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Graphic novels
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Repulsive Attraction
Data
1 book
84 pages
32.0 x 21.5 cm- Contact for Foreign Rights: Patrick Steptoe
- Reading sample: PDF in English
Description
A socio-critical collection of novels in toxic colors. A bastard of dystopian pantomime tales about the greedy mutants of capitalism and environmental decay. Absurd and repulsive visions of doomsday, and the imminent collapse of society. No speech balloons, only black humor, radioactive colors, and transgressive details.
Prizewinner
Repulsive Attraction won the Ping Award for Best Danish Debut 2020 and got numerous positive reviews in its homeland and abroad.
Patrick SteptoeFormer product designer turns comics artist and illustrations activist. With a penchant for creating pictorial narratives with satirical bite and absurd humor, Patrick has cultivated animation, comics and picture books for children. His latest award-winning album has received rave reviews.
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Saint Cain 1: The Stone Cross
Data
1 book
48 pages, b/w
22.5 x 29.5 cm (wide)
Printing material: Available as TIFF files.
Ages 15 years and up- Contact for Foreign Rights: Henrik Rehr
- Reading sample: PDF in English
Description
Book one of three. A modern pirate story taking place on Saint Cain, a fictitious island in the Northern Atlantic.
Henrik RehrHenrik Rehr, born 1964. He has published comics from, amongst others, Futuropolis, Dargaud/Urban China, Vents d’Ouest, Lerner Graphics, Ponent Mon, Jacoby & Stuart, Safara Editore, Carlsen Comics and Forlaget Fahrenheit.
Henrik Rehr can read scripts in Danish, English, French, German, Swedish and Norwegian and is available for projects.
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Someone New
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1 book
44 pages
21.0 x 29.5 cm- Contact for Foreign Rights: Maria Skov Pedersen
Description
What the protagonist, Marta, thought would be a tale of two rational scientists and the unlimited power of science, was hacked by uncontrollable things like love, rain and some wild orange unicorn, forcing her to reconsider her approach to life.
Maria Skov PedersenMaria Skov Pedersen is a comic book artist, illustrator and graphic designer with a background in classical drawing and a BA+MA in Communication Design from HAW-Hamburg, Germany. Her comics are mostly about human beings who get lost in events that take them to somewhere beyond realism.
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Something Awful Is Always About To Happen
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1 book
136 pages
17.0 x 23.0 cm- Contact for Foreign Rights: Lars Kramhøft
- Reading sample: PDF in English
Description
A deeply personal, semi-autobiographical story about a young man trying to find love and success in the brutally competitive creative world while struggling with loneliness, depression and the consequences of toxic masculinity. At times darkly comedic, at times touching and socially relevant, this original graphic novel won the prestigious Ping Award for best Danish comic 2020.
Lars KramhøftLars Kramhøft (born 1984).
Graduate from The Animation Workshop 2011.
Award-winning Danish graphic novelist, children’s book author & illustrator. -
Stalin’s Sink
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1 book
68 pages
14.8 x 23.0 cmAges 15 and up
- Contact for Foreign Rights: Craig Frank
- Reading sample: PDF in English
Description
2016. A road trip in the farthest corner of Siberia, where the cruel Gulag labour camps existed under Stalin’s regime. Grim secrets are revealed along the way, and a game of truth or dare has fatal consequences when Greg, a man who has everything, goes on a terrifying photo safari with local guide Boris.
Craig Frank
Born in 1961, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Moved to Denmark in the late ’80s. Graduated with a BFA and has worked in animation. Has directed several animated films (JOURNEY to SATURN) and has created several graphic novels. JFK Secret OPS and COOL VALLEY.
Aksel Studsgarth
Originally trained as an industrial designer but fell in love with animation and the film industry. Over the years, he’s worked for Amblimation, Dreamworks and LEGO as well as co-founding the successful visual effects c. Ghost VFX. He’s written several short stories and TO THE BONE and GRÁR are his first published comics.
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Svim!
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1 book
80 pages, b/w
24.5 x 17.5 cm
Published in Swedish.
Age 15 years and up- Contact for Foreign Rights: Henrik Rehr
- Reading sample: PDF in English
Description
SWIM! is a surreal meditation on parenthood and the relationship between sons and fathers.
