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'''Arild Midthun''' (born 6 May 1964) is a Norwegian [[illustrator]], [[cartoonist]], and [[comics artist]] from Bergen. He began his career with the [[comic strip]] ''[[Patrick & Co]]'', published in the newspaper ''Bergens Tidende'' in 1977, a spy-themed series written by Tormod Løkling. Midthun gained wider recognition with the strip series ''[[Sirkus]]'' (1980–1982), created in collaboration with writers Terje Nordberg, Eirik Ildahl, and Dag Kolstad.<ref name=":0">'''Skarstein, Eirik'''. “Arild Midthun.” ''Norsk Tegneseriehistorie Magazine'', 2005.</ref> | '''Arild Midthun''' (born 6 May 1964) is a Norwegian [[illustrator]], [[cartoonist]], and [[comics artist]] from Bergen. He began his career with the [[comic strip]] ''[[Patrick & Co]]'', published in the newspaper ''Bergens Tidende'' in 1977, a spy-themed series written by Tormod Løkling. Midthun gained wider recognition with the strip series ''[[Sirkus]]'' (1980–1982), created in collaboration with writers Terje Nordberg, Eirik Ildahl, and Dag Kolstad.<ref name=":0">'''Skarstein, Eirik'''. “Arild Midthun.” ''Norsk Tegneseriehistorie Magazine'', 2005.</ref> | ||
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Arild Midthun (born 6 May 1964) is a Norwegian illustrator, cartoonist, and comics artist from Bergen. He began his career with the comic strip Patrick & Co, published in the newspaper Bergens Tidende in 1977, a spy-themed series written by Tormod Løkling. Midthun gained wider recognition with the strip series Sirkus (1980–1982), created in collaboration with writers Terje Nordberg, Eirik Ildahl, and Dag Kolstad.[1]
He served as a central illustrator for the humorous magazine Norsk MAD from 1981, and later contributed to Pyton from 1986 to 1995.[1] In 1988, Midthun was co-recipient of the Sproing Award—alongside Terje Nordberg—for the comic album Troll: Sølvskatten.[2]
In 1995, Midthun joined the newspaper Aftenposten as an illustrator, and in 2004 he began drawing for the Disney comics magazine Donald Duck & Co.[1]