Cartoon by Len Munnik. Translation: "You're from Venus. And you from Mars!" - "No, also from Venus."
Len Munnik is best known for his work as a (political) cartoonist for newspaper Trouw and the feminist magazine Opzij. He also makes cartoons and comics for political and civil society organizations, such as Stichting Wakker Dier, the Socialist Party, Keer Het Tij and the unions CNV and FNV. In 1982, he made the comic 'Maissie, de Moord en de NV Rotmachine' with the famous jurist Professor Peter Hoefnagels. His comics for Opzij were collected in the book 'Hoezo Scheef Verdeeld' in 1984. De Harmonie published several books by Munnik, such as the cartoon series 'Kat & Muis' and the pantomime comic 'Paradiso'. He has also made a comic for the Peace Week 2007 called '40 Jaar Vechten Voor Vrede'. Munnik has also worked on several children's books.
Munnik paid homage to Marten Toonder in the tribute book 'Was Tom Poes Maar Hier - Een Hommage aan Marten Toonder' (De Bezige Bij, 2006).
On 5 December 1996, Len Munnik won the Inktspotprijs for "Best Political Cartoon". His winning cartoon was published in the paper Trouw on 31 October 1996 and criticizes the Dutch army during the Srbenica Massacre in the war in former Yugoslavia, when the troops were accused of not having intervened to prevent the slaughter. In Munnik's cartoon, a man complains to his psychiatrist about the accusations, using the unfortunately correct phrase: "We haven't done anything!". Munnik won the Inktspotprijs again on 22 September 2020, this time with a cartoon about the end of the lockdowns to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 (corona) virus. The cartoon depicts a couple looking at chemtrails in the sky, sighing: ''Everything will turn to normal again."
Cartoon by Len Munnik. Translation: "I don't feel comfortable with who I am." - "Sigh, get yourself pampered."