JvH, La loi de Murphy (1000 pcs)

On the box of this comic jigsaw puzzle by Jan van Haasteren, Murphy's Law hits a quiet little neighbourhood and absolutely everything goes wrong at once. On the left, a seniors' home (the sign reads "Home for Elderly") is being evacuated in a hurry: residents in wheelchairs and electric scooters are rushed outside while a fire truck sits parked out front with its ladder extended toward the house next door, and another resident is climbing down a rope from a top-floor window. On the lawn beside it, a hole has been dug right in the middle of the grass, and a small crowd is already gathering to see what is going on. The main house, a brick home with an orange tile roof, takes the worst of the damage: a small yellow airplane has crashed straight into the wall, sending bricks and broken glass flying in every direction, while a cat clings to the roof and a stork has nested right on the smoking chimney, just above the wreckage. Out on the street, the chaos keeps piling up: a police car sits stuck in the middle of scattered moving boxes, a small orange car weaves through the debris, a bathtub sits right there on the pavement and a rowboat is parked near the curb, all watched with amusement by a crowd of onlookers gathered on both sides of the street.

On the side of the box sits Jan van Haasteren's usual signature touch: his own self-portrait, recognizable by his striped party hat and mischievous grin, framed this time by a confetti-covered "JAN 90" logo. It marks the illustrator's 90th birthday, celebrated in 2026, the same year hundreds of fans sang him a tribute at a Dutch puzzle championship. As with every box in the collection, fans also love hunting for the recurring hidden details that pop up from one scene to the next, giving the fun a second life once all 1000 pieces are spread out on the table.

Jan van Haasteren is the Dutch illustrator behind this scene and hundreds of equally chaotic others: since the early 1980s, he has been drawing these gag-packed tableaus for Jumbo, a style that has become a genuine trademark in the world of comic jigsaw puzzles. His unmistakable style - expressive characters, mishaps piling up one after another, backgrounds bursting with life - keeps drawing in a loyal community of fans, year after year, always ready to dig into his latest catastrophe in pictures.

Assembled puzzle dimensions: 68 x 49 cm