Artists and other Famous Folks

From being paranoid of house fires and losing stuff that can't be replaced, I've collected here photographs, drawings and autographs from some of my favorite artists that I admire so much. 

- C O M I C S -

Jeff Smith
- drawing from my copy of the comic, Bone, no. 1

- Jeff Smith at Komiks.dk, 2004

Don Rosa
- at Art-Bubble, Copenhagen, 2017

  
- from Hall of Fame no. 1
 
- from the 1997 edition of The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck
 
 
 - from the 2017 edition of The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck
Janry
- drawing in my copy of the comic, Splint & Co. no. 27

- Janry at Komiks.dk, 2004

Benoit Feroumont
- drawing in my copy of the comic, Fantasio se marie, 2022

Kerascoët
- having a really cosy dinner at Annecy Festival, 2023

Peter Madsen
- Self-portrait 

- autograph from my copy of Menneskesønnen

Ulysse Malassange
 
 - signing at Annecy, 2023
 
- drawing in my copy of College Noir: Volume 2
 
Walthéry
- drawing of his famous character, Natacha

- Walthéry at Komiks.dk, 2004

Fabian Erlinghauser
- drawing of Donald Duck on a canvas (besides animation, Fabian illustrates Duck stories in the Donald Duck comics)
 
John Kenn Mortensen
- autograph from my copy of Post-It Monstre

 
- drawing from my copy of Julebestiariet 

Rune Ryberg
- drawing in my copy of the comic, Gigant
 
- drawing in my copy of the comic, Turbo Fang

Mikkel Sommer
- drawing in my copy of the comic, Burn Out
 
Dean Yeagle
- drawing in my copy of the book, Mandy-Go-Round (Lightbox Expo, Los Angeles, 2023)
   
Esther Morales
- drawing of Juanita in my copy of the book, Zôion (Lightbox Expo, Los Angeles, 2023)
 
Leo Weiss
- drawing in my copy of the book, Children of the Rivergod

Pernille Ørum
- Blush signed

- drawing in my copy of Blush
 
- Coral, signed

Arild Midthun
- drawing in my copy of the comic, Troldeungen Trøfle

Freddy Milton
- drawing in my copy of Familien Gnuff no. 1

- Freddy Milton at Komiks.dk, 2004

Maca Gil
- drawing in my copy of the book, AntiHero (Lightbox Expo, Los Angeles, 2023)
 
Nacho Subirats
- drawing in my copy of art-of book (Lightbox Expo, Los Angeles, 2023)
 
Art Spiegelman
- at Copenhagen Comics, 2015
 
Isaac Jadraque
- drawing in my copy of the book, Just Draw (Lightbox Expo, Los Angeles, 2023)
 
Sussi Bech
- drawing in my copy of the comic, Nofret, no. 1

Peter Snejbjerg
 - at Komiks.dk, 2004

Regis Loisel
- at Komiks.dk, 2004
 
Mireia Pestana
- drawing behind an art card (Lightbox Expo, Los Angeles, 2023)

Batem
- at Komiks.dk, 2004
 
 

- A N I M A T I O N -

Don Bluth
- got this from a good friend at work, 2019

James Baxter
- James Baxter visited the studio and gave some great lectures, 2019

- James Baxter giving a master class at Kilkenny Animated, 2019

Glen Keane
- at Annecy Animation Festival, France, 2017

Andreas Deja
- giving a lecture at Animation Day Copenhagen, 2012 (I saw Don Hall at the 2015 version)
 
Chris Sanders
- got a selfie and an autograph in his Stitch book at Lightbox Expo, Los Angeles, 2023
 
Bruno Bozzetto
- at Annecy Animation Festival, France, 2017
 

- a character from the film, West and Soda

Tomm Moore
- drawing from my copy of The Art of Song of the Sea 

Ross Stewart

- drawing from my copy of The Art of Song of the Sea

Fabian Erlinghauser
 
- drawing from my copy of The Art of Song of the Sea
 
Floyd Norman
- got a brief chat with the Disney veteran at Lightbox Expo, Los Angeles, 2023
 
Bill Plympton
- drawing of a character from his film, Slide

 
- at the Annecy Animation Festival, 2023
 
Eric Goldberg
 
- Disney legend at Annecy, 2023
 
Lars Thiesgaard 
- at Musikhuset, Århus, September 2023
 
Genndy Tartakovsky
 
- at a signing session, Annecy, 2023
 
 Bill Kroyer
- colleagues and I got interviewed by the "FernGully: The Last Rainforest" director during press on Wolfwalkers, January 12th, 2021


