The hard cover book BAMSE OCH GLUFF-GLUFF just came out. It’s “my” first book ever! Yeah!

© Rune Andréasson

Text: Lisbeth Wremby
Pencils: Andreas Qassim
Ink: Kerstin Hamberg

I loved being allowed to “spread out” visually over entire spreads for once.

That’s something else entirely than the usual layout puzzle of trying to cram everything – visuals, word balloons and text boxes – into constrictive panels. These large spreads makes for a much bigger and bolder look than what the average comic book page offers.

I was given a dummy with text and VERY rough sketches by Lisbeth. The challenge was to try to “fill out” the spreads and at the same time leave sufficient space for the text. The overall look is supposed to be balanced and natural looking. Easier said than done!

Not all images were complicated however, like the one above. By the way, I chose to stick very closely to Fransisco Tora’s original drawings (BA #6-7/1978). I find his characters (gluffarna in particular) hilarious, so there was no reason to change them.

All in all it was a stimulating detour from the usual Bamse assignment. Actually, I’d say it’s one of the Bamse jobs I’m closest to satisfied with (an artist is rarely 100% happy with anything he’s made, at least not me).