Wilma van den Bosch
Profile Wilma van den Bosch
Wilma van den Bosch was born on November 13, 1956, in Welland, Ontario, Canada. She now lives in the Netherlands, in the town of Ede.
Wilma is a Dutch cartoonist and illustrator known for her cheerful and colourful drawing style.
Childhood and Education
Wilma spent the early years of her childhood in Stevensville, a small village in Canada. When she was ten, she moved back to the Netherlands with her family.
After high school, she studied two years to become a teacher in drawing and crafts. However, the teaching profession was not what she was looking for. Inspired by the works of Charles Schultz and Dr. Seuss, Wilma developed an interest in comics. An interview with Morris in the Volkskrant encouraged Wilma to pursue an artistic career and start drawing comics.
Career
Wilma began her career as a comic artist at the magazine Donald Duck, where she also started writing Disney comics in 1984. From 1985 to 2017, she contributed as an illustrator to the Vrolijk Weekblad and also worked for magazines such as Disneyland, Katrien, Donald Duck Junior, Tina and Bobo.
In 1999, her first comic strip of Princess Aster, “Het licht van Eureka," was published as a serialized story in the Donald Duck. The album version of this strip won her the Stripschap's award for Best Dutch Youth Album. In 2001, her second Aster story, "De Voorspellingen van Madam Zora," was presented in Donald Duck. By 2024, she had won the Stripschapprijs for her complete body of work.
Studio Jan van Haasteren
In 2022, Wilma joined Studio Jan van Haasteren as the fifth illustrator. She started drawing the junior puzzles, and since then, she has created several junior puzzles, the first of which was, “The Snowman.”
In 2023, she expanded her repertoire with her first 500-piece puzzle titled “A Woolly Christmas.”
Signature
In addition to the well-known family members, Wilma’s junior puzzles always feature a black hand with the text “the black was here”. Her puzzle images are vibrant and colourful. You can also recognize her Jan van Haasteren family members by their healthy, rosy cheeks.
