It was created by Jan van Oort (pseudonym Jean Dulieu), who personally made all adaptations of his work.

[1] The first Paulus comic strip was published on February 2, 1946, in the Dutch newspaper Het Vrije Volk.

Dulieu temporarily interrupted his comic strip in 1957 to focus more on his radio series adaptation of Paulus.

After the show was cancelled in 1963 he continued making new comic strips until 1967–1968, when he focused on a new project: a TV puppet series.

[1] Apart from Het Vrije Volk the comics were also published in magazines such as Kris Kras, Bobo, Avrobode and Eva.

This time the puppets were made by the Brothers Slabbers and the voices were done by professional actors, such as Elsje Scherjon, Frans van Dusschoten and Ger Smith, who also worked for De Fabeltjeskrant.