Arild Midthun
Arild Midthun (born 6 May 1964) is a Norwegian illustrator, cartoonist and comics artist from Bergen. Among his early production is the comics strip Patrick & Co in the newspaper Bergens Tidende 1977, a spy series written by Tormod Løkling. His artistical breakthrough was the strip series Sirkus from 1980 to 1982, written by Terje Nordberg, Eirik Ildahl and Dag Kolstad.
Arild Midthun
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- Born
- 6 May 1964
- Birthplace
- Bergen, Norway
- Nationality
- Norwegian
- Occupation
- illustrator, cartoonist and comics artist.
- Honours
- Sproing Award.
- Languages
- Norwegian.
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Arild Midthun (born 6 May 1964) is a Norwegian illustrator, cartoonist and comics artist from Bergen. Among his early production is the comics strip Patrick & Co in the newspaper Bergens Tidende 1977, a spy series written by Tormod Løkling. His artistical breakthrough was the strip series Sirkus from 1980 to 1982, written by Terje Nordberg, Eirik Ildahl and Dag Kolstad.
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He was a central illustrator for the humorous magazines Norsk MAD from 1981, and Pyton from 1986 to 1995. He was awarded the Sproing Award in 1988, for the album Troll: Sølvskatten, jointly with Terje Nordberg. From 1995 he was appointed as illustrator for the newspaper Aftenposten, and from 2004 he began drawing for the Disney comics magazine Donald Duck & Co.
Arild Midthun på Bokmässan i Göteborg 2014.
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Arild Midthun at the Gothenburg Book Fair 2014.
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• Born — 6 May 1964 • Birthplace — Bergen, Norway • Nationality — Norwegian • Art — y • Pencil — y • Ink — y
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Arild Midthun was born on 6 May 1964.
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