Hans van Oudenaarden, who sometimes works under the pseudonym Vano, studied Environmental Biology in Leiden. He began working as a professional comics artist directly after obtaining his degree. His first work were stories with 'Donald Duck' and 'The Big Bad Wolf' for the Dutch Donald Duck weekly in 1988. He continued to contribute artwork for comics and covers to the Dutch Disney magazine until 1995. He ghosted on stories with 'Sjors en Sjimmie' for Sjosji, 'Jan, Jans en de Kinderen' for Libelle and Warner Bros characters for Looney Tunes Magazine.
He has been active in advertisement illustration since 1990. In 1994, he created his own strip, 'Dave', in Sjors en Sjimmie Stripblad, followed by 'Inspector Diamond' in Hello You in 1997. Under the pseudonym El Gringo, he produced the erotic comic 'De Kleine Dood', which was published in the Spanish Kiss Comix and the French La Poudre Aux Rêves. Together with writer Frank Jonker, he made a comic adaptation of the 'Bob Evers' series for Algemeen Dagblad. Hans van Oudenaarden has specialized in Flash animation.
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