Elvis (comic strip)
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Elvis is a Swedish
comic strip
created in 2000 by Tony Cronstam
for the free daily newspaper
Metro
, as well as other more local newspapers.
Elvis Tonysson, the main character of the comic is a middle-aged man portrayed as a tortoise
, who is according to Cronstam loosely based on himself, like most of the recurring characters are based on friends and family.
The main plot of the strip is according to Cronstam based on day-to-day annoyances encountered in real life. The plot of the strips published in the daily newspaper usually don't stretch over multiple strips, making the strip easy to understand even for non-daily readers, which is the case with most daily newspaper strips. There are also several comic books released, some of which feature a main plot.
Nowadays, Tony's wife Maria Cronstam is a main part in the development of the comic.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
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....
created in 2000 by Tony Cronstam
Tony Cronstam
Tony Cronstam is a Swedish cartoonist.An illustrator of role-playing games for Target Games during the 1980s, he made his debut as a cartoonist with the future-based strip Provet in Svenska Serier . In 1990 he began drawing Bamse, and was the principal Bamse artist between 1998-2001...
for the free daily newspaper
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
Metro
Metro (Sweden)
Metro is a free daily newspaper in Sweden, published by Metro International. It is printed in 4 editions: Stockholm, Gothenburg, Skåne and National , which is distributed in 67 towns and cities throughout the country....
, as well as other more local newspapers.
Elvis Tonysson, the main character of the comic is a middle-aged man portrayed as a tortoise
Tortoise
Tortoises are a family of land-dwelling reptiles of the order of turtles . Like their marine cousins, the sea turtles, tortoises are shielded from predators by a shell. The top part of the shell is the carapace, the underside is the plastron, and the two are connected by the bridge. The tortoise...
, who is according to Cronstam loosely based on himself, like most of the recurring characters are based on friends and family.
The main plot of the strip is according to Cronstam based on day-to-day annoyances encountered in real life. The plot of the strips published in the daily newspaper usually don't stretch over multiple strips, making the strip easy to understand even for non-daily readers, which is the case with most daily newspaper strips. There are also several comic books released, some of which feature a main plot.
Nowadays, Tony's wife Maria Cronstam is a main part in the development of the comic.