Floris Oudshoorn

Floris Willem Oudshoorn was born in Leiden. After finishing the Gymnasium in Wassenaar, Floris moved to Utrecht. He was admitted to the Arts School in Arnhem, where he finished with flying colors. As an examination piece, he has admitted to making a comic book, 'Hoearjoe?'.

He then moved to Amsterdam to set up the comic studio De Zwarte Handel with associate comic artist Maaike Hartjes. He has contributed comics and cartoons to magazines like POSSE, Incognito, Razzafrazz and Zone 5300. In 2002, a collection of his work was published with the title 'Ongezellige Verhalen'. He also self-published collections like 'Aso!!' and 'Horror Vacuii'. For Hello You, he created 'Swamp Thing', the comic with which he also participated in the 2006 comics contest by Amsterdam newspaper Het Parool. Oudshoorn ended as one of the finalists, and 'Swamp Thing' became a regular feature in the paper.

One critic, impressed by the variety of styles in 'Aso!', assumed Floris Oudshoorn was a pseudonym for an entire studio of comic artists. Floris has done some animation work for the web.