Hans Ducro

As a young man, Hans Ducro was picked up by the Germans to work in Germany during the second World War. After the Liberation, he worked as an artist for the ANWB youth magazine Jeugdkampioen. For this magazine, he produced many illustrations and the gag strip 'Dolle Daden van Dop en Dup'.

He worked as an illustrator for De Spaarnestadt since the 1950s. His illustrations appeared in several magazines, such as Panorama and Grabbelton. In 1948, he drew the "beeldroman" series 'De Moker' at the publishing house Jago in Haarlem. He created the balloon strip 'Sjors en de Verschrikkelijke Sneeuwman' in Sjors van de Rebellenclub in 1954 and 1955. He became art-director of Panorama in 1960. Hans Ducro died in 1976.