'De Ballonvaarder'.
Wouter Peeters' is a Belgian comic artist, best known for 'De Ballonvaarder'. His earliest comics exploits were published in the readers' section of Robbedoes magazine, called 'Plant 'n Knol'. They ran in issues #2176 (27 December 1979) and #2204 (10 July 1980) and #2267 (24 September 1981) and #2277 (3 December 1981). From the mid-1980s throughout the rest of the decade, he was working as a comic artist on a more professional basis. After 'Schpledder', a first book in cooperation with Jan de Ruysser, he began an association as a cartoonist with the newspapers published by De Standaard, including Het Nieuwsblad and its children's supplement De Stipkrant.
His best known creation for this supplement was 'De Ballonvaarder', a series of gags he made with De Ruysser, also collected in two books by Van den Bossche in 1988. Bonte collected the entire run of the series in 6 books in 2012. New creations of the early 1990s include 'De Onderkruipers' and 'Pel 'n Ei' with Patrick Van Gompel. He also contributed to the periodical Fresco during this period.