Gillar ni historiska serier och vill veta mer om den svenska slavhandeln på 1600-talet? Gillade ni Fantomen på 70- och 80-talet? In och backa denna bok som samlar kvalitetsserien om Johan Vilde!

Woke up to some good news: a new Crickets is out in November. It’s been two years since Sammy Harkham put out the last issue.

"Johan Vilde - Den kompletta samlingen" har efter en dag passerat hundratusen kronor. Otroligt kul! Vill du själv ha ett stycke svensk seriehistoria i bokhyllan så klickar du på länken. www.kickstarter.com/projects/apa...

På Bokmässans seriescen berättade Johan Kimrin, Andreas Eriksson och jag om ”Johan Vilde - Den kompletta samlingen”. Kickstartern är igång, backa gärna så att vi kan realisera detta hjärteprojekt: www.kickstarter.com/projects/apa...

Jacob Habinc, Andreas Eriksson och Pidde Andersson pratar Fantomen på Bokmässan.

Söndag 14.30 på Bokmässans seriescen berättar vi om ”Johan Vilde – Den kompletta samlingen”; verket vi arbetar på tillsammans med Janne Lundström. Denna lyxiga nyutgåva kommer vara proppfull med unikt extramaterial, bland annat från Jannes privata arkiv.

News of it never circulated here, but @elijahbrubaker.bsky.social died a few weeks back. I have a few words in this piece for the Comics Journal, reflecting on his work and mourning his loss.

Dokumentären om Art Spiegelman och Maus ligger uppe på Youtube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zkwy...

At Helsinki Comics Festival, Ilan Manouach being interviewed by Warda Ahmed.

Paintings in the back by Katja Tukiainen

While in Helsinki, I paid @mattihagelberg.bsky.social a visit in his studio to talk about his career in comics, spanning over 30 years, and the big book of his that hopefully will soon be out in English. The interview will appear in @comicsjournal.bsky.social

At the Helsinki Comics Festival this weekend. This evening I’m talking about the introduction of adult comics in Sweden in the 80s through the prism of Epix.

Entrevista a Ilan Manouach www.tcj.com/comics-peopl...

On démarre la semaine avec une pépite : une planche originale de #NicoleClaveloux tirée de l'histoire "Le Père Noël truqué", publiée en 1977 dans Métal Hurlant. 👉 À redécouvrir dans l’ouvrage "Morte saison et autres récits".

Quoting Paul Gravett: "It seems apt that a week ago today, on the same day as our conference [ #ComicsAndAI ], Ilan Manouach was interviewed on @comicsjournal.bsky.social: www.tcj.com/comics-peopl... "

It's a good interview with Ilan at @comicsjournal.bsky.social- and I find personally interesting all the cartoonists he mentions as his favourite are also favourite of mine (or reading them was important for me). I wonder who his favourite women cartoonists are- I think I could guess but who knows.

This was a brilliant interview with Yvan Alagbé.

För ett par år sedan skrev jag en bok, När Fantomen blev svensk, som skildare den vandrande vålnadens vänstersväng under 70-talet. Nu har alla äventyr som analyserades i boken samlats i en lyxig inbunden bok. Fick också äran att bidra med en text till samlingen.

A few years ago, I wrote a book called När Fantomen blir svensk that looks into how the Phantom became an avatar for leftist politics during the 70s when produced out of Stockholm. Now, all the episodes discussed in the book are collected in a new anthology. I also got to contribute a text for it.

In the latest issue of Studies of Comics, we have an article in which we look into the use of comics to spark solidarity with Ukraine among Swedish upper secondary students. intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...

In comics today, few names spark as much debate and emotion as Ilan Manouach. I've interviewed him for the @comicsjournal.bsky.social www.tcj.com/comics-peopl...

In comics today, few names spark as much debate and emotion as Ilan Manouach. I've interviewed him for the @comicsjournal.bsky.social www.tcj.com/comics-peopl...

Yesterday I received the news that Mats “Manila” Larsson had passed away, best known as the author of the anti-racist and anti-imperialist comic Tumac, published at the turn of the 1970s and 1980s. I interviewed Mats a year ago, and the text can be read in the latest issue of Bild & Bubbla.

Igår nåddes jag av beskedet att Mats "Manila" Larsson gått bort, mest kände som författare till den antirasistiska och antiimperialistiska serien Tumac som gavs ut i skarven mellan 70- och 80-tal. Intervjuade Mats för ett år sedan och texten finns att läsa i senaste numret av Bild & Bubbla.

