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2022
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A Raven in May
Data
1 book
60 pages, hardcover b/w
18.0 x 25.0 cm- Contact for Foreign Rights: Nicolai Hvidberg Jørgensen
- Reading sample: PDF in English
Description
Author and illustrator Nicolai Hvidberg Jørgensen has created this book of Blackout Poetry with beautiful illustrations to support them.
Nicolai Hvidberg JørgensenFreelance illustrator since 2009 working on illustration assignments ranging from posters, drawings to magazines, comic books, vinyl covers, portrait drawings, character designs to storyboards, murals, performance art, advertising ads, visual identity and T-shirt and logo design.
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Aida Nur
Data
2 books (48 pages each) or 1 book (96 pages)
23.0 x 31.5 (hardcover) or 22.0 x 29.5 cm (softcover)
Published in Danish, French, Dutch, German. Rights sold to Estonia.
Ages 9 and up.- Contact for Foreign Rights: rights@eudor.dk
- Reading sample: PDF in English
Description
Cairo 1922. With a handful of friends, the belly dancer Aida Nur locates an old Egyptian tomb. Through her contacts, she tries for an easy escape from poverty by selling its antique treasures on the black market. But the news of the intact vault attracts all kinds of greedy types without scruples – from the nightclub owner Mohassib to the 7th Earl of Curmudgeon.
A period crime story.New 2023 edition
During 2021/22 Aida Nur was published in the German ZACK Magazin. For this occasion, the complete Aida Nur series was rescanned from the original drawings & colourings and digitally restored and embellished by Sussi Bech. This new edition was published in Denmark September 2023.
Sussi BechA 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 – 13 volumes so far – 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.
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Anne’s Seizures
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1 book, 64 pages in colour
19.0 x 27.0 cm
Published in Danish
Ages 10 and up.- Contact for Foreign Rights: Lene H.S. Toscano (Chief Medical Officer, Center for Functional Disorders Medical at Vejle Hospital, Denmark)
- Reading sample: PDF in English
Description
Functional seizures affect every year 50 to 150 children and adolescents in Denmark. One in ten people examined for epilepsy is found to have functional seizures. This book explains in a new way to children and adolescents about functional seizures and how to deal with them.
Lene H.S. Toscano
Lene H. S. Toscano is a Danish medical doctor and leader of the Center for Functional Disorders and Psychosomatics at Vejle Hospital in Denmark. She is also an author and journalist who has dedicated the last 15 years to teaching and being a mediator of knowledge about functional disorders. Anne’s Seizures is her most recent publication.
Erik PetriErik Petri is a well-known danish Illustrator with roots in cartooning and has a great fondness for complex subjects, that can be challenging to translate visually. On this project, he has worked closely with the author and a group of psychiatrists from the Aarhus and Aalborg hospital, who are the expert panel in this particular illness case story. The comic book has been tested on children who suffer from seizures. He found this very insightful so that he could be sure that he was faithful to their experience. When he is not visualizing other people’s stories, he works on a larger comic opus about a symbolist painter, which he both draws and writes.
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Grár
Data
1 book
64 pages
14.8 x 23.0 cmAges 15 and up
- Contact for Foreign Rights: Craig Frank
- Reading sample: PDF in English
Description
Wisconson, 1963, Lonely Greta fills the hole in her heart by attending strangers’ funerals. One day, she crashes the wrong funeral and her punishment is being able to see the GRÁR. Their need is much larger than hers.
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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History of the Runes
Data
1 book
40 pages
17.0 x 25.0 (hardcover)
Published in Danish
Ages 9 and up.- Contact for Foreign Rights: Niels Roland
- Reading sample: PDF in English
Description
A comic book which follows the runes from their creation and up to today, told by historical and mythological characters like the god Odin and Queen Thyra of Denmark. Their history has never before been told in comic book format.
Published in March 2022 – 3rd printing ordered.
