Peter Madsen / Valhalla
Friday, 18. May 2007, 18:45:30
I have been writing about my favourite cartoonists, and all those I have mentioned so far, have been foreigners. Now it's about time I introduce you to some Danish artists as well, bacause in my opinion we have a few worth mentioning.The first one I will introduce you to is Peter Madsen. He was born in 1958. He started on drawing the Valhalla albums about the old Nordic Myths in 1977. There are now published 13 Valhalla albums, number 14 is on its way, and the last one will be number 15 and the title will be "The twilight of the Gods", a reasonable ending to a series of exellent stories.
Peter Madsen's artistic development can be seen in many other publications than Valhalla. Several of his drawings and comics from 1975-82 appear in the album Along the road (Hen ad vejen). In 1988 he produced two beautiful and poetic contributions to Bogfabrikken publisher's erotic comics anthology, Danish Delights (Danske fristelser).
In 1995 The Son of Man (Menneskesønnen) was published, the result of three years of intense work. In it, Peter Madsen gives his comics interpretation of the New Testament for the Danish Bible Society. He was given a free hand for his interpretation which, after a great deal of research, figure studies and sketches, resulted in a comic told in 136 pages of beautiful and atmospheric water colour paintings.
Peter Madsen is really a talented artist. Valhalla has been published in 10 different languages, so check him out in case you don't already know him.
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