Iris

Thé Tjong-Khing (b.1933) studied for three years at art school in Bandung, Indonesia. In 1956, he came to the Netherlands, where he worked at the studio of the most celebrated Dutch cartoonist, Marten Toonder. Until the end of the 1960s, he mainly drew comics like the Arman & Ilva series; Iris (1968) is his zenith as a comics artist. Then followed a rich career as a children's book illustrator. Tjong-Khing has received many prizes for his work, including the Max Velthuijs Prize for his children's books.

Comics scripter Lo Hartog van Banda (1916–2006) worked for Toonder Studios and wrote stories for the Lucky Luke series.

Laura Watkinson is an award-winning literary translator with a particular interest in the unusual and the mysterious. Laura has worked in England, Scotland, Germany, and Italy, and she now lives in a tall, thin house on a canal in Amsterdam with her husband, their cat, and lots of shelves of great graphic novels.