Pervo-Kris
Encyclopedia
Pervo-Kris is a British
/Norwegian
comic character that has been in constant production since early 1990.
Pervo-Kris originally debuted in the Norwegian comic Pyton
Spesial in 1990, and was one of the most popular characters in both Pyton Spesial and regular Pyton until 1995. The comic is written and drawn by Kristian B. Walters - AKA The Walters.
Pervo-Kris was also featured in the Swedish spin-off comic Mega Pyton after 1995 and has been a regular feature in Finnish
Pyton (called Myrkky, published by Egmont
) the last ten years (named ”Pera-Pervo” in Finland).
Finnish readers have annually voted Pervo-Kris their number 1 favourite character more times than any other strips/cartoons featured.
Pervo-Kris has sold thousands of cult t-shirts, been printed in several comic book
s and albums, even a computer game
made by Finnish Egmont in 1999.
Pervo-Kris will hit 20 years of production in 2010.
There are also dozens of new Pervo-Kris stories, over 20 new covers (including one entitled The 12 faces of Pervo-Kris) and numerous creative new storylines/themes covered in the strips. Pervo-Kris is featured in caveman times, medieval times, cowboy times etc. There are also many parodies of pop culture
i.e. reality TV
shows such as ”Date My Mom”, ”So You Think You Can Dance” etc. and riffs on South Park
, Manga
, serial killer
s and more.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
/Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
comic character that has been in constant production since early 1990.
Pervo-Kris originally debuted in the Norwegian comic Pyton
Pyton
Pyton was a Norwegian comic book series which was produced by the company Gevion, and afterwards Bladkompaniet, between the years 1986 until 1996...
Spesial in 1990, and was one of the most popular characters in both Pyton Spesial and regular Pyton until 1995. The comic is written and drawn by Kristian B. Walters - AKA The Walters.
Pervo-Kris was also featured in the Swedish spin-off comic Mega Pyton after 1995 and has been a regular feature in Finnish
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
Pyton (called Myrkky, published by Egmont
Egmont Publishing
The Egmont Group is a media corporation founded and rooted in Copenhagen, Denmark. The business area of Egmont has traditionally been magazine publishing but has over the years evolved to comprise media generally....
) the last ten years (named ”Pera-Pervo” in Finland).
Finnish readers have annually voted Pervo-Kris their number 1 favourite character more times than any other strips/cartoons featured.
Pervo-Kris has sold thousands of cult t-shirts, been printed in several comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
s and albums, even a computer game
Computer and video games
A video game is an electronic game that involves human interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. The word video in video game traditionally referred to a raster display device, but following popularization of the term "video game", it now implies any type of...
made by Finnish Egmont in 1999.
Pervo-Kris will hit 20 years of production in 2010.
There are also dozens of new Pervo-Kris stories, over 20 new covers (including one entitled The 12 faces of Pervo-Kris) and numerous creative new storylines/themes covered in the strips. Pervo-Kris is featured in caveman times, medieval times, cowboy times etc. There are also many parodies of pop culture
Popular culture
Popular culture is the totality of ideas, perspectives, attitudes, memes, images and other phenomena that are deemed preferred per an informal consensus within the mainstream of a given culture, especially Western culture of the early to mid 20th century and the emerging global mainstream of the...
i.e. reality TV
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
shows such as ”Date My Mom”, ”So You Think You Can Dance” etc. and riffs on South Park
South Park
South Park is an American animated television series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for the Comedy Central television network. Intended for mature audiences, the show has become famous for its crude language, surreal, satirical, and dark humor that lampoons a wide range of topics...
, Manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
, serial killer
Serial killer
A serial killer, as typically defined, is an individual who has murdered three or more people over a period of more than a month, with down time between the murders, and whose motivation for killing is usually based on psychological gratification...
s and more.