free speech can't be stopped - support-drawing for Charlie Hebdo

Doing a political cartoon live on TV

The last issue of the annual political satire magazine "Blæksprutten" (The Squid) was published last month. Since 1888 has this annual publication been part of Christmas in Denmark. Families would gathered around the magazine to see how the political cartoonists and writers depicted the year in words and images. The publishing house Gyldendal who published The Squid (Blæksprutten) from 1907 till now, has decided to close it down for good 'cause it doesn't seel as much as it used to. Its a pity 'cause all the political satire on TV or the internet is forgotten so soon after, where a printed publicated has a lasting value to it, and looking back through 125 years of history filtered by satirical ink lines ... it gives you a pretty good picture of the topics that very important to people at a certain time over the last 125 years.

Me and Stand-Up comedian and writer Mette Frobenius were interviewed at TV2 News Kulturen the 19. of November (the day before the book came out). Mette did most og the talking and I speed-drew a cartoon about a right wing politician who wants to interfere with the national tv stations right to shut down one of their ochestras and move the money somewhere else in their organisation = spend it on web content etc.
I did the drawing in less than 4 min.  

For the final version of The Squid (Blæksprutten) I did four small line drawings about the topics: Russian submarine spotted close to Sweden ... again + The leader of the opposition, that can't be held down ... he always gets up when ever he falls + extreme flooding in the northern part of the country + Kids playing in Ebola-proof suits = we are overreacting

All ideas were done in collaboration with Mette Frobenius ... who also wrote the text

Oceans are in our hands

I turned in these three cartoons for the Niels Bugge Cartoon-Award - I hope I'll get invited to the award ceremony / party, that I've heard should be an event one should not miss out on ...

Putins Winter Olympics

from "Blæksprutten 2013"

 

Commenting on the war in Syria - it's OK to shoot and blow people up, but when gas is used we draw the line for bloodshed.

Up to 15% of all doctors have an alcohol problem ..... and the postal service is low on cash

from "Blæksprutten 2013"

from "Blæksprutten 2013"

fish is healthy - but you should hold back with the oily fish full of heavy metals and radioactive = stay away from glowing sushi!

from 'Blæksprutten 2013'

The difficult choice: Kvickly supermarket has decided to stop selling battery eggs = consumers no longer have a choice of eggs from free-range chickens (the expensive eggs) and the cheap battery eggs - 'cause animal welfare should be the focus considers Kvickly.  
If only the textile workers in Bangladesh had the same attention as the chicks .. sigh

topless serving is next door - from 'Blæksprutten'

Cartoon from this years 'Blæksprutten'

over a small number of years, Ole Sohn gone from communist to have an understanding of liberalism

cut down the rainforest and you will cut down on wildlife diversity

next in line

By cutting down the rain forest, that has the best capacity for storing CO2, we slowly move closer to our own extinction

round and juicy......served the wrong way it has side effects!

When Robbie williams played with Take That in Copenhagen not to long ago, they had to canselled their concert due to food poisoning .... apperantly Robbie had eaten some bad lobster that make him sick....So instead of him "taken down" the lobster, it was the other way around

Almost like making a deal with Don Corleone

understandig extremism

Sushi that glows in the dark .... for Blæksprutten 2011

Sushi that glows in the dark

Young prince Christian

And then he became silent

the Euro is going down ... down ... down