Lo Hartog van Banda
Lodewijk "Lo" Hartog van Banda (The Hague, 4 November 1916 – The Hague, 2 February 2006) was a Dutch comics writer.
Working for the Toonder Studio's he co-wrote Aram, Kappie, Panda, Tom Puss and his own creation Koning Hollewijn. When Marten Toonder went to Ireland, Lo Hartog van Banda left the studio. Later he would write the scripts for comics such as Arad en Maya, Arman en Ilva, and Ambrosius.
Arman en Ilva was published widely in daily newspapers all across Europe. It was an eerie and disturbing science fiction future, with the young Arman and his blonde girl friend Ilva troubleshooting for various potentates and space pirates. While not on missions, they were being seduced by people of both sexes whose wish was to assassinate them if they were to be refused.[1]
He wrote for the NOS television the TV series Ti-ta-tovenaar, De Astronautjes, and De Bereboot.
In 1975 he won the Dutch stripschapprijs, a prize awarded to comic writers and cartoonists for their whole work.
Outside the Netherlands he is probably best known for his three Lucky Luke stories, Fingers, Nitroglycérine, and Chasse aux fantômes.
References
- ^ The World Encyclopedia of Comics, Edited by Maurice Horn, vol. 1
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