Bloeddorst

Back in 2006 at a local comic-convention in Holland, Menno Kooistra toyed with the idea to bring horror back into comics. The Dutch comic-community got very excited and created the 96 pages fullcolour coffee-table-book Bloeddorst from the ground up. It got critically acclaimed as a broad portfolio with the combination of acclaimed artists and fresh young, yet undiscovered talent and was successfully continued with an extensive tour throughout the nation, but the publisher didn’t want to continue the project after which it died slowly.
Now, Menno Kooistra, Maarten Janssens and Nynke Landman, all three involved from day one, emptied their wallets wanting to reanimate Bloeddorst and just do it themselves. It’s an uncertain road ahead but certainly filled with buckets of blood!

Today was the big presentation of the much anticipated Bloeddorst in the oldest comicshop in the world: Lambiek. The first copy was given by Menno to ‘mr Horror’ Jan Doense, also director of the Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival. Look at Menno shine 

There also was a full-blown exhibition with the original artwork of all the artists contributing to the book. That attracted almost the whole Dutch comic-scene, never shy of free beer. The shop-owners are still talking about it, which is a big deal in Holland. The expo lasted a month.