For 10 years Strand Comics has published comic strips in newspapers and magazines in Scandinavia and beyond. During this time we have brought through a new generation of Scandinavian comic strips with a more contemporary, adult humour than their traditional American counterparts. Our comics have been enormously successful in Scandinavia, and have now gained a foothold in several European newspapers, too.

Through more than 350 newspaper and magazine deals, Strand Comics has contributed to revitalising comic pages in many newspapers, with the series of 'Rocky', 'Nemi', Pondus, 'General Hoopsital' and 'Square one'. This has led to more youths and young adults enjoying comics in the paper. In addition, the 'Nemi' strips have contributed to drawing female readers to newspaper comic pages.

Rocky by Martin Kellerman is the biggest comics success in Sweden in recent years. Martin Kellerman has used animal characters to depict himself and his friends, and mercilessly exploited his own situation with intelligent, pungent humour. His series also has great literary qualities, and in the winter of 2005/2006 the respected American publisher, Fantagraphics, published “Rocky - the big payback”. Last year Rocky came out in French, Italian, Spanish and Danish. New Rocky books also appeared in Swedish and Norwegian. This summer book 2 will be published by Fantagraphics.

Martin Kellerman has also written and directed a successful stage version of Rocky, which played to packed theatres for six months in Sweden. It also enjoyed great success in Norway and Finland. There are now plans for a feature-length animated film, as well as 13 animated short films for TV.

Rocky is available as daily strips, weekly half pages and whole pages.

Nemi by Lise is a sparky, humorous comic strip about a sharp-tongued, cynical, romantic and socially critical girl with her heart in the right place. Helped by her sense of humour, Nemi is able to remain calm in a stressful world. Nemi pokes fun at the perceived male role in society, as well as that of women. Lise is one of very few female cartoon creators, and while Nemi is read by both boys and girls, it is no secret that Lise has helped to attract a new readership of girls and young women to magazine shelves and the cartoon sections in newspapers. 

Nemi has got a monthly magazine with a circulation of 70,000 in Norway. Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Germany also have their own Nemi magazines and books. Nemi is printed in more than 130 newspapers, magazines and websites in the Nordic countries and the UK.

Nemi is available as daily strips and whole page sunday strips.

Pondus by Frode Øverli is the biggest hit in all of Scandinavia. It is a modern, inclusive family series which can be read out of chronological order, but is constructed in sequences and tells longish stories about two friends, Pondus and Jokke, and their unconventional families. There is a broad array of characters, of diverse ages, and the continual development of personalities and plot from one day to the next gives Pondus a variety and freshness that is unusual for this medium.

The popularity of Pondus is a remarkable example of how the comics market in the Nordic countries is changing. It is moving away from yesterday's successes to new, Nordic series that have more relevance for the readers of today. Pondus is printed daily in more than 140 newspapers and websites in five countries. With its massive sales of magazines and books, Pondus has become the greatest Nordic comics success ever. Pondus has got his own magazines in Sweden and Norway.

Pondus is available as daily strips and weekly half pages.

Square One is Frode Øverli's latest success. With no permanent characters or settings, he focuses on the absurdities of life, with clever and unexpected jokes. The series is printed in dozens of newspapers. Square one also has its own magazine in Norway, the most recent issue having a circulation of 50,000. Square one is available as daily strips, half page sundays and weekly single panels, and is perfect for weekend supplements.

General Hoopsital is another success series from Frode Øverli. This is a farcical comic series set in a hospital, with doctors that think ethics is a form of quick anaesthetic and the appendix is the end of a book.  General Hoopsital is available as weekly strips, half pages and whole pages.