Galago #1/1993 (37)

In this sharp satire from Galago #1/1993, Galne Calle—clearly a caricature of Carl Bildt—hypes a surreal "sale" of Sweden, pitching the elimination of social safety nets with deadpan flair. With a typeset lettering style that mimics real ads, the story parodies political rhetoric through absurdity, selling off everything from welfare to pensions with a straight face.

In "Backstage," a young woman's night out turns into a surreal backstage encounter with her rock idol Folke. Drawn in by the glamour and music, she leaves her boyfriend behind—only to find the fame she imagined is far from the connection she hoped for.

In a quietly absurd moment of 1993, Pertti Pechfogel is on his way to the attic to end it all—only to find a minister trapped in a stuck elevator. With deadpan resolve, he demands five hundred kronor for the rescue, turning a moment of despair into an unlikely negotiation.

In a surreal twist of domestic satire, Barbara is struck by severe abdominal pain only to discover she’s about to give birth—prompting her partner Kent to respond with baffling practicality. Instead of stitching up her cesarean incision, Kent decides to build a car from her, turning the moment of childbirth into an absurd, body-horror-infused act of DIY.

David Nessle and Joakim Lindengren team up to create a comic series, but their visions quickly clash—Joakim wants to spotlight Siewert Öholm and his cheerful, lavemangskanna-fueled adventures, while David is set on a comedic take on Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus. The mismatched ambitions turn their collaboration into a hilariously tangled experiment in creative differences.

Geir och Odd sitter hemma på nyårsafton, trötta men med kaffe och öl i kylskåpet, när några vänner dyker upp – och plötsligt blir det mer än en kväll i krogen. En kväll som inte går som planerat, men kanske ändå blir minnesvärd.