[1] Renaat Demoen worked for a number of publishers, including Lannoo, when he met Nonkel Fons, editor-in-chief of the youth publications of Averbode, in 1942.
[2] His main work are the illustrations for Zonneland and Petits Belges until the early 1970s, and a few hundred covers for the Vlaamse Filmpjes.
As a comics creator, his early works, from 1945 to 1950, are remarkable due to their experiments with page lay-outs and coloring, and their strong stories.
Spits de Durver was one of the few Flemish comics about the war, and described the adventures of a boy whose father was deported to Germany.
He was one of the main early comics authors in Flanders, together with Marc Sleen, Willy Vandersteen and Bob de Moor, but due to his shorter career and limited audience, he has become largely forgotten.