A doodle from my sketchbook with a discussion on how to become manly.
15 February 2009
10 February 2009
07 February 2009
05 February 2009
Internet meme time
There´s a meme going around. It´s to write 25 little known things about yourself and tag 25 people. Thanks to Juri Nummelin and Reetta Laitinen, I can finally get this off my chest.
25 little known facts about me.
1. I have received two years of education in flute playing.
2. I once starred as a red blood vessel in the norwegian children´s film "The hunt for the kidneystone"
3. I have been a tour musician with Halden grungers the Cornflakes.
4. I have only hit one person except my brother and that happened in the sixth grade.
5. By verdict of Moss city court, all my paintings were worthless until I had finished my art education.
6. I have abused drugs in the name of art.
7. I have painted my student flat black.
8. I have never done civil service. I was supposed to start on december 99, but I moved to Helsinki and has since never heard anything.
9. I spent four months making the short film "i was abducted by aliens" only to have the master tape stolen just before final edit.
10. I have never been to Poland. Although one of my all time favourite bands is half polish.
11. I have painted angels on the ceiling of Drammen City theatre.
12. I am addicted to playing Solitaire.
13. My favourite comic artists when I was 10 was John Byrne, Hans Lindahl, Kari Leppänen, Frank Miller and Nestor Redondo.
14. The first instrument I really got into was the bass guitar.
15. I do most of my scripts on collective transport.
16. I have made a 30 minute opera in bullshit russian with a friend.
17. I had my appendix removed at 14.
18. My left eye is more short sighted than the right.
19. My favourite comic at 12 was Watchmen and "The Masked Cucumber" .
20. I still have a lot of love for The Phantom and Mandrake, in all their white male suprematist cheesy colonialist glory.
21. I own a vacuum cleaner robot.
22. I have ambivalent feelings towards my blog, my illustrations, my comics and my music.
23. I made with Tritone the demotape "Anton´s car", where each song title came from a button in Antons car, like "Rear demist" and "Emergency". The songs had nothing to do with neither cars nor Anton.
24. My first band was a synth duo called Dreamscape. My first proper band was called Yggdrasil FT.
25. A girl got her nose broken on our first Tritone gig. A swedish guy flipped.
25 little known facts about me.
1. I have received two years of education in flute playing.
2. I once starred as a red blood vessel in the norwegian children´s film "The hunt for the kidneystone"
3. I have been a tour musician with Halden grungers the Cornflakes.
4. I have only hit one person except my brother and that happened in the sixth grade.
5. By verdict of Moss city court, all my paintings were worthless until I had finished my art education.
6. I have abused drugs in the name of art.
7. I have painted my student flat black.
8. I have never done civil service. I was supposed to start on december 99, but I moved to Helsinki and has since never heard anything.
9. I spent four months making the short film "i was abducted by aliens" only to have the master tape stolen just before final edit.
10. I have never been to Poland. Although one of my all time favourite bands is half polish.
11. I have painted angels on the ceiling of Drammen City theatre.
12. I am addicted to playing Solitaire.
13. My favourite comic artists when I was 10 was John Byrne, Hans Lindahl, Kari Leppänen, Frank Miller and Nestor Redondo.
14. The first instrument I really got into was the bass guitar.
15. I do most of my scripts on collective transport.
16. I have made a 30 minute opera in bullshit russian with a friend.
17. I had my appendix removed at 14.
18. My left eye is more short sighted than the right.
19. My favourite comic at 12 was Watchmen and "The Masked Cucumber" .
20. I still have a lot of love for The Phantom and Mandrake, in all their white male suprematist cheesy colonialist glory.
21. I own a vacuum cleaner robot.
22. I have ambivalent feelings towards my blog, my illustrations, my comics and my music.
23. I made with Tritone the demotape "Anton´s car", where each song title came from a button in Antons car, like "Rear demist" and "Emergency". The songs had nothing to do with neither cars nor Anton.
24. My first band was a synth duo called Dreamscape. My first proper band was called Yggdrasil FT.
25. A girl got her nose broken on our first Tritone gig. A swedish guy flipped.
27 January 2009
Dear Obama
Okay, you´ve had the job for a week now and have already pledged to close Guantanamo, lifted the gag rule on US aid, implemented stricter emissions regulations for auto makers, made numerous diplomatic initiatives to the muslim world, as well as pledged to negotiate directly with Iran.
