Kjære Stripefolk in Norwegian!

Dear Stripe People consists of drawings inspired by the classic single-panel comic format, where each panel combines an illustration with text. The book introduces characters from a universe where human logic has not yet been established. In these panels, you encounter dreamlike figures with poor balance, angular cave dwellers who refuse to say why they won’t leave their cave, and a group of stiff, pink sticks desperately warning the reader against looking through a peephole. *Dear Stripe People* is a surreal and humorous exploration of an imaginative, whimsical world where nothing is predictable.

Erlend Peder Kvam (b. 1994) is an illustrator from Inderøy, now based in Oslo. He has released several publications with the Swiss publisher Nieves and was part of the performance-based comics collective Narves1biblioteket. He studied at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig and the Oslo National Academy of the Arts, where he has held a position as a doctoral research fellow in illustration since 2025.

Text and drawings by Erlend Peder Kvam

Essay by Alexander Slotten

92 pages
240 x 320 mm
Offset printed
Smyth-sewn
Published by Foot Books Oslo, 2026