Joakim Pirinen
Illustration — Joakim Pirinen. Joakim Pirinen (born 28 May 1961 in Solna, Stockholm County) is a Swedish illustrator, author, and comic creator. He made his debut during the 1980s wave of "artistic" and "adult" comics in Sweden, Pirinen was, and still is, a regular contributor to the Swedish alternative comics magazine Galago.
Joakim Pirinen
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- Born
- 1961 · Solna Municipality.
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Occupation
- comics artist · dramaturge · illustrator · writer
- Honours
- Adamson Awards · Urhunden Prizes
- Languages
- Swedish
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Illustration — Joakim Pirinen. Joakim Pirinen (born 28 May 1961 in Solna, Stockholm County) is a Swedish illustrator, author, and comic creator. He made his debut during the 1980s wave of "artistic" and "adult" comics in Sweden, Pirinen was, and still is, a regular contributor to the Swedish alternative comics magazine Galago.
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Pirinen's comic album debut came in 1984 with Välkommen Till Sandlådan ("Welcome to the Sandbox"), but his true breakthrough came with Socker-Conny ("Sugar-Conny") in 1985, a graphic novel about an anarchistic borderline personality.
Pirinen is of Finnish descent through his father who was sent to Sweden as a Finnish war child during World War II.
Swedish cartoonist and writer Joakim Pirinen at the Göteborg Book Fair 2010
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Swedish cartoonist Joakim Pirinen, at the Göteborg Book Fair of 2012.
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1961
Joakim Pirinen born at Solna Municipality.
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