Tom Bouden
| Tom Bouden | |
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| Born | 1971 Ostend |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist |
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Notable works
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The Importance of Being Earnest In Bed with David & Jonathan Queerville |
| Awards | Prix Saint-Michel |
Tom Bouden (born 1971, Ostend, Belgium) is an openly gay Belgian artist, best known for his comics albums, which often satirize old-fashioned Belgian comics.
Tom Bouden was born in Ostend, Belgium in 1971. He started making comics with his friends when he was 9 years old, and later studied animation in Ghent. He began to focus on gay themes when a gay youth group asked him to draw a promotional poster for them. He started working for several gay magazines, and in 1993 these comics were collected as the book Flikkerzicht. This was followed by Max en Sven, a semi-autobiographical story about a boy who falls in love with his best friend.
1990: a gay youth club asks Tom Bouden to make some illustrations for a new campaign. Soon, the figures on the poster (Max and Sven) have leading parts in their own comic. Based on these stories, Tom Bouden is asked to draw a comic on a regular basis for the monthly Belgian gay-magazine ZiZo. A year later, the Dutch magazine Expreszo follows.
1994: The gags from these magazines are collected in his first album, Flikkerzicht.
1997: Publication in the Dutch Gay-Krant, scripts for Disney-Comics and various texts for TV and theatre.
1998: Tom Bouden begins to work as assistant for Hec Leemans, author of the famous Flemish newspapercomic FC De Kampioenen.
2000: Publication in the German magazine 'Queer' and 'Freshmen', the Dutch Gay & Night and the English DNA-magazine. The 12th album is published in German and English. He's also busy writing stories for The Smurfs.
2002: The first Kid City-book, based on the site www.kidcity.be is published in French and Dutch by Editions Dupuis.
2004: A second English publication:the book Max and Sven (Green Candy Press), and a French publication: Max et Sven (H&O).
2007: The German publisher Bruno Gmünder starts publishing books by Bouden in English.
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