Fredrik: Today is the first day of my paternity leave. 9 weeks of just taking it easy, doing some comics, reading books and a lot of midget wrestling.
In fact knowing my son it will probably be mostly midget wrestling all day long.
It’s not easy to dress someone when they are headbutting you at the same time!
In Sweden you get paid by the state for taking care of your kids, so I guess you could say that I am a professional midget wrestler for the next 9 weeks.
Huge thanks to essentialwebcomics.com for featuring Biff Zongo on their website!
We’ve got fan art again! This awesome portrait of Stingo Slimeball is from John Will Balsley. Mr Balsley has surely captured the true essense of the smelly green alien slug, don’t you think?
Check out Balsley’s comics, illustrations and other great stuff at www.jwbalsleycomix.com.
Cheers JW!
It’s fanart time again, and this time it’s Max Gustafson who contributes with this lovely portrait of Biff with some shit eating douchbag in a leech (actually it’s a pervo named Bruno Dürchtoffelf).
A couple of nights ago Max had drunk a couple of Brooklyn Lager and felt a drawing urge, and moments later this disgusting masterpiece was made. And actually it’s the first fan art EVER without Coco the Crazy Clown!
Thank you Max!
Most people say that less is more.
Well if that’s true then nothing is the most.
First of all, I don’t even like most people. Second of all more is more.
I mean of course it is.
And too much is even more than that!
If this comic was a pizza it would be extra everything:
-Are you sure you want five types of cheese, three kinds of sauce, prosciutto di Parma and extra sausage on the pizza?
-Yes, too much is just right! And after this I’m going to Starbucks and I’m going to order the biggest dolce creme frappuccino they’ve got and ask them for extra everything on it!
So if you know the truth … that more is more and too much is even more than that.
Then this is the comic for you.
Fatty!
And I mean that in the best possible way.
I know we can’t have extra everything every day (heart attacks and stuff).
Twice a week is the exact right number for extra everything.
Let’s say, Mondays and Thursdays.
Hope to see you soon again.
The very best regards.
Fredrik Sjöholm
It’s Coco the Crazy Clown AGAIN!
This time by Swedish cartoonist/animator P-G Lidström.
Well actually P-G was our first fan artist. He drew and gave us this one in november last year.
Thanks P-G!
Once again Biff Zongo encounters Coco the Crazy Clown (the wrestler seems to be a very popular character), and what happens next must be very unpleasant for Biff.
Check out more of Jonas stuff at Trevliga Scenarion.
Thank you Jonas!
Coco the Crazy Clown vs. Biff Zongo made by Swedish cartoonist Daniel Lenneér.
Daniel asked Jan to do a fanart for his comic Ångestmannen (Anxiety Man) and draw this in return. Don’t you think it’s awesome!!? It seems every time poor Biff encounters the 300 pound maniac wrestler Coco he gets hurt. Really hurt.
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Webcomics Weekly Description: Four famous webcartoonists talk about webcomics. Informative and surprisingly funny!
The Sound of Young America Description: A show about things that are awesome. The program features host Jesse Thorn, who refers to himself as “America’s Radio Sweetheart,” interviewing personalities in arts and culture, with a special focus on comedy.
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TEDTalks Audio Podcasts Podcast versions of TEDTalks. Some of my favorite lectures: Barry Schwartz, Bjorn Lomborg, Dan Ariely, Dan Gilbert, Dan Pink, Ken Robinson, Malcolm Gladwell, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Steven Levitt, and Steven Pinker.
Skeptoid Description: Skeptoid is a weekly science podcast dedicated to furthering knowledge by blasting away the widespread pseudosciences that infect popular culture, and replacing them with way cooler reality. Each weekly episode focuses on a single phenomenon — an urban legend, a paranormal claim, alternative therapy, or something just plain stupid.
Escape from Illustration Island Podcast Description: Weekly conversations with Illustrators, Art Directors, Art Reps, and other creative professionals about the Illustration industry.
I also like these three Swedish podcasts.
If you don’t understand Swedish you can stop reading now 
The Johan Wanloo Show Beskrivning: Sveriges bästa serietecknare genom alla tider (i mitt tycke i alla fall) rockar loss med en podcast som är lika galen som hans serier!
P3 Dokumentär Beskrivning: P3 Dokumentär är programmet som blickar bakåt, gräver i arkiven och pratar med dom som var med när det hände, där det hände. Min favoritepisod är nog “tattarkravallerna” i Jönköping 1948. Jag är från Jönköping och kände inte ens till incidenten.
Skeptikerpodden Ifrågasätter pseudovetenskap, vidskepelse och övernaturliga fenomen. Allt under ledning av den alltid lika trevliga John Houdi och en redaktion med kunskaper inom bland annat kritiskt tänkande, vetenskap, trolleri, medicin, psykologi med mera.
Fredrik: There is a really nice article about me and Jan on the new site Inkers Allstars.
“Inkers Allstars” are a bunch of some of the best Swedish cartoonists. People like Max Gustafson, Nickan Jonasson, Jonas Darnell, Malin Biller, Alf Woxnerud and Jimmy Wallin. If you are not Scandinavian you have probably newer heard of any of them, but let me tell you that’s a pretty strong line up!
It is of course a huge honor for me and Jan to be the first “guest inkers” on the new page and we are really happy about it. Nickan who wrote the article are Swedish just like me and Jan so just like everything on this page it’s in Swenglish.
Check it out!
Jan: We provided them with an exclusive strip. So if you consider yourself a die hard Biff Zongo-fan, you simply got to move your ass over there and read it!!
http://www.inkersallstars.com/2011/02/06/biff-zongo/#more-152