You are making the rest of us look like lazy gits. Can you chill a bit?
You are making the rest of us look like lazy gits. Can you chill a bit?
22 January 2009
2008 in review
Inspired by brilliant guys like Mesq and Roy, here´s my year in review:
January
-Gokk, my hillbilly alien invasion miniseries hits Larsons Gale Verden.
-The exhibition I made at Serieteket autumn 2007 goes on tour.
-I write another comix article for Balder, the magazine for conscencious objectors.
-I go to Angouleme for the first time. Highlights: Angouleme city, Chat noir, meeting longtime hero Ben Katchor, drinking with Jason, meeting Guy Delisle, fantastic cuisine.
February
-Paris, highlights: Toy comix exhib,
-Start making comix for FST5´s program Boktid.
-Norwegian comix site Serienett gives Gokk a fine review.
March
-Boktid premieres on finnish tv-screens.
-Finish Gokk series. 5 episodes a 4 pages of Deliverance meets Night of the Living Dead meets Plan9 from Outer Space
-I go to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
-In the future returns to Aftenposten
-Illustrate book by Saliven Gustavsson
April
-Nazca turns 10 years. We put up for one day mixes from forthcoming album Out.
-I get to the Batu caves, Malaysia´s largest hindu shrine.
-I make In the Future strip 100
-Stockholm and SPX 08 Highlights: Meeting Ulli Lust, checking out Nou nou hau
May
-In the Future-blog is started. Tells the future six times a week in norwegian.
-Into Kustannus starts publishing their pamphlets, covers by yours truly.
-Electrocomics.com starts publishing Facts from the World every week.
-I make the jump from Schibsted to Egmont.
-Oslo Comics Expo. Highlight: Partying with the norwegian comix posse and Killoffer.
June
-NYC and MOCCA. Staying on the 25th floor Jersey penthouse with Marshtin and Stine. Watching Manhattan getting nuked while drinking Urquell beer.
July
-More covers for Into Kustannus.
-DT writes about in the Future.
August
-Spend a week with Tanja in Berlin at Mesq´s flat. Meet Ulli Lust and Kai Pfeiffer. Check out the Museum of Medical history. Chilling stuff.
-I turn 34.
-In the future ends it´s run in Aftenposten.
September
-Tour with New Model Army
-Make jingle for Söderströms publisher
October
-Play two gigs with Nazca.
-Metropolia zine workshop
-Helsinki Book Fair, we have a presentation with Arktinen Banaani, Boktid is on site and Into presents their stand with pamphlets all done by yours truly.
-Design banners for Vaasa University´s Hamsun anniversary celebration.
November
-In the Future is guest strip in Dagbladet.
-illustration work for Nyt Liite.
-Festival artist at the Hamsun festival, Vaasa
December
-Did the cover of NytLiite
-Illustration work
-Enjoying a new year bluegrass singalong with Ed Pettersen, Freddy and the Corazon-boys. Check out their new project The Black Country, btw.
January
-Gokk, my hillbilly alien invasion miniseries hits Larsons Gale Verden.
-The exhibition I made at Serieteket autumn 2007 goes on tour.
-I write another comix article for Balder, the magazine for conscencious objectors.
-I go to Angouleme for the first time. Highlights: Angouleme city, Chat noir, meeting longtime hero Ben Katchor, drinking with Jason, meeting Guy Delisle, fantastic cuisine.
February
-Paris, highlights: Toy comix exhib,
-Start making comix for FST5´s program Boktid.
-Norwegian comix site Serienett gives Gokk a fine review.
March
-Boktid premieres on finnish tv-screens.
-Finish Gokk series. 5 episodes a 4 pages of Deliverance meets Night of the Living Dead meets Plan9 from Outer Space
-I go to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
-In the future returns to Aftenposten
-Illustrate book by Saliven Gustavsson
April
-Nazca turns 10 years. We put up for one day mixes from forthcoming album Out.
-I get to the Batu caves, Malaysia´s largest hindu shrine.
-I make In the Future strip 100
-Stockholm and SPX 08 Highlights: Meeting Ulli Lust, checking out Nou nou hau
May
-In the Future-blog is started. Tells the future six times a week in norwegian.
-Into Kustannus starts publishing their pamphlets, covers by yours truly.
-Electrocomics.com starts publishing Facts from the World every week.
-I make the jump from Schibsted to Egmont.
-Oslo Comics Expo. Highlight: Partying with the norwegian comix posse and Killoffer.
