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Biography

Peter Pontiac (born on 28-04-1951 in Beverwijk, died on 20-01-2015 in Amsterdam)

Peter Pontiac was a self-taught man, and Dutch greatest underground comic artist.
Began to work for national and international music- and underground magazines in the late sixties.
Later he worked for every well-known newspaper and magazine in Holland, as one of the most important illustrators.
He received, both national and international, several prices for his work.

Most important work, among other things:
Kraut; a history about his father, who chose the wrong site in the second world war. (2000)
Rhythm; a book with all the comic stories from 1968 till 2010. (2010)
Styx; a story about (his own) death. (unfinished, 2015)