Lo Hartog van Banda

Who was Lo Hartog van Banda?

Lodewijk "Lo" Hartog van Banda was a Dutch comics writer.

Working for the Toonder Studio's he co-wrote Aram, Kappie, Panda, Tom Puss and his own creation Koning Hollewijn. When Marten Toonder went to Ireland, Lo Hartog van Banda left the studio. Later he would write the scripts for comics such as Arad en Maya, Arman en Ilva, and Ambrosius.

Arman en Ilva was published widely in daily newspapers all across Europe. It was an eerie and disturbing science fiction future, with the young Arman and his blonde girl friend Ilva troubleshooting for various potentates and space pirates. While not on missions, they were being seduced by people of both sexes whose wish was to assassinate them if they were to be refused.

He wrote for the NOS television the TV series Ti-ta-tovenaar, De Astronautjes, and De Bereboot.

In 1975 he won the Dutch stripschapprijs, a prize awarded to comic writers and cartoonists for their whole work.

Outside the Netherlands he is probably best known for his three Lucky Luke stories, Fingers, Nitroglycérine, and Chasse aux fantômes.