I’m back at the studio here in Copenhagen after a few hectic weeks in New York. I enjoyed bicycling here with music in my headphones, wind on my face and the smell of the wet streets. This is home. Won’t be here long though as I am heading to France for another comics festival this […]
New York
On the move: LAST DAY IN NEW YORK
On the flight here we had a lot of turbulence. For more than half an hour we seemed to drop from the sky at irregular intervals, the hull shaking and creaking, people were screaming and throwing up. So although I’m looking forward to going home tomorrow, I’m not exactly looking forward to the flight itself. […]
On the move: DINOSAURS IN NEW YORK
I can hear the rumbling of traffic and the nearby subway. Every few minutes the elevator goes “ding” outside the paper thin walls and the air conditioner goes on for no reason and I don’t know how to turn it off. The girls have left for the city and I’m trying to become a human […]
Work in progress: THE NATURE OF THE BEAST
The thing about comics that always takes me by surprise… How long it takes! It seems I’m just endlessly fiddling with the pages, hours, days. Perhaps it is the nature of how I work. Not chronologically, but jumping around, working on several pages and panels at the same time. I do the same when I write, to […]
On the move: GOODBYE NEW YORK
Like a sponge, a writer or any creative person needs to soak up experiences before we can write about it. Doesn’t have to be the same experiences, just life. I have soaked for almost a month; Now I am itching to get some work done. On my list of things to do: Write a second draft of […]
Recommended: LEAPING TALL BUILDINGS
I was recently in New York for the Mocca Festival, where I met a lot of new friends last year and lugged home way too many comics. This time around I tried not to buy tons of books, but I did get my signed copy of Christopher Irving and Seth Kushners book Leaping Tall Buildings: The […]