Originally published in 2008. A new edition of this graphic novel was published by Forlaget Fahrenheit Autumn 2020.
Henrik RehrHenrik Rehr, born 1964. He has published comics from, amongst others, Futuropolis, Dargaud/Urban China, Vents d’Ouest, Lerner Graphics, Ponent Mon, Jacoby & Stuart, Safara Editore, Carlsen Comics and Forlaget Fahrenheit.
Henrik Rehr can read scripts in Danish, English, French, German, Swedish and Norwegian and is available for projects.
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The Carnival Murder
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1 book
160 pages, colour
18.4 x 25.9 cm- Contact for Foreign Rights: Craig Frank
- Reading sample: PDF in English
Description
In 1990 a young woman was brutally murdered. The murderer was never found. A historian and artist discover a new perspective about the signature the murderer carved into the victim’s arm which points towards a whole different suspect. Based on a true story.
Craig Frank
Born in 1961, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Moved to Denmark in the late ’80s. Graduated with a BFA and has worked in animation. Has directed several animated films (JOURNEY to SATURN) and has created several graphic novels. JFK Secret OPS and COOL VALLEY.
Troels Rasmussen
Born in Denmark in 1967, educated as a historian. Worked many years as a researcher and has written several historical books. Today Troels works as a historian in a large international company and has worked together with Craig Frank on many animated projects.
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The Cuban Fall
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1 book
80 pages, b/w
24.5 x 17.5 cm
Published in French, German and Spanish.
Printing material: Available as TIFF files.
Age 15 years and up- Contact for Foreign Rights: Nicolas Grivel
- Reading sample: PDF in English
Description
Biography of the Danish journalist Jan Stage, Cuban spy and friends with Che Guevara and Fidel Castro. Script by Morten Hesseldahl, art by Henrik Rehr.
Henrik RehrHenrik Rehr, born 1964. He has published comics from, amongst others, Futuropolis, Dargaud/Urban China, Vents d’Ouest, Lerner Graphics, Ponent Mon, Jacoby & Stuart, Safara Editore, Carlsen Comics and Forlaget Fahrenheit.
Henrik Rehr can read scripts in Danish, English, French, German, Swedish and Norwegian and is available for projects.
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The Geometric Society
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1 book
200 pages
16.8 x 25.8 cmAges 15 and up
- Contact for Foreign Rights: Craig Frank
- Reading sample: PDF in English
Description
Copenhagen 1953.
Johan Crom is a police/porn photographer with PTSD and an unhealthy interest in the occult. A series of gruesome murders in Copenhagen point to sinister supernatural forces.
Before long, Crom is fighting a world-changing conspiracy.
Craig Frank
Born in 1961, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Moved to Denmark in the late ’80s. Graduated with a BFA and has worked in animation. Has directed several animated films (JOURNEY to SATURN) and has created several graphic novels. JFK Secret OPS and COOL VALLEY.
Aksel Studsgarth
Originally trained as an industrial designer but fell in love with animation and the film industry. Over the years, he’s worked for Amblimation, Dreamworks and LEGO as well as co-founding the successful visual effects c. Ghost VFX. He’s written several short stories and TO THE BONE and GRÁR are his first published comics.
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The Girl in Search of her Shadow
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1 book
Graphic picture book w/ linecut illustrations
Published in English and Spanish
21.5 x 30.0 cm (wide)- Contact for Foreign Rights: Inge-Lise Kristoffersen
Description
A girl’s shadow becomes jealous and runs away to The Shadow Island. A place where shadows go when they get tired of their owners. The girl follows her shadow through thick and thin in order to bring it back home.
Inger-Lise KristoffersenGrew up in Denmark, Colombia and Hong Kong. Graduated from Design School Kolding. Working with illustration for children, paintings, drawings and graphics.
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The Man, the Fly and the Unruly Girl
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1 book
Graphic picture book w/ linecut illustrations
Published in English and Spanish
21.5 x 30.0 cm (wide)- Contact for Foreign Rights: Inge-Lise Kristoffersen
Description
A man shares his lunch with a fly. When the fly tells of its many journeys, wings are growing out from the man’s back, and together they fly out into the world only to be captured by an insect-collecting girl.
