Kim Duchateau is a cartoonist, illustrator, radio producer and musician. He publishes and has appeared in, among others, De Morgen, De Standaard, Playboy, Apache, Fluide Glacial, NRC Handelsblad, Eppo and Knack. His best-known characters are Aldegonne and especially Esther Verkest. Together with Noël Slangen he produced De Vermoeide Vorst for De Morgen and Humo. With Hanco Kolk, he produced the graphic novel "The Man of Now." He also produced two tribute albums with the characters from Marc Sleen's Nero series, De zeven vloeken and De hemeltergers.