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Fredrik Strömberg @fredrikstromberg.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Just received the Swedish edition of the sixth and final volume of Alice Oseman’s incredible Heartstopper. The end of one of the most successful series of graphic novels in the 21st century. I’m reviewing it, but I’ll have to make it quick since both my younger kids are VERY eager to read it.

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Fredrik Strömberg @fredrikstromberg.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

My interview with Joanna Rubin Dranger is now published at The Comics Journal. Really happy to showcase such an incredible comics artist from my native country of Sweden. Do read all her important and moving graphic novels, many of which are available in english.

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Fredrik Strömberg @fredrikstromberg.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I morgon, onsdagen den 17 juni, är jag i Leksand och håller ett föredrag om klassiska svenska äventyrsserier. Jo, jag kommer prata om Dotty Virvelvind, men också om Allan Kämpe, Flygkamraterna och många andra, idag kanske bortglömda men otrolig intressanta svenska serier. Länk i kommentarerna.

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Hanna Strömberg @hannastromberg.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

57-åringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann ( @fredrikstromberg.bsky.social )

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Fredrik Strömberg @fredrikstromberg.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Some gorgeous portraits that I got from the graduating students at @serieskolan.bsky.social (The Comics Art School) this year. Love all of these, not the least that I was turned into a monster in the woods by Max Björkman :)

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Fredrik Strömberg @fredrikstromberg.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Had a tear-filled farewell with all my students at @serieskolan.bsky.social, where they presented me with this incredible doll. Considering suing for trademark infringement :)

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Fredrik Strömberg @fredrikstromberg.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I was asked to write an article about Satrapi and got to think about my relationship to her comics. Persepolis is THE graphic novel I’ve read the most times. It has through my incessant handling slowly become an objet d’art in itself.

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Fredrik Strömberg @fredrikstromberg.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

The annual, public exam of the students at @serieskolan.bsky.social (The Comics Art School) has just been organized. Here is Gonzalo Rodriguez de las Heras is on stage, talking about his graphic novel, representing his experiences from working as an immigrant in the Swedish elder care.

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Fredrik Strömberg @fredrikstromberg.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Just had a great visit at @seriearkivet S (The Comics Archive) by Amr Abbas, who got a copy of our latest yearbook, for which he contributed a comics reportage about the archive, as well as about the intrepid @mattias and all his comics related endeavors.

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Fredrik Strömberg @fredrikstromberg.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Today @seriearkivet.bsky.social got a massive haul of comics from the Swedish comics shop Seriehörnan. Time to start sorting, registering and comparing these to the current collection. Gotta catch ’em all!

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Fredrik Strömberg @fredrikstromberg.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

At the end of Copenhagen Comics, I was invited to dinner in the sun by the intrepid Dansk Tegneserieråd, who just got five million DKK to start a Comics House in Denmark. Hooray for that, and for all incredible people working in the comics business in Denmark!

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Fredrik Strömberg @fredrikstromberg.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Two new portraits of yours truly, by @jimmypalmiotti.bsky.social and Amanda Conner, drawn in conjunction with me doing an artist talk with this comics power couple at Copenhagen Comics.

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Fredrik Strömberg @fredrikstromberg.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

No rest for the wicked … Tomorrow I’ll be back at Copenhagen Comics and hopefully meet all my wonderful Danish friends and colleagues. One of my assignments will be to do an artist talk with the comics power couple Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti. Their combined resume is incredible!

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Fredrik Strömberg @fredrikstromberg.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Are you a comics artist, editor, publisher, journalist or researcher, and have an idé you want to develop? Come to my home town Malmö and work for a month. Apply for a residency with travel and accommodation payed for. Link in the comments.

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Fredrik Strömberg @fredrikstromberg.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

The brand new, gigantic book collecting the weird, wonderful and clearly feminist Swedish superhero comic Dotty Virvelvind, originally published between 1944 and 1945, complete with a lengthy preface by yours truly.

