- Uti vår hage (comic strip)
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Uti vår hage Christmas album 1995, with the main character Faló on the cover. © Semic/Krister Petersson
Uti vår hage (English: Out in our pasture, named after a Swedish folk song) is a Swedish comic strip, created by Krister Petersson. It originally appeared in Svenska Serier in 1981.[1] It then began a long run in 91:an (1983 - December 2001). On 5 December 2002 Uti vår hage became a bi-monthly comic, published by Egmont. It also ran briefly as a daily strip in Dagens Nyheter.
Contents
The comic strip
The main character is Faló, an immature, self-righteous, single man in his mid-30s, who lives in the small, fictional town of Mjölhagen, loosely based on a town in Småland. Lacking any obvious source of income, he nevertheless lives in his own detached villa with large garden, and runs an old Volvo Amazon. He has an extremely high opinion of himself and his own abilities, which fails to reflect the realities of his personality. For example, he considers himself to be a talented poet.
Petersson has stated that Faló is inspired by Einar Lindberg's character Sympatiska Filip, from the strip Filip och Kaspersson. Sympatiska Filip was in turn based upon Elov Persson's character Kronblom. Petersson derived the name Faló from the Argentinian singer and guitarist Eduardo Falú.[2]
Other key characters in the burlesque depiction of small-town Sweden include Faló's long-suffering girlfriend/fiancé Yvette, his stunted, thick and occasionally criminal brother Olaf, his love-rival Konrad Bärnevik, neighbours Lydén and Stryp-Enok, and the town drunk Börje Phyllerin (Fylle-Börje).
The comic book
The main strip, Uti vår hage, features in both newly-drawn stories and in republished material. In addition, the comic book includes several subsidiary strips, a crossword and a letters page ("Tyckt å tänkt Uti vår hage").
Current subsidiary strips
- Axplock, by Tobias Sjölund
- Baldo, by Hector Cantú and Carlos Castellanos
- Elvis, by Tony Cronstam
- Folk & Fä
- Gaston, by André Franquin
- Lindström
- Moppe och mobilen
- Tristan
Previous subsidiary strips
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- Kid Paddle
- Nilsson & Bengtsson, by Magnus Knutsson and David Öqvist
- Quarantän, by Camilla Eriksson
- Toftaligan
- Vi å pappa, by Krister Petersson and Gert Lozell
- Zorillerna
- Älskade hund, by Uli Stein
References
- ^ "Krister Peterson (b. 1956, Sweden)". lambiek.net. http://lambiek.net/artists/p/peterson_krister.htm. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
- ^ (in Swedish)Uti vår hage 2011 (1).
External link
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