Mads Eriksen (born 15 July 1977) is a
Norwegian
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cartoonist
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, best known for the
comic strips ''
M'' and ''Gnom''.
Biography
Eriksen was born in
Malvik
Malvik is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Trondheim Region. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Hommelvik. Other villages in Malvik include Muruvika, Smiskaret, Sneisen, Vikhammer, ...
. His career in
comics began in 2000, when his first comic strip, ''Gnom'', was accepted into ''Smult'', a magazine dedicated to promoting promising Norwegian cartoonists. ''Gnom'' quickly became popular but when
Bladkompaniet ceased publication of ''Smult'', Eriksen abandoned ''Gnom'' and began his new series, ''
M'' as a guest strip in the monthly magazine ''
Pondus
''Pondus'' is a comic strip created by the Norwegian cartoonist Frode Øverli. Since its start in 1995, it has become one of the most successful comic strips in Scandinavia. It has been translated to several languages, including Danish, En ...
''. The initial of Mads, ''M'' is a semi-
auto-biographical,
surrealistic
Surrealism is a cultural movement that developed in Europe in the aftermath of World War I in which artists depicted unnerving, illogical scenes and developed techniques to allow the unconscious mind to express itself. Its aim was, according to l ...
strip featuring himself and his girlfriend, "Madammen" (English: The Madam). In 2002, ''M'' began daily publication in ''
Dagbladet
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'', initially on a "guest" basis, until the strip became a permanent fixture, causing ''
Hägar the Horrible
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'' to be removed from the newspaper's comics section.
[
In 2005 Bladkompaniet published an album containing the complete ''Gnom'', and ''M'' got its own dedicated magazine in December 2006 when ]Schibsted
Schibsted Media Group is an international media group. The company has its headquarters in Oslo, Norway, and is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. The CEO is Kristin Skogen Lund.
In 2019, Schibsted spun off the majority of their online market ...
forlagene published the first ''M'' magazine, with a new issue once a month.Adresseavisen
''Adresseavisen'' (; commonly known as ''Adressa'') is a regional newspaper published daily, except Sundays, in Trondheim, Norway. The paper has been in circulation since 1767 and is one of the oldest newspapers after Norske Intelligenz-Seddeler ...
'', and subsequently appear on the internet portal start.no. In the summer of 2008, Eriksen stopped producing comic strips, citing the pressure of deadlines and illness as the reason. He told the newspaper ''Dagens Næringsliv
''Dagens Næringsliv'' ( Norwegian for "Today's Business"), commonly known as ''DN'', is a Norwegian newspaper specializing in business news. , it is the third-largest newspaper in Norway. Editor-in-chief is Janne Johannessen, who was appointed ...
'' in September 2009 that he had started drawing again.geek
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, he is a big fan of several popular cultural phenomena, especially ''Star Wars
''Star Wars'' is an American epic space opera multimedia franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon. The franchise has been expanded into various film ...
''.
With a comeback in ''Pondus'' # 10/21 in november 2021, Mads Eriksen has started to draw cartoons once again after his burnout in early 2010s.
Awards
* 2002: Raptus debutantprisen[
]
Sources
''M'' albums
Schibsted
* https://archive.today/RSlrf Archive link to https://serienett.no/aktuelt/mads-eriksen/
;Footnotes
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Eriksen, Mads
1977 births
Living people
People from Malvik
Comic strip cartoonists
Norwegian cartoonists
Norwegian comics writers
Norwegian comics artists