Kamagurka

The recorded working language is Dutch. Places of work recorded in the authority are Ghent. Employment is recorded with Charlie Hebdo, HUMO and De Morgen. Works named in the authority record are Cowboy Henk. Work by Kamagurka is recorded in the collections of Mu.ZEE - Kunstmuseum aan Zee, Museum Arnhem and Van Abbemuseum. Distinctions recorded are Geuzen Prize, Bronzen Adhemar, Inktspot prize and Louis Paul Boon Award.

• Name — Kamagurka • Birth Name — Luc Zeebroek • Born — 5 May 1956 • Birthplace — Nieuwpoort, Belgium • Known for — Bert, Cowboy Henk. • Style — Absurd humor • Website — www.kamagurka.com

Luc Zeebroek was born on 5 May 1956 in Nieuwpoort in Belgium. Kamagurka studied Art in Bruges and later performed studies at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent. However, he quit school before he would graduate. During a schooltrip in Paris Kamagurka decided to visit to the editorial building of the magazine Hara Kiri on his own. Only twenty years old, he ended up going there every two weeks to stay there for three days. Kamagurka still believes this to be his true education and the foundation of the rest of his career.

In 1972 he made his debut as cartoonist in De Zeewacht. Three years later he became the regular cartoonist at the weekly magazine HUMO, where he introduced cartoons inspired by the absurd and shocking comics and cartoons of Robert Crumb, Roland Topor and the controversial French magazine Hara Kiri. In those first years the magazine received dozens of angry readers' letters from people who didn't understand or enjoy his work, which they deemed "too vulgar". This transformed him into a cult artist. He remains the house cartoonist of Humo to this day, despite other cartoonists being published as well. • Illustration — Cowboy Henk Since the 1980s he also made a few cartoons with Herr Seele, with whom he also made several radio ("Studio Kafka", "Kamagurkistan") and televisions shows (like "Lava", "Johnnywood", "Wees blij met wat je hebt" and "Bob en George"). Since 1981 they also make the comic Cowboy Henk, with Kamagurka writing the jokes and Seele making the drawings. • Illustration — Herr Seele and Kamagurka in 1982 Kamagurka also paints and performs theater throughout Flanders and The Netherlands. He has made music since the beginning of the 80s with singles as "Constant Degoutant", "Marjoleintje", "Een klein leger, maar een dik leger" (1981) and one censured by national radio "Weg met Boudewijn. Leve Fabiola" (Translation: "Boudewijn go home! Long live Fabiola!"). They called themselves Kamagurka en de Vlaamse Primitieven. In 2000 he released a new album called: "Oh Sabrina, wat heb je met mijn snor gedaan?" with singles like the title song and "Nee, mijn lief: je bent niet te dik." He has also designed album covers for Raymond van het Groenewoud and his own albums. In 1985 he received the Geuzenprijs for his entire oeuvre. Since from 2002 he made weekly guest contributions to De Laatste Show. In 2005 he also created a theater production with Jules Deelder: "Kamadeeldra". • Illustration — Herr Seele and Kamagurka in 2004 Since 2006 he has been making segments for the TV show "Man bijt Hond" with the weekly shorts De grens.

Kamagurka's son Boris is a musician working under the name Bolis Pupul.

• Since 1978 he has won without interruption the annual trophy for "Best Graphic Artist", elected by the readers of the magazine HUMO. In 2010 he was beaten for the first time by Jonas Geirnaert. He ended number 4 in the top-10. • In the comic strip series The Adventures of Nero by Marc Sleen in the album "De Smaragdgroene Pletskop" a colonel appears with the name "Kamagurka" (line 71). • The group Osdorp Posse sampled a part of Kamagurka's Kamiel Kafka performances in their song "Sam Sam" from their album "Tegenstrijd" (2003). • Since his youth Kamagurka is a fan of the football squad KV Oostende, in which he's in the board of directors. He designed the clubs' mascot. In 2009 he got a stadium prohibit of three months because he had entered the playing field during the game in March 2009.