Looking forward to giving a talk at Helsinki Comics Festival in September about the publishing company Epix that introduced adult comics in Sweden during the 80s. More info here: sarjakuvafestivaalit.fi/en/guest/rob...

Har pratat tecknade serier med Jonas Darnell på ölfestival i Ljungsbro. Darnell hjälper även till att signera När Fantomen blev svensk.

The latest issue of Zine Panique doesn’t disappoint. As often, this is a themed issue where every contributor was asked to make a comic where they imagine an extra scene from a movie. Cover by Sammy Harkham.

“Television was probably my first real drug.” We’ve unlocked our Art of Comics interview with Chris Ware. buff.ly/BmKbbyH

At the Norrköping Art Museum, Kristina Mejhammar gives a presentation about her thesis on Swedish autobiographical comics on our comics course as part of @liu.se Summer Academy.

In September, a new issue of Det Grymma Svärdet hits stores, guestedited by Pär Thörn and me, filled with comics, articles about comics, interviews, reviews etc. The gorgeous cover is made by Tim Ng Tvedt.

Fans of @mattiasadolfsson.bsky.social will have something special to look forward to: a large book that will try to do some justice to Mattias’ fantastic drawings.

Dancing with the stars

Fans of @mattiasadolfsson.bsky.social will have something special to look forward to: a large book that will try to do some justice to Mattias’ fantastic drawings.

In September, a new issue of Det Grymma Svärdet hits stores, guestedited by Pär Thörn and me, filled with comics, articles about comics, interviews, reviews etc. The gorgeous cover is made by Tim Ng Tvedt.

Möte på Seriearkivet för ett kommande projekt. Legendaren Janne Lundström närvarande när vi tillsammans gick igenom hans arkivmaterial.

In Rum för serier, Malmö, cartooonist and professor @gunnarkrantz.bsky.social has a new exhibition on display.

Jakub Sebastian Konefal, associate professor at the University of Gdansk, presents his research about the history of Polish comics.

‘Cornélius means I will stay poor my whole life’: The Jean-Louis Gauthey Interview www.tcj.com/cornelius-me...

Earlier this year, I visited the offices of the publishing company Cornélius (@editionscornelius.bsky.social‬) in Bordeaux to interview its founder, Jean-Louis Gauthey, for the Comics Journal (@comicsjournal.bsky.social‬). You can read the interview below: www.tcj.com/cornelius-me...

Earlier this year, I visited the offices of the publishing company Cornélius (@editionscornelius.bsky.social‬) in Bordeaux to interview its founder, Jean-Louis Gauthey, for the Comics Journal (@comicsjournal.bsky.social‬). You can read the interview below: www.tcj.com/cornelius-me...

I've written an article on 200 Years of British Comics for the uniofbrighton.bsky.social Comics Research blog... blogs.brighton.ac.uk/comics/2025/... with thanks to @hypnojoo.bsky.social and @annalouwalker.bsky.social for for copy editing and peer review

Today was a good mail day.

På svenska nationaldagen är det läge att plocka fram en raritet:

Le prix BD « Inrocks » 2025 pour « le Cas David Zimmerman » de Lucas et Arthur Harari

Kirby is this example of someone whose cultural impact hasnt been (and never will be) examined/appreciated in the way that an American author like (for example) Phillip Roth is/was...and even if Kirby DOES get that recognition, it will still never get close to deciphering what he was all about.

Okay, comics folk... if you expressed an interest in our series on comics and generative AI "art" we have three very basic discussion points we can send you for consideration if you have a paragraph or two in you.

Got a new favourite Tintin-pastisch album (and its quite big, Kramers Ergot 7 included for reference) available from @ehrlemarken.bsky.social

A personal highlight from Stockholm International Comics Festival @serieteket.bsky.social this weekend was when I got to interview Annika Elmqvist, not least known for the books ”Historieboken” and ”Sveriges historia”.

Pär Thörn reads from his preface in my book ”När Fantomen blev svensk” at Stockholm International Comics Festival.

Snart dags för årets begivenhet! Mig hittar ni i Lystrings monter där jag signerar de sista 11 exen "Serier för vuxna". Mitt schema i övrigt: Lördag 14.15: Deltar i panelsamtal om tidningen Fantomen 16.00: Intervjuar Eddie Karlsson & Erik Svetoft 1/2