Hazes de stripbiografie #1

This 2016 opening chapter of Hazes de stripbiografie sets a deliberately stark tone, with its nearly all-white cover bearing nothing but the stark red title "Bloed" and the years 1951–1976 — a bold, minimalist design by Ben Westervoorde that lets the subject's name carry all the weight. The stripped-back presentation signals a biography with serious intent, tracing what promises to be the formative years of its subject's life and story. Writer Jan-Willem de Vries and artist Westervoorde invite readers in with quiet confidence, letting that single word — "Blood" — speak volumes before the first page is even turned.