Kabouter Wesley
Kabouter Wesley (German: Wichtel Wesley ) is a Belgian series of comics and short animated films about an ill-tempered and violent pixie . The figure, conceived and drawn by Jonas Geirnaert , is extremely popular in Flanders and the Netherlands . The drawing style and content are intentionally naive and amateurish, the plot is often surreal, brutal and politically incorrect .
history
Geirnaert developed the character Kabouter Wesley during the production of the animated short film Flatlife , which won the jury award at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. The comics were published in the Belgian weekly newspaper HUMO from 2008 , the animated films in the satirical program Man Bijt Hond, broadcast by the Belgian television station Eén . Hammond organ pieces by Klaus Wunderlich were used for the background music for the animation films .
Published books
Het Grote Kabouter Wesley Boek Verlag Borgerhoff & Lamberichts (2010) ISBN 9789089311535
Web links
- Kabouter Wesley at HUMO magazine
- Interview with Jonas Geirnaert (Dutch)
- Extra Neushoorn (episode on Youtube), accessed on February 27, 2013
Individual evidence
- ^ Nine Nation Animation. (No longer available online.) Variety , archived from the original on May 9, 2011 ; Retrieved April 8, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
