“Disney Dreams Gone Dark”: Stunning Pop Culture Illustrations and Comics of Brecht Vandenbroucke

Brecht Vandenbroucke is a Belgian illustrator, painter, comic author, and filmmaker born in 1986 in Veurne, who studied illustration at Sint-Lukas University College of Art and Design in Brussels and now lives in Antwerp, where his satirical works critique modern society through vibrant, pop culture-infused visuals.

His style blends surrealism, Disney-inspired whimsy, and influences from artists like Mark Beyer, ATAK, Charlotte Solomon, and Glen Baxter, resulting in dense compositions filled with long-limbed creatures, logos, and chaotic scenes that mix humor with underlying darkness. Vandenbroucke’s art often satirizes social media addiction, consumerism, inequality, and the art world, as seen in his Instagram series depicting humanity’s obsession with screens and his comic “White Cube,” which mocks aesthetics critics through two bald, pink-faced characters. He has exhibited internationally, including at the Fumetto Comix-Festival and MIMA Museum’s “Art Is Comic,” and collaborates on publications for the New York Times and Le Monde, while producing zines, sculptures like a giant foosball table symbolizing social divides, and films.

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