Jesse and Marleen have been living and working on Vancouver Island, on the west coast of Canada, since 2005. Their company, Jessecartoons, is based there.
Jesse van Muylwijck chose to attend art school after completing his law studies in Groningen. Since then he has been creating comics, both commissioned and independent work.
His comic strip The Judge has appeared in countless newspapers for over 30 years, and 45 books featuring it have now been published. He is a co-author of the Teleac textbook Comic and Cartoon Drawing and has given comic drawing workshops in various countries, including as a guest lecturer at the Glasgow School of Art and during a comic festival in Hong Kong. He received the Stripschap Prize for his entire oeuvre.
As a caricaturist, he has worked in European countries, the US, Canada, and Japan. He has created cartoons for a large number of clients in the public and private sectors, not only in his studio but also as a live cartoonist during conferences, symposia, and brainstorming sessions, often in collaboration with consultancy firms.
After studying English in Groningen, Marleen van Muylwijck worked at major bookstores and an importer of English and American books in Amsterdam. This allowed her to get to know the book trade inside out, laying the foundation for a successful career as an independent publisher. Marleen handles not only the management of the publishing house but also the graphic design of the books, and oversees the entire production chain, from the initial idea to delivery to the customer. Additionally, she is the final editor of the texts for the comic strip The Judge.
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