  Jennifer Lee
 
- signing session, Annecy, 2023
 
Jerry Beck
 
- here screening old animated shorts, Annecy, 2023

Jorge R. Gutierrez
 
- at a signing session at Annecy, 2023
 
Peter Lord
 
 - the Aardman co-founder at Annecy, 2023
 
Tom and Tony Bancroft
- one last meet-up in Kilkenny before I finished on the production, 2024
 
 Tony Bancroft
- got an original sketch at the Lightbox Expo, Los Angeles, 2023
 
Aaron Blaise
 
 - director of Brother Bear, animator on Mulan, The Lion King, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast (3rd from the right), 2019
 
 Zuzana Cupova
- drawing of our hamster pet, 2022
 
Reza Riahi
- birthday drawing during production of The Breadwinner

Graham Annable
- Graham Annable (right) at Kilkenny Animated, 2019
 
 
 
 
 - two Graham Annable doodles I got with his Doodle Collection books, 2022
 
Kaj Pindal
- at The Animation Workshop, Viborg, 2007

Beth Witchalls

- drawing from my copy of The Art of Song of the Sea

Geoff King
  - drawing from my copy of The Art of Song of the Sea

Mike Mignola
- at Art-Bubble, Copenhagen, 2017

 
- my copy of Art of Atlantis signed, 2017

David O'Reilly
- David O'Reilly (right) at Kilkenny Animated, 2019

Gary Rydstrom
- signed Lifted poster, Annecy Animation Festival, 2007

Brad Bird
- at Annecy Animation Festival, France, 2018 

Richard Williams
- at Annecy Animation Festival, France, 2018

Amanda Rynda, John Nevarez & Phil Rynda
- together with Aine (left) at Kilkenny Animated, 2019


- F I L M -

Arnold Schwarzenegger
- giving a lecture at Sustainia Awards, Copenhagen, 2012

 
Sven-Ole Thorsen
- at a signing at Sci Fi Con, Randers, 2018

- signed promotional Conan-poster by Sven-Ole Thorsen, 2018

Chris Hemsworth
- at the Extraction 2 premiere, Callao Cinema in Madrid, 2023
 
 Olga Kurylenko
- at the Extraction 2 premiere, Callao Cinema in Madrid, 2023
 
Golshifteh Farahani
- at the Extraction 2 premiere, Callao Cinema in Madrid, 2023
 
Sam Hargrave, director
- at the Extraction 2 premiere, Callao Cinema in Madrid, 2023
  
Nick Frost
- at Dublin Comic Con, Ireland, 2018

David Prowse (Darth Vader)
- at Star Wars Weekend IV, Taastrup, 2012

 
- my copy of his book, signed by Darth Vader himself

Femi Taylor (Oona)
- at Randers Star Wars Messe, 2015

 
- autographed photo of Oona by Femi Taylor, 2015
 
Jake Gyllenhaal
- at the "Ambulance" premiere in front of Callao Cinema, Madrid, 2022
 
Michael Bay
- at the "Ambulance" premiere in front of Callao Cinema, Madrid, 2022
 
Yahya Abdul Mateen II
- at the "Ambulance" premiere in front of Callao Cinema, Madrid, 2022
 
 Michael Carter (center) and Chris Parsons (left)
(Bib Fortuna and 4-Lom)
- at Star Wars & Science Fiction Messe, Randers, 2017

Garrick Hagon (Biggs Darklighter)
- at Randers Sci Fi Con, Randers, 2018

Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett)
- at Randers Sci Fi Con, Randers, 2018

Richard LeParmentier (General Motti)
- at Star Wars Weekend IV, Taastrup, 2012

John Coppinger (left) and Tim Dry (right)
(Jabba the Hutt and J'Quille)
- at Star Wars Weekend IV, Taastrup, 2012

Simon J. Williamson (Gamorrean Guard, Max Rebo)
- at Star Wars Toy Convention, Memphis Mansion in Randers, December 9th, 2023
 
 Guillermo Del Toro
- at Annecy Animation Festival, France, 2017

Nils Malmros
- doing a lecture at Lyngå, here with my sister and me


David Yates
 
- photo from when he visited the Saloon studio



- T V -


Jakob Stegelmann
- at a signing of Troldspejlsbogen at Faraos Cigarer, Copenhagen, 2010

