Minna Sundberg (born January 9, 1990) is a Swedish-speaking Finnish illustrator and cartoonist born in Sweden. She is known for the

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''A Redtail's Dream'' (aRTD), and '' Stand Still, Stay Silent'' (SS, SS).

Biography

Minna Sundberg was born in Sweden in 1990 into a family of

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which returned to

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in 1997. She obtained a bachelor's degree from the University of Art and Design Helsinki, Finland, Graphic Design department. At age 25, and as the first Finn, she won a

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in the category ''Online Comics – Long Form''

Career

During her first year in university, planning to make a career as a webcomic artist, she made several attempts to start a "practice comic", the last of which evolved into ''A Redtail's Dream (aRTD)''. ''A Redtail's Dream'' became a 556-page tale built around concepts from

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. Her following project was ''Stand Still, Stay Silent'' about an imaginary

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world set 90 years into the future. The supplementary info page on ''"Language Families"'' from ''Stand Still, Stay Silent'' showing

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and

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families was published as a poster and gained popularity outside of comics

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, earning praise by

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. While living in Mora in 2013 and 2014, she ran two Indiegogo

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campaigns successfully to finance publishing her comics in print. Sundberg's work was cited as a representative example of the maturing genre of webcomics, while her style was called "perfectly assured" and "awe-inspiring". She also worked as illustrator, including

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, for several publications. In March 2021, Sundberg released a short comic called ''Lovely People'', about bunnies living in a social credit system, and revealed that she had converted to Christianity. On March 28, 2022, the last page of ''Stand Still, Stay Silent'' was released, ending the webcomic. On October 31, 2022, she published ''A Meandering Line'', a short comic detailing her conversion to Christianity.

Selected works

*Sundberg, Minna: ''A Redtail's Dream'', s. 608. Author's Edition, 2014. *Sundberg, Minna: ''Stand Still Stay Silent Book 1'', s. 324. Author's Edition, 2015. ISSN 2342-8880 (print) ISSN 2342-8899 (online). *Sundberg, Minna: ''Stand Still Stay Silent Book 2'', s. 260. Hiveworks Comics, 2018. *Sundberg, Minna: ''Stand Still Stay Silent Book 3'', s. 304. Hiveworks Comics, 2020. ISSN 2342-8880 (printed book), ISSN 2342-8899 (online). *Sundberg, Minna: ''Un Réve de Renard'', s. 600. Édition Akileos, 2019. *Sundberg, Minna: ''Stand Still Stay Silent Livre 1'', s. 328. Édition Akileos, 2018. *Sundberg, Minna: ''Stand Still Stay Silent Livre 2'', s. 260. Édition Akileos, 2019. *Sundberg, Minna: ''Stand Still Stay Silent Livre 3.'' s. 304. Édition Akileos, 2020. *Sundberg, Minna: ''Lovely People'', s. 80. Author's Edition, 2021. *Illustrations for ''Dragon Art. Inspiration, Impact & Technique in Fantasy Art'' (2009) *Cover art for ''Foxhunt'' (2009) *Cover art for ''Syvyyksien valtias'' Original title ''Storlax The power of the deep'' (2010) *Cover art for ''Crossed Genres Quarterly 4'' (2011) *CD cover art for music band ''The Winter Tree'' (2011) *Cover art for ''Legazy'' (2013) *Cover art for Australian series of children

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Zarkora books. (2015)

Awards

*2015 Reuben Award by the

National Cartoonists Society The National Cartoonists Society (NCS) is an organization of professional cartoonists in the United States. It presents the National Cartoonists Society Awards. The Society was born in 1946 when groups of cartoonists got together to entertain the ...

in the category of 'Online Comics – Long Form' for ''Stand Still. Stay Silent''.

References

External links

Official website "Webcomics by Minna Sundberg"
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sundberg, Minna 1990 births Living people 21st-century Swedish women artists 21st-century Finnish women artists Finnish people of Swedish descent Swedish-speaking Finns Finnish cartoonists Finnish comics artists Finnish webcomic creators Swedish cartoonists Swedish women cartoonists Swedish comics artists Swedish illustrators Finnish graphic novelists Aalto University alumni Finnish women illustrators Swedish women illustrators Swedish female comics artists Finnish female comics artists Female comics writers