Mina Mörkaste Hemligheter (My Darkest Secrets)

Hello ya'll!!

Most of the time, living life is a great thing.
But, sometimes, you experience people and/or circumstances you cannot control. I guess we all do from time time. At least, I know my life surely hasn't always been a dance upon pretty flowers.

A few months ago, I made terapeuthic comic, for myself. Now, I've decided to share it, and it can be found at Tjejjouren.se's webpage. (direct link to the article)


Tjejouren is a Swedish "young women's empowerment center". Don't hesitate to contact them if you feel the need for support. It's free and you can be anonymous.

Tons of love and peace!
// Fanny

Trip sketchdump!

Decided to actually scan in some pictures from my ever present little black sketch book. In this beloved book, I write down my thoughts, feelings, event of the day, important things, lists of stuff to do, recepies and doodle. Simply: it's something I cannot be without. It's always with me in my backpack or purse.
So, here's some of the (many of them very quick) drawings from my trip to the US this summer.

- June 24th - This was actually drawn before the trip, but was too cute not to show! A pic of me carrying my moving boxes :)

- Wednesday, June 30th - waiting in New York, passing time drawing a hat. That was SUCH a long trip!

- JFK, June 30th, getting irritated, with people not being curteous enough to stand still while I sneak-draw them (or, maybe I should just draw quicker?)

- June 30th, waiting in Detroit.. And waiting and waiting..

- June 30th - already missing him..

- July 12th - blew a tire while driving the grain cart. Instead of stareing at the COOP guy who was changeing it, I drew the closest thing at hand; huge vehicles! *loves*

- still waiting at the tire-change.. missing my girl..

- July 17th - CBA (colorado bowhunter's association) jamboree. Had gone a few days without drawing, and was too shy to ask any of the boys to let me draw them, so I ended up drawing a vehicle.. again..

- Tuesday, July 20th - Jordan and I are stuck in the mountains, drinking margeritas in the dark and talking longingly about men.. Oddly enough; I ended up craveing a cigarett; something I'd NEVER done before! I mean, come on, I don't even smoke!! But, three weeks without my man, well, I guess I needed one .. (no, Mom, I didn't smoke, I just really badly wanted to!) (the text reads: drawing in the dark.. HARD!)

- July 23rd - doodling a potential dragon-book character while staying with my pal Philip :)

- Thursday, july 29th - A selfportrait, on the plane crossing the Atlantic ocean.

- July 30th - Amsterdam. I cannot see how the passport-clerk possibly could think I still looked like a princess, even after a over nine hour flight! (or, maybe it was about the pink camo-hat that read (in rhinestones) "princess" (curtesy of Elisa)).

Well, I hope you found that interesting! Myself, I really enjoy looking at other artist's scribbles, and I hope mine weren't too hard on the eyes :)

Well, now I'm going back to reading my chic-lit!

I don't know why, but I've ended up reading that "low quality literature", but, hey I kinda like it.. Guess I'm getting old.. Or just.. well.. old.

Love, peace, over 'n out!

// Fanny

Compact living.

Slow on updates, but here we go...
It's been almost a month since I got back to Malmö, Sweden after spending a memorable month with my American friends and family in Colorado. Thank you guys!

Since then, well, it's been interesting. Quite hectic at times, but nothing I can't handle.
I still haven't found an apartment, which means that I'm still homeless, more or less. I don't have to live out on the streets, really, but I don't have a place of my own just yet. I've been all over, but I guess it just hasn't worked out with the ones I've looked at so far. Just gotta keep looking, I guess. Meanwhile, the best boyfriend in the world (this based on my own personal experience) let's me stay with him. It's small, but we make it work. Lots of love :D



With only one room in the apartment, there's really no space for me to sit and work at my drawings. Luckily, Dotterbolaget's studio's all up and running, so I've spent some time there and it's been working out real well. Most of the others went to Finland for a week a little while ago, and it sure was lonesome without them. But, now they're back, and things will go back to normal. (I'll post pictures later of the studio)

Also, the job-hunting's gone so-so.
I got hired at this one place, but they turned out to be real shady and I didn't feel comfortable there, so I resigned less than 24 hours after getting the job. But, I've learned from that experience, and am still working hard, looking for a job.

On the upside of things (except having tons of loving and supporting people around me) the work with my childrens' book's been progressing very well.. (I'll keep you updated on this ~.^)

Also, I've been given the honor to help out and be the coordinator for the Swedish Comic Society's "live stage" at the Book Fair in Gothenburg next month. There's tons of preparations to do, but it's very fun, and a learning experience for me :) I'll post more info on events and such once we've got the schedule together.

And at Mangakai Lund we're planning our annual small, one-day convention to the first part of October! Be there or be square!

Aaaand~ I'm taking a computer's (HTML and CSS) class at the university, starting Wednesday, so that'll be interesting.

I guess that's all for now. I better get back to try finding a job and a place to live. Or, no, I'll go with my favorite Yoda quote; "Do or do not, there is no try!" So, I guess that means I WILL find a job and apartment.. Wish me best of luck!

Love, peace, over and out!
// Fanny

View from the top!

There. I FINALLY did it!
I've climbed a mountain :DD

Went to the Rocky Mountains with my friend Jordan and her family this week, it was lovely! Tons of fun. And, yes, we did climb a mountain :3 My first one! It's called Hoosier Ridge, Summit, CO/Park 6, it's on the Continental divider and 12,331 feet high :DD

View from mountain-side, climbing upwards..

Not quite, but getting there!

View from the top!

