Wim Boost
Willem Louis Joseph Boost (2 July 1918, in Breda – 1 August 2005, in Breukelen), was a Dutch cartoonist, using the alias WiBo.
Also recorded as Willem Louis Joseph Boost
Wim Boost
- Name
- Wim Boost
- Birth Name
- Willem Louis Joseph Boost
- Born
- 2 July 1918
- Birthplace
- Breda, Netherlands
- Died
- 1 August 2005
- Place of death
- Breukelen, Netherlands
- Nationality
- Dutch
- Occupation
- cartoonist · illustrator · comics artist · pen drawer
- Honours
- Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau
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Willem Louis Joseph Boost (2 July 1918, in Breda – 1 August 2005, in Breukelen), was a Dutch cartoonist, using the alias WiBo.
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Wim Boost (1918–2005) was a cartoonist, comics artist and illustrator, among other activities, of Dutch nationality. The cartoonist was born in Breda and died in Breukelen. Wim Boost worked in Amsterdam, Breda and Bussum.
Languages used include Dutch. Works are held at Museon-Omniversum, National Museum Paleis het Loo and Stadsarchief Rotterdam. Honours include Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.
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Biography
The recorded working language is Dutch. Places of work recorded in the authority are Breda, Bussum and Amsterdam. Work by Wim Boost is recorded in the collections of Stadsarchief Rotterdam, National Museum Paleis het Loo and Museon-Omniversum. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.
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• Name — Wim Boost • Birth Name — Willem Louis Joseph Boost • Born — 2 July 1918 • Birthplace — Breda, Netherlands • Died — 1 August 2005 • Place of death — Breukelen, Netherlands • Nationality — Dutch • Area — Cartoonist, illustrator
Career
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.
Death
Death
Boost died in Breukelen on 1 August 2005 at the age of 87.
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1918
Wim Boost born at Breda.
2005
Wim Boost died at Breukelen.
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Wim Boost received Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.
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