Lillstark

Lillstark burst onto the Swedish comics scene in 1992, debuting in the pages of MegaPyton — a publication from Atlantic Förlags AB that carved out its own corner of the Copper/Modern Age with a distinctly Scandinavian sensibility. Created by Mikael Grahn and Elisabeth Engstrand Sparring, this character shares their world with a wonderfully offbeat cast including Storstark, Pervo-Kris, Redaktörn, Berra, and Wunder-Bjarne, suggesting a publication with a sharp, irreverent personality all its own. With nine catalogued appearances across a run stretching into the mid-nineties, Lillstark may be a compact presence, but for collectors with a taste for the more adventurous edges of European comics history, that's exactly what makes them a rewarding discovery.