Herman Hedning

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Herman Hedning (lit. Herman the Heathen but called Marwin Meathead in english editions) is a humor comic strip from Sweden drawn and written by Jonas Darnell.

1 The Story
2 History
3 Popularity
4 Recurring characters
5 External links

[edit] The Story

The comic has three main protagonists, Herman Hedning (Marwin Meathead), Gammelman (Oldhead) and Lilleman (Littleman).

[edit] History

Herman Hedning first appeared in 1988 in "Fantomen" (the Swedish edition of The Phantom). Since then Jonas Darnell has written over 700 strips, and a number of lengthier stories, typically 8-10 pages. About 680 has been translated into English. The first of thirteen albums was released in 1990, and the first magazine in 1998. Since 1998 there have been 57 issues, or eight per year, except for 1998 and 1999, with two and six issues respectively.

[edit] Popularity

Herman Hedning is published in Sweden, Norway and Finland, and is a steady seller, outlasting many of its contemporaries.

[edit] Recurring characters

Klustero/Urdatorn - Klustero was once a god, although none of the other gods wanted to take him seriously. After a failed attempt to take control of all the solar systems with computers, he somehow escaped the other gods. He moved into Urdatorn, a crazy computer and enemy of Herman, and has since then returned every once in a while with new technological plan to take the solar systems again.