Thorgal

[GuestOnQuest]

Hi Everyone!

I'm from Poland and just checking the THORGAL-topic, which is my favourite comic-book all times.
I had a pleasure to make an exhibition of Grzegorz Rosinski in his hometown - Stalowa Wola, where he returned after almost 60 years... Here are the pictures from that event:
http://www.komiks.gildia.pl/imprezy/nie ... ej-woli,s2
If anyone would like to trade some Thorgal stuff or other, let me know please (Magic76@poczta.fm).

It would be much appreciated with a subtitled version (in english) of the Rosinski-interview.

[Mefisto76]

It would be much appreciated with a subtitled version (in english) of the Rosinski-interview.

Yeah, I guess they didn't expect swedish people would like to listen to it

Anyway, Grzegorz is talking in the interview more about his childhood and hometown, than about Thorgal. But it's cool anyway.

Actually Rosinski is a every-year-guest on International Festival of Comics and Games in Lodz (october) and every year there's a big line to get his dedication. I'd even say it's getting bigger and bigger every year!

If anyone would like to trade for FANTOMEN-magazine, nr 4–5/2012 - let me know please, what would You like to trade for. Thanx in advance.

[RioGrande]

Fantomen 4-5(2012) is new issues. 5 is not even printed yet! You can write to the publisher and order them, easy as a piece of pie!
http://www.egmontkarnan.se/Kontakt/Kontaktformular/
Well.... Perhaps not so easy to contact that organisation... Perhaps easier to contact a swedish second hand comics dealer -- also cheaper -- ---
www.seriecentrum.com (good, fast and reliable service)

[Wakuran]

If they're not even out yet, maybe someone here could buy and post them? Not sure on how much it'll be, but let's say 3-4 € each with additional shipping costs.

[RioGrande]

Better to wait six or eight weeks and buy them from http://www.seriecentrum.com for 1/4 of the original price.
(If stupid Egmont refuse to have a proper e-mail address ... it's their own fault!)

[AndreasEriksson]

"Kriss från Valnor: Jag glömmer ingenting!" avslutas i FA 5/2012 som finns ute nu.

Redan i nästa nummer får vi del 1 av "Ylva: Raisa", men av allt att döma blir det inget komplett gammalt Thorgal-album trots att det är ett dubbelnummer (FA 6-7/2012).

[RioGrande]

I och för sig var inledningarna till serien om den unga Kriss och serien om Ylva väldigt lika varandra. Men båda serierna är bra. Vi får väl se om de lyckas hålla Thorgalstandard framöver...

[RioGrande]

Måste säga att slutet av Ylva-serien också höll måttet. Fantastiskt att de lyckats hitta två tecknare som ligger så nära Rosinski.

[RioGrande]

& nu nyaste Fatomen, dubbelnr med Ogotais krona. Ibland inbillar jag mig att jag läst alla Thorgaläventyr (köper ofta gamla F-tidningar från 90-talet) --- men det här äventyret kände jag inte igen.
Mycket bra. Klurig historia med olika tidsparadoxer. Jag blir mer och mer övertygad om att Thorgal egentligen är en hyllning till en massa bra serier som serieskaparna diggar.
Jag tror att skaparteamet gillar 1. Peyos serier Johan/Pellevin och Smurferna, 2. Prins Valiant (Foster), 3. Tintin (Hergé), 4. Linda och Valentin (Christin/Mezieres)... säkert en massa annat också... (Är väl ganska liten risk att Rosinski aldrig sneglat på Moebius eller Hermann eller...)

DEN HÄR gången var det framför allt Linda och Valentin som spökade. På sätt och vis jobbar ju L och V som "tidsväktare" i vissa äventyr...

[Peral]

Tack för tipset, får se att köpa på mig Fantomen på vägen hem!

[Mefisto76]

3 weeks ago Grzegorz Rosinski was present in Warsaw at the Warsaw-Comics-Festival.
After awaiting about 4 hours You could receive such a nice draw





It was worth it.

Roman Sur?enko - author of "Raissa" - was present as well, very nice guy.





Unfortunately the author of the second spin off - Giulio de Vita - cancelled his arrival just before the festival, pity.
Anyway - great time.

[burnout]

WOW, That things I want to. If I get that I have wait 4-5 hours for it to.

[Wakuran]

I like the contrast between the grim appearance of the wolf hood and the cautious appearance of the girl wearing it.

[GuestOnQuest]

Very nice drawings, especially the one with the girl and her wolf hood, though I can't avoid thinking the girl may get a new pair of nostrils by those fangs.

