Education
2009– PhD, Malmö University, Sweden
1995–1996 M.A. in Education, Malmö University, Sweden
1990–1995 M.A. in Economics, Lund University, Sweden
Experience
2014- Member of Serierådet (Malmö, Sweden)
2013–2015 Director of the Swedish Comics Association (Malmö, Sweden)
2012– Editor of Scandinavian Journal of Comic Art (Malmö, Sweden)
2011–2017 Founding member and Board member of NNCORE, Nordic Network of Comics Research (Odense, Denmark)
2010– President of Scandinavian Journal of Comics Art (Malmö, Sweden)
2010– Editorial board member, Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics (Routledge, London, Great Britain)
2007– Swedish representative on the Consultative Committee, European Comic Art (Liverpool University Press, Great Britain)
2004– Swedish representative on the International Editorial Board, International Journal of Comic Art (John A. Lent, Philadelphia, USA)
2000– Professor at the Comic Art School of Malmö (Sweden)
1997– Editor of Bild & Bubbla (the Swedish Comics Association, Malmö, Sweden)
1997–2016 President of the Swedish Comics Association (Malmö, Sweden)
1996– Reader for Bibliotekstjänst/BTJ (Lund, Sweden)
Books
2016 Serier i skolan – lärarhandledning för grundskolan (the Swedish Comics Association, Malmö, Sweden)
2015 Histoire de la bande dessinée Suedoise (PLG, Paris, Francce)
2014 Seriebiblioteket (BTJ Förlag, Lund, Sweden)
Serier och öl/Comics and Beer (the Swedish Comics Association, Malmö, Sweden)
Kapten Klara & C:o – Swedish Children’s Comics in the 21st Century (the Swedish Comics Association, Malmö, Sweden)
2013 Hvad er en tegneserie? – en begrebsanalyse (Damgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark)
2012 Jewish Images in the Comics – A Visual History (Fantagraphics Books, Seattle, USA)
Black Images in the Comics – A Visual history (extended and revised softcover edition, Fantagraphics Books, Seattle, USA)
2011 The Inheritors of Tintin – French Childrens’ Comics in the 21st Century (the Swedish Comics Association, Malmö, Sweden)
2010 La Propagande dans la BD (Eyrolles, Paris, France)
Images Noires dans la bande dessinée – la representation des noirs dans la bande dessinée (PLG, Paris, France)
Comic Art Propaganda (Ilex Press, Lewes, Great Britain)
Comic Art Propaganda (St. Martin’s Griffen, New York, USA)
Swedish Comics History (the Swedish Comics Association, Malmö, Sweden)
2008 Mangabiblioteket (Bibliotekstjänst, Lund, Sweden)
2007 Manga! – Japanska serier och skaparglädje (the Swedish Comics Association, Malmö, Sweden)
2005 The Comics Go to Hell – A Visual History (Fantagraphics Books, Seattle, USA)
Seriebiblioteket (Bibliotekstjänst, Lund, Sweden)
2003 Black Images in the Comics – A Visual History (Fantagraphics Books, Seattle, USA)
Vad är tecknade serier? – En begreppsanalys (the Swedish Comics Association, Malmö, Sweden)
Swedish Comics History (the Swedish Comics Association, Malmö, Sweden)
Serienegeren – Fordomme fortalt i billeder (Mellemfolkelig Samvirke, Copenhagen, Denmark)
2001 Serienegern – en bildberättelse om fördomar (the Swedish Comics Association, Malmö, Sweden)
1999 100 oumbärliga seriealbum (Bibliotekstjänst, Lund, Sweden)
Journalistic assignments
2015-2017 Writer for Svenska Dagbladet.
2010–2011 Writer for The Comics Journal, Seattle, USA
2005–2013 Writer for Sekventiellt.se, Malmö, Sweden
2003–2005 Writer for Manga Mania, Stockholm, Sweden
2000–2003 Writer for Sydsvenska Dagbladet, Malmö, Sweden
1994–2000 Writer for Nya Arbetet, Malmö, Sweden
1994– Writer for Bild & Bubbla, Stockholm/Malmö, Sweden
Academic Essays
2020 Schemata in the Graphic Novel Persepolis – Accommodation, Combination, Integration. (European Comic Art, vol. 13, no. 2, Oxford, UK)
2017 Superhero Comics from the Middle East – Tyranny of Genre? (Muslim Superheroes: Comics, Islam and Representation, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, US)
2015 Comics studies in the Nordic countries – field or discipline? (Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, vol. 7: 2, Manchester, UK)
2011 “Yo, rag-head!” Arab and Muslim Superheroes in American Comic Books after 9/11 (Amerikastudien/American Studies, vol. 56: 4, Universitätsverlag Winter, Heidelberg Germany)
2007 Manga! – Japanska serier och skaparglädje (Malmö University, Sweden)
2003 Vad är tecknade serier? – en begreppsanalys (Malmö University, Sweden)
1996 Tecknade serier – ett pedagogiskt hjälpmedel? (Malmö University, Sweden)
Awards and honours
2012 Author Residency (Swedish Institute, Paris)
Travel stipend (Kulturkontakt Nord, Stockholm, Sweden)
2011 Stipend (Författarstipendium, Two years, Sveriges Författarfond, Stockholm, Sweden)
2010 Stipend (Helge Ax:son Johnsons stiftelse, Stockholm, Sweden)
2008 Stipend (Karin och Arthur Elgstrands Idunfond, Stockholm, Sweden)
Stipend (Publicistklubbens stipendiefond, Stockholm, Sweden)
Stipend (Ridderstads Stiftelse, Stockholm, Sweden)
Travel stipend (Sveriges Författarfond, Stockholm)
2007 Stipend (Region Skånes Kulturstipendium, Kultur Skåne, Malmö Sweden)
2006 Stipend (Studier av japanskt samhällsliv, Swedish Institute, Stockholm, Sweden)
2005 Stipend (Sveriges Författarfond, Stockholm, Sweden)
2004 Nominated: Eisner Awards (San Diego Comic Con, USA)
2003 Stipend (Sveriges Författarfond, Stockholm, Sweden)
2001 Stipend (Studier av japanskt samhällsliv, Swedish Institute, Stockholm, Sweden)
2000 Journalist Award (The Swedish Comics Academy, Gothenburg, Sweden)