Ilah (cartoons)

Belgian comic book artist

Photograph of Ilah in the Sint-Anna tunnel, or De Voetgangerstunnel, Antwerp.

Ilah is the nom-de-plume of Inge Liesbeth Alfonsina Heremans (Leuven, 25 January 1971), a Belgian comic book artist, mainly known for her Cordelia series, a gag-a-day comic about a young woman, which has gained popularity and notoriety for openly but tastefully dealing with themes like sex and masturbation. Ilah is also a prominent illustrator of advertisements for the Antwerp book festival De Boekenbeurs and the bus company De Lijn. [1]

## Biography

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She studied applied graphics at the LUCA School of Arts in Brussels and then received a master's degree in philosophy from the Catholic University in Leuven. The Cordelia series, which she developed in 1996,[1] appears in the newspaper De Morgen. Several collections of Cordelia strips have also been published. Another strip based on a character named Mira appears in Flair) [nl] magazine. [1] Her work also appears in De Tijd, De Standaard, Focus Knack, Menzo [nl], Ad Valvas, Frontaal Naakt [nl] and GeenStijl.[2][3]

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Ilah". lambiek.net.
2. ^ "Inge Heremans". writers unlimited.
3. ^ "ilah". The Cartoonist.

## External links

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* Lambiek Comiclopedia biography.

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