D'Auwe

Gag by D'Auwe. 

Dirk van der Auwera is a Belgian cartoonist, comic artist and caricaturist. Publishing under the pen name D'Auwe, he has worked on a variety of humorous comic books for the promotion of cities. For the municipality of Lier, he has made 'Lier in de Ban van Kofi Annan' and 'Sergio Salmone' with Johan van Rooy and 'Het Geheim van de Donkkoers'. He has subsequently made a comic series for Knokke-Heist, called 'Knokke-Heist Verstript', as well as 'De Ziekenhuisavonturen van Piep' for the Knokke hospital AZ Gezondheidszorg Oostkust.

'Knokke-Heist Dubbel Gestript!' and 'Lier In De Ban van Kofi Annan'. 

D'Auwe has contributed to the Minerva collection of 't Mannekesblad, and made a series of gags about cops for De Boemerang, called 'Politie'. A French edition was published by Joker Editions in 2011. In 2011, he paid graphic homage to Pom in the collective tribute album 'Op Het Spoor van Pom' ('t Mannekesblad, 2011).

In 2023, he won the Thema award of the comics festival of Knokke-Heist. Rooie Oortjes

In 2024, he participated in the reboot of the erotic gag comic series 'Rooie Oortjes' ('Blagues Coquines'). While the new volumes are largely reprints of old gags by other artists, they feature new covers and also exclusive brand new gags drawn by several artists, including D'Auwe.

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