Swedish Comics 1
Anneli Furmark Anneli Furmark (b. 1962) grew up i
n Luleå in northern Sweden. She is a visual artist and comic artist and published her first graphic volume, Labyrinterna och andra serier (‘The Labyrinths and Other Comics’) in 2002. She studied at the Umeå Academy of Fine Arts and has enjoyed a lengthy career as a respected artist. Her images are characterised by a closeness to nature and its variations. She displays a rare talent in her graphic works for depicting warmth and fragility in interpersonal relationships, and especially people’s insignificance in relation to the marvels of nature. She provides ample evidence of this in her latest book, Jordens medelpunkt (‘The Centre of the Earth’, Kartago, 2012) about a family’s holiday in Iceland. It’s a dazzlingly beautiful union between the striking landscape, an enthusiastic mum and a teenager’s unshakeable boredom. 21