Gerrit de Jager

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rdf:langString Gerrit de Jager (born 1954, Amsterdam) is a Dutch cartoonist, creator of series such as , , and . His career started in the early 1980s with under the pseudonym Prutspruts ("fiddle-fiddle"), which later changed to Prutswerk ("lousy job"). In the early stages he worked with the later Dutch musician . The first comic they brought out, titled De Ironische Man ("The Ironic Man") did not prove to be very successful, however the (now) duo went on producing comics such as Bert J. Prulleman and Pruts Pruts, Privat Kreye for the alternative magazine De Vrije Balloen. In this time the Familie Doorzon was born. In 1984 the duo broke up, and Gerrit de Jager continued the familie Doorzon series, turning it into a huge success. His loose style, together with ruthless satire on the Dutch society gained the position of the most popular cartoonists.