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Gunnar Krantz

@gunnarkrantz.bsky.social

Professor at Malmö University, comics artist. Comics research, riso, Töpffer, materiality and methods. Malmö University Comics Hub/ much

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KRÖNIKA: Mitt kvarter på Möllan har blivit rikt och städat – jag sörjer Bagdad Livs Det är som att det har dragits en osynlig gräns över torget. Rika Ängelholmsgatan i norr, och fattiga Ystadsgatan i syd.

Mattias Oscarsson skriver om kvarteren jag skildrade i Nollad (1995). www.sydsvenskan.se/2025-08-10/m...

11.08.2025 08:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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My new exhibition. Solidaroperan at Rum för serier in Malmö opened today

03.06.2025 13:30 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Two new Töpffer books
on the same day. That must be a record!

27.05.2025 14:48 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Storm P’s iconic hobos are still in use in what is probably the best beer commercial ever. “Hey Perikles-when does a Tuborg taste best?” “Every time!” From STORM-museum Copenhagen.

25.05.2025 07:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Students from the Graphic Design program at Malmoe University exhibit at Rum för serier, Friisgatan12 in Malmoe

25.05.2025 07:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Why people prefer Malmoe over Stockholm. Malmoe is a small big city, while Stockholm is a big small town. Images from my contribution to a new anthology about Malmoe

25.05.2025 07:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The trouble with AI art isn’t just lack of originality. It’s something far bigger | Eric Reinhart When artwork is invented by a machine, it loses its most important power: to help people connect. In an already lonely era, that is particularly dangerous

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20.05.2025 19:14 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
Litografiska Museet ARBETSLIVSMUSEUM – LITOGRAFISK VERKSTAD – UTSTÄLLNINGAR

Very proud to have been awarded Cecilia Frisendals grant to do lithographic work for one year at www.litografiskamuseet.se

10.05.2025 10:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Samtal med Horst + samtal – Panora Södra Sveriges största arthousebiograf!

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Film about the Swedish comics revolution in the 1980’s followed by discussion where I will give my view of how it was to work at the publishing company Epix

04.05.2025 08:14 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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From the amazing exhibition on picture books at Lunds Konsthall with (among others) Kitty Crowthe (Belgium), Isol (Argentina), Jon Klassen (Canada), Eva Lindström (Sweden), Azul López (Mexico), Jockum Nordström (Sweden), Shaun Tan (Australia), Øyvind Torseter (Norway), JooHee Yoon (USA).

24.04.2025 16:12 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Wonderful #storacoop at Visby Gotland.

23.04.2025 16:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Comics Cultural Impact Collective Makes the Case to the UK Government for £1.5 Million Funding for Comics – Broken Frontier More news of the work of the Comics Cultural Impact Collective who are pushing for adequate funding for comics in the UK.

Last week at Broken Frontier...

The Comics Cultural Impact Collective Makes the Case to the UK Government for £1.5 Million Funding for Comics.

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20.04.2025 18:39 — 👍 13    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 1
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Visit at the Comic Con Museum in San Diego, Balboa Park

19.04.2025 19:05 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

There!

29.03.2025 16:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I was there

28.03.2025 20:28 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Risography is originally a stencil duplication technique that was invented by no other than Thomas Alva Edison. Inspired by the ticker tape teleprinter, he came up with an Electric Pen with an incision needle that made tiny holes in waxed paper that could then be rolled with ink to make copies.

28.03.2025 19:22 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Thrilling to see where the new Museum of Art will be installed in Malmö

27.03.2025 20:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Doktorand i medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap: berättande Malmö universitet är ett nyskapande, urbant och internationellt lärosäte som tack vare engagerade och erfarna

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26.03.2025 17:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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PhD-position open to comics research at Malmö Universitet

26.03.2025 05:48 — 👍 5    🔁 6    💬 2    📌 0
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Svenska serier slår i Frankrike – men tecknarna måste lära sig franska Språkförbistringen är ett problem skriver Malmöprofessorn Gunnar Krantz.

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24.03.2025 11:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Un invite d'honneur : Jack Lang | INA

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Edritors of Metal Hurlant,Dionnet & Maneuvre in an interview with Minister of Culture Jack Lang. About the inclusion of comics in the French Cultural Heritage.

22.03.2025 07:42 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Chantal Montellier à propos de son oeuvre | INA

Metal hurlant editors Dionnet & Maneuvre interview Chantal Montellier in 1982 www.ina.fr/ina-eclaire-...

21.03.2025 20:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Haha. Trädgårdspaletten😄 vilket ställe

19.03.2025 16:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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On the big screen at Malmö university. The exhibition ends this Friday

19.03.2025 10:32 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Can children create art? A Swedish artist says no. Only professional artists have that ability. My painting from 1969 disputes this statement.

18.03.2025 06:47 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Swedish comic books from @seriearkivet on display at @panora in Malmö

16.03.2025 14:24 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

PhD-position in storytelling incl.comics at Malmo university web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/101...

14.03.2025 06:29 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
Doktorand i medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap: berättande Malmö universitet är ett nyskapande, urbant och internationellt lärosäte som tack vare engagerade och erfarna

PhD-position open for Comics research at Malmö University

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13.03.2025 19:47 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Berättelsen om Solidar som seriekonst | Malmö universitet Forskaren och serietecknaren Gunnar Krantz ville testa en ny tryckteknik och behövde en berättelse. Resultatet blev 95 bilder om Malmö och Solidars roll i folkhemsbygget, som nu ställs ut på Malmö uni...

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About my poster-comic in A2-riso at Malmö University

12.03.2025 18:22 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Great opening today! Lots of interest in the story of Solidar and the cooperative movement. Risoprinted A2-comic ant Malmö University

04.03.2025 16:01 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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