Uco Egmond

After his studies in industrial design at the T.H. Delft, Uco Egmond began his artistic career with some advertising assignments. He started drawing comics in 1973, and made his debut with the gag strip 'Eppo' in the magazine Pep. The strip was a big hit, and when the magazines Pep and Sjors merged in 1975, they continued under the name Eppo. Egmond became a versatile artist for the magazine.

Besides the continuation of 'Eppo', he also began 'De Leukebroeders' in cooperation with Peter Coolen under the collective pseudonym Peco. In addition, he drew 'Falco en Donjon' with texts by Hanco Kolk. Eppo magazine ran until 1995. In the mid 1980s, Egmond drew the educational comic about traffic signs 'Het Bordenvolkje' in commission of Veilig Verkeer Nederland and published by Standaard Uitgeverij.

In later years, Egmond has been doing mainly commercial art including a couple of advertising comics. For several years, he has drawn the comic 'De Familie Voordeel' in the weekly advertising folder of the store Piet Kerkhof. Egmond is additionally the artist of 'Junior & Co' in Voetbal International Junior.