Willem Louis Joseph Boost (2 July 1918, in

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– 1 August 2005, in

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), was a Dutch

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, 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 ''Jeugdkampioen'', ''Het Lichtspoor'', ''Mandril'', ''

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'' (1952-1955), and ''Studio'' (1963-1965). He also worked for Dutch national newspaper ''

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'' from 1951 until 1985, where he made a daily cartoon for the front page for many years.

External links

Obituary of WiBo (in Dutch)
1918 births 2005 deaths Dutch comic strip cartoonists Dutch comics artists Dutch illustrators Artists from Breda {{cartoonist-stub