Hugleikur Dagsson
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Þórarinn Hugleikur Dagsson, nicknamed Hulli, born October 5, 1977 is an Iceland
ic artist. He received a B.A. degree from the Iceland Academy of the Arts in 2002.
He was a film critic in a popular Iceland
ic radio
program on Radíó X
and hosted another program called Hugleikur on the same station. Hugleikur is known for all kinds of visual and video art. He is most famous for his satirical
comics filled with black humor, which have been published as books and in The Reykjavik Grapevine Magazine
.
Hugleikur has written three stage plays. The first Forðist okkur (Avoid us), is based on one of his books. It is a story about three dysfunctional families. The second, Leg (Uterus), is a musical about teenage pregnancy in the near future of Iceland. "Baðstofan" (Living Room) his third play, is a dark vision of Iceland in the 18th century. All plays received rave reviews and Hugleikur received "the playwright of the year" award for Forðist okkur.
In 2006 Penguin Books
published Should You Be Laughing at This?, which is a collection of cartoons previously published as Forðist okkur (Avoid us) by JPV books in Iceland. Is This Supposed to be Funny?, the second cartoon book, was published by Penguin Books in October 2007. Third book, Is This Some Kind of joke?, was published in 2008.
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
ic artist. He received a B.A. degree from the Iceland Academy of the Arts in 2002.
He was a film critic in a popular Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
ic radio
Radio
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program on Radíó X
Radio X
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and hosted another program called Hugleikur on the same station. Hugleikur is known for all kinds of visual and video art. He is most famous for his satirical
Satire
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comics filled with black humor, which have been published as books and in The Reykjavik Grapevine Magazine
The Reykjavik Grapevine
The Reykjavik Grapevine is an English language Icelandic magazine based in the Icelandic capital of Reykjavík. The magazine debuted on June 13, 2003. Its first six issues were edited by Jón Trausti Sigurðarson and Valur Gunnarsson. In its second year, the magazine grew in circulation from 25,000...
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Hugleikur has written three stage plays. The first Forðist okkur (Avoid us), is based on one of his books. It is a story about three dysfunctional families. The second, Leg (Uterus), is a musical about teenage pregnancy in the near future of Iceland. "Baðstofan" (Living Room) his third play, is a dark vision of Iceland in the 18th century. All plays received rave reviews and Hugleikur received "the playwright of the year" award for Forðist okkur.
In 2006 Penguin Books
Penguin Books
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published Should You Be Laughing at This?, which is a collection of cartoons previously published as Forðist okkur (Avoid us) by JPV books in Iceland. Is This Supposed to be Funny?, the second cartoon book, was published by Penguin Books in October 2007. Third book, Is This Some Kind of joke?, was published in 2008.
Stage plays
- Forðist okkur (English: Avoid Us), 2006
- Leg (English: Uterus, the musical), 2007
- Baðstofan (English: Living room), 2008
Comic books
- Elskið okkur (English: Love us) 2002
- Drepið okkur (English: Kill us) 2003
- Ríðið okkur (English: Fuck us) 2004
- Forðist okkur (English: Avoid us). A collection containing, Love, Kill and Fuck Us 2005
- Bjargið okkur (English: Save us) 2005
- Fermið okkur (English: Confirm us) 2006
- Should you be laughing at this? The English translation of Forðist okkur, published by Penguin Books 2006
- Fylgið okkur (English: Follow us) 2006
- Eineygði kötturinn Kisi og hnakkarnir (English: Kisi, the one-eyed cat, and the backheads ("Hnakkar" is an Icelandic slang for Metrosexual men) 2006
- Ókei bæ! (English: Okay bye!) 2007
- Is this supposed to be funny? The English translation of Bjargið okkur, published by Penguin Books 2007
- Eineygði kötturinn Kisi og Leyndarmálið (English: Kisi, the one-eyed cat, and the secret) 2007
- Kaupið okkur (English: Buy us) 2007
- Garðarshólmi 2008 (a comic story printed on every page in the Icelandic Telephone Registry)
- Eineygði kötturinn Kisi og Ástandið, fyrri hluti: Annus Horribilis (English: Kisi, the one-eyed cat, and the Situation, part I: Annus Horribilis) 2008
- Jarðið okkur (English: Bury us) 2008
- "Is This Some Kind of Joke", published by Penguin books 2008
- Garðarshólmi, önnur skorpa 2009) (a comic story printed on every page in the Icelandic Telephone Registry)
- Eineygði kötturinn Kisi og Ástandið, seinni hluti: Flóttinn frá Reykjavík (English: Kisi, the one-eyed cat, and the Situation, part II: Escape from Reykjavík) 2009