It was published without interruption from 1932 until 1988, except for the years during World War II.
All comics in the magazine were drawn by Eugeen Hermans, aka "Pink", except for Adamson by Danish cartoonist Oscar Jacobsson.
During the nazi occupation from 1940 until 1945 all production was ceased, but from 11 March 1945 it was republished.
Ons Volkske published mostly Belgian and Dutch comics artists, the most notable being Marc Sleen (Piet Fluwijn en Bolleke), Willy Vandersteen (De Vrolijke Bengels), Bob de Moor, Piet van Elk, Henk Albers, Albert van Beek, Gommaar Timmermans, Hurey, Gilbert Declercq, Gert Ronde, Karel Verschuere, Jacques Van Melkebeke, Jo-El Azara, Tibet, and reprints of series that were published in Tintin before.
[4] Due to its low price and cheaper print paper "Ons Volkske" gained the nickname "the poor man's version of Tintin", but despite that it was still the trend-setting comic book magazine in Flanders and sold very well during its heyday.