[Mefisto76]

Yeah, Louve with the wolf's hood was the drawing everybody was receiving. But it was very cool

At the end of june Grzegorz comes to his hometown - Stalowa Wola - to open there the exhibition of his paintings in the Regional Museum.
http://www.foto.stalowka.net/_page/21267.jpg
His son Piotr is preparing the special album for this occasion. Will inform You when it happens

[RioGrande]

Very nice drawings, especially the one with the girl and her wolf hood, though I can't avoid thinking the girl may get a new pair of nostrils by those fangs.

She's a smart girl. She replaced the real fangs with rubber fangs. No Medieval Analphabet moron could tell the difference --- they trembled....

[GuestOnQuest]

She's a smart girl. She replaced the real fangs with rubber fangs. No Medieval Analphabet moron could tell the difference --- they trembled....

Hehe, yeah, I bet they did!

Mefisto, can you tell us a bit more about the festival? For example, did they interview the comic creators in front of a public? If yes, what did they say? When will the next Thorgal-album come - did Rosinski reveal anything about that? How popular is Thorgal in Poland? Tell us more, please!

[Mefisto76]

She's a smart girl. She replaced the real fangs with rubber fangs. No Medieval Mefisto, can you tell us a bit more about the festival? For example, did they interview the comic creators in front of a public? If yes, what did they say? When will the next Thorgal-album come - did Rosinski reveal anything about that? How popular is Thorgal in Poland? Tell us more, please!

Well, this Warsaw Festival is a new Comics-Covention - it's just the third edition, but it was the best one - the special guest, beasides Sur?enko and Rosinski, was Brian Bolland - the author of "Batman: Killing Joke" (with Alan Moore). I made 3 interviews - with Rosinski, Surzenko and Bolland. What I found out was:

- new Thorgal will apear in 2 years time. Grzegorz is happy Thorgal is back as the main character of the series and Jolan is the supporter.
- regarding the spin offs : Surzenko is finishing the album from the series called: "The Youth of Thorgal" - it will be named "Three sisters Minkleson" and works also on the second "Louve"-album ("Raissa" was the first one).
- Brian Bolland was happy the new edition of "The Killing Joke" (just released in Poland by EGMONT: http://www.sklep.gildia.pl/komiksy/1756 ... ojczy-zart) has got the new colours (drawn by him), 'cause it was a great opportunity to finally do that in his own way.
- I asked Grzegorz also about the rumours he was taking part in 1970 in the challenge for the "Kapten Kloss"-drawyer. He said he never heard it was any contest for it. I wrote the whole article about "Kapten Kloss" (foreign editions, differences, mistakes, etc.) - it's in polish, but You can check it out anyway here: http://www.stawkologia.pl/maciej-szatko ... ,d155.html

"Warsaw-Comics"-Festival, as I said, it's a new convention - the oldest and most famous polish Comics-Festival is the International-one, which is located in Lodz and is organised since 22 years. I'm joining it since 2007 and I met few great comics creators over there, like (except polish, like Boguslaw Polch from the polish series known in Sweden as "UNIVERSUMS GUDAR"): Milo Manara, Moebius, Simon Bisley, Eduardo Risso and Brian Azzarello and many, many more. It lasts 3 days and it's always a great time over there. Rosinski's coming there every year, too. It's the biggest convention in the southern Europe, check out their website: http://komiksfestiwal.com/en/

[Wakuran]

"Warsaw-Comics"-Festival, as I said, it's a new convention - the oldest and most famous polish Comics-Festival is the International-one, which is located in Lodz and is organised since 22 years. I'm joining it since 2007 and I met few great comics creators over there, like (except polish, like Boguslaw Polch from the polish series known in Sweden as "UNIVERSUMS GUDAR"): Milo Manara, Moebius, Simon Bisley, Eduardo Risso and Brian Azzarello and many, many more. It lasts 3 days and it's always a great time over there. Rosinski's coming there every year, too. It's the biggest convenstion in the southern Europe, check out their website: http://komiksfestiwal.com/en/

I guess you mean eastern Europe?

I've never heard of "Universums gudar". Where was it published?

[Mefisto76]

I guess you mean eastern Europe?

Of course, sorry.

I've never heard of "Universums gudar". Where was it published?

It's a pretty popular series called "Gods from the Universe" based on Erich von Daniken stories.
In Sweden there were published just 2 albums:



In Poland there were 8 albums and the special edition in 2 HC-ones:




Boguslaw Polch - the drawyer - is an often guest in Lodz. He was sitting in the same bench with Rosinski, in the high school.