Ulf Lundkvist (born 1952) is a

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comic creator, illustrator, and painter. A

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buff in love with the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, Lundkvist depicts the "old Sweden" with humor and affection, small towns and countryside, anachronistic places where time seem to stand still. Lundkvist's most famous comic is probably the strip ''Assar'', the absurd story about a

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who gains sentience and escapes his fate to seek adventure.

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* Swedish comics artists Swedish cartoonists Swedish illustrators Living people 1952 births {{Europe-comics-creator-stub