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Wim Boost

1918 – 2005

Dutch cartoonist

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About Wim Boost

Lived 1918 – 2005 (aged 87). Wim Boost was a Dutch cartoonist, illustrator, editorial cartoonist, comics artist and pen drawer.

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

Career 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.

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.

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.

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Important facts

Birth century
Awards
Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau
Also known as
Willem Louis Joseph Boost

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Wim Boost's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Wim Boost?

Dutch cartoonist (1918–2005)

When was Wim Boost born?

Wim Boost was born on 2 July 1918 in Breda.

When did Wim Boost die?

Wim Boost died on 1 August 2005 in Breukelen.

What was Wim Boost's occupation?

Wim Boost was a cartoonist, illustrator, editorial cartoonist, comics artist and pen drawer.

What nationality was Wim Boost?

Wim Boost was Dutch.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Wim Boost

· Wikidata: Q2462427

· DBpedia: Wim Boost

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