Tobi Dahmen (born 1971) studied Visual Communications in Düsseldorf. He now lives in Utrecht, and works as a comic artist and illustrator for magazines, marketing campaigns and web campaigns. He was awarded with the ICOM Award for the best shortcomic in 2007, and with the Reddot Award for a corporate design in 2011. His graphic novel Getting Grand. Memories of a Smalltown Mod was published in 2015, and stirred a lot of interest.