Fredrik Strömberg (born 14 July 1968) is a Swedish journalist and author, writing mostly about

comic a Media (communication), medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of Panel (comics), panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, Glo ...

s. He is the chairman of

Seriefrämjandet Seriefrämjandet (literally ''the promotion of comics'', but internationally, the name ''The Swedish Comics Association'' is generally used) is a Swedish association for everybody with an interest in comics, founded in 1968 by Henri Holmgren, Jann ...

(the Swedish Comics Association), the editor for

Bild & Bubbla ''Bild'' (or ''Bild-Zeitung'', ; ) is a German tabloid newspaper published by Axel Springer SE. The paper is published from Monday to Saturday; on Sundays, its sister paper ''Bild am Sonntag'' ("''Bild on Sunday''") is published instead, which ...

and the headmaster for a comics art school.

Career

Strömberg started his professional career as a freelance journalist in 1994, and he has since then written for a large number of publications including the Swedish ''

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'', the Danish ''Strip!'', the Dutch ''Stripschrift'' and the American ''

International Journal of Comic Art The ''International Journal of Comic Art'' is a journal about comics art, published twice a year. It was established in 1999 by John Lent (Temple University), who is also the editor-in-chief. The journal is independently published and does not main ...

''. Strömberg has been the chairman of Seriefrämjandet (the Swedish Comics Association) since 1997, is one of the editors of the magazine ''Bild & Bubbla'' and a member of the Urhunden jury. He was also one of the driving forces behind the establishment of Seriecenter (the Comics Art Centre) in Malmö and Seriearkivet (the Swedish Comics Archive) in Lund. In 1999, Strömberg made his debut as an author with the book '' 100 oumbärliga seriealbum'' (100 Indispensable Comic Books), and has since written several books, published in Swedish and English. The book '' Black Images in the Comics: A Visual History'', published by

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in the US, was nominated for an

Eisner Award The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, are prizes given for creative achievement in American comic books, sometimes referred to as the comics industry's equivalent of the Academy Awards. They are named in ...

. Since 1999 Strömberg has been one of the headmasters for Serieskolan i Malmö (the Comics Art School of Malmö), a school which has trained comics artists like

Niklas Asker Niklas Asker (born 1979) is a Swedish comic book artist, best known for his debut graphic novel A graphic novel is a long-form, fictional work of sequential art. The term ''graphic novel'' is often applied broadly, including fiction, non-fictio ...

(''Second Thoughts'') and Mathias Elftorp (''Piracy is Liberation''). Strömberg is the Swedish representative on the International Editorial Board for the International Journal of Comic Art and also the Swedish representative on the Consultative Committee of European Comic Art. Strömberg also works as a curator for exhibitions about comics, and has created exhibitions such as "serier.nu", "

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! - de japanska seriernas intåg", "Duckomenta Malmö" and "Sanningen bodde inte i honom".

Bibliography

* ''100 oumbärliga seriealbum'', Bibliotekstjänst, 1999 * ''Serienegern – En bildberättelse om fördomar'', Seriefrämjandet, 2001 * ''Vad är tecknade serier? En begreppsanalys'', Seriefrämjandet, 2003 * ''Swedish Comics History'', Seriefrämjandet, 2003 * ''Black Images in the Comics'', Fantagraphics Books, 2003 * ''The Comics Go to Hell'', Fantagraphics Books 2005 * ''Seriebiblioteket'', Bibliotekstjänst 2005 * ''Manga! - Japanska serier och skaparglädje'', Seriefrämjandet 2007 * ''Mangabiblioteket - introduktion till den asiatiska seriekulturen'', Bibliotekstjänst 2008 * ''Jewish Images in the Comics'', Fantagraphics Book 2012

External links

Sekventiellt (official homepage)

Seriefrämjandet

Fantagraphics
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stromberg, Fredrik 1968 births Living people Swedish comics writers Swedish journalists