6 books
48 pages
22,0 x 29,5 cm
Rights sold to USA, UK, Australia, Germany, Belgium, Holland and Iceland.
Mortensen is a timetraveler, traveling through history and solving complicated problems. Everything in the books are based on real events. In the backmatter of every book you can find data to support the book and continue research on your own. The books are popular in schools for educational purposes.
In 1908, a giant explosion takes place over the Russian region Tonguska. Mortensen is led back to Berlin in 1944. At the same time scientist Niels Bohr and British Prime Minister Churchill meet in London to discuss the atomic bomb – it has been stolen. Mortensen’s faithful helper, the witch, is kidnapped to serve as a pilot for a secret operation. Based on real events.
Lars Jakobsen is a Danish documentary filmmaker, author, artist and graphic designer. He has worked with a wide range of graphic styles, and amongst other things done illustrations for the fashion industry, advertisements, movies, cartoons and comics. He is the founder and organizer of the Art Bubble comic book festival. In Denmark, he is well known for his humorous comic strip Ganske Vist. He is also the artist behind the adventures series Mortensen’s Escapades, which in recent years has stepped out into the world.
13 books
48-56 pages each
23.0 x 31.5 (hardcover) or 22.0 x 29.5 cm (softcover)
Published in Danish, Swedish, French, Dutch, Indonesian.
Ages 9 and up
One of the greatest graphic novel successes in Scandinavia. The Nofret series follows the exploits and travels of a girl in ancient Egypt: During the reign of Akhenaten, Nofret must free herself from slavery in Babylon, survive as a dancer in Mephis, fight against pirates in the Aegean Sea and intrigue with the temple priests in Luxor.
Book 13 »Tutankhamun« came out in the Spring of 2022 and brought the series to its final conclusion. In book 13 Pharaoh Akenaten’s reign comes to an end and a new pharaoh is hailed as King of Egypt.
»A Slave in the Levant« is a special one-shot story telling the origin of Nofret.
A 1983 graduate from the School of Applied Arts in Copenhagen, Sussi Bech is an award-winning cartoonist living in Denmark. Her most popular graphic novel is Nofret which stars a young Egyptian girl in the land of the pharaohs and combines her adventures with historically accurate depictions of ancient Egypt. Sussi Bech has won several awards for her work.
3 books
44 pages each
Black & white
29.5 x 21.0 cm
Ages 12 and up
1920’s Copenhagen – a roaring, thriving metropolis and Bolette Hansen, crime novelist, is struggling with her latest novel.
A chance meeting with a stranger sets events in motion and thrusts Ms Hansen into the criminal underworld of the Danish capital.
Born in 1953. Paul Arne Kring is a theatre scenographer, puppet designer and comics artist. In 1969 he had his first story with Weneetryhl published in Denmark, and in recent years three more stories have come from his talented hands. His detective stories with Bolette Hansen was published weekly in the Danish tabloid Ekstra Bladet.
1 book
b/w
60 pages
23.0 x 27.5 cm
Hardcover
Author: Freddy Milton
Artist: Peter Madsen
When Anton drives home with his mega mechanical machine on the bike cargo rack, he makes an astounding discovery: The bike ride all by itself without him having to step the pedals. This is “Valhalla” artist Peter Madsen’s first comic, written by Freddy Milton.