Wim Boost

Willem Louis Joseph Boost (July 2, 1918, Breda - August 1, 2005, Breukelen), was a Dutch cartoonist, using the alias WiBo.

Boost (pronounced "boast") started his career as a drawing teacher, and then started to work for the Toonder studios. He worked for several journals and newspapers including the "Jeugdkampioen", "Het Lichtspoor", "Mandril" (1948-???), "Haagse Post" (1952-1955), "Studio" (1963-1965), and probably most noteworthy, the Dutch national newspaper "de Volkskrant", for which he worked from 1951 until 1985. For many years he made a daily cartoon for the front page of the latter newspaper.

External links

* [http://www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/1123480714408.html Obituary of WiBo (in Dutch)]
* [http://lambiek.net/artists/w/wibo.htm Wibo in Comiclopedia]