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New month, again?! And summer too! It always feels so shocking when summer is finally here, I’m waiting for it so much and then suddenly there’s light and warmth and I don’t know what to do with it.

My art studio Kulkælderen had a table at the Copenhagen comics, where we were selling our new anthology. I couldn’t buy anything (I need to save some money for upcoming trips) but I loved talking with my friends and colleagues, meeting new people and listening to interesting talks. Here’s some photos from our studio’s instagram:

Some sketching I did while listening talks at the festival. I’m very bad at drawing people, so it’s a good

After Copenhagen comics, I got a chance to hang out in Lille Mølle (“little mill”) in Christianshavn, Copenhagen, drawing and painting with my friend and colleague Cathrin Peterslund. It really was such an amazing experience, and even though I was 10 minutes away from my home, it felt like I slipped into a completely different time and space.

Lille Mølle is an old mill that Johanne and Ejnar Flach-Bundegaard bought in 1916 and made it their home. Now days their home is preserved as an museum, but there’s also a beautifully renovated apartment where we stayed with Cathrin.

Me working. I wish I had so much space to work at home too.

Some of the things I was working on at Lille Møllen. Some of the paintings I had started already before, some were new and inspired by the place.

You can find more about the Lille Mølle from their website at www.lillemølle.dk

New comics in Substack

Find me at the Library

I continue to explore the libraries near me, in May I visited Islands Brygge library in Copenhagen.

read the whole comic here

Something sad

It was heartbreaking to hear about passing of Marjane Satrapi. She was an extraordinary comics artist, and her work had a big influence on the way how I look at comics as an art form, how I look at the world in general.

Persepolis is absolutely an essential read, but I’d also recommend reading Chicken with Plums, among her other works. There’s also a great animation adaption of Persepolis, that’s definitely worth the watch.

Rest in peace Marjane Satrapi.

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Hello June 2026!

New comics in Substack

Find me at the Library

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