Nico van Dam

Nico van Dam started the advertising and animation studios Tachy, together with Gerard Cobelens and Harry Roos. He joined the publishing house De Spaarnestadt in 1947, and he began drawing for its various publications. He did numerous illustrations and covers for the Dutch Panorama, as well as its supplement Rebellenclub. For Rebellenclub, he also illustrated the comics 'Vonkje de Vrolijke Vrijbuiter' (1950-1951) and 'De Droom van Daro, de Durfal' (1951-1952).

He created his first own comic, 'Woep en Wap', for Rosita. The series appeared from 1958 to 1967 with scripts by Bert Bus. In 1974, he began the strip 'Vera van de Risico' for Tina, written by Patty Klein. Three years later, he started his comic 'Sandra', based on the Gudrun saga. He illustrated several covers of the albums of 'Opkomst en Ondergang van het Keizerrijk Trigië'.