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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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16 Aug I spent six days in Lappland painting landscapes and nature!

This summer I’ve been busy with several projects (more on them soon), but I managed to carve out some time for a week-long painting workshop in Saxnäs, in the southern part of the Swedish Lappland. The workshop was led by ...

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13 Jun New Release: The Higlhand Regions map pack

I have released a new map on my DriveThruRPG store: The Highlands Regions pack! It is a set of 4 regional maps inspired by the Scottish Highlands. Expect lots of wetlands, deep ice-age lakes, rugged fjords and islands! Dungeon/Game ...

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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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27 Aug A guide to Stockholm’s nature

Holding the product of your efforts in your hand is always a nice feeling, especially when the project in question has taken up a big chunk of your time over the span of several months. And if it happens to be something that you are ...

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24 Aug Nominated for Publishing Prize 2018

Very humbled and proud that mine and Lena Arro’s book Från Döda fallet till Ales stenar has been nominated for Publishing Prize 2018 in the category ‘Non-fiction Books for Children and Young Adults’. Big thank you ...

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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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