| Wim Boost | |
|---|---|
| Born | Willem Louis Joseph Boost (1918-07-02)July 2, 1918 |
| Died | August 1, 2005(2005-08-01) (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
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
Boost died in Breukelen on 1 August 2005 at the age of 87.3
References
References
- "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.