Looked through several hundred booths at this year’s collector’s fair to find this little guy. Probably a bottle cork figure, though with the cork missing. Nice piece though, which I hadn’t seen before. July 21, 2013 By Fredrik Strömberg 0
Late birthday present from wifey. All of you in the know will readily understand that I have the best wife ever :) July 20, 2013 By Fredrik Strömberg 1
Today’s read: the first three tomes from the Danish publisher Forlaens interesting concept of quickly produced original graphic novels. July 20, 2013 By Fredrik Strömberg 0
Today’s find in the mail bag: several beautiful pages from 1940 with mounted, cut out comics strips for the Buffalo Evening News, one containing Adamson’s Adventure by Henry Thol. July 16, 2013 By Fredrik Strömberg 1
Vacation? Bah, humbug! Editing and writing an uppdated version of my book Seriebiblioteket (The Comics Library) from 2005, trying to decide which of all the books that has been published in Sweden in the last nine years should be added. Here are some of the contendors, in an ever growing pile next to my work space … July 12, 2013 By Fredrik Strömberg 0
Today’s find in the mail bag: the first Swedish comics collection I have bought through a Crowdsourcing effort: Zak & Ting by Yvette Gustafsson. It’ll be interesting to see if this catches on in a big way in the Swedish comics culture. July 9, 2013 By Fredrik Strömberg 1
A new addition to my ever growing collection of little bald men from the beginning of the 20th century arrived today through the mail. This is a small figurine and not one of the more common salt and pepper shakers, and it’s got the name Adamson printed on the base. Never seen one of these before. I really need to get myself a bigger cabinet … July 8, 2013 By Fredrik Strömberg 1
Today I bought a sample collection of Swedish comic books from different deccades, specifically targeting a young female audience. An intriguing read, to say the least. July 3, 2013 By Fredrik Strömberg 3