Minna Sundberg
Minna Sundberg (born January 9, 1990) is a Swedish-speaking Finnish illustrator and cartoonist born in Sweden. She is known for the webcomics A Redtail's Dream and Stand Still. Stay Silent.
Biography
Minna Sundberg was born in Sweden in 1990 into a family of Finnish Swedes which returned to Finland in 1997. She obtained a bachelor's degree from the University of Art and Design Helsinki, Finland, Graphic Design department. At age 25, and as the first Finn,[1] she won a Reuben Award in the category Online Comics – Long Form[2]
Career
During her first year in University, planning to make a career as a webcomic artist, she made several attempts to start a "practice comic", the last of which evolved into A Redtail's Dream (aRTD).[3][4] A Redtail's Dream became a 556-page tale built around concepts from Finnish mythology.[5] Her following project was Stand Still. Stay Silent about an imaginary post-apocalyptic world set 90 years into the future.[6][7][8] The supplementary info page on "Language Families" from Stand Still. Stay Silent showing Indo-European and Uralic families was published as a poster and gained popularity[9] outside of comics fandom, earning praise[10] by linguists. While living in Mora in 2013 and 2014, she ran two Indiegogo crowdfunding campaigns successfully [11][12] to finance publishing her comics in print. Sundberg's work was cited as a representative example of the online comics' maturing genre, while her style was called "perfectly assured" and "awe-inspiring".[13] She also worked as illustrator, including cover art, for several publications.
Selected works
- Illustrations for Dragon Art. Inspiration, Impact & Technique in Fantasy Art (2009) ISBN 978-1-4351-1771-6
- Cover art for Foxhunt (2009) ISBN 978-0-578-02605-3
- Cover art for Syvyyksien valtias Original title Storlax The power of the deep (2010) ISBN 978-952-230-106-2
- Cover art for Crossed Genres Quarterly 4 (2011) ISBN 978-0-615-57863-7
- CD cover art for music band The Winter Tree (2011)
- Cover art for Legazy (2013) ISBN 978-1-908600-22-6
- Stand Still. Stay Silent. Book 1 (2015) ISSN 2342-8880 (Printed book) ISSN 2342-8899 (E-book)
- A Redtail's Dream (2014) ISBN 978-91-637-4627-7
- Cover art for Australian series of children fantasy Zarkora books. (2015)[14]
Awards
- 2015 Reuben Award by the National Cartoonists Society in the category of 'Online Comics – Long Form' for Stand Still. Stay Silent.[15]
References
- ↑ Kujala, Päivi (June 23, 2015). "Keuruu mukana palkitussa nettisarjakuvassa". Keskisuomalainen (in Finnish).
- ↑ "Reuben Awards Winners 2015". National Cartoonists Society. May 23, 2015.
- ↑ McElmurry, Todd. "POTM Interview: Minna Sundberg Of Stand Still. Stay Silent". Webcomic Alliance. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
- ↑ "A Redtail's Dream". Goodreads. 2014.
- ↑ Zapata, Jason (October 11, 2010). "The Art of Minna Sundberg". Jason Zapata.
- ↑ Mello, Carolina (December 18, 2014). "Webcomic Review: Stand Still, Stay Silent". Women Write About Comics.
- ↑ Hand, Thomas (April 29, 2015). "Review: Stand Still. Stay Silent, Minna Sundberg". The Mountain Echo.
- ↑ Nurmenniemi, Veera (July 30, 2015). "Keuruulaiset seikkailevat palkitussa sarjakuvassa" (in Finnish). Suur-Keuruu.
- ↑ Young, Holly (January 23, 2015). "A language family tree - in pictures". The Guardian.
- ↑ Tharoor, Ishaan (January 27, 2015). "This beautiful language tree shows how India is as linguistically diverse as Europe". The Washington Post.
- ↑ "A Redtail's Dream - hardcover print drive". Indiegogo. September 30, 2013.
- ↑ "Stand Still, Stay Silent - Book 1". Indiegogo. October 21, 2014.
- ↑ Lehoczky, Etelka (January 31, 2016). "A Sampler Of Web Comics To Keep You Clicking". NPR.
- ↑ "The Journey So Far ...". The Zarkora chronicles. Retrieved June 16, 2015. Scroll down to find the information.
- ↑ Cavna, Michael (May 24, 2015). "2015 Reubens: Roz Chast's big award caps a winning event for women creators". The Washington Post.
External links
- Official website "Webcomics by Minna Sundberg"
- Independent Fan-forum "The Stand Still, Stay Silent Fan-Forum"