C. & V. Hansen
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C. & V. Hansen is the name used by the Danish couple Carla and Vilhelm Hansen to sign their Rasmus Klump
comics (in English known as Bruin).
, while she was a writer. Vilhelm worked mainly as an advertising artist between the two World Wars, and only started making comics and illustrating the tales written by Carla in the 1940s.
Their collaborative comic Rasmus Klump
, about the adventures of a bear, a pelican, a penguin, and some other animals, debuted in Denmark on November 17, 1951 as a daily comic strip
. It soon became one of the most popular European children comics, being translated and distributed into many languages and countries, mainly by the publishing houses Carlsen Comics and Casterman
. While they no longer wrote or drew the stories after 1965, it was their names that stayed on the albums.
Rasmus Klump
Rasmus Klump is a comic strip series for small children created in 1951 by the Danish wife and husband team Carla and Vilhelm Hansen...
comics (in English known as Bruin).
Biography
Vilhelm Hansen (May 6, 1900 - December 23, 1992) and Carla Hansen (September 19, 1906 - December 6, 2001) were an artistic couple. He was a trained lithographistLithography
Lithography is a method for printing using a stone or a metal plate with a completely smooth surface...
, while she was a writer. Vilhelm worked mainly as an advertising artist between the two World Wars, and only started making comics and illustrating the tales written by Carla in the 1940s.
Their collaborative comic Rasmus Klump
Rasmus Klump
Rasmus Klump is a comic strip series for small children created in 1951 by the Danish wife and husband team Carla and Vilhelm Hansen...
, about the adventures of a bear, a pelican, a penguin, and some other animals, debuted in Denmark on November 17, 1951 as a daily comic strip
Comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....
. It soon became one of the most popular European children comics, being translated and distributed into many languages and countries, mainly by the publishing houses Carlsen Comics and Casterman
Casterman
Casterman is a publisher of Franco-Belgian comics, specializing in comic books and children's literature. The company is based in Tournai, Belgium.Founded in 1780, Casterman was originally a printing company and publishing house...
. While they no longer wrote or drew the stories after 1965, it was their names that stayed on the albums.
Awards
- 2002: Vilhelm Hansen is the subject of a Danish stamp