Menneskesønnen

by Peter Madsen

"Quand je vis pour la premire fois celui qui se nommait Jsus de Nazareth, il m'appela par mon nom. Qui tait-il Comment me connaissait-il Je ne sais pas pourquoi, mais en cet instant, je sus que je devais quitter ma barque, et le suivre. D'autres vinrent ensuite... Jusqu' ce que nous soyons douze. Ses disciples." Ces propos sont ceux de Pierre, le narrateur de l'histoire contenue dans ce livre. Une histoire dont Peter Madsen a su transcrire l'universalit, la force motionnelle et spirituelle, sous la forme d'une bande dessine au graphisme puissant, aux dialogues chaleureux, qui rappellent constamment la profonde humanit de ce rcit.

Genres: Comics, Religion, Fiction, Danish, Graphic Novels, Christian, Graphic Novels Comics

136 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Peter Madsen is a drawing artist and illustrator, an author, a filmmaker and a lecturer. He was born on 12 May, 1958 in the city of Århus, Denmark. As a boy he moved around Denmark with his family until they settled down in the city of Roskilde. Peter Madsen had his first strips published at the age of fifteen, then chose to study medicine. During the years 1980-84 this was his main occupation until he gave up his studies to be able to concentrate on directing the animated feature film Valhalla. He is probably best known for the series of comic albums called Valhalla (1979 -), humourous comics about the gods of Norse mythology. You can read the history of Valhalla here. In 1995, Peter Madsen published The Son of Man, a graphic novel of 136 pages in water colour, based on the four Gospels in the New Testament. In 1999, he contributed to the interpretation of The Book of Job by publishing an expressive graphic story for adults, The Story of Job. In cooperation with Johannes Møllehave, Peter Madsen wrote Signe's Christmas (2003), which is a familiy book on Christmas, illustrated by Peter Madsen. In 2004, Peter Madsen published a new interpretation of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Story of a Mother" in the form of a graphic novel called The Story of a Mother, based on a tale by Hans Christian Andersen, in water colour and gouache. In 2008, Peter wrote and illustrated The Journey to Jersualem, a book about Easter. In 2009, the first books in the picture book series, Troll Life were published. Troll Life is co-created by Peter Madsen and his wife, Sissel Bøe. So far 9 books have been published.
On top of this range of comic albums and graphic novels, Peter Madsen has created a lot of artwork for book and LP/CD covers, posters and illustrations for magazines and periodicals, newspapers and associations; storyboards,T-shirt designs, stamps and murals. He has illustrated several books, among them the Troll Story, (Troldehistorien) by Henning Kure (1989, rhymes by Rune Kidde) and the School Bible by Bodil Busk Sørensen from 2000. Peter Madsen is also a prolific lecturer. Over the last fifteen years, he has given more than 700 lectures. He is married, lives in Silkeborg, Denmark, and has two children and two step-children.

Reviews

[Oskar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Menneskesønnen er uden tvivl en af de smukkest illustrerede grafiske romaner, jeg nogensinde har læst – den er helt utroligt flot tegnet. Forfatteren har tydeligvis ønsket at dele sin personlige fortolkning og forståelse af handlingen i evangelierne fra Det Nye Testamente, og det er altid en fornøjelse at opleve, hvordan den evige fortælling kan ses gennem andres øjne. Enkelte steder afviger han dog en smule fra Bibelens originale tekst, hvilket er ærgerligt, da den trods alt er endnu smukkere i sin oprindelige form. Alt i alt et meget imponerende værk.

[Mikael · Rating 5 out of 5]

Der er kun én ting, der generer mig, og det er, at det bliver kaldt en tegneserie, når det tydeligvis er så meget mere.

En grafisk roman. Et kunstværk. Et nyt testamente til en ny generation.

Lige bortset fra, at jeg ikke ved, om den stadig taler til unge mennesker.

Men den taler til mig og har været afgørende for min egen trosfortælling.

[Emilie · Rating 5 out of 5]

En flot og gennemført fortælling. Jeg er totalt forelsket i tegnestilen, farvespillet og den leg med lys og skygge der er anvendt til at understrege stærke følelser og drama. Jesu historie er levendegjort og lettilgængelig, og selvom evangelierne flere steder er blevet blandet lidt sammen fungerer det sammensat rigtig godt, og historien om både den åndelige Jesus og den historiske Jesus er flettet flot sammen. Bogen er rar at læse både for garvede teologer, mildt indifferente konfirmanter og generelt kristendomsinteresserede.

[Leo Labs · Rating 3 out of 5]

Une synthèse de ce qui se sait de la vie de Jésus et de ses enseignements. Les dessins sont parfois grossiers mais une colorisation contrastée et très lumineuse leur donne un effet magiquement superbe ou devrai-je dire... Divin.

[Nighteye · Rating 5 out of 5]

Riktigt cool adaption av Petrus berättelse och fantastiskt vackert illustrerad.
Fick tårar i ögonen och blev verkligen eftertänksam.

[Thorbjørn Sølver Lange · Rating 4 out of 5]

Flot og rørende bevis på at Peter Madsen kan bevæge sig stilsikkert ud over den nordiske mytologi

[Emilie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jesus

[Kitty Red-Eye · Rating 4 out of 5]

Denne var litt mindre episk enn jeg hadde trodd. Et par av mine yndlingshistorier om Jesus er ikke med (Lasarus, for eksempel), og dialogen er litt for moderne for min smak (jeg foretrekker mer gammeldags/høystemt språk i visse sammenhenger), men det er en fin tegneserie fordet. Jeg elsker Madsens strek og tegneserien får en ekstra stjerne av den grunn.

[RB · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've been hunting this graphic novel down for a few years now - easier said than done since this Danish graphic novel is hard to find when you live outside of Denmark!

[hannah malm · Rating 1 out of 5]

traumer.