Inger-Lise KristoffersenGrew up in Denmark, Colombia and Hong Kong. Graduated from Design School Kolding. Working with illustration for children, paintings, drawings and graphics.
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The Matter We’re Made Of
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1 book
72 pages
17.0 x 24.0 cm
Published in English, Polish and Czech.- Contact for Foreign Rights: Line Høj Høstrup
- Reading sample: PDF in English
Description
Ellen is a young, ambitious woman who is about to fulfil her dream of building her own house when she is diagnosed with ALS. Ellen fights desperately to keep her dream alive, but maybe other things make life worth living.
Line Høj HøstrupLine Høj Høstrup (born 1988) is a colour-happy Danish illustrator and cartoonist. She graduated from Graphic Storytelling at The Animation Workshop in 2017 and started her freelance business Høj Høstrup Illustration in Aarhus. Her first comic The Matter We’re Made Of (Det Rette Element) came out at the beginning of 2019 and won the Ping Award for best Danish debut.
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The Ocean
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1 book
88 pages, b/w
19 x 26 cm
Ages 13 and up.- Contact for Foreign Rights: fahrenheit@email.dk
- Reading sample: PDF in English
Description
“Sometimes I really hate you,” the boy says to his mother. They have just moved to a remote island during the off-season. The mother is trying to restart her life after a rough breakup with the boy’s father, but the boy struggles to find his place in their new home. As the mother becomes invigorated, the boy becomes increasingly dark and secluded. Gradually, the mother realizes that some of the choices we make can have fatal consequences. “The Ocean” is inspired by one of the most peculiar laws of physics – the second law of thermodynamics, which posits that disorder always increases in the universe. Quantum physicist Ulrich Hoff puts everything into perspective in an enlightening postscript.
Jan Egesborg
(writer)Jan Egesborg is a Danish writer, based on the small isolated island of Mandø in the Wadden Sea. He has written 18 books and some of which have previously been translated into German and Japanese. His books consists of whimsical children stories about different scientific topics and dark graphic novels for adults.
Kim Larsen (artist)Over the past twenty years, Kim Larsen has crafted comics predominantly for anthologies and online platforms. In addition to his drawing career, he has penned numerous articles about the art of comics, and is currently holding a position as a chief graphic designer at a historical museum. Marking a significant milestone in his career, “The Ocean” stands as his inaugural comic to be embraced by a major publishing house.
Ulrich Busk Hoff (consultant)Ulrich Hoff is a Danish quantum physicist. He obtained his PhD in physics from the Technical University of Denmark in 2015 where he has also held a position as Senior Adviser in quantum technology up until recently. He is now taking on a job as Quantum Engagement Specialist in the Danish quantum computing start-up Kvantify. Ulrich is deeply engaged in the formation of a Danish quantum ecosystem and is a board member of the Danish Quantum Community. In addition, he is a very active and dedicated science communicator, a widely used speaker, and co-author of a several children’s books and graphic novels on various scientific topics.
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The Poppy Fields Paradox
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1 book
85 pages, colour
20.5 x 28.6 (hardcover)Ages 15 and up
- Contact for Foreign Rights: Anna Laurine Kornum
- Reading sample: PDF in English
Description
A young woman, Nona, is released from a psychiatric facility. To ease her transition into society she is placed in a halfway house, the once mundane Poppy Fields Hotel.
But something is amiss, strange mechanisms are at work.
The Poppy Fields Paradox is due to be released late 2023.
Anna Laurine KornumBorn 1978 in Aarhus, Jutland. An academic, painter, author, and illustrator. Formally educated in biology and philosophy at the University of Copenhagen. Kornum’s work spans from scientific/ anatomical illustration to book covers. In 2016 her graphic short story ‘A Mind Bomb’ was featured in Heavy Metal Magazine. ‘My Mind’s Eye’ (2022) is her Danish debut novel. It was awarded Best Danish Horror publication and won the Danish comic award, the Ping Prize for Best Debut.
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The Scrapbook
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1 book
52 pages
25.4 x 18.0 cm- Contact for Foreign Rights: Karsten Mungo Madsen
- Reading sample: PDF in English
Description
A horrifying lighthouse, bloody nightmares and an old scrapbook with clips from the 30’ties about a serial killer. The Scrapbook is a classic Christmas horror story and was nominated for “Best Horror Release of 2017” by the Danish Horror Society.
