91:an
91:an (Eng: № 91) is a popular bi-weekly Swedish comic book published by Egmont Kärnan AB. First brought out in 1956, it primarily publishes comic strips by Swedish cartoonists.
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 91:an cover, May, 2005 | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Åhlén & Åkerlunds Youth Magazines (1956–1963) Semic Press (1963–1997) Egmont Kärnan AB (1997–present) |
| Schedule | Biweekly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | 1956 |
| No. of issues | 595 (as of August 2021) |
| Main character(s) | Mandel Karlsson Åsa-Nisse Kronblom |
| Creative team | |
| Written by | Leif Bergendorff |
| Editor(s) | Karin Wahlund Franck |
Although it is read by some younger children it is mainly aimed at teenagers and adults, with 72% of its current readership aged 20 or over. Total readership is approximately 278,000.
The current editor is Karin Wahlund Franck.
Featured comic strips
The principal cartoon strip is 91:an, whose principal character, Mandel Karlsson, is a young man (aged perhaps 20 or 21) doing conscribed military service in the Swedish Army. His number is "91", thus he is widely known in Sweden as "91:an Karlsson", although in the modern comic strip itself he is almost always referred to as Mandel (Eng: Almond, an extremely unusual first name), or simply as "91:an".
From the very first edition two other strips have featured in every edition: Åsa-Nisse (which has also had its own comic book, periodically, since 1960) and Kronblom.
Historic line up
Other strips which have had runs in the comic are:
- Acke (the American strip Archie)
- Adamson (a Swedish strip which went on to great success in the United States, and worldwide, renamed as Silent Sam and Adamson's Adventures)
- Agust
- Biffen och Bananen
- Flygsoldat 113 Bom
- Frisk och Rask
- Geniet
- Herr Larsson
- Historiska historier
- Jönsson-Ligan
- Knallhatten (the American strip Li'l Abner)
- Lilla Fridolf (now has its own comic book)
- Livet hemmavid
- Olle Bull (the American strip Oaky Doaks)
- Sputnik
- Svenne Gurka
- Tuffa Viktor (the English strip Andy Capp)
- Uti vår hage (now has its own comic book)
- Vimmelgrind
- Vi å pappa (now published as an Annual)
- Vår lilla stad
91:an mot väggen
One of the key features of the comic is a remarkable readers' letters section, covering 2 pages, called 91:an mot väggen or Ställ 91:an mot väggen (Eng: Put No. 91 up against the wall). Here, one of the longest serving writers, Leif Bergendorff, replies to letters in an open and informative manner.
See also
- 91:an (comic strip)
- Mandel Karlsson
- 91 Stomperud, a Norwegian comic character initially based on the Swedish character
References
- 91:an at the Grand Comics Database (Åhlén & Åkerlunds)
- 91:an at the Grand Comics Database (Semic)
- 91:an at the Grand Comics Database (Egmont)