Wim Lensen

Wim G. Lensen was one of the earliest co-workers of Marten Toonder and the Toonder Studios. He joined the studios in 1940, and started out working for Toonder's productions for Diana Editions. A little later, he did the inking of the backgrounds in the 'Tom Poes' daily strip. After the War, he pencilled a couple of episodes of the 'Panda' strip.

For Tom Poes Weekblad, he drew his own strips 'Sim en Pans', 'De Heren Jansen en Tilanus in het Land der Troegels', as well as the game section 'Professor Eureka'. When the magazine folded, 'Sim en Pans' was continued in the Wereldkroniek. Furthermore, Lensen illustrated the postcards series of 'Doremias Dias'.

Lensen's most notable contribution to the Toonder Studios was the coloring he did on the weekly 'Tom Poes' strip in Revue for several years. Between 1964 and 1974, he also did the coloring of 'Puk en Poppedijn' for De Spiegel. Tragically, all Lensen's originals were lost during a fire at the castle in Nederhorst ten Berg, where the studios were located.

One of the few artists that was actually employed by the comics department (together with Frits Godhelp and Richard Klokkers), he continued to work for the comics production until it folded in the 1970s.