Karsten Mungo MadsenDirector, animator, illustrator, writer and cartoonist. Karsten is manager and owner of Tiny Film ApS, that produces animated TV series.
His illustrated children’s books have been published in Denmark, Norway, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands and China. -
The song we didn’t know
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1 book
100 pages
19.0 x 24.0 cm- Contact for Foreign Rights: Christer Bøgh Andersen
- Reading sample: PDF in English
Description
June 1990. Jannick, 15, is enjoying the peace of home with little brother Nis and their mother.
Big sister Karen then arrives with a new friend, Camilla, ending the peace for Jannick. A story about family relationships, jealousy and desire.
Christer Bøgh AndersenChrister Boegh Andersen. Danish comic artist and author. Works as an illustrator and communication consultant.
Debuted in 2014 with the graphic short story collection ‘The sophisticated junk dealer’, which was nominated for the Ping Award for best Danish debut 2014.
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The Whispers Game
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1 book
72 pages
24.0 x 17.0 cm
Sold to: France, Italy, Greece and Korea.Ages 9 and up
- Contact for Foreign Rights: Alessandra Sternfeld, AM-Book
- Reading sample: PDF in English
Description
Playing ”pass the message” at school was a lot of fun for Vera and her friends. Then the quiet, new girl Anna joined the game. She whispered: ‘My mom hits me’. The Whispers Game is a comic book about girls making themselves heard.
Sofie Louise DamBorn in 1992. Cartoonist and illustrator. Graduated with a BA in Graphic Storytelling from The Animation Workshop in 2017.
Morten DürrDanish Children’s author with 57 published books. Translated into 20 languages. Current bestseller is the graphic novel, Zenobia.
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To the Bone
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1 book
32 pages
14.8 x 23.0 cmAges 12 and up
- Contact for Foreign Rights: Craig Frank
- Reading sample: PDF in English
Description
How do you explain one of the biggest mysteries of our time? In To the Bone, we follow three heroes as a tragic chain of events causes them to break all the rules of time travel – with devastating consequences for everyone.
Craig Frank
Born in 1961, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Moved to Denmark in the late ’80s. Graduated with a BFA and has worked in animation. Has directed several animated films (JOURNEY to SATURN) and has created several graphic novels. JFK Secret OPS and COOL VALLEY.
Aksel Studsgarth
Originally trained as an industrial designer but fell in love with animation and the film industry. Over the years, he’s worked for Amblimation, Dreamworks and LEGO as well as co-founding the successful visual effects c. Ghost VFX. He’s written several short stories and TO THE BONE and GRÁR are his first published comics.
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Tribeca Sunset
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1 book
124 pages, b/w
24.5 x 17.5 cm
Published in French, English, Italian and Swedish.
Printing material: Available as TIFF files.
Age 15 years and up- Contact for Foreign Rights: Henrik Rehr
- Reading sample: PDF in English
Description
An eyewitness account of the 9-11 terror attack on New York City and the impact of its aftermath on the people of the city.
Henrik RehrHenrik Rehr, born in 1964. He has published comics from, amongst others, Futuropolis, Dargaud/Urban China, Vents d’Ouest, Lerner Graphics, Ponent Mon, Jacoby & Stuart, Safara Editore, Carlsen Comics and Forlaget Fahrenheit.
Henrik Rehr can read scripts in Danish, English, French, German, Swedish and Norwegian and is available for projects.
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Tribute
Data
1 book
46 pages, b/w
20.5 x 20.5 cmPrinting material: Available as TIFF files.
Age 15 years and up- Contact for Foreign Rights: Henrik Rehr
- Reading sample: PDF in English
Description
A mix of a meditation, a rap and a confession.
Henrik RehrHenrik Rehr, born in 1964. He has published comics from, amongst others, Futuropolis, Dargaud/Urban China, Vents d’Ouest, Lerner Graphics, Ponent Mon, Jacoby & Stuart, Safara Editore, Carlsen Comics and Forlaget Fahrenheit.
Henrik Rehr can read scripts in Danish, English, French, German, Swedish and Norwegian and is available for projects.
