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| Wim Boost | |
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| Born | Willem Louis Joseph Boost July 2, 1918 |
| Died | August 1, 2005 (aged 87) |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist, illustrator |
Willem Louis Joseph Boost (2 July 1918, in Breda – 1 August 2005, in Breukelen), was a Dutch cartoonist, using the alias WiBo.
Career
[edit]Boost initially trained and worked as a drawing teacher before joining the Toonder Studios during the Second World War. After 1945 he drew for the ANWB youth magazine Jeugdkampioen and for Het Lichtspoor, a weekly for the Dutch armed forces.[1]
From 1951 he was on staff at Volkskrant, producing a daily cartoon that appeared at the lower left of the front page. Over time this became a fixture of the paper’s presentation and public identity. Boost’s final Volkskrant cartoon — the last of a total of 8,888 - ran in June 1983, after which he said farewell in the paper’s weekend supplement later that month.[2]
Alongside his newspaper work he contributed a column to Haagse Post, drew for the satirical monthly Mandril. Maandblad voor Mensen, and made cartoons for Studio, the KRO programme guide, in the 1960s.[1]
Death
[edit]Boost died in Breukelen on 1 August 2005 at the age of 87.[3]
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 "Wibo". lambiek.net. Retrieved 2025-08-31.
- ↑ Jungmann, Door Bart (2005-08-09). "Geen dag zonder mopje". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 2025-08-31.
- ↑ Villamedia (2005-08-10). "Cartoonist Wim Boost overleden". Villamedia — Website over journalistiek (in Dutch). Retrieved 2025-08-31.
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