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Fredrik Strömberg @fredrikstromberg.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

More white haired guys from the Swedish comics culture: yours truly and legendary publisher shorts Schröder (Epix).

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Fredrik Strömberg @fredrikstromberg.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

The two winners of the Swedish Urhunden Awards: Vit Volvo by Erik Svetoft (Best Swedish graphic novel) and Modersmjölk by Miguel Vila (Best translated graphic novel).

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Fredrik Strömberg @fredrikstromberg.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

The longest signings queue at the Stockholm International Comics Festival was without a doubt for @decassette.bsky.social .

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Fredrik Strömberg @fredrikstromberg.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Two guys with white beards: me and my hero, comics scriptwriter Janne Lundström (Johan Vilde, The Phantom).

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seriearkivet.bsky.social @seriearkivet.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

And now, the production of the very first collection of the strange but lovely Swedish superhero comic Dotty Virvelvind, originally published between 1944 and 1945, is also underway. This will be printed in the original size, i.e. it's gonna be a very big book.

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seriearkivet.bsky.social @seriearkivet.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

The brand new yearbook of The Comics Archive is right now being produced. Here the process with the glue binder attaching the cover to the interior pages.

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Fredrik Strömberg @fredrikstromberg.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Wohoo! The yearbook for Seriearkivet (The Comics Archive) is finally being printed and bound. Glorious cover with a Swedish rendition of Mutt and Jeff, from way back in 1925. Three days until the festival in Stockholm …

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Fredrik Strömberg @fredrikstromberg.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Its here! The second (out of four) new publications I’ve been working on in preparation for Stockholms internationella seriefestival: a brand new issue of Bild & Bubbla, with incredible cover by the inimitable Linnea Sterte! So, just two more to go, and the festival is in three days … No stress!

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Fredrik Strömberg @fredrikstromberg.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

It’s here! The brand new anthology with comics by my students at Serieskolan i Malmö (The Comics Art School). 300+ pages from the next generation of Swedish comics artists, to be given away for free next week at Stockholm international comics festival. It’s gorgeous, and it smells great!

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Fredrik Strömberg @fredrikstromberg.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Among the participants to the yearly meeting of the Comics Archive was Janne Lundström, the man who founded The Swedish Comics Association in 1968! Still attending meetings, and telling me he’s growing his hair for a last chance to sport a pony tail. Janne, you’re my hero, my spirit animal!

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Fredrik Strömberg @fredrikstromberg.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Photo from the official yearly meeting for The Comics Archive. Head archivist Thomas Storm is here seen showcasing an example from a large collection of extremely delicate, see-through wrapping papers for oranges, with comics printed on them, preserved from the 1940s/1950s.

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Fredrik Strömberg @fredrikstromberg.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

My lastest article for Empirix.no is out, and it's truly international, what with a Swede, writing for a Norwegian journal, about Swedish and Danish publishers translating Spanish graphic novels ...

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Spanske tegneserieromaner på skandinavisk – Blogg – Empirix

Palabra er et svensk tegneserieforlag hvis utgivelse av de beste tegneserieromanene fra Spania trolig også kan interessere norske lesere.

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megafisk @megafisk.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

gingerbread tools

the cow and the 4 tools from cow tools made from gingerbread

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Fredrik Strömberg @fredrikstromberg.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

The big seminar day on comics, research and @the_comics_archive is over and I’m beat! Ended the day with a 90 minutes lecture on the archive and the collections we are the custodians of that would be suitable for research projects. Now, the obligatory beer drinking that always ensues whenever…

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Fredrik Strömberg @fredrikstromberg.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Last week we held a meeting with the members of the association that runs @the_comics_archive. It was a purely formal meeting needed in order to validate the financial numbers of last year. Whenever we do something as boring as that, we make sure to add something to make it more fun, and often it’s…

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Fredrik Strömberg @fredrikstromberg.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

