Joakim Lindengren

Joakim Lindengren (born March 28, 1962) is a Swedish cartoonist, illustrator and artist.

Joakim Lindengren
Born (1962-03-28) March 28, 1962
NationalitySwedish
OccupationCartoonist, illustrator and artist

Career

Lindengren studied fine arts at Västerås Konstskola under Tore Hultcrantz, and at Konstfack, Stockholm. He made his comic album debut in the early 1980s, and soon became a cult favorite in Sweden due to his crude style, burlesque humour, and satirical commentaries on Swedish celebrities.[1][2] He has been published in magazines such as Galago, Pyton and Mega-Pyton and has created more than a dozen comic albums on his own during the last twenty years. David Nessle and Lindengren collaborated on John Holmes & Sherlock Watson.[3]

Lindengren's created the superhero parody Kapten Stofil (translated as Captain Geezer) about an old grumpy hero whose sole "power" is 1950s and 60s nostalgia, drawn in a Silver Age pastiche. The hero had its own comic book in Sweden. Kapten Stofil's alter ego is Joakim himself, who is a nostalgia buff in real life, preferring old designs, cars, clothes, gas stations, etc.[1]

Lindengren collaborated with Latin American novelist Giannina Braschi on the comic book "United States of Banana"[4] in which characters Hamlet, Zarathustra, and Giannina liberate Segismundo from the dungeon of the Statue of Liberty; the work is a political allegory on the independence of Puerto Rico from the United States.[5]

Joakim Lindengren was also a co-founder of Svenska Småbil- och Rusdrycksförbundet, a club devoted to toy cars and alcohol.

References
  1. Sheeran, Amy; Smith, Amanda M. (2018). "On The Cover of Chiricu: Image from United States of Banana, A Comic Book, pages 3-4". Chiricú Journal: Latina/O Literatures, Arts, and Cultures. 2 (2): 130–142. doi:10.2979/chiricu.2.2.10. JSTOR 10.2979/chiricu.2.2.10.
  2. Lundgren, Elisabeth. (2001)., Elisabeth. ""Strong Girls and Bright Colours: Current Themes in Swedish Picture Books."". Institute of Education Sciences.
  3. Strömberg, Fredrik. "Strömberg, Fredrik. "Comics studies in the Nordic countries–field or discipline?." Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics 7.2 (2016):". Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics. 7.2: 134-155.
  4. Aldama, Frederick Luis (2020). Poets, Philosophers, Lovers: On the Writings of Giannina Braschi. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 978-0-8229-4618-2.
  5. Amy Sheeran; Amanda m. Smith (2018). "A Graphic Revolution: Talking Poetry & Politics with Giannina Braschi". Chiricú Journal: Latina/O Literatures, Arts, and Cultures. 2 (2): 130. doi:10.2979/chiricu.2.2.10. JSTOR 10.2979/chiricu.2.2.10.


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