Kroniek van een Dakhebber (Straatnieuws #13, Winter 2007)
Wilma van den Bosch was born in Welland, Canada, as the daughter of Dutch immigrants. However, when Wilma was ten years old, the family moved back to Holland. She got interested in comics after reading an interview with Morris in newspaper De Volkskrant. She wrote a story and tried to sell it to different publishers. Soon afterwards, she was asked by Ed van Schuijlenburg, art supervisor of the Dutch Disney magazines, to write scenarios with Disney characters for Donald Duck weekly.
Donald Duck
After a couple of years writing stories, Wilma also took on drawing. Since then, she has worked as a staff artist for the Dutch Disney magazines Donald Duck, Katrien and Disneyland. In 1999 she created her own comic, 'Prinses Aster'. Two long stories with the character were published in Donald Duck, and in albums by Sanoma and Silvester. In 2002, she received the Stripschapspenning in the category Best Dutch Children's Comic for 'Prinses Aster'.
comic from Inktpot #1, 2003, featuring Dick Bruna
In 2005, she took over 'Jan Kaman' from Wout Paulussen, a soccer comic written by Herman van Veen. Wilma works for the foundation Teken Mijn Verhaal, and publishes stories in the Utrecht art magazine De Inktpot. She is also working on children's books. Together with her boyfriend Pascal Oost, she has made commision comics for Albert Heijn and De Meergroep, among others.
Prinses Aster