Henk Kabos
(Karel Woud)
(21/10/1912 - 28/7/1984, The Netherlands)
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Henk Kabos was born in Amsterdam, where he also got his artistic education at the Kunstnijverheidsschool. In 1941, Kabos was employed by the Joop Geesink Studio. Initially, he specialized in animation, but later, as he started working for Marten Toonder Studios, he began to draw comics. He did the daily 'Tom Poes' strip for four months, and collaborated with Marten Toonder himself on the animated cartoon 'De Laarzenreuzen'.
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During the war, both artists became involved with the illegal magazine Metro, Kabos using the pseudonym Karel Woud. Around the same time, he illustrated two books, 'Keukenkrabbels' and 'Geef Ons Heden Ons Dagelijks Brood', with texts by Jan Gerhard Toonder.
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Reinaard de Vos (Kabouterboekje, 1943)
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After the war, Kabos started his famous series 'Tekko Taks' in the journal Trouw, together with James Ringrose, who inked and co-wrote the strip. In 1949, Kabos switched back to his former employer Joop Geesink again, and, in time, became art director there.
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Other well-known comics by Kabos are 'Barendje Big', 'Kapitein Brulboei' and 'Pukkie Planta', the latter being an advertising strip for the margerine factory Planta. Kabos additionally illustrated children's books, as well a couple of booklets in the 'Kabouterboekjes' collection of the Bijenkorf department store in 1943.
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