Tony Cronstam (born 6 August 1969,

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) is a

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. An illustrator of

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for

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during the 1980s, he made his debut as a cartoonist with the future-based strip ''Provet'' (''The Test'') in '' Svenska Serier'' (no. 3/90). In 1990, he began drawing ''

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'', and was the principal ''Bamse'' artist between 1998 and 2001. He taught at comic school from 1999 to 2004. Together with Maria Cronstam, he created the

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,'' in 2000, for publication in '' Metro Stockholm''. ''Elvis'' won the prestigious

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in 2004. Since 2018, Cronstam has drawn

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for the Egmont publishing house.

Bibliography

*''Elvis'' (2000) *''Elvis – under skalet'' (2003) *''Elvis – bäst i test'' (2004) *''Elvis – toastad men inte bränd'' (2005) *''Elvis – första boken extra allt'' (2006)

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Studio Cronstam
1969 births Living people People from Växjö Swedish comics artists Swedish comic strip cartoonists 20th-century Swedish illustrators 21st-century Swedish illustrators Swedish humorists {{Europe-comics-creator-stub

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