Tony Cronstam
Encyclopedia
Tony Cronstam is a Swedish
cartoonist
.
An illustrator of role-playing games for Target Games
during the 1980s, he made his debut as a cartoonist with the future-based strip Provet (The Test) in Svenska Serier (no. 3/90). In 1990 he began drawing Bamse
, and was the principal Bamse artist between 1998-2001. He taught at comic school from 1999-2004.
Together with Maria Cronstam, he created the comic strip
Elvis
in 2000, for publication in Metro Stockholm. Elvis won the prestigious Adamson Award in 2004.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
cartoonist
Cartoonist
A cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing cartoons. This work is usually humorous, mainly created for entertainment, political commentary or advertising...
.
An illustrator of role-playing games for Target Games
Target Games
Target Games was a Swedish publisher of role-playing games active from 1980 until the year 1999 when they went into bankruptcy proceedings.-Publications:...
during the 1980s, he made his debut as a cartoonist with the future-based strip Provet (The Test) in Svenska Serier (no. 3/90). In 1990 he began drawing Bamse
Bamse
Bamse – Världens starkaste björn is a Swedish cartoon created by Rune Andréasson. The highly popular children's cartoon first emerged as a series of television short films as well as a weekly half page Sunday strip in 1966, before being published periodically in its own comic magazine since...
, and was the principal Bamse artist between 1998-2001. He taught at comic school from 1999-2004.
Together with Maria Cronstam, he created the comic strip
Comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....
Elvis
Elvis (comic strip)
Elvis is a Swedish comic strip created in 2000 by Tony Cronstam for the free daily newspaper Metro, as well as other more local newspapers....
in 2000, for publication in Metro Stockholm. Elvis won the prestigious Adamson Award in 2004.
Further reading
(all in Swedish)- Vivvi Toikkanen: ”Elvis en antihjälte med charm”, MetroMetro InternationalMetro International is a Swedish media company based in Luxembourg that publishes the Metro newspapers. Metro International's advertising sales have grown at a compound annual growth rate of 41% since launch of the first newspaper edition in 1995. It is a freesheet, meaning that distribution is...
2000-10-16. - Fredrik Strömberg: ”The king is back! – en intervju med ’Elvis’ skapare Tony Cronstam”, Bild & Bubbla nr 2/2002.
- Thomas Swedin (red.): ”En dröm för många, verklighet för vissa”, www.bamse.net 2004-03-30.
- Snorre S Mathiesen: ”Cronstam – under skalet”, www.utivarhage.has.it 2004-11-25.
- Celia Wilson Stahl: ”’Vi skriver om vår vardag!’”, Hennes nr 12/2005.