Herbert Geldhof was an industrial artist, who worked in Africa for several years in the 1950s. He came back to Belgium in 1956 and began an association with the art agency of Georges Troisfontaines. He was present in the comics magazine Spirou between 1959 and 1971. He started out drawing several 'Belles Histoires de l'Oncle Paul' from scenarios by Octave Joly.