Niels RolandDebut in 1986 with The Studio (Atelieret), short satirical comics about a group of frustrated young artists. In 1990, 50 years after the German occupation, Roland, Morten Hesseldahl and Henrik Rehr made five volumes of Denmark Occupied (Danmark Besat), each covering one year of the occupation. Since then Niels has concentrated on daily and weekly comics for Danish newspapers, in recent years mainly Weekendavisen.
Anders Lundh HansenHistorian and science reporter attached to the danish broadsheet newspaper ’Weekendavisen’. He has published a handful of historical books in Danish, and runs the facebook-site “1000 Viking Facts”, which has more than 12.000 followers.
www.facebook.com/1000VikingFacts/
Lisbeth ImerThe resident runologist at the National Museum of Denmark is one of the world’s leading experts on runes. In addition to scores of peer reviewed research papers, she has also published the monographies “Peasants and Prayers” (2017), and in Danish ”Rigets runer”(2018) and ”Danmarks Runesten” (2016).
www.natmus.dk/historisk-viden/temaer/runer/
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Homunculus
Data
2 books
76 pages in colour
28.5 x 22.0 cm.
Published in Danish and French.- Contact for Foreign Rights: Rune Ryberg
- Reading sample: PDF in English
Description
Meet supernatural sleuth Dr Harryhausen who fights false psychic media and explores the fifth dimension. Usually accompanied by his sidekick Homunculus – who, as his name suggests, is an artificial being created by an occult group whom Dr Harryhausen fiercely battles …
Rune RybergRune Ryberg is an award-winning Danish comic book artist with a history in animation. His style is loose and colour-full, often with longer wordless sequences and a focus on the characters inner emotional struggles and tribulations. His work is not shy of vivid colours and the reader is usually subjected to a playful 70’s acid trip. In 2020, Rune received the Danish Arts Foundation’s 3-year work grant, for his contribution to the art that is a renewal of Danish comics.
Benni BødkerBorn in 1975. He holds a Master’s Degree in Danish Literature and Philosophy and works as a publishing editor and teaches creative writing. He has published the novels Helvedesmaskinen (2004, The Infernal Machine) and Besættelse (2005, Occupation) for young adults and the children’s vampire series Nattens Børn (2006, Children of the Night) along with several easy reading titles. His books in English include Halloween (2004) and The Ghost Rider (2005).
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Marooned
Data
5 books
128 pages each
24.0 x 17.0 cm
Published in Danish.
Ages 6 and up- Contact for Foreign Rights: Rasmus Julius
- Reading sample: PDF in English (book 1)
- Reading sample: PDF in English (book 2)
- Reading sample: PDF in English (book 3)
- Reading sample: PDF in English (book 4)
Description
A man lonely on an island. A classic theme. But no one has made so many funny comic strips using this concept, as Rasmus Julius.
“Marooned” is a pantomime comic, so it is an easy read in every language and for all age groups.
Rasmus JuliusRasmus Julius was born in 1969. Has worked in the commercial business and has made funny strips since 2000. His comics have been published in newspapers and magazines in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, The Netherlands, Luxemburg, Mexico, Venezuela and Costa Rica.
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Max and Meta
Data
8 books
28-32 pages, hardcover
21.0 x 21.0 cmAges 6 years and up
- Contact for Foreign Rights: post@forlaget-meta.dk
- Reading sample: PDF in English
Description
The Max and Meta books celebrate the truly brilliant and diverse world of nature that children live in today. They entertain, inform and delight readers about the colours, sounds, senses, forces of nature – and much more! The first books in the series cover topics like the Moon, Gravity and Time. Max and Meta explore the natural world around them with curiosity and silly stunts. With a snap of her fingers, Meta can do magic tricks, like time travel and transporting our two heroes to new places. The books are written for children aged 6-7.