Me and Jordan, exhausted but happy :)

There were some weird-looking rock piles on the top.. But the view sure was pretty! (note, rain clouds!)

Well, it was blowing SO hard, and the air is very light up there! It's hard to breathe! Now I understand why climbers say that you're outta breath, beacause, well, it's true! I'm used to being at sea-level, so being this far up really made my head spin, but I was very determined to reach the top. And, I can be pretty stubborn about things when I want to...

And, it was GORGEOUS up there! No wind on the top, strangely enough.. Flowers and some bees, sunshine on our faces :)

Well, going down, we heard thunder, and Jordan said:
"I don't mean to panic you, but we gotta RUN!"
So, we more or less had to "run" down the mountain (running is hard, in that angle, high up, going down, but we really had to hustle!). There was thunder and lightning and wind. Pretty soon the rain came, and with the rain; hail. And, let me tell you something; hail HURTS! And, we were well-above the tree-line (which means we were too high up for trees to grow), so we had nowhere to hide..

Anyways, we made it down, wet and cold, but happy.
Then we spent the rest of the day reading, under the covers, in the camper.

Ah, good times <3 onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV9sVj9Lw550BE4xDqrhGJkQHWG4aK4YmC05-Au60Gyj4PAEtsh5Qee_bcXjWh_rR58DTAINugey5Jt9iAmMf9yW4crrkkvbnrD8nuPx_mJ874rGyyFoghuSIa7geQg5rNkYtIyi4pzss/s1600/IMG_0269.JPG">Sorry, just HAD to show you this...
This is.. Bear-spray. Yes, bear-spray! XDDD If a bear attacks you, well, you can't really stand a chance to a bear, but here's what you can use; bear-spray! (kinda like mace).. Just thought this was SO funny.. Still, I held on to that bottle.. very hard..

Fanny on the Farm! :DD

Hello ya'll!

Just writing to let my Swedish friends and family know that I've arrived safe and sound in Holyoke, Colorado, USA!

(flying over Colorado, close to Denver!)

** Watch out, great nag:ness ahead!! **

There was SUCH a big hassle flying over!

At the Copenhagen Airport, I learned that my flight had been cancelled (note that I booked, and paid for my tickets, MONTHS ago, but got no info on this from my travel agency!), then got reinstated, but I'd been put out of their system, and they didn't even know if they put me on a plane to New York that day. In the end, they could, but they couldn't put me on a plane to Denver from New York, until the 1st. So either I'd go back to Sweden that day, and go on the 1st, or I could go then (the 29th) to New York, spend the night there, then go to Detroit and from Detroit to Denver on the 30th. Which I did. I had my mind set on going, and I WAS leaving. I had packed all my bags and said "bye for now" to my friends and family! I didn't back down, and in the end I went...

So, to say the least, it was a VERY long travel, and I must admit I've never been so rudely met as I was in New York by the Delta employees. Big let down.. Ah, well, the plane from Detroit to Denver got delayed as well, due to maintainance problems, but it all worked out in the end. Gail, my "american Mom", came and picked me up at the airport last night, which was really nice of her! It was SO good to see her! I've missed everyone over here so much!! It's been three years since my last visit. That is: too long!

I've only been here since yesterday, but already had the time to see a few people, and do some yardwork.. Tonight, we're hopefully going out to dinner. I'll enjoy that. :)

(My carry-on was STUFFED with books! It must have weighted about 15 kg or so (at least!))


Well, I'm looking forward to spending time with my American friends and family for the month I'm staying here :) Hopefully I'll come around to update this blog at least some time during this time.

Please feel free to email me at any time, but please note that I will not be cheking my inbox every day.


Love, peace, over n' out!

// Fanny

My Darling Elizabeth meets the End of The World

So, today I finally finished inking the last pages for my zombie high school romance-story My Darling Elizabeth.

Below is a preview panel from the comic. Enjoy!
(further info will be presented later)


"The End is Here and You're Invited!"
That's the title of the Comic Art School´s exhibition this week! Don't miss out!
Thursday the 10th of June is the opening between 19.00-21.00. Then it's exhibition Friday thru Sunday;
- Friday 12.00-18.00
- Saturday 12.00-18.00
- Sunday 12.00-18.00
Location; Serieskolan, Kvarnby Folkhögskola, Röda huset, Industrigatan 4, 212 14 Malmö
Art, great people and fanzines! What more could one wish for!?

Hope to see you then!

Love and peace
// Fanny

Zombies galore! :D

Hello ya'll!

Summer's finally come to southern Sweden!
It's late this year... Last year I was at the beach in Lomma in May. Today was the first day I went to school without a jacket (my hoddie was sufficient enough)! Well, it's sweet outside, and I'm enjoying myself!

My current comics-project is a re-make of my "old" Elizabeth. A zombie story.

Here I've tried to use both my "clean" inking and "dirty" one, to give effect and a scary feeling to the pages. I'm having lots of fun with this! Yesterday I got the 5th page inked, and I hope to be done altogether by Friday (so I can spend the weekend adding gray-scales. This I haven't used on any of my comics before, so it'll be interesting how it all turns out :3)

My next project will also be a zombie story, and my first time working with a manuscript written by someone else. A challange I'm looking forward to! I've done a few character doodles, but will not start sketching until My Darling Elizabeth is finished :)

Well, I have a feeling I'm TOO MUCH into zombies ATM. I even had a nightmare with zombies at a airport a few nights ago! DD: That's a first!

Below are the cover illustration for My Darling Elizabeth and page 4. Enjoy!

Love, peace and zombies! <3

// Fanny