John C. Kennis

In May 1945, John C. Kennis believed that people would more easily understand the war if its story was told in only one small book. So he wrote and illustrated 'De Sprinkgermanenplaag en de Stoute Dingen die Toontje deed'. It was written in rememberance of the five year occupation of The Netherlands by the German army. In his book, Kennis used a lot of code-words that were also used by the Dutch resistance during the war. Kennis also drew 'O, Dat Wintertje '45' under the pseudonym Van Ribbentel-Magerbuyk.

In addition, he drew illustrations, cartoons and the gag strip 'Piccolo Pietje' for the magazine Kiekeboe. Other strips for this magazine were 'Pietje Poppesnor' (signed with Dompey) and 'Kaatje Koekebier' (signed with Morton Mill). Around 1950, he drew several comics for Sparkrant. He was presumably the sole artist of the magazine Tommy Tip, that was published in Antwerp between 1945 and 1948 (about 7 issues). All of the strips and illustrations in this magazines were signed with "John" or "J.".