Lars-Ole NejstgaardLars-Ole Nejstgaard is a cartoonist and illustrator of children’s books, several of which have been adapted for film. He is also the political illustrator for a number of magazines and yearbooks – and has exhibited at the Comics Art Museum in Brussels. He is a member of Cartooning for Peace founded by the UN and Plantu from Le Monde.
Troels GollanderTroels Gollander is one of Denmark’s most popular writers of science literature for children and young adults and is the prize-winning author of more than 100 natural science books for grade 1-9 pupils. He was a science teacher for many years and now writes about the subject he loves. He often speaks at schools and libraries to inspire children’s interest in the fantastic world of the natural sciences. With his motto “Making the complex simple” Troels Gollander makes science accessible to everyone.
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My First Kiss
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1 book
20 pages, colour
17.0 x 24.0 cm- Contact for Foreign Rights: Lena Nicolajsen
- Reading sample: PDF in English
Description
“My first kiss” – is a graphic short story about three girlfriends who share their experience of getting their first kiss.
It started as a personal project for Lena. A series of stories from her life, where nothing really extraordinary happens. The most extraordinary thing happens in the most normal moments.A tribute to all the people getting that first kiss.
Lena NicolajsenIllustrator from the Faroe Islands, based in Copenhagen, Denmark, where she works as a freelance illustrator and independent designer with illustration, pattern design, comics, and toy creatures for children and childish souls. Graduated from The Danish School of Design.
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My Mind’s Eye
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1 book
68 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 modern-day fairy tale, a dark fable with an undercurrent of existential horror. In a sequence of four intertwined short stories, we witness the undoing of a formerly happy, nuclear family.
The fourth story was published worldwide in English in 2016 by Heavy Metal Entertainment LLC.
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.
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Roland’s universe
Data
1 book
52 pages, colour
16.0 x 23.0 cm.- Contact for Foreign Rights: Niels Roland
Description
Science for Kids: Learn about science – the fun way!
Join Little Bohr, Miss Lehmann and Professor Roland on a journey to Mars, on an expedition to the wildlife of the past or on a trip back to the beginning of the Universe.
Niels RolandDebut in 1986 with The Studio (Atelieret), short satirical comics about a group of frustrated young artists. In 1990, 50 years after the German occupation, Roland, Morten Hesseldahl and Henrik Rehr made five volumes of Denmark Occupied (Danmark Besat), each covering one year of the occupation. Since then Niels has concentrated on daily and weekly comics for Danish newspapers, in recent years mainly Weekendavisen.
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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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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 Panty Tumblers
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12 books
12 pages each
15.0 x 15.0 cm
Published in Danish.
Ages 2-5- Contact for Foreign Rights: Rasmus Julius
- Reading sample: PDF in English (Journey to Mars)
- Reading sample: PDF in English (Brian’s New Car)
- Reading sample: PDF in English (Princess Snailhouse)
Description
The Panty Tumblers are four friends, each with a different personality. They are strong together and good at supporting each other.
The Panty Tumblers are for small children 2-5 years old and are perfect for reading before bedtime. They are very colourful and funny.Rasmus JuliusRasmus Julius was born in 1969. Has worked in the commercial business and has made funny strips since 2000. His comics have been published in newspapers and magazines in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, The Netherlands, Luxemburg, Mexico, Venezuela and Costa Rica.
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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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When I go to sleep
Data
1 book
20 pages, colour
17.0 x 24.0 cm- Contact for Foreign Rights: Lena Nicolajsen
- Reading sample: PDF in English
Description
“When I go to sleep” is a graphic short story about a terrible night struggling with insomnia, not helped at all by modern technology and social media!
This story came from the author’s own life and a night when she struggled with insomnia. The day after she started drawing the experience down in a sketchbook.A tribute to all the non-sleepers out there!
Lena NicolajsenIllustrator from the Faroe Islands, based in Copenhagen, Denmark, where she works as a freelance illustrator and independent designer with illustration, pattern design, comics, and toy creatures for children and childish souls. Graduated from The Danish School of Design.
