Rolf Gohs
| Rolf Gohs | |
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| Biographical information | |
| Born: | 1933 |
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| Died: | N/A |
| Nationality: | Swedish |
| Occupation: | Cover Artist, Artist |
| Website: | N/A |
Rolf Gohs (born 1933) is a Swedish comics artist and illustrator.
Biography
Gohs was born in Estonia and grew up in Poland during World War II. Eventually, Gohs and his family came to Sweden when he was 13 years old. In Sweden, he discovered comics and soon decided to become a comics artist. At the age of 16 he got a job as studio artist for the Swedish publisher Centerförlaget.
His chance to become a comics artist came when the Italian comic strip "Amok" (known as "Kilroy" in Sweden, a blatant Phantom-ripoff) was cancelled in Italy. The strip had become a huge success in Sweden and the Swedish publishers decided to produce new episodes, and Rolf Gohs was selected as the artist. This also led to opportunities to create a few comics of his own.
In 1957, Gohs began his career as cover artist for Fantomen. He has continued this career until present day and has produced over 900 covers for Fantomen and other publications. His covers have been reprinted all over the world, making him one of the most published Phantom artists.
In the 1960's, Gohs drew two Phantom stories, one of which he wrote the script for aswell. He also made some additional art for Italian Fratelli Spada stories that were published in Fantomen at the time. But besides those few exceptions he has produced no comic stories featuring the Phantom.
In 1969, Gohs co-founded the publishing house Inter Art, to publish his own comic strip "Mystiska 2:an". Inter Art soon went bankrupt, but "Mystiska 2:an" was picked up by other publishers and Gohs has produced new stories sporadically until 1985. Several episodes were published as back-up stories in Fantomen.
Inspired by the legends of the Children's Crusade of the 13th Century, Gohs created the comic "Dom Oskyldiga" ("The Innocent"), which was published as a back-up comic in Fantomen 21-23/2002.
Besides Phantom covers, Gohs has created covers for dozens of comic books in Sweden, thereby creating art featuring several of the world's most popular comic characters.
Phantom work by Rolf Gohs
Stories
Team Fantomen stories
| # | Title | Writer | Artist | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Great Bank Robbery" | Gohs | Gohs | ¤ |
| 2 | "The Earthquake" | Lundström | Gohs | ¤ |
Edited Fratelli Spada stories
These stories were produced by Fratelli Spada and edited with additional art by Rolf Gohs for printing in Fantomen.
| # | Title | Writer | Artist | Additional Team Fantomen artist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Man Without a Face, Part 1" | ? | Sammarini | Gohs |
| 2 | "Terror" | ? | Sammarini | Gohs |
Covers
Fantomen covers
This list includes 904 covers and is complete
To view the covers, see the galleries:
- Rolf Gohs Fantomen covers 1-200
- Rolf Gohs Fantomen covers 201-400
- Rolf Gohs Fantomen covers 401-600
- Rolf Gohs Fantomen covers 601-800
- Rolf Gohs Fantomen covers 801-1000
Fantomen Christmas Album covers
See: Rolf Gohs Fantomen Christmas Album covers
Fantomen one-shots covers
- Den förste Fantomen Fången i Himalaya.jpg
- Flame One-Shot Cover.jpg
- Fantomendagen på Grönan.jpg
