Søren Jessen

Den danske tegneserieskaber og illustrator Søren Jessen blev født 1963. 1983-86 stod han i lære som reklametegner .
Søren Jessen har fået offentliggjort diverse tegneserier, bl.a. Anerne i den danske udgave af Metal Hurlant, Total Metal og Forårskannibalisme og Træt i hovedet af en hest i det danske tegneseriemagasin Kulørte Sider nr. 3 & 7.
Fra 1987 har Søren Jessen tegnet adskillige bogomslag til børne- og ungdomsbøger fra flere danske forlag, ligesom han har fået udgivet flere børnebøger, børnebilledbøger og læse-let-bøger.
Da forlaget Gyldendal i 1991 udskrev en konkurrence om bedste børnetegneserie, deltog Søren Jessen med Oscar og Villy Uhyre. Serien - i (u)hyggelige, udtryksfulde og overskuelige tegninger og klare farver - vandt ikke konkurrencen, men var blandt de fem, som blev udgivet.
Albummets titel blev Juveltyven. I 1994 fulgte seriens 2. album, Monsterkongen.
Ved siden af Oscar og Villy Uhyre står Søren Jessen for strip-serien Chips i tidsskriftet Computer World.
I 1997 fik Søren Jessen udgivet bogen Bonk - en bog om tegneserier og hvordan man laver dem.
Med Zambesi, Stilhedens Hav og Erindringer om fremtiden har Søren Jessen nu også slået sit navn fast som romanforfatter.

The Danish comic book artist and illustrator Søren Jessen was born in 1963. From 1983-86 he trained as an advertising artist.
Søren Jessen has had various comics published, among which are Anerne (The Ancestors) in the Danish edition of Metal Hurlant (Total Metal) and Forårskannibalisme (Spring Cannibalism) and Træt i hovedet af en hest (Tired in the Head of a Horse) both in the Danish comics magazine Kulørte Sider (Pulp Pages).
Since 1987 Søren Jessen has done several book covers for children’s and youth books from various Danish publishers, and he has also had many of his own children’s picture books published.
When the Danish publisher Gyldendal held a competition for the best children’s comic in 1991, Søren Jessen’s entry was Oscar og Villy Uhyre (Oscar and Villy the Monster). The series, done in creepy and expressive drawings with clear colors, did not win the competition, but was among the five entries which were published.
The album’s title becameJuveltyven (The Jewel Thief). It was followed by the second album in the series, Monsterkongen (The Monster King). Besides Oscar og Villy Uhyre, Søren Jessen has the comic strip Chips in the magazine Computer World to his credit.
In 199t Søren Jessen published a book for kids on how to draw comics, Bonk - en bog om tegneserier og hvordan man laver dem (Bonk - a book about comics and how to draw them).