Pondus is a Norwegian cartoon written and drawn by Frode Øverli.
Øverli started his career in the mid 1980`s in the Norwegian magazine Pyton, before he in 1996 made the comic A-laget (the A-team), which soon became what we today know as the cartoon Pondus. Øverli has also created Rutetid and Riskhospitalet.
The man himself
The main character Pondus is a former bus driver, who now enjoys his days as a barkeeper. Pondus is a big fan of the band AC/DC and the football team Liverpool, much to his wife Beate's frustration. They have two kids together, Påsan and Frida.
Pondus best friend Jokke is renowned for having a somewhat extraordinary fascination for strange looking women he meets at the pub, amongst them Pony-Petra. Jokkes mother and her German boyfriend Günther are beloved characters in the comic, along with a range of neighbours, colleagues, Pondus' dog Bjarne, and other fascinating personalities.
The cartoon is produced in a stripe format but also as multiple-page stories for Christmas albums and other albums, and has been a regular in the newspaper Dagbladet since 1997.
The man himself
The main character Pondus is a former bus driver, who now enjoys his days as a barkeeper. Pondus is a big fan of the band AC/DC and the football team Liverpool, much to his wife Beate's frustration. They have two kids together, Påsan and Frida.
Pondus best friend Jokke is renowned for having a somewhat extraordinary fascination for strange looking women he meets at the pub, amongst them Pony-Petra. Jokkes mother and her German boyfriend Günther are beloved characters in the comic, along with a range of neighbours, colleagues, Pondus' dog Bjarne, and other fascinating personalities.
The cartoon is produced in a stripe format but also as multiple-page stories for Christmas albums and other albums, and has been a regular in the newspaper Dagbladet since 1997.
Going international
In 2001, Pondus became a monthly magazine in Norway with 12 releases a year. Along with the monthly magazines, a series of books has been published.
Pondus has appeared in more than 50 different publications, both abroad and within Norway.
The comic has also been published in Sweden, France, Denmark and England, and in a wide range of languages, amongst them Latin and Esperanto.
