Pyton

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Pyton was a Norwegian comics series which was produced by the company Gevion, and afterwards Bladkompaniet, between the years 1986 until 1996. The style of humor in the comics was mostly satiric and toilet humour, including sexual, toilet, and farting jokes.

The comic reached its peak around 1990 when it sold around 35,000 copies per month.

The magazine's editor was Dag Kolstad, who prior had been the editor for the Norwegian MAD magazine. Kolstad was also one of the writers for many of the series (under the nickname of Dick Kolby), and also attended once in a while in the actual series as the sadistic character Redaktøren.

Some of Pyton's best comic artists were Tommy Sydsæter, Bjørn Ousland, Martin Kellerman and Arild Midthun (under the nickname Arnold Milten), and an artist by the name of Frode Øverli, who a few year later created the popular series Pondus.

[edit] Recurring features

The monthly publication had no constant features, nevertheless several new features were created almost monthly. some of the most popular features were:

• Dølle Døck, created by Dick Kolby and Tommy Sydsæter
• Rhesus Minus og Tommy Tusj, created by Rolf Håndstad and Tommy Sydsæter
• Hellitern og Halvlitern, created by Bjørn Ousland
• Lucky Duck, created by Bjørn Ousland
• Bottolf Nerd, created by Arnold Milten
• Deep Shit Junkies, created by Frode Øverli
• Wunder-Bjarne, created by Tom Ostad
• Førerhunden Adolf, created by Erik Nordgård
• Skateboard-Fantomet, created by Erik Nordgård

[edit] Myrkky

After the Norwegian series ended in 1996 it continued and had great success in Finland in the title Myrkky.