and studied graphic arts in Gent and Brussels. He held his first exposition of his cartoons at the age of 18, and three years later he first used his penname, Ever Meulen.

Vermeulen began an international career making comic stories but mostly illustrations and caricatures for magazines like Humo, Tante Leny Presenteert! and Oor, as well as Modern Papier, Télé-Moustique and Curiosity Magazine. This eventually led to several cover illustrations for the New Yorker. He has additonally created illustrations for the Veux Faire anthology and for a column called 'TTT', as well as album cover designs, theatre posters and stamps. Since 1993 Ever Meulen also teaches illustration at the Institut Saint-Luc art school in Gent.