Frode Øverli

Template:Short description Template:Infobox comics creator Frode Øverli (born 15 August 1968 in Bergen, Norway) is a Norwegian comic strip cartoonist, considered one of the most successful in Scandinavia.

Biography

He began his career in 1984 when his parodies of The Phantom became a regular feature in the Norwegian publication of the Phantom serial comic book.<ref name="Samtiden-Pondus">Template:Cite journalPDF Template:Webarchive Template:In lang</ref> At that time, Frode was still a student, but dedicated much of his time to writing.

Two years later, he was a regular cartoonist for the recently launched humour magazine Pyton, notable for its gratuitous toilet humour. In the beginning he illustrated stories written by authors Dag E. Kolstad, John Kåre Raake, and later Bjørn Ousland. However, he eventually resigned to write his own material, as it was limited what the others could write for him. The best known comic strips from his Pyton period are Deep Shit Junkies, a comic about a heavy metal band, and Birger-Egil, about a pair of siamese twins with completely different personalities.<ref name="Samtiden-Pondus"/>

In 1997 he decided to start working on his own, and eventually split with Pyton. He created a strip first titled A-laget, about three soccer supporters, but the concept evolved into what became the strip Pondus, one of Scandinavia's most successful comic strips of all time. Along with Pondus, he also created two other comics series, Riskhospitalet (The Risk Hospital - a wordplay on the name of prominent Norwegian hospital, Rikshospitalet (National Hospital)), but Øverli discontinued this series when Pondus gained unexpected popularity. In 2000 he began creating the single panel cartoon Rutetid (a pun on "transportation schedule" and "time for a panel"), published in Pondus and other publications.<ref name="Samtiden-Pondus"/>

Øverli is a cartoonist, considered one of the most successful in Scandinavia. He has received the Norwegian Sproing Award twice; in 1998 following the first Pondus album, Alt for Norge (All for Norway, named after Harald V's royal motto) and in 2003 for the Pondus Christmas album Pondus Julespesial. In 2006 he received the prestigious Swedish Adamson Award.<ref name="tv2-sept22">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In addition to his cartoon work, Øverli has provided illustrations for several books.

He currently lives on the Norwegian west-coast island Askøy.<ref name="askøyværingen">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Bibliography

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Comic strips

Series	Years	Publication
The Deep Shit Junkies	c.1989-1996	Pyton
Birger-Egil	c.1992-1996	Pyton
Pondus	1995–present	Pondus
Jubben & Toxi	1996–1999	Bellona Magasin
Riskhospitalet	1997–2000	Geek
Rutetid	2000–present	Pondus

Norwegian volumes

Series	Year	Publisher	ISBN
Pondus
1. Første omgang	2001	Schibsted	Template:ISBN
2. Andre omgang	2002	Schibsted	Template:ISBN
3. Hat trick	2003	Schibsted	Template:ISBN
4. Flat firer	2004	Schibsted	Template:ISBN
5. Fem rette	2005	Schibsted	Template:ISBN
6. 0-6	2006	Schibsted	Template:ISBN
7. Sju lange og sju breie	2007	Egmont	Template:ISBN
8. 8. Divisjon	2008	Egmont	Template:ISBN
9. Nummer 9	2009	Egmont	Template:ISBN
Riskhospitalet	2004	Schibsted	Template:ISBN

French volumes

Series	Year	Publisher	ISBN
Pondus
1. Première mi-temps	2005	Odin	Template:ISBN
2. Seconde mi-temps	2006	Odin	Template:ISBN

Awards

• 1998: Sproing Award, for Pondus, Alt for Norge <ref name="NTF-sproinglist">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 2003: Sproing Award, for Pondus, Julespesial
• 2006: Adamson Award, for Pondus <ref name="BT-sept23">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Sources

• Frode Øverli and Pondus dossier Avistegnernes hus Template:In lang

Footnotes

External links

• Frode Øverli biography on Lambiek Comiclopedia
• Pondus official site Template:In lang