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Uti Vår Hage (comic Strip)
Uti vår hage ( en, Out in our pasture, named after a Swedish folk song) is a Swedish comic strip, created by Krister Petersson. It originally appeared in '' Svenska Serier'' in 1981. It then began a long run in '' 91:an'' (1983 - December 2001). On 5 December 2002 ''Uti vår hage'' became a bi-monthly comic, published by Egmont. It also ran briefly as a daily strip in ''Dagens Nyheter''. The comic strip The main character is Faló, an immature and self-righteous man in his mid-30s who lives in the small, fictional Swedish town of Mjölhagen, loosely based on a town in Småland. His last name is never revealed. Lacking any obvious source of income, he nevertheless lives in his own detached villa on Friggagatan with large garden and drives an old Volvo Amazon. He has an extremely high opinion of himself and his own abilities (especially his intelligence), which fails to reflect the realities of his personality. For example, he considers himself to be a talented poet. He generally wea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uti Vår Hage (Christmas Annual 1995 - Cover Art)
Uti vår hage may refer to: * Uti vår hage (comic strip), Swedish comic strip and associated magazine * Uti vår hage (song), Swedish folk song * Uti vår hage (TV series), Norwegian comedy sketch show {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vi å Pappa
VI or Vi may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Characters * Vi (League of Legends), a character from the ''League of Legends'' video game franchise *Vi (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), a minor character in the American TV series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' *Vi, Violet Parr's nickname, a character of Walt Disney Pictures animated film ''The Incredibles'' *Vi Praskins, a major character in the 1950s American TV series '' Private Secretary'' Music * Submediant chord, symbolized "VI" or "vi" * ''VI'' (Circle Jerks album), 1987 * ''VI'' (The Danse Society album), 2015 * ''VI'' (Onslaught album), 2013 * ''VI'' (You Me at Six album), 2018 *'' Ice-T VI: Return of the Real'', an album by Ice-T, 1996 * VI Music, a Puerto Rican record label Magazines *'' Voetbal International'', a prominent Dutch football (soccer) magazine * ''Vi'' (magazine), a Swedish lifestyle magazine Businesses and organizations * Vi Senior Living, a provider of retirement communities in the United States * Victoria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kid Paddle
''Kid Paddle'' is a Belgian gag-a-day comic series created by Michel Ledent (Midam) in 1993. It was first published in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine ''Spirou (magazine), Spirou'' before branching out into its own volume Franco-Belgian comics#Formats, comic albums in 1996. The series inspired an animated TV series produced by defunct animation studio Spectra Animation that aired on M6 (TV channel), M6 and Tiji, Canal J in France, RTBF, RTBF Television in Belgium, and on Teletoon in Canada. Overview The series covers the passions and interests of 8 to 12 year old boys. The main character, Kid Paddle, is a boy with a passionate love for video games, comic books, fictional aliens called Blorkse, and sci-fi television. His friendship circle consists of Big Bang and Horace, who are his closest companions. Big Bang is a kid scientist who is always creating new gadgets for Kid to try out and is very intelligent. Horace is more naïve compared to the other two and has a bizarre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Franquin
André Franquin (; 3 January 1924 – 5 January 1997) was an influential Belgian comics artist, whose best-known creations are '' Gaston'' and ''Marsupilami''. He also produced the ''Spirou et Fantasio'' comic strip from 1946 to 1968, a period seen by many as the series' golden age. Biography Franquin's beginnings Franquin was born in Etterbeek in 1924.De Weyer, Geert (2005). "André Franquin". In België gestript, pp. 113-115. Tielt: Lannoo. Although he started drawing at an early age, Franquin got his first actual drawing lessons at '' École Saint-Luc'' in 1943. A year later however, the school was forced to close down because of the war and Franquin was then hired by Compagnie belge d'actualités (CBA), a short-lived animation studio in Brussels. It is there he met some of his future colleagues: Maurice de Bevere (Morris, creator of ''Lucky Luke''), Pierre Culliford (Peyo, creator of the ''Smurfs''), and Eddy Paape. Three of them (minus Peyo) were hired by Dupuis in 1945, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaston (comics)
''Gaston'' is a Belgian gag-a-day comic strip created in 1957 by the Belgian cartoonist André Franquin in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine '' Spirou''. The series focuses on the everyday life of Gaston Lagaffe (whose surname means "the blunder"), a lazy and accident-prone office junior who works at ''Spirous office in Brussels. Gaston is very popular in large parts of Europe (especially in Belgium and France) and has been translated into over a dozen languages, but except for a few pages by Fantagraphics in the early 1990s (as ''Gomer Goof''), there was no English translation until Cinebook began publishing English language editions of Gaston books (again named 'Gomer Goof') in July, 2017. Since the 1980s Gaston has appeared on a wide variety of merchandise. Publication history André Franquin who was then in charge of ''Spirou et Fantasio'', the primary series of '' Spirou'' magazine, first introduced the character Gaston in issue n°985, published February 28, 1957. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Cronstam
