As TUMBLR is on its way to the grave (nudity and personal expressions here were important for body positivity)… Here are the last news of 2018, and the last ones for a while.

FILM:
The Tower, a film I art directed and worked on as author was launched in the Summer, and participated in the international film festivals in Cairo, Busan, Chicago, Annecy, Marrakesh, amongst many others. The film will be shown on Scandinavian television in 2019.

COMICS:
I made it public that I won’t be making any more comics. It’s a process that has become way too filled with hassles. I attempted creating a short story for the Norwegian Blokk Forlag, but I ended up pulling out. The experience cemented the feeling that I had moved on from comics. HOWEVER, I’ll continue making stories, and there are two huge stories in the drawer (one of them almost complete) which will possibly never see the light of day.

AFRICAN COMICS:
In 2019 I’ll be involved in curating an exhibition of African comics in Mozambique, which I’m committed to promoting and helping out with. I’m passionate about Tanzanian comics especially, and there’s enough material there to put together a thick anthology.

THE FUTURE: 
I’m working on film scripts together with the director of The Tower, Mats Grorud. We’re forming a production company for our projects. What I enjoy about working in film is that it’s a synergetic thing, where everything needs to be working together, including with others. And there’s the possibility for integrating an audio world, which I  enjoy very much.

It’s been a good run, I’m currently with over 113 000 followers but get so few hits that I can only conclude that there’s something fishy here. So I expect that 2019 will be an emptier year on my Tumblr timeline.