Aart Clerkx

Aart Clerkx is a Dutch underground artist, also known under his pen name, Acé. He was born in 1945 in Wassenaar. Aart Clerkx began his comics career in 1970 with some illustrations and short stories for Aloha. He worked for this magazine until 1974, and his best known character of this period is 'Jan Tit'. He additionally made satirical comics for Tante Leny Presenteert. In the 1980s, he worked for the Dutch underground magazines Gummi, De Vrije Balloen and De Waarheid ('Jan Klaassen'), and for Gezellig & Leuk, where he published 'Doodverf'. He published books like 'ME Man', 'Jan Klaassen' en '10 Jaar Crisis' with the publisher Espee. In the past decade, Aart Clerkx has mainly been active as a painter.