Tony Cronstam (born 6 August 1969, Växjö) is a Swedish cartoonist. An illustrator of role-playing games for Target Games during the 1980s, he made his debut as a cartoonist with the future-based strip ''Provet'' (''The Test'') in '' Svenska Serier'' (no. 3/90). In 1990, he began drawing ''Bamse'', and was the principal ''Bamse'' artist between 1998 and 2001. He taught at comic school from 1999 to 2004. Together with Maria Cronstam, he created the comic strip ''Elvis,'' in 2000, for publication in '' Metro Stockholm''. ''Elvis'' won the prestigious Adamson Award in 2004. Since 2018, Cronstam has drawn Disney comics for the Egmont publishing house. Bibliography *''Elvis'' (2000) *''Elvis – under skalet'' (2003) *''Elvis – bäst i test'' (2004) *''Elvis – toastad men inte bränd'' (2005) *''Elvis – första boken extra allt'' (2006) Further reading (all in Swedish) *Vivvi Toikkanen: ”Elvis en antihjälte med charm”, ''Metro'' 2000-10-16. *Fredrik Strömberg: ”The k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elvis (comic Strip)
''Metro'' was a free daily newspaper in Sweden. It was printed in four editions: Stockholm, Gothenburg, Skåne and National, which were distributed in 67 towns and cities throughout the country. The paper was the first European free paper. On 8 August 2019, its cancellation was announced. History and profile ''Metro Stockholm'' was the first version. The paper was launched on 13 February 1995 and distributed in the Stockholm Metro. Its owner and founding company is Modern Times Group (MTG), a subsidiary of the Swedish conglomerate Kinnevik. The paper is published in tabloid format by Metro International. For a long time, ''Metro'' was the sole free newspaper available in the different metropolitan areas. In 2002, the Bonnier group launched ''Stockholm City'' in the Stockholm region. ''City'' expanded into Gothenburg and Malmö in September 2006 and was followed a few weeks later by the Schibsted-backed ''Punkt SE'' in all three cities. ''City Göteborg'' was closed down in la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Castellanos
Carlos may refer to: Places ;Canada * Carlos, Alberta, a locality ;United States * Carlos, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Carlos, Maryland, a place in Allegany County * Carlos, Minnesota, a small city * Carlos, West Virginia ;Elsewhere * Carlos (crater), Montes Apenninus, LQ12, Moon; a lunar crater near Mons Hadley People * Carlos (given name), including a list of name holders * Carlos (surname), including a list of name holders Sportspeople * Carlos (Timorese footballer) (born 1986) * Carlos (footballer, born 1995), Brazilian footballer * Carlos (footballer, born 1985), Brazilian footballer Others * Carlos (Calusa) (died 1567), king or paramount chief of the Calusa people of Southwest Florida * Carlos (DJ) (born 1966), British DJ * Carlos (singer) (1943—2008), French entertainer * Carlos the Jackal, a Venezuelan terrorist *Carlos (DJ) (born 2010) Guyanese DJ Arts and entertainment * ''Carlos'' (miniseries), 2010 biopic about the terrorist Carlos the Jacka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hector Cantú
Hector David Cantú (born September 16, 1961)Texas Births, 1926–1995Hector David Cantú, Birth Date: 1961-09-16/ref> is an American writer, editor, and newspaper comic strip creator, best known for the Latino-American strip '' Baldo''. Biography Early life and career Cantú created his first cartoon at age 12 for a community newspaper in Crystal City, Texas, owned by his brother, inspired by Mad magazine cartoonists Sergio Aragonés and Antonio Prohías.Ashraf, Arooj, . "Baldo: Comic strip entertains and educates, combating racial stereotypes" '''' (Ohio & Michigan), October 2008 He attended Skyline ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baldo (Hector Cantú Comic Strip)
''Baldo'' is an American comic strip written by Hector Cantú and illustrated by Carlos Castellanos. It was launched on April 17, 2000. Characters Primary * Baldomero "Baldo" Bermudez is the titular character. A Latino teenager, his primary interests are cars and girls. He is also obsessed with being cool, and is in the middle of an ongoing process to build his own lowrider out of a 1964 Chevrolet Impala. He has a job at ''Auto Y Rod'', an auto supply shop (whose logo resembles that of Mercedes-Benz), and according to comic strips in January 2007 and August 2011, he is 15 years old. * Graciela "Gracie" Bermudez is Baldo's annoying younger sister. She is an ardent admirer of Frida Kahlo and frequently attempts to be an activist. She is remarkably intelligent and enjoys reading, although she is a constant annoyance to her older brother. In a May 2009 strip that quotes from the Wikipedia article, Gracie declared that she wrote that article for Wikipedia in Cinco de Mayo. * Sergio "P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
