Mark de Jonge was an artist for Dutch Disney stories from 1976 to 1992. He started his career as an allround illustrator for Richards Studio in Amsterdam-Watergraafsmeer, the studio that did the lettering for the comics published by Oberon. De Jonge was involved with illustration assignments, as well as corrections and inking. In 1976, he began doing several covers and 'Duck' stories in cooperation with Daan Jippes for the Dutch Donald Duck weekly. Later on, he illustrated countless 'Gus Goose' scripts by Jan Kruse, as well as several 'Uncle Scrooge' and 'Donald Duck' stories.
De Jonge also had a weekly strip in Panorama ('Piet en Arie') and made the comic 'Bolleboom' for KRO Studio and the regional daily press. His character 'Zzappo!' was published in Okki and he also did several illustrating jobs for KLM, PTT Post, Look-O-Look and Princess Kinderthee. De Jonge's work was also published in Taptoe and Bobo.
