Albo Helm

Albo Helm was born in Zürich, Switzerland. He is a self-made comics artist, and has a degree in journalism. Helm's work has appeared widely in many publications, including the newspaper Trouw ('Klara 17', 'Woest & Bijster' en 'Cancan'), Tante Leny Presenteert, Anarchy Comix and Zone 5300. In the early 1990s he published the gag strip 'Benjamin Croquette in FNV Magazine.

Helm has published the following comics: 'Schmerz Comix' (1978), 'Antitod 1', '1290 Comix' and 'WoordOp!' (2003), and contributed to 'The Bush Junta' (2004). His political strips appear regularly in magazine Ravage. He was one of the contributors to the anthology 'Strips in Stereo'.

He co-founded comic artists organization NuKomix in 2000, and magazine De Inktpot in 2003. Apart from making comics, Albo Helm also works as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer. He lives in Utrecht, in the center of The Netherlands