The art of Erik Hermansson

Erik Hermansson, (1903-1976), was between the 40's-70's one of Sweden's most popular illustrators,  primarily known for his B&W newspaper cartoons depicting Swedish athletes, but also for his full color magazine, book and record covers.

He's virtually unknown in this country which is why I wanted to share some of his terrific, lively and funny portrait and caricature work. Most, if not all of his subjects are unknown to Americans, and now probably forgotten by most Swedish folks as well, adding to the weird charm of his work. Some of his black and white images remind me of Robert's Crumb's crosshatching style. I wonder if Crumb was ever aware of his work? See what you think.

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My thanks to John Wendler

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R. Crumb and R. Crumb and Me

The world's greatest cartoonist Robert Crumb was in Portland, Oregon earlier this week, and paid a visit to the office of a private art collector and mutual friend who also own's the original artwork to my 8-page comic strip "R. Crumb & Me". The work was originally published in Monte Beauchamp's book Masterful Marks, published by Simon & Schuster in 2014.
The comic strip is also be included in The Best Comics of 2016.  Crumb happily posed for some photos with the original art, (I had been told awhile back that he greatly enjoyed the piece), after carefully studying each page. Crumb and I go way back, I had been a regular contributer to Crumb's magazine WEIRDO back in the early/mid-eighties.

page one of the comic

page two

Order "Masterful Marks" here:http://www.amazon.com/Masterful-Marks-Cartoonists-Changed-World/dp/1451649193/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1463067010&sr=8-1&keywords=masterful+marks