I Seriernas Värld: Stora hängdagen

Posted on October 24, 2009 by Andreas Qassim

Seriefestivalen står och stampar på tröskeln, vilket har börjat synas på olika håll i Malmö. Här en härligt orange banner på Södra Förstadsgatan, med illustrationer av Seriestudions Johanna Kristansson.

Igår var det dags att hänga en herrans massa I Seriernas Värld-utställningar. Dagen började med en snabbvisit på Malmö Muséer, Teknikens och Sjöfartens hus. Där brottades Jamil Mani och Caroline Lund med den ganska komplicerade Seriemaskerad-utställningen.

Jag och Mia inspekterade lokalen inför våra workshops nästa vecka. Ungdomar mellan 11-14 får under ett par timmar chans att skapa sina egna masker, vilka får dela utrymme med de professionella tecknarnas masker. Vernissage för hela utställningen är på fredag 30 Okt kl 14-16.

Jamil beundrar Lars Krantz asgrymma seriemask.

Nästa stopp var Stadsbiblioteket. Här TEJPADE jag upp utställningen om arabiska barnserier. PÅ TYGSKÄRMAR. Ingen av mina bättre idéer skulle det visa sig. Jag drog vidare till Rosengårdsbiblioteket. Även här tejpade jag upp utställningen, direkt på väggen den här gången. Tejpen är ganska stark, så väggen kommer förmodligen behöva målas om när utställningen tas ner..

Och så här mysig blev den lilla seriehörnan till slut.

Fem i fyra var jag klar (biblioteket stängde fyra), ryggen kändes som betong och jag for hem till Lund. Idag kom jag tillbaks till Stadsbiblioteket för att upptäcka att mina tejpade laminerade seriesidor börjat lossna. Min lösning på problemet var att.. TEJPA ÄNNU MER!

Hade feltolkat tiden för pressvisning med två timmar, så jag fick tid att springa iväg till Zoupa Doupa, ta en tomatsoppa och kolla in Seriestudions lilla serievägg, fördelaktigt hängd av Johanna Kristiansson, Samuel Larsson och min Bamse-kollega Adam Blomgren. Så här fin blev den:

Jag skyndade tillbaks till Stadsbiblioteket. De arabiska serierna hade börjat lossa igen från tyget, men Ha! jag hade en backup-plan i form av en ask med vanliga hederliga synålar. Några minuter före intervjun med journalisten från Kommunalarbetaren sprang jag således runt och tryckte i synålar genom lamineringsplasten med en enkrona. SÅ ARBETAR ETT PROFFS!

Utställningen börjar i gången in till Barn & Ungdomsavdelningen…

… och fortsätter in i den samma.

På söndag kl 13-15 är det vernissage för samtliga utställningar på Stadsbiblioteket. Förutom min om arabiska barnserier hittar man även Fucking Vittula i Kaféet, Masken Alianna i Barnavdelningen, Svenska Manga-tecknare på tredje våningen, samt den stora utställningen om serier från hela världen på gigantiska vepor inne på serievdelningen. För mer info om seriefestivalens utställningar klicka här. Vi ses på söndag!

Ps. Märkte ni att blogginlägget var på svenska?

I Seriernas Värld: Seriemaskerad

Posted on October 7, 2009 by Andreas Qassim

I’ve been busy lately with several projects for the upcoming Malmö Comics Festival I Seriernas Värld. One of these is the mask exhibition at Teknikens och Sjöfartens hus (26 Oct-22 Nov), where a group of professional comic artists will exhibit their masks. I handed mine in today (at least one hour prior to deadline!).

It’s supposed to be a somewhat distorted mask of Buster Keaton. My thoughts behind this is that I always wished I was a better storyteller. To be so you need to be able to keep your cool, to have a poker face. Especially when you want to tell a funny story. Buster Keaton was a very funny man, in spite of being known as “the stone face”, or maybe because of it, I’m not sure. So instead of loosing out to four year olds in “the angry game”, like I do, I wish I was as cool and funny as Buster Keaton…

And these were the sketches leading up to the finished piece:

Young Buster of the 20s or so. Wasn’t he somewhat reminiscent of The Spirit?

