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Thopman

THOMAS FRIIS PEDERSEN. AKA Thop, Struggling Danish Comic Strip Artist.

About Me


This is actually a reinterpritation of a puppet theater originaly designed by the danish artist, Alfred Jacobsen. It was originally made in the late 1800's. I've tried to give it a more cartoony touch, and it was eventually blown up and used as a stagedecoration in a danish shoppingcenter.
CHECK IT OUT!
THE AMAZING ZARDINI HAS ARRIVED!
Laugh your ass of while you watch this amazing magician perform his latest tricks right here . A new trick every 1-3 weeks
City of Angels. I've made this for a shoppingcenter in Denmark. It's being used as a stage decoration. I'll post some photos of the real deal in the near future, so please stay tuned!


I'm a Danish cartoonist and owner of a one-man company called: Thop Art.
I draw comic strips, one-panel cartoons, and illustrations for newspapers and magazines.
You can see more drawings and comic strips right here
I'm married, I have 2 kids, a boy and a girl and live in a small house in the outskirts of Copenhagen.
For the last 6 years I have been working in a record store, that sells CD's and DVD's, which makes me a kind of a semi-expert, i guess.
I'm also a proud member of Gimle Studio, which is basicly a bunch of talented comic book artists, who all makes me fell like a complete amateur! ;)
Check out my diabolic Hot Rod, complete with demon and a kidnapped cheerleader. I made this drawing for my good friend Jess, lead-singer in denmarks # 1 rock'a'billy band: Taggy tones. http://www.myspace.com/taggytones
On the spot is a series of one-panel cartoons i do in my spare time. I'm working on translating most of them into english and will post them here as soon as they are ready.


Below are a few examples of my comic strip: BURBIA (Hen ad vejen). It's currently running in a weekly Danish newspaper (Vestegnen). It's a family oriented series about the simple life in a typical suburbian area. Enjoy and do fell free to comment. More cartoons will be posted in the near future, so please stay tuned!

...And the latest!(And less colourfull!)


THE EVOLUTION OF THE BUNNY


Gilbert Shelton & The Bunny at the Komiks.dk Convention, Copenhagen 2006.


I've always had a thing with rabbits. They are fun to draw, have big ears and are often very energetic (Which for most of the time, i'm not!). And for some strange reason "the bunny" always seems to sneak its way into my comic-strips whether I want it to or not.
It's like this living breathing thing inside me, just waiting to get out and have its way with me, and the rest of the world for that matter. And as the years rolled by, it just seemed to get bolder and more mean-spirited...
It all started in 1997. I've made this strip with some funny animals acting and talking like real people, who shared a flat somewhere in the big city. The bunny at the time was very naive and somewhat unlucky compared to it's later incarnations.
1997
The bunny have just arrived in the big city, and this is his first time at the local bar...
2000
More or less the same settings as the first time around. I made this for a competion held by one of the major Danish newspapers. I guess rabbits weren't the thing they were looking for!
2006 (1)
I was asked by a Danish youth magazine to make a comic strip about life among students. "Sure!" I answered "As long as I can put a rabbit into the mix!". It didn't last, but it mostly had to do with them never paying me!
2006 (2)
Another competion. This time I decided that the main character should be a "GASP!" human!
The rabbit was supposed to be the guys alter ego or his evil side or something like that.
I didn't win this time either. Maybe I should try with a dog next time!...
MORE TO COME!...SO STAY TUNED!!

My Interests

Below is a small collection of drawings & sketches. Mostly old stuff.
Enjoy!

I'd like to meet:

I'm looking for writers and generally someone who would hire me as an artist. So if you are interested in what i do, don't hesitate to write.

Music:

Wow!..There are so many! Since I work in a record store, i listen to ALOT of different bands and albums. Among my favorite artists are: Beach Boys, Beatles, AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Talking Heads, Deep Purple, Frank Zappa, Dave Matthews Band, Beastie Boys, Tears for Fears, Supertramp, Sufjan Stevens, Black Crowes, Black Sabbath, Doors, Stevie Wonder, Dixie Chicks, Brian Setzer, Kiss, U2, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Santana, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Van Halen, Eric Clapton, Crosby Stills & Nash, Neil Young, Lou Reed, Velvet Underground, Thin Lizzy, Toto, Elton John, billy Joel, Ben Folds, Weezer, Foo fighters, Porcupine Tree, Elvis "The king" Presley and on and on it goes!

Movies:

My favourite alltime movie is JAWS. I must have seen it about 20 times since i was 12. I also like good horror movies like the original Dawn of the Dead (And the new one as well!). Right now i believe that Shaun of the Dead is on top off my list. That movie is very, very funny! I like most movies from directors: Kevin Smiths, Tarantino, Sam Raimi, Scorcesse, Ford Coppola, Woody Allen...and many, many more. What else?..Star Wars of course. I grew up with the original trilogy. Have about 75 action figures, so i'm heavily into that!

Television:

I like to watch series on DVD. Deadwood, Lost, Six feet under & Rome are among my favourites. Simpsons and Futurama of course!

Books:

Stephen King, Clive Barker, Lee Child and many more. And a lot of comic books!

Heroes:

Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Berkeley Breathed, Bill Watterson, Gary Larson, Kevin Smith, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Stephen King, Angus Young, Frank Zappa, Brian Wilson, Lennon AND McCartney a.m.o.