August 31, 2010
Oskar Forsgren, 1986-2010
The Swedish cartoonist and illustrator
Oksar Forsgren has died, according to word
passed along by Joakim Gunnarsson and confirmed in the comments thread by someone speaking to a family member.
A young cartoonist who was beginning to score professional opportunities in illustration and in comics, Forsgren placed work long-running and now defunct children's publication
Bamse. He won the professional class cartooning contest held by the magazine
Herman Hedning for two comedy series entries,
Hundliv and
Ledans Lustgard. He placed illustrations and comics in the
Vasterbotten Courier and provided advertising-related drawings to a company called Stockholm Design.
In his blog, Forsgren talked about a variety of projects both picture-books and comics amid a torrent of posts detailing anecdotes from his personal life, analyzing other cartoonists, and even describing a rejection or two. He cited
Blankets as a favorite comics memoir.
A service will be held on September 17.
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