Fredrik Strömberg
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Archive for September, 2014
A surprise find at the Book Fair: a 1944 pamphlet with comics advertising cocoa from Mazetti. Since we run the Comic Art Centre in the very building depicted on the cover, I just couldn’t resist buying this. It’ll probably end up on the shelves of the Comics Archive.
September 29, 2014
Some of the loot from the Book Fair was three dimensional this year. I like!
September 28, 2014
One more caricature from the Book Fair, this one by the multi-talented Malin Biller.
September 28, 2014
Another favorite caricature from this year’s Book Fair, by the great Johanna Kristiansson.
September 28, 2014
Publishing duo Viktor Agering and Jens Andersson accepting the Urhunden Award for best translated graphic novel: Pyongyang by Guy Delisle.
September 28, 2014
One of my favorite caricatures from this year’s Book Fair. By the inimitable Mattias Adolfsson.
September 28, 2014
Artist talk with Malin Biller, about her Fröding book.
September 28, 2014
Cartoonist Liv Strömquist on the cover to the official magazine for the Book Fair.
September 27, 2014
Artist talk with Scandinavian Disney comics master Arild Midthun.
September 27, 2014
Artist talk with Hanna Gustavsson, winner of this year’s Urhunden Award for Best Swedish Graphic Novel: Nattbarn.
September 27, 2014
The International Adamson Award goes to Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mezieres.
September 27, 2014
The joys of having a big comics library. Reading these two in tandem right now.
September 26, 2014
Wohoo!
September 26, 2014
And thus ends the comic strip Elvis. A commercially successful, autobiographical comic strip, done by a couple for over a decade, finally depicting their breakup and then ended. Not sure if I’ve seen that done before.
September 20, 2014
Just received a big package from Belgium, with som weird and wonderful Trappiste beers. And yes, that’s two kinds of Westvleteren in the middle!
September 12, 2014
Larger than Line, the gigantic, beautiful portfolio/folder from Sanatorium, with unbelievably detailed art by Mattias Adolfsson. The biggest and most beautiful thing I’ve revived in a long time.
September 6, 2014
A “few” books which arrived today, courtesy of Egmont Norway, for reading, perusing, analyzing, reviewing and generally enjoying.
September 3, 2014
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At a major exhibition with original art and sketches by the incredible Sven Nordqvist! Well worth a visit.
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Portrait by Matt Madden, with me as the character in his incredible 99 Ways to tell a Story: Exercises in Style.
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Portrait by Matt Madden, with me as the character in his incredible 99 Ways to tell a Story: Exercises in Style.
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Portrait: By the great Per Åhlin.
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Another beautiful panel from the Morris exhibition.
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