 Bosschaert published his first work in (À Suivre), and produced his first published comic album in 1982 with "Ikarus", but his breakthrough was the political-satirical comic strip "Pest in 't Paleis" ("Pest in the Palace"), which appeared in "HUMO" in 1983.But Bosschaert quit making comics and worked for the rest of the decade primarily as an illustrator for different magazines, including "Playboy", and authors like Hugo Claus.His main illustrative work appeared first in publications of the Flemish television network VRT, and later in publications of publisher Altiora and popular children's book author Marc De Bel, whom he considers as a kindred spirit and an older brother.