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Teddy Kristiansen

Danish comic artist

Correspondence, annotated notebooks and portrait silhouettes prepared for research
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ3543900 ↗
Source-derived summary

Teddy Kristiansen (born 29 July 1964) is a Danish comic book artist, known for his work in mystery, horror, and dark, suspense-filled comics. He drew one chapter of "The Kindly Ones" story arc in Neil Gaiman's The Sandman series. In 2005, Kristiansen won an Eisner Award for Best Comics Painter for his work on the Superman Graphic Novel It's a Bird.... Kristiansen was also featured in DC's 8th issue of Solo.

Published works

Superman og Fredsbomben, Interpresse (Copenhagen, Denmark, 1990)

Superman in Europa, Baldakijn Boeken (Amsterdam/Bussum, Netherlands, 1990)

Supermann i Norge, Semic (Oslo, Norway, 1990)

Stålmannen i Stockholm, Carlsen Comics (Stockholm, Sweden, 1990)

Teräsmies: Supersankari Helsingissä!, Semic (Helsinki, Finland, 1990)

Superman y la Bomba de la Paz, Ediciones Zinco (Barcelona, Spain, 1991)

Superman e Il Pacificatore, Corto Maltese Magazine #102, Vol. 10 #3, Rizzoli Milano Libri Edizioni (Milan, Italy, March 1992)

Showcase '94, Vol. 1 #8-9, (DC Comics, 1994)

House of Secrets 1-25 (penciller for issues 1 - 5, 7, 8, 13, 14, 17 - 19, 25; partial penciller for issues 21 - 24; cover artist for issues 1 - 25; DC Comics: Vertigo, 1996–1998)

Sandman Midnight Theatre One-Shot Graphic Novel (DC Comics: Vertigo, 1995)

Batman Black and White #3 (DC Comics, 1996)

House of Secrets: Facade #1-2 (DC Comics: Vertigo, 2001)

The Dreaming 36-39 (DC Comics: Vertigo)

Superman: Metropolis #6-10 (DC Comics, 2003)

Superman:It's a Bird... (DC Comics, 2004)

Solo #8 (DC Comics, 2005)

Grendel Tales Four Devils, One Hell (Dark Horse Comics)

Genius, written by Steven T. Seagle (First Second)

Et øjeblik i Kvante Sørensens liv( A Fraction In The Life Of Quantum Sorensen), Writer Ole Dalgaard, Høst & Søn , 2010)

Eller Gensyn med Heisenberg( Heisenberg Revisited), Writer Ole Dalgaard(Oscar K), Fahrenheit, (Sept. 2010)

Nicolai og stregerne (Nicolai And The Lines), Writer Ole Dalgaard(Oscar K), Gyldendal, ( 2011)

Af forfatterens optegnelser om den skjulte skrift( The Authors Notes About The Hidden Writing), Writer Ole Dalgaard(Oscar K), Publisher Fahrenheit, (2011)

Red Diary/Re(a)d Diary. Writer Teddy Kristiansen/Steve Seagle, Image(USA) (August.2012)

Noan´s Mærke(NOAN´s Mark), Writer Jane Susanne Andersen, Publisher Turbine.(2014)

CMYK, Writer Steven Seagle, Vertigo, Usa (February 2015)

Finsk Tango(Finnish Tango), Writer Ole Dalgaard(Oscar K), Publisher Jensen og Dalgaard (april 2015)

Bezunk og egernet( Bezunk and The Squirrel), Writer Tina Sakura, Publisher Gyldendal, (may 2018)Winner of BLIXEN Award, Best children’s publication 2019

Hugo og Holger Bygger et hundehus ( Hugo and Holger build a doghouse), Writer Ole Dalgaard, Publisher Carlsen, (January 2022)

Hugo og Holger Skal nok få det godt (Hugo and Holger Will Have A Great Time), Writer Ole Dalgaard, Publisher Carlsen, (January 2022)

Hugo og Holger Får nye venner( Hugo and Holger Get New Friends), Writer Ole Dalgaard, Publisher Carlsen, (may 2022)

Hugo og Holger På børnehjem(Hugo and Holger on Orphanage), Writer Ole Dalgaard, Publisher Carlsen, (may 2022)

Hugo & Holger og den afskyelige snemand( Hugo And Holger and The Abominable Snowman), Writer Ole Dalgaard, Publisher Carlsen, (Nov 2022)

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“Teddy Kristiansen” enters the record as danish comic artist. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Teddy, Kristiansen and Danish can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1964, 2005, 1990, 1991—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1964-01-01. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Teddy, Kristiansen and Danish.
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“Teddy Kristiansen” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Teddy, Kristiansen and Danish provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3543900. VIAF identifies the subject as 85141739. The Library of Congress control number is no97006233. 4 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 2 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1964, 2005, 1990 and 1991.

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This entry incorporates text from “Teddy Kristiansen” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.