Can’t get enough of this stuff? I have planned 26 pages, and we have reached number 9 – not bad for a slow worker like me. I certainly feel a surge in creativity, incidentally similar to the surge felt by[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ll be on the road (or on the wing as it may be) for the next 12 days or so. Don’t expect any updates :-( But if you are in Helsinki between 18.-24. September or in Gothenburg during the book[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Simplicissimus was a satirical magazine famous for its excellent illustrators, published in Munich 1896-1944. All the issues are available for browsing in an online archive at the Klassik-Stiftung Weimar. Yet another reason to love the internet! Browsing the pre-WW1 issues[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Name the characters whose eyes you see above! It’s nice how humans (and dogs!) belong to a small gene pool but still manage to show beautiful variation in their phenotype. Dog eyes, by the way, differ from human eyes in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My search of a so-called life has brought me to the capital of Finland, where I’m enjoying the prodigal snowdrifts and the generous library services. In the future, the Goldenbird gang must experience 1920’s Finland – so much crazy stuff[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I was playing around with a self-portrait like this. Orcs are probably my favourite fantasy creatures. Since I’m not a gamer as such, but more of an academic scholar, I see things in them that many hardcore gamers or fans[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Why no updates on the comic lately? The embarrassing truth is, I moved from Sweden to Finland in June and I still haven’t located the sketches for the rest of Chapter 5. Due to other pressing tasks, I haven’t had[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hi everyone, just to let you know that everything is going fine… except that it’s almost 2 AM and I fail at WordPress. Goldenbird.se is still under construction, and a lot of links may not work. Please tell me if[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Once upon a time, there was a little country with a dire need for friends.