[4] Publisher Jef Meert was able to arrange a meeting at his house, in which he proposed the concept and showed Urbanus the drawings.

[5] Urbanus started as an experiment, but after the first album was released, Linthout was already working on the sequel.

Urbanus is portrayed as a bad young boy who frequently tries to trick the local villagers, his parents, his teacher, his fellow students and gets into trouble for it.

Pop culture references to TV shows, comics, cartoons, films and Urbanus' own merchandise are frequently made.

[7] The main characters are: In 1992 a partial animated adaptation of the 18th "Urbanus" album "Het Lustige Kapoentje" was made in collaboration with 20th Century Fox.

[10] In 2019 an animated feature film Urbanus de Vuilnisheld premiered in Flemish theaters.

In another De Kiekeboes album, "Bij Fanny op Schoot" (2005), Urbanus and his family were also guest stars.