 
- the book signed by the writer and Jakob Stegelmann 

 - at the premiere of the film, Hund i Himlen, Viborg, 2012

 - at Nørlum, Viborg, 2014

- at Nørlum yet again, Viborg, 2015

- giving a lecture at the library during Viborg Animation Festival (VAF), 2017

- panel discussion together with Per Juul Carlsen (far left) and Sven Brinkman (left) at Randers Library, Randers, 2018


Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
- at the Nørlum Studio visiting, Viborg, 2018

Dean Cain
- at Dublin Comic Con, Ireland, 2018

Henrik Voldborg
- at Lyngå Præstegård doing a lecture

 
- his autograph

Carsten Bang
- autograph from a debate, Kønsroller, which I made an illustration for

Anette Hoffmann
- autograph from an event in Kjellerup back in 1995

Nis Boesdal
 
- a little text in my copy of Alene Lærke Alene

Crown Princess Mary
- photo taken while she was visiting Viborg Kaserne, 2006

Tim Schafer
- photo taken April, 2015, of Tim Schafer (center), the designer of Grim Fandango, Full Throttle and The Secret of Monkey Island, giving a lecture on his new game, Broken Age



- C O N C E R T S -
A full list of ALL the concerts I've been to in my life (yeah, I know it's not a lot)

Air
- at Store Vega, Copenhagen, 2007

Trentemøller
- Copenhagen, 2012

Justice
- at Falconer Salen, Copenhagen 2012

Kavinsky
- at Train, Århus, 2012

Den Sorte Skole
- Paletten, Viborg, 2013

John Carpenter
- at Vicar Street, Dublin, 2016



 
- T H E A T R E -

Skatteøen (1997) Folketeatret
 
Thomas Eje, Ole Thestrup, Torben Zeller

Dance of Death (2004) Theatre Royal
 
- from left to right: Frances De La Tour (Harry Potter), Ian McKellen (The Lord of the Rings) and Owen Teale (Game of Thrones)
Skønheden og Udyret (2005) Det Ny Teater
 
Maria Lucia, Preben Kristensen

Den Lille Havfrue (2014) Fredericia Teater
 
Peter Jorde, Anders Birkow

Prince of Egypt (2018) Fredericia Teater 
 
 
 
 
Various

Jodle Birge (Hevring, Djursland)
Pete Postlethwaite (Disneyland Paris, 1997)
Preben Kristensen (in audience at Skatteøen musical, 1997)
Peter Mygind (Copenhagen)
Alexandra af Frederiksborg (Opening of Sløjfen, Hadsten, 2001)
Trine Dyrholm (Copenhagen)
Mick Øgendahl (stand-up show, Paletten, Viborg)
Lasse Rimmer (stand-up show, Århus)
Jørgen Klubien (The Animation Workshop)
Nis Bank-Mikkelsen (Copenhagen)
Amid Amidi (Annecy Animation Festival, 2007)
Kasper Eistrup (Morville, Viborg)
Harald Siepermann (Annecy Animation Festival)
Sidse Babett Knudsen (Æblet og Ormen premiere, Cph, 2009)
Frank Hvam (Æblet og Ormen premiere, Cph, 2009)
Lasse Spang Olsen (Nørrebro, 2010)
Lars Bom (Copenhagen Bombay Christmas dinner, 2010)
Ghita Nørby (Copenhagen Bombay)
Jesper Binzer of D.A.D. (in Netto, Amager)
Bubber (Copenhagen)
Ulrik Wilbek (ved Viborg Stadion)
Søren Sko (Viborg Open Air Concert, 2014)
Infernal (Viborg Open Air Concert, 2015)
Medina (Viborg Open Air Concert, 2017)
Karl Gnass, Disney storyboard artist (lecture, 2017)
Golshifteh Farahani (Annecy Animation Festival, 2018)
Dean DeBlois (Annecy Animation Festival, 2018)
Travis Blaise, Disney animator (Cartoon Saloon, 2018)
Sabine O'Sullivan, Pixar production manager (Cartoon Saloon, 2019)
David Morehead, Sony/DreamWorks layout artist (Cartoon Saloon, 2019)
Saara Chaudry, voice of Parvana (Cartoon Saloon, 2019)
Charles Solomon, animation historian/author (Cartoon Saloon, 2019)
Aldis Hodge (Lightbox Expo, Los Angeles, 2023)