June
-NYC and MOCCA. Staying on the 25th floor Jersey penthouse with Marshtin and Stine. Watching Manhattan getting nuked while drinking Urquell beer.
July
-More covers for Into Kustannus.
-DT writes about in the Future.
August
-Spend a week with Tanja in Berlin at Mesq´s flat. Meet Ulli Lust and Kai Pfeiffer. Check out the Museum of Medical history. Chilling stuff.
-I turn 34.
-In the future ends it´s run in Aftenposten.
September
-Tour with New Model Army
-Make jingle for Söderströms publisher
October
-Play two gigs with Nazca.
-Metropolia zine workshop
-Helsinki Book Fair, we have a presentation with Arktinen Banaani, Boktid is on site and Into presents their stand with pamphlets all done by yours truly.
-Design banners for Vaasa University´s Hamsun anniversary celebration.
November
-In the Future is guest strip in Dagbladet.
-illustration work for Nyt Liite.
-Festival artist at the Hamsun festival, Vaasa
December
-Did the cover of NytLiite
-Illustration work
-Enjoying a new year bluegrass singalong with Ed Pettersen, Freddy and the Corazon-boys. Check out their new project The Black Country, btw.
04 January 2009
A little shout-out
I am, as most thinking people should be, absolutely horrified by the atrocities committed by Israel in Gaza. It´s easy to feel numb and powerless in these situations, but there is at least one thing you can do:
Give money to Medecins Sans Frontieres or The Red Cross.
I would also like to ask you to sign this petition from Avaaz.
Give money to Medecins Sans Frontieres or The Red Cross.
I would also like to ask you to sign this petition from Avaaz.
02 January 2009
Happy 2009!
Sitting once again in Halden, starting to come back to life after a brilliant new years eve party. It´s been a great year, more busy than ever. I´ll return with a recap once I get my bearings and a stabile internet line.
But for now, to all of you, have the best 2009 ever!
But for now, to all of you, have the best 2009 ever!
27 December 2008
Dagbladet kjører Fakta og I fremtiden
Akkurat her, i sin gjesteseriekavalkade. Sammen med noen korte sitater fra yours truly. Sjekk det ut.
24 December 2008
23 December 2008
His Holiness Hates Homos
18 December 2008
Swedish Metal Aid - Give a helpin´hand
Just had to share this delicious piece of cheese. I lasted 40 seconds.
17 December 2008
Gi I Fremtiden i julegave!
På I Fremtiden-bloggen gir jeg bort stripene uten å vente noe tilbake. Jeg har dog lyst til å gi I Fremtiden til fler.
Derfor ber jeg dere, kjære lesere om å tipse folk om dette lille stedet her på verdensveven. Ikke sitt der og rug på dette, gleden er å dele!
Det er fullstendig gratis og det kan til og med hende at de liker det. Om du har en website eller blogg, sleng opp en link, tips venner og legg inn på forum.
Adressa er:
http://ifremtiden.blogspot.com
Du kommer til å føle deg så mye bedre etterpå.
Derfor ber jeg dere, kjære lesere om å tipse folk om dette lille stedet her på verdensveven. Ikke sitt der og rug på dette, gleden er å dele!
Det er fullstendig gratis og det kan til og med hende at de liker det. Om du har en website eller blogg, sleng opp en link, tips venner og legg inn på forum.
Adressa er:
http://ifremtiden.blogspot.com
Du kommer til å føle deg så mye bedre etterpå.
12 December 2008
This week´s NYTliite
...features this portrait of our dear Britney. Complete with Prozac, shaver, babies and divorce papers.
11 December 2008
10 December 2008
07 December 2008
04 December 2008
01 December 2008
Trip to Vaasa
The trip to Vaasa was a true pleasure. The arranger Inge Fagerbakk & co.made sure we were well taken care of.
Highlights:
-Good feedback on the electronic exhibition of my illustration work.
-The pleasure of seeing my design all over campus.
-Having a presentation of my work at the university.
-Seeing my work reproduced in cloth. That´s a definite first.
-Being in a bus somewhere on the east coast, students singing finlandsswedish drinking shanties, chatting with the arrangers and other guests while being served Jallu and Olvi beer.
Now lookie here
I did the cover of NYT-Liite this weekend. For you non-finns, that is the weekend supplement of Helsingin Sanomat, propably Finland´s best newspaper.
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