Thursday, November 22, 2007

IF: Germs is the theme for these magazinespreads for kids




A while ago I did these spreads for the biggest subscription magazine here in Denmark. I drew, came up with ideas for themes and quizzes and did all the graphic layout every month for three years. You can see other examples of the spreads I did hereand here and here.
Thanks for reading
Erik

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

The Boys Who Saved The World -bookcover



A 16 year old school boy, Jon, joins a new school and gets sucked into a secret religious group called The Brotherhood of Hebetheus. They believe they can bring peace to the world. They're all white and faintly misogynistic without being aware of it. They become convinced that an Asian girl at their school is a terrorist (in a clever twist they assume with their racist prejudices that she is a Muslim but she is later revealed to a Hindu) and kidnap her, running away to a cottage in the remote countryside. From there they send out videos to the government and media with demands to change the terror laws and give their religion status...

This book is an amazing pageturner. The pace rockets along, rising to a bloody climax and a shock ending that leaves you thinking long after you've finished the book.

But whilst teenagers will enjoy the pace, there is also a clever satirical subtext that adults will enjoy. Many of the statements made by Jeremiah, as head of hte Hebetheus, are direct echoes of Bush and Blair's most famous political slogans - 'We must be whiter than white' or 'You are with us or against us'. It's a very clever examination of what happens when people attempt to do good in the name of religion, and end up sliding into cruelty and violence.

Anyone who is interested in the theatrics of the War on Terror should definitely read this book.

Bad Bicycle Behavior


Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Sketchbookdrawings from France





He is new in town


I did this sketchbook drawing inspired by the paintings I saw in the caves: Rouffignac, Font de Gaume, Los Comberellos and Lascaux during my studytrip with the danish cartoonist society.