Oog & Blik

Oog & Blik was an Amsterdam-based Dutch publisher of comics founded by Joost Swarte and Hansje Joustra in 1985. Oog & Blik offers books mostly for an adult audience. They publish original and translated graphic novels, underground comix, autobiographical comics, picture books, and in the past silkscreens by Joost Swarte. Around 2010 De Bezige Bij bought Oog & Blik. Joustra was fired in 2014 to started a new publishing company called Scratch. Almost all comic books artists left Oog & Blik afterwards to join Joustra's new company. Bezige Bij quit publishing comincs in 2015 and further activities as Oog Blik were put on hold.

Oog & Blik

Oog & Blik was an Amsterdam-based Dutch publisher of comics founded by Joost Swarte and Hansje Joustra in 1985. Oog & Blik offers books mostly for an adult audience. They publish original and translated graphic novels, underground comix, autobiographical comics, picture books, and in the past silkscreens by Joost Swarte. Around 2010 De Bezige Bij bought Oog & Blik. Joustra was fired in 2014 to started a new publishing company called Scratch. Almost all comic books artists left Oog & Blik afterwards to join Joustra's new company. Bezige Bij quit publishing comincs in 2015 and further activities as Oog Blik were put on hold.