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GAL (cartoonist)
Gerard Alsteens (born 3 August 1940 in Oudergem) is a Belgian political cartoonist, graphic artist and painter who works under the pseudonym "GAL". He is infamous for his sharp political cartoons which, artistically speaking, share a closer resemblance to paintings than regularly drawn cartoons. Throughout the years his work has received several prizes and awards.
==Biography==
GAL was born in 1940 in Oudergem, Flanders, together with his twin brother Edgard. At the age of twelve he won a drawing contest in the newspaper ''Het Nieuws van den Dag''. He studied painting and graphic art at the higher St. Lucas-instituut in Brussels, where he would become a teacher at a later age. In his penultimate year at Sint-Lucas Gal worked as apprentice at the Jesuit weekly magazine ''De Linie''. The next two years he was in charge of the magazine's layout. When the publication of the magazine ceased in 1964 Gal drew the final cover featuring a cut down tree with the words ''"De Linie"'' written on the tree bark, crushing the Flemish Lion in its fall.
Gal’s first cartoons were published in 1960 and appeared in various magazines, most prominently ''De Nieuwe'' and ''De Zwijger'', where he was the house cartoonist. Since 1984 GAL publishes in the weekly magazine ''Knack''. Over the years his cartoons have been the subject of censorship by the magazine's editors and those published sometimes caused offended letters from readers. In 1996 GAL was a guest in the political talkshow ''De Zevende Dag'' on the Flemish national TV station VRT, in a special transmission live from the Flemish Parliament. When he showed some cartoons critical of the then popular far-right party Vlaams Blok (today Vlaams Belang) all members of the party left the building in offense.
In 2004 GAL temporarily lost his eyesight due to an emboly. After a while he discovered a handy method to continue his work.
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