Peter Bergting: Magi, mutanter och mardrömmar

by Peter Bergting, Orvar Säfström (Editor), Christopher Golden (Foreword)

Bergtings digra bildkatalog av fantasy, skräck och science fiction spänner över serier, spel och böcker och bland hans många samarbeten kan namn som Mike Mignola, Clive Barker och Jens Lapidus nämnas. För fans av svenska rollspel från förlaget Äventyrsspel är Peter Bergting kanske mest känd som produktiv illustratör av Mutant Chronicles och Kult – och senare även Drakar och Demoner Trudvang från likaledes svenska RiotMinds. I USA har Bergting producerat ett flertal serieromaner för Image Comics, IDW och inte minst Dark Horse, som även är utgivare av den engelskspråkiga versionen av denna bok.

För ett drygt decennium sedan började Peter Bergting samarbeta med Mike Mignola och Christopher Golden kring serien Baltimore, vilket resulterade i serieromaner som The Witch of Harju/The Wolf and the Apostle, The Cult of the Red King, Empty Graves samt The Red Kingdom. Bergting arbetar sedan 2017 med Mignola och Golden även med adaptionen av romanen Joe Golem and the Drowning City för Dark Horse Comics.

Svenska utgåvan från Fandrake innehåller 16 sidor extra.

Genres: Art, Fantasy

224 pages, Hardcover

Published April 14, 2023

About the author

Peter is a professional artist and writer. Fluid in Swedish and English, Peter has written three young adult novels in Swedish for a major publisher (Bokförlaget Semic), two American English, graphic novels (for Image Comics and Dark Horse Comics) as well as numerous short stories. Peter is published in the US, Sweden, Norway, Spain, France, Germany, Denmark, and Italy.


His illustrations and art can be found all over the world. He has provided art and covers for authors such as J.R.R Tolkien, J.K. Rowling, Jens Lapidus, and Astrid Lindgren to name but a few. In total, he has been featured in over 500 books.

He lives in a tiny town in Sweden with his wife, two daughters and three really strange cats.

Reviews

[Matt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great late night reading.

[Mikael · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is great. It's big and heavy and filled with great illustrations and accompanying stories.
However, as great as it is, it still has a hugely annoying flaw. At least in my Swedish edition.
The lack of an index.

Some of the illustrations are named, and described in different length of detail. Some are just named, giving you a hint of what they're called, or maybe where they're from. Others unfortunately are just unnamed images. Are they for a book, a game, a standalone painting, or something else? The book could really have benefitted from a complete index.

Nevertheless I still like it very much.

[Trike · Rating 3 out of 5]

The art is cool, and it’s nice to see stuff from Bergting to show he’s more than a Mike Mignola knock-off. A couple pieces are directly derived from Michael Whelan, particularly the Elric ones. Weirdly, the descriptions are spotty - some have full background info while many (most?) do not. Odd choice, that.

[Mikael · Rating 5 out of 5]

Vacker konst, mycket av vad jag kommer ihåg ifrån rollspel som barn. Peters egna anteckningar är ovärderliga som exempel hade jag missat att han jobbat med Hellboy men Mignolas influenser har alltid varit tydliga. Dock skulle jag ha viljat ha mer anteckningar till den sista delen av boken. Det är dock generöst med material igenom hela boken.

[Nomad nimrod · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wish I could draw.