Bernhard-Viktor von Bülow, better known as Loriot, was born in Brandenburg as the son of an army officer turned police officer. After his graduation, he joined the army, and fought in World War II as an officer. After the War, he eventually ended up studying at the Academy of Art in Hamburg. He then became a cartoonist, starting in Die Strasse. His 'Auf der Hund Gekommen' cartoon panels premiered in the Stern daily. In these panels, Loriot parodied the relations between humans and dogs. He began doing comics as well, however always speechless. His 'Wahre Geschichten Erlogen von Loriot' and 'Reinhold das Nashorn' comic series ran for several years in the pages of Stern. These comics were however always signed with Pirol. In the mid-1960s Loriot got his own tv show, called Cartoon. He then had a successful career in animation with his famous character 'Wum' from 1972.
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