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11 Sep Bridging the gap between comics and picture books

When I was a teenager, during the 90s, all I wanted to become was a comic book artist, inspired by artists like Jim Lee and his work for X-Men. But most of all I was fascinated by Japanese manga. I grew up fully immersed in the ...

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09 Sep My new book about Swedish monarchs is out!

After almost two years of work, countless hours of researching historical sources, and just shy of 100 illustrations, mine and Linda Linnskog Rudh’s book about Swedish monarchs is finally complete and available in bookstores! ...

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07 Sep New books: September release

If you find yourself by chance in a Swedish bookstore, you’ll find two more books I have illustrated earlier in 2019. Mystyerieklubben och ubåten (‘The Mystery Club and the Submarine’) is part 2 of the new book ...

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03 Sep Map and illustrations for Ale’s Stones information panels

Back in mid-2018 Statens Fastighetsverk contacted me to create a map of Ale’s Stones and the town of Kåseberga, together with a handful of illustrations to be used in brand new information panels on location. After a long ...

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06 Apr New book series: Mysterieklubben

I’m very proud and excited to announce that author Patrik Bergström’s and mine new children’s book series Mysterieklubben (The Mystery Club) is finally out in bookstores across Sweden with the first installment ...

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07 Feb New books in the mailbox!

I recently got artist copies of a few books I had worked on in 2018. That is one of the best start of 2019 one could possibly have! It is always a very exciting moment, especially when the project is long concluded and you had ...

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20 Nov New books from the Gothenburg Book Fair – part I

This edition of the Göteborg Book Fair – the largest literary festival in Scandinavia and the second largest book fair in Europe after the Frankfurt Book Fair – has been quite special for me, as two of the books I have ...

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    My name is Filippo Vanzo and I am a Stockholm-based, Italy-born-and-raised freelance illustrator and cartographer.

    I create images for a wide variety of industries and purposes, such as books, games, advertising, museums, magazines, and for private use.

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