Ilah is the nom de plume of Inge Liesbeth Alfonsina Heremans (Leuven, 25 January 1971), a Belgian comic book artist, mainly known for her Cordelia series, a gag-a-day comic about a young woman, which has gained popularity and notoriety for openly but tastefully dealing with themes like sex and masturbation. Ilah is also a prominent illustrator of advertisements for the Antwerp book festival De Boekenbeurs and the bus company De Lijn. [1]
She studied applied graphics at the LUCA School of Arts in Brussels and then received a master's degree in philosophy from the Catholic University in Leuven. The Cordelia series, which she developed in 1996,[1] appears in the newspaper De Morgen. Several collections of Cordelia strips have also been published. Another strip based on a character named Mira appears in magazine. [1] Her work also appears in De Tijd, De Standaard, Focus Knack, , Ad Valvas, and GeenStijl.[2] [3]