The Longest Night A dreamlike Now, a time of danger, an inbetween place – yes, I‘m talking about the Corona period in this post, but also about how thinking about the winter solstice can help you make it through the night.
Welcome! Below, you can find some news and production tidbits about my current comic “People Not Seen,” a documentary project about Elves, memes, and the power of storytelling.
Story structure Narrative threads: Finding the Fairies Three main narrative threads are spun into the yarn that is “People Not Seen”. The first and primary thread follows the art student Dirk as he arrives in Iceland and embarks on his quest for finding the fabled Hidden People.
News Wanderlust In the midst of the pandemic and lockdown in Berlin, my Workshop group kept their spirits high and published “Wanderlust“, a 52-page anthology comic about all the extraordinairy places one could visit once the pandemic is over.
Dramatis personae Björn Björn agreed to meet me despite the ravages of his ill health. In a retirement home near Búðardalur he recounted his meeting a Hidden Lady when he was a boy.
Dramatis personae Marin Marín was probably the only fellow student at the Lístaháskola Íslands art academy who didn’t roll their eyes when hearing about my Elf project.
News Fall schedule at the Werkstatt für Comics After the success of our anthology comic at this year's Comic Invasion festival in May, the new September course is an opportunity to refocus on each participant's individual needs, questions and projects.
Dramatis personae Ragga I met Ragga in an online forum, where she talked about having grown up in close vicinity to an Elf hill. She studies folkloristics at the University of Iceland in Reykjavík.
News Comic Invasion Come join me this weekend for another Comic Invasion festival at the Museum für Kommunikation in Berlin!
Dramatis personae Siðurdur Siðurður is head of the psychiatric department of Reykjavík’s Landsspitalinn hospital.
Dramatis personae Snævar Snævar is an old pal of Magnús who now lives in the northern town of Blönduós, after having lived in Norway, Sweden, the US, Thailand and the Philippines. During the many twists and
From the archive Around the World in 80 Pages (2003) A long lost but not forgotten project based on Jules Verne’s classic story involving five German comic artists (Laska Comix, Thomas Gilke, Fil, Jakob Werth and myself).
Panel preview Hvalfjörður Rusted remains of the WWII naval base in the Hvalfjörður fjord, destroyed by Elves in 1944 basically for interdimensional imperialism and trespassing.
Dramatis personae Erla Erla Stefánsdóttir needs no introduction. She is Iceland’s first and foremost celebrity seeress every foreign camera team turns to when covering the Hidden People phenomenon.
Story structure Narrative threads: Fairy Tales Three main narrative threads are spun into the yarn that is “People Not Seen”. The second thread consists of Icelandic fairy tales, most of them historic, some more recent. To not take sides
Dramatis personae Magnús In this section, I introduce some of the major and minor characters in People Not Seen. Today we take a look at Magnús, principal of Reykjavíks notorious Elf School.
News Contact Update Just a quick note that if you'd like to reach me, you can find updated contact information right here.
Story structure Narrative threads: Walking the Crack Three main narrative threads are spun into the yarn that is „People Not Seen“. The third thread is the description of a journey I undertook with two friends: crossing Iceland from south to