In less than a week, on the 14th of November, we will organize a unique, one-day symposium together with @malmouniversitet (Malmö University) focusing on comics research, project funding, and the undiscovered treasures that lies hidden at @the_comics_archive , materials waiting to be the basis for…

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Fredrik Strömberg @fredrikstromberg.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Just had a visit at @the_comics_archive by a gentleman who had filled his car to the brim with his whole comics collection, consisting mostly of the Swedish Phantom comic books, all the way up to the very latest subscription issue. He had driven all the way from Stockholm to donate what after…

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Fredrik Strömberg @fredrikstromberg.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Today, @seriearkivet (The Comics Archive) was visited by the Brazilian comics researcher Luca Silva, who’s right now visiting researcher at @malmouniversitet (The University of Malmö). Silva is analyzing the very British comic Judge Dredd, so besides the general showcase of the archive, we looked…

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Fredrik Strömberg @fredrikstromberg.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

On Thursday the 6th of November I’ll be part of what seems like an incredibly interesting event on censorship and artistic freedom at @cite_de_la_bande_dessinee in Angouleme, France. The event is in French, but I’m part of the international section in the afternoon, which will be in English, with…

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Fredrik Strömberg @fredrikstromberg.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Have been working diligently this last week or so, checking all the details in the proofs for the next issue of @Bild & Bubbla. I’m happy to announce that issue 245 since the start in 1968 will, among any other things, feature an interview and a sketchbook section with the incredible Finish artist…

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Fredrik Strömberg @fredrikstromberg.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

In less than a month, we will organize a unique, one-day symposium focusing on comics research, project funding, and what riches lies hidden at @the_comics_archive, materials waiting to be the basis for future research. The event will include a presentation of some of the most interesting…

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Fredrik Strömberg @fredrikstromberg.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Christmas came early this year! Today I received an intriguing parcel from the postman. Already the packaging told me that this was sent from the exceptional creative couple of @kaisaleka and Christoffer Leka, whose books repeatedly have won awards for best book design in Finland. This two-book…

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Fredrik Strömberg @fredrikstromberg.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Today, @serieskolan_kvarnby (The Comics Art School) is visited by master artist @eriksvetoft!

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Fredrik Strömberg @fredrikstromberg.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Ok, so I guess the cats out if the bag on this one. I’ve been involved in an incredibly interesting project the last year or so, courtesy of the indefatigable editor @pmartinlund. Writing my parts for the book COMICS IS…DEBATING THE SUBJECT OF COMICS STUDIES has been a journey. I’ve been debating…

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Derf Backderf @derfbackderf.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Dick Cheney in his "undisclosed location" during the early years of the War on Terror, directing the search for Weapons of Mass Destruction. From 2003.

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IGN @ign.com · 31/10/2025

An organization representing many of Japan’s major publishers and producers, submitted a written request to OpenAI calling to cease training its Sora 2 generative AI on the copyrighted IPs of its members.

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Japanese Organization Representing the Likes of Bandai Namco, Square Enix, and Studio Ghibli Demands OpenAI Ceases Unauthorized Training of Sora 2 on Their IPs

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Fredrik Strömberg @fredrikstromberg.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

The collaboration between The Comics Archive and Malmö University continues. This autumn we will hold a symposium together, aimed at research initiation, where we will present collections and archives that would be suitable for research purposes. More info here: comics.uni.mau.se/invitation-t...

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Invitation to a symposium on Research Initiation at The Comics Archive in Malmö. – Malmö University Comics Hub

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The Comics Journal @comicsjournal.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

The Concierge at Hokkyoku Department Store by Nishimura Tsuchika translated by Jan Trench (Seven Seas, 2024) reviewed by Hagai Palevsky www.tcj.com/reviews/the-...

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The Concierge at Hokkyoku Department Store - The Comics Journal

The Concierge at Hokkyoku Department Store by Nishimura Tsuchika, reviewed by Hagai Palevsky.

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