Peter Madsen (cartoonist)

Peter Madsen.

Peter Madsen (born May 12, 1958[1]) is an award-winning Danish cartoonist, illustrator, and author. Along with editor Henning Kure and fellow cartoonist Rune T. Kidde he was one of leading forces behind the revival of the Danish cartoon tradition in the 1970s.

He is most famous for being the illustrator and co-author of the Valhalla comics, a 15-album series detailing Nordic mythology published from 1979 to 2009. The series was made into the 1986 animated Valhalla film, which Madsen co-directed. In 1995, he illustrated the Menneskesønnen (the Son of Man) comic, detailing the life of Jesus.[2]

He has received working grants from the Danish Arts Agency and Danish Arts Council.[3]

Awards

References

  1. Biography at PeterMadsen.info
  2. Peter Madsen, Gyldendals åbne encyklopædi
  3. http://www.litteraturpriser.dk/aut/mp.htm
  4. 1 2 3 Awards at PeterMadsen.info
  5. Cannes Awards at the Danish Film Institute
  6. 1 2 3 4 Danish Comic Awards at the Comics Museum in Denmark
  7. 1 2 Winners at Sproing Award

External links

Media related to Peter Madsen (cartoonist) at Wikimedia Commons

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