Aimee de Jongh (1988) is an Eisner-nominated comic author and animator from the Netherlands. She
received
her
BA degree
in Animation at the Willem de Kooning
Academy Rotterdam. She studied at KASK Ghent and the Gobelins
Summer
School Paris.
Graphic novels
At the age of 22, Aimee's career in comics took off with the popular daily comic series Snippers for the Dutch newspaper Metro.
At 25, she then published her first graphic novel The Return of the Honey Buzzard, which won
the Prix Saint-Michel
and was adapted to a live-action film. Her international breakthrough came when Blossoms in Autumn was released, written
by Belgian
comic author
Zidrou. In 2019, Aimee published TAXI!, about four intriguing taxi rides she had.
Aimee's most well known graphic novel is the award winning Days of Sand (Jours de Sable), about the American Dust Bowl. The Eisner-nominated book was a bestseller in both the Netherlands and France. In 2022 she worked with scenarist Ingrid Chabbert on the Eisner-nominated comic book Soixante Printemps En Hiver, released by Dupuis.
Journalism
Aimee made her first graphic journalism work after
visiting the refugee
camps on
Lesbos in 2017. The trip resulted in the drawn report Europe's
Waiting
Room and has become the inspiration for several new projects. The focus of Aimee's work has changed to more mature subjects and non-fiction ever since.
Animation
Through the years, Aimee has worked in the animation industry in many different roles. She directed the short film Aurora, created storyboards for Amazon Prime's Undone, and animated a series of 12 music videos for De Wereld Draait Door. Her
biggest
animation project was Behind the Telescopes, a 71-minute long
theatrical film, made together with harpist
Lavinia Meijer and Arthur Antoine. In 2021, Aimee created 6 animated short films for the Rijksmuseum's exhibition Slavery.
Awards
Aimee is the winner of the Stripschapprijs 2022, the Dutch lifetime achievement award for comics. Her graphic novels have also received various international awards, including in France, Germany, the United States and Japan. She received the medal of honour of the city Sainte-Livrade-Sur-Lot, France.
Teaching
Aimee taught at various international academies like MICA Baltimore (US), Willem de Kooning Academy (NL), Sint Joost Academie (NL), and Merz Akademie (DE).
Clients include:
photo: Bob Bruyn