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Saturday, 9 May 2009

91:an on the cover

Here in Sweden one of the most popular of the "traditional" comic characters is "91:an". A Swedish solider that debuted in 1932. At first only as a weekly page in the magazine "Allt för Alla" and when that folded the page moved to another magazine: "Levande Livet". But since 1956 he's got his own comic book.

Here are two rare examples of covers from "Levande Livet" featuring 91:an. The first one is from 1945 and in addition to the cover I've also scanned the competition that ran in that issue. Artwork by the creator of 91:an: Rudolf Petersson.


The second cover is from 1957. In addition to 91:an we also see Åsa-Nisse on this Easter cover. Åsa-Nisse is also one of those old Swedish comic characters that has survived at least 50 years, and is still beeing produced today. The cover artist is Gösta Gummesson.
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4 comments:

  1. Håkan / Wakuran9 May 2009 at 07:45

    "Bättre sent än aldrig", kanske...

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  2. Anonymous10 May 2009 at 21:40

    The "Levande Livet" cover actually has some qualities that resemble "fine art".

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  3. Håkan / Wakuran11 May 2009 at 08:09

    Yeah, I like the coloring and shading in it. Rather unusual.

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  4. Thomas E13 May 2009 at 12:16

    There are many Rudolf Pettersson covers on Levande Livet:

    http://www.seriesam.com/cgi-bin/guide?s=levande+livet&covers=ON

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