Bamse #10 2010

Lille Skutt’s brother Happ and his house mate Lille Sixten are back in a new adventure written by Susanne Adolfsson, introducing a brand new character in the Bamse universe.

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Great cover by Gunnarsson, Bällsten, Hanson and Jörgensen.

Happ and Sixten discover a new born baby rabbit outside their door. They can’t find its mother, so they must learn how to take care of it. Turns out the baby is very, very hungry…

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Happ and Sixten name the baby Suddan. Here are some rough design sketches. I decided to make her a Lop Rabbit with hanging ears.

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I drew this comic about a year ago in Liverpool in my dad’s house. Brings back memories of a quiet summer, a damp Yemeni mafrash (living room) turned into a temporary studio, walking the dog, feeding the cat.

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Kerstin Hamberg’s ink original.

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The way it ended up in the magazine.

Happ, Lille Sixten och Suddan is one of those rare stories dealing with contemporary social issues in a way that in my opinion makes Bamse unique among children’s comics. Very nice work by writer Susanne Adolfsson.

All images in this post are ⓒ Rune Andréasson.

Bamse #9 2010

Featured in the latest Bamse – Världens starkaste björn is yet another Rune A story, “Lången, Tjocken och Lillen”, pencilled by yours truly. My friend Hakim found this funny, since he likes to call me “Tjocken” after my Arabic name Shoqi.

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As always, great character design by Rune Andréasson.

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First page of Rune’s script.

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My interpretation.

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Bernt Hanson’s ink original.

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The finished page in the magazine.

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A competition, continuing Rune’s story. The shopkeeper Uffe is my design. This is also my very first inked page in Bamse. If you compare with Bernt’s highly finetuned lines you’ll see that, in football terms, Bernt plays in La Liga, while I play in the Swedish league, maybe division 4 or 5.

All images in this post are ⓒ Rune Andréasson.

Arab children’s comics once more!

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BoB 2010 nr 182 - Arabiska barnserier_s97_small

A few weeks ago Bild & Bubbla #182 came out containing my first ever written article for the publication. This was the article I wrote in connection to the comics festival “I Seriernas Värld” in November 2009, in which I participated with an exhibition on Arab children’s comics. The article is based on an essay I wrote six years ago while studying Arabic at the University of Lund.

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BoB 2010 nr 182 - Arabiska barnserier_s99_small

The article is 12 pages long, so until I find somewhere to put it in high res, you’ll have to do with just looking at the pictures. Until then, I can recommend Bild & Bubbla, a great magazine covering Swedish as well as international comcis. It’s published by Seriefrämjandet, the national association supporting comics in Sweden. The article is of course in Swedish. If anyone is prepared to pay me, I’ll be happy to translate the article into English. Or even Arabic. It’s a nice article. 🙂

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The main theme of #182 is the 15th and last installment of Valhalla (after 30 years!) by the great great great Danish artist Peter Madsen. So there’s more than one reason to get your hands on Bild & Bubbla #182. To learn how to suscribe to this proud publication, visit the Seriefrämjandet web page.