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Stephan Louwes is a Belgian artist, who publishes his work online under the pen name Slartz. He made his official debut as a comic creator with the graphic novel trilogy 'LIMBO' (Oogachtend, 2019-2023), which was followed by the cyberpunk comic series 'Moon'.
Early life and career
Stephan Louwes was born in 1993 in Leuven, Flemish Brabant, as the son of a Dutch father and Surinamese mother. Growing up in this Belgian city, he became an avid comic reader, with Grzegorz Rosinski, Régis Loisel, Moebius and Frank Frazetta among his favorite creators. Fully focusing on drawing since age sixteen, he also takes inspiration from films, series, everyday life, absurdism and random items. After a first Applied Arts education at the local De Wijnpers school, Louwes studied Comics & Illustration at the LUCA School of Arts in Brussels between 2013 and 2018, graduating with a Master in Graphic Storytelling. Living in the Leuven suburb of Kessel-Lo, he has since then been combining his day job at a supermarket with independent graphic projects. Between 2021 and 2024, Louwes was the bass player for Tragic Eyes, the solo project of singer/songwriter Wendel Berckmans.
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