Old Buster, as he appeared in the 60s.

Good ol’ Buster after having been squeezed through my twisted mind.

The finished piece is enormous, like A1. I loved working in this large format again. Long time ago. Notice how it completely fills up my drawing table, to the extent that I had to turn it 90 degrees. After two days work, my back is but a shadow of its former self…

And now for the very best part of this project: If you happen to be 11-14 years of age, you can participate in a mask workshop 26-30 Oct (at Teknikens och Sjöfartens hus) that will be headed by me and Mia Widén, a great artist, graphic designer and creator of comics. By pure coincidence she happens to be from the same little village as me (Sandsbro, 5 km outside Växjö). Participants get two hours to create their own mask that will be part of the exhibition!

The finished exhibition with all the masks (there will be at least a hundred of them) opens Fri 30 Oct. It’s going to be cool. Don’t miss it!

In the stores right now: Bamse #12/09

Posted on August 30, 2009 by Andreas Qassim

The 10 page “Kick-Nicke” is my 4th original Rune A-script. A sequel is in the pipeline. There’s something special about Rune A storytelling. It flows like a river. It’s like he had so many stories in him he could hardly contain himself. Kick-Nicke is another example of great character design, I think. You can tell there’s personality and history to him. The design matches the story. Read Bamse #12, and you’ll see what I mean!

Rune’s character design.

Analyzing the character design on the backside of the paper.

Page from Rune’s script.

My interpretation of Rune’s script.

Kerstin Hamberg’s ink original.

BBB plays LatinSwing @ Malmöfestivalen

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Andreas Qassim

Bobbe Big Band plays at Malmöfestivalen, Saturday from 10 pm (22.00) to midnight and beyond. The place is Swingtältet (The Swing Tent), which you’ll find at Södertull, entrance free of charge of course! We have some great guest stars: Ola Åkerman and Ola Nordquist on trombones, Niklas Fredin on trumpet and song, and Ralph Berger Torres on more percussion instruments than you can name. BBBs LatinSwing concerto also features singer CJ Lennartsson, our smooth singing friend from the All That Jazz concerts. We’ll give you a sneak peak of this autumn’s big BBB concert project, in which CJ will interpret pop and rock classics.

This poster – probably the greatest BBB ever had – was made by Alfred Gunnarsson. Check out his blog and portfolio at Salmiak Media. He made it for the first time we played the concert, in April at Babel in Malmö. Two of the organisers of Malmöfestivalen were in the audience and offered us to play in Swingtältet. Welcome to the party on Saturday!

LAC COMICS WORKSHOPS

Posted on August 1, 2009 by Andreas Qassim

Between 27 Juli – 11 July I held a series of saturday afternoon workshops for the children of Liverpool Arabic Centre. In the first workshop, the children designed their own comic characters.

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In workshop II and III, the LAC children created comics with their characters from workshop I. Or they made up new ones. I was baffled by the creativity of the children. Amazing stuff! I got a taste for teaching cartoons and comics. Inshallah, I’ll be able to develop these workshops further in the future.

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On 19 July we made an exhibition with some of the children’s work. The exhibition was part of this year’s Arabic Arts Festival, and it took place at LJMU centre for Art and Design. It was also a two part competition, one for best character and one for best comic. The winners got a book on cartooning, and the 2nd prize winners got a drawing set of pencils, eraser, ink pens, felt tips and drawing pad. If you look carefully you’ll see the 1st and 2nd prize winners in the above slide shows.

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In the stores right now: Bamse #12/09

BBB plays LatinSwing @ Malmöfestivalen

LAC COMICS WORKSHOPS