Cloud Hotel – John Andersson

An atmosphere is a psychic room, a secret of yourself, which, like a large unopened envelope lingers in the air, waiting to be revealed.

John Andersson & Niklas Nenzén – The Place of the Soul (2006)

John Andersson (1960–2023) was a Swedish comic artist, painter and surrealist who lived most of his life on the ninth floor of a high-rise in the Stockholm suburb of Hagsätra. He was painting, drawing and making music on analog synths. John listened to his inner voice – sometimes many voices – and got his inspiration from sci-fi films, dreams and visions.

Cloud Hotel is the first collected edition of John Andersson’s comics in English. It contains three comic albums by John Andersson published in the early 90s – Gene, Fred & Judy (1992), Schneiderdushen / Bole Sole (1994) and Wig of Atlas (1994), as well as a selection of stand-alone stories in full color. The collection was carefully translated into English by John’s long time friends and colleagues – Niklas Nenzén,  Mattias Forshage and Anna Ehrlemark, with final touches by Caroline Åberg.

John Andersson passed away in 2023; he left on the Yellow Brick Road and forgot to leave the key to the secret back door. Friends and colleagues formed an association called John Andersson Vänner (Friends of John Andersson) to preserve and continue his artistic legacy. Cloud Hotel is published together with them and we hope that it will travel around the world, from Oz to the Ice Castle

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Cloud Hotel by John Andersson is the second book of three coming out of our publishing collaboration ZOO Bindery funded by the EU and Kulturrådet. Thank you!