Ingenieur Ingeman (De Telex, 16-3-1946)
Piet de Groot took art classes from Art Academy in The Hague. He started out working as freelance artist, but eventually got an education in animation from Marten Toonder. De Groot found employment as animator with Joop Geesink and OSCAR Film. He was involved with comics in the 1940s and early 1950s. He was present in Kompas with comics like 'Tijl en Lamme' (1950), 'Sen, de Boosaardige Pop' (1950) and 'De Zwarte Schaduw' (1950). His story 'Ingenieur Ingeman en zijn Atoommobiel' was published in newspapers like De Telex in 1946 and in an advertising book for coffee and tea merchants De Hofstad. After his retirement in 1978, he focused on independent filmmaking.