Apart from these two long lasting newspaper comic strips, Vandersteen made a number of other comics in these years. Most important was his work for "Ons Volkske", the youth supplement of the weekly magazine "Ons Volk", which from the end of 1945 on became an independent comic magazine. Marc Sleen was editor-in-chief and filled most pages together with Vandersteen. Vandersteen created a number of realistic stories of about 20 pages each, where he developed his own style after starting very much as a follower of Harold Foster. In his usual more caricatural style, he created in August 1946 the recurring gagstrip "De Vrolijke Bengels" ("The Happy Rascals"). More adult comics appeared in the magazine "Ons Volk".