The German illustrator and comic artist Hans Kossatz was a cooperator of the Deutsche Illustrierte. For this magazine, he created the series 'Willi und Familie Kaiser' (also known as 'Vater Kaiser und Dackel Willi') in 1953. Kossatz was mainly active as a book illustrator. In 1987, Kossatz' autobiography 'Ein Preuße erinnert sich' was published.