Kolor Klimax: Nordic Comics Now (Paperback)

Matthias Wivel

ISBN 10: 1606995200 / ISBN 13: 9781606995204

Published by Fantagraphics, Seattle, 2012

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Paperback. In recent years Scandinavia has become a hotbed of cartooning activity, from the internationally acclaimed funny-animal stylings of Norway's Jason to the hilarious slacker romps of Sweden's Martin Kellerman and Dane Nikoline Werdelin's Eisner-Award-nominated urban slice-of-life stories. This anthology of comics many of them created especially for this book offers an intoxicating and compelling sampling of current works from these countries. Skaal!Jenni Rope [Finland] tells a minimalist tale of heartbreak in "The Island"; Peter Kielland's [Denmark] Mr. Pig has an eventful day; Joanna Rubin Dranger [Sweden] is "Always Prepared to Die for My Child"; Crumb-esque satirist Christopher Nielsen [Norway] boils down all of life to an eternal journey up the "Escalator"; Tommi Musturi [Finland] provides two full-color Jim Woodringesque romps featuring his "Samuel" character; Johan F. Krarup [Denmark] visits a compulsive comics collector in "Nostalgia"; plus Bendik Kaltenborn's [Norway] "The Great Underneath," a dazzling wordless piece from Mard?n Smet [Denmark], the legendary Swedish cartoonist Joakim Pirinen's ultra-virtuoso "My Life," Drawn & Quarterly-published Amanda V?h?m?ki's [Finland] pencil-smudged stylings, and much more. Bringing the pioneering work of emerging talent to a wider audience Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781606995204

Bibliographic Details

Title: Kolor Klimax: Nordic Comics Now (Paperback)

Publisher: Fantagraphics, Seattle

Publication Date: 2012

Binding: Paperback

Condition: new

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

This anthology of comics offers an intoxicating and compelling sampling of current works. Jenni Rope [Finland] tells a minimalist tale of heartbreak in “The Island”; Peter Kielland’s [Denmark] Mr. Pig has an eventful day; Joanna Rubin Dranger [Sweden] is “Always Prepared to Die for My Child”; Crumb-esque satirist Christopher Nielsen [Norway] boils down all of life to an eternal journey up the “Escalator”; Tommi Musturi [Finland] provides two full-color Jim Woodringesque romps featuring his “Samuel” character; Johan F. Krarup [Denmark] visits a compulsive comics collector in “Nostalgia”; plus Bendik Kaltenborn’s [Norway] “The Great Underneath,” a dazzling wordless piece from Mardøn Smet [Denmark], the legendary Swedish cartoonist Joakim Pirinen’s ultra-virtuoso “My Life,” Drawn & Quarterly-published Amanda Vähämäki’s [Finland] pencil-smudges, and much more.

About the Author:

Matthias Wivel edited and published the Danish critical journal on comics Rackham from 2000 to 2008, and is the cofounder and current board member of the Danish Comics Council. He lives and works in New York, contributing regularly to the online and print versions of The Comics Journal.