Tom Bouden

Tom Bouden (born 1971) is a comic artist from Belgium.

He was born in Ostend in 1971, Belgium. When 9 years old he decides to become a famous comic artist and started making comics with his schoolfriends. Later he studied animation in Ghent. His work became more and more gay-related, especially when a gay youth group asked him to draw a promotion poster for them. He started working for several gay-magazines. In 1993 the comics from these magazines are collected in 'Flikkerzicht' the first Tom Bouden book, soon followed with 'Max en Sven', a pseudo autobiography about a boy who falls in love with his best friend.

Career timeline

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 base for the monthly Belgian gay-magazine 'ZiZo'. A year later, the Dutch magazine 'Expreszo' follows.

1994: The gags from these magazines are collected in the first album of Tom Bouden - "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

Many of Bouden's comics are translated in other languages, including French, German, English, Spanish and Italian.

Next to his gay comics, Bouden also works on adaptations of novels and children comics based on Flemish TV-shows. He even worked very briefly as a writer for The Smurfs and Donald Duck

Publications in English

* The Importance of Being Earnest
* Max and Sven
* In bed with David & Jonathan
* Stripped, the illustrated male
* Queerville

Magazines he's worked for

* Zizo (Belgium)
* Expreszo (Netherlands)
* Gay Krant
* Gay & Night

Other publications

* Flikkerzicht 1
* Flikkerzicht 2 'Ook Voor Hetero's'
* Flikkerzicht 3 'Jongens Onder Elkaar'
* Flikkerzicht 4 'Max En Karel'
* Flikkerzicht 5 'Het Mysterie Van De Gouden Cockring'
* Flikkerzicht 6 'Uit De Kast'
* Flikkerzicht 7 'Een spook, een fuif en een eigen huis'
* Flikkerzicht presenteert: Vieze Prentjes
* Boudewijn De Grom, Graaf Van Vlaanderen
* Quasimodo
* De Mémoires Van Madame de Coeur-Brisé
* Extra Smal
* Rond de wereld in 80 dagen
* Romeo en Julia
* Suster en Wiebke
* De lichtrode Ridder
* Paniek in stripland
* W817 nrs 14 & 15
* En Daarmee Basta! ( three books each year )

Awards

2006: Prix Saint-Michel for best Dutch comicbook with 'Het belang van Ernst' ( translated as 'The Importance of being Earnest' )

External links

* [http://www.tombouden.be Homepage]