Pyton

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Pyton was a Norwegian comics series which was produced by the company Gevion, and afterwards Bladkompaniet, between the years 1986 until 1996. The style of humor in the comics was mostly satiric and toilet humour, including sexual, toilet, and farting jokes.

The comic reached its peak around 1990 when it sold around 35,000 copies per month.

The magazine's editor was Dag Kolstad, who prior had been the editor for Norsk MAD, the Norwegian edition of MAD Magazine. Kolstad was also a writer for many of the series (under the pen name Dick Kolby), and was also featured in the actual series as the sadistic and overweight character Redaktøren (The Editor).

Some of Pyton's most prominent artists were Tommy Sydsæter, Bjørn Ousland, Arild Midthun (pen name: Arnold Milten), and Frode Øverli who a few years later created the successful and popular comic strip Pondus. Martin Kellerman, who later went on to create Rocky, also made a few contributions to Pyton in the mid-1990s.

[edit] Recurring features

The monthly publication had no constant features, nevertheless several new features were created almost monthly. some of the most popular features were:

• Dølle Døck, created by Dick Kolby and Tommy Sydsæter
• Rhesus Minus og Tommy Tusj, created by Rolf Håndstad and Tommy Sydsæter
• Hellitern og Halvlitern, created by Bjørn Ousland
• Lucky Duck, created by Bjørn Ousland
• Bottolf Nerd, created by Arnold Milten
• Deep Shit Junkies, created by Frode Øverli
• Wunder-Bjarne, created by Tom Ostad
• Førerhunden Adolf, created by Erik Nordgård
• Skateboard-Fantomet, created by Erik Nordgård

[edit] Myrkky

After the Norwegian series ended in 1996 it continued and had great success in Finland in the title Myrkky.

[edit] See Also

• Myrkky