Lo Hartog van Banda
Lodewijk (Lo) Hartog van Banda (born November 4, 1916 in The Hague ; † February 2, 2006 ibid) was a Dutch comic writer and writer.
Lo Hartog van Banda began his career when he and Ben Abas edited the science fiction magazine Fantasie en Wetenschap for a short time . In 1952 he joined Marten Toonder Studios , where he quickly rose to become one of the lead authors. Until 1965 he designed the scenarios for series such as Aram , Kappie , Koning Hollewijn , Panda and Tom Poes . First with Gerrit Stapel , later with Thé Tjong-Khing , he designed the Tijloo Student newspaper strip . From 1965 to 1967 he worked as a copywriter in Ireland for two years .
After returning to the Netherlands, he began working with Pep magazine . Here he worked with Dick Matena on Die Argonauten , with Gideon Brugman on Ambrosius , with Johnn Bakker on Blook and with Jan Steeman on Arad and Maya . In 1968 he worked again for the comic Iris and the newspaper strip Arman en Ilva with Thé Tjong Khing.
In 1970 he left the comic industry and worked as a writer for the children's program on Dutch television (Tita Tovenaar) . In the 1980s, he wrote the scripts for three Lucky Luke albums that are considered to be the best since the death of previous author René Goscinny . In the 1983 original edition of Fingers , Lucky Luke swapped his cigarette for a blade of grass that he chewed on, thus becoming a non-smoker. Most recently, van Banda worked on a musical adaptation of the children's show Tita Tovenaar, which he wrote for television .
Works (selection)
From the Lucky Luke series:
- Nitroglycerin , Egmont Ehapa Verlag 1977, ISBN 978-3-7704-3456-5 .
- Fingers , 1984, ISBN 3-7704-0152-2 .
- The Daltons and the Psycho-Doc , 1988 ISBN 3-7704-0165-4 .
- The Hunt for the Phantom , 1992 ISBN 3-7704-0276-6 .
Web links
- Lo Hartog van Banda in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Biography on lambiek.net (English)
- Lo Hartog van Banda on the website of Egmont Ehapa Verlag
- Literature by and about Lo Hartog van Banda in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Ashley: The History of the Science Fiction Magazine. P. 235. Online
- ^ The world encyclopedia of comics. Volume 1, p. 100. Online
- ↑ a b World health forum. Volume 11, p. 25. Online
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hartog van Banda, Lo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hartog van Banda, Lodewijk (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch comics scenarist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 4, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | The hague |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 2, 2006 |
| Place of death | The hague |