For decades, Jan van Haasteren has been creating extremely colorful humorous illustrations especially for the Jumbo brand with attention to even the smallest detail. No wonder that Jan van Haasteren's puzzles have become the undisputed number 1 among comic puzzles. Most fans of his work will immediately start looking for the hallmark of Jan ? shark fin, which can be found in all the puzzles he created! However, you can take up the challenge and try to look for other motifs in his drawings that appear in a huge number of van Haasteren's works? Santa Claus, hands belonging to no one knows who, sticking out from behind the wall, and from under the water, prostheses, or Jan van Haasteren's self-portrait. Can you find them all? Over the years of Jumbo's collaboration with Jan van Haasteren, a substantial collection of puzzles has been created, ranging from 150-piece puzzles to 5,000-piece puzzles. Each year, this collection is growing with new designs. A few interesting facts about Jan van Haasteren? ?Jan is an avid collector. He is unable to part with anything! When he's done drawing another hilarious story, he creates an exact copy of the drawing for himself, because the original must unfortunately be delivered to Jumbo. Over the years, Jan has amassed a hefty pile of sketches and drawings. His ?professional binder? (already consisting of 4 volumes) contains all the letters about work that he has ever received or sent himself. He also collects all correspondence with fans, regardless of whether they are fans faithful for years or those who are just getting acquainted with his work. John knows the details of each of these letters and can tell the story behind their sending. ?Jan sometimes appears personally in his puzzles and comics. As a rule, Jan always tries to draw fictional characters, not people he actually knows. From time to time, however, Jan puts his own self-portrait in the drawing. Jan talks about it as the "Hitchcock effect", a famous director who also played cameo roles in his films. ?Jan never arranges ?his? puzzle. However, he willingly helps his wife when she cannot find any of the elements. To his own surprise, he is able to identify each element in no time and put it in the right place. He even remembers exactly how he created a particular detail in the picture and why he put it there and not elsewhere. And that's for all the works he drew!
