Simon Stålenhag
Swedish artist and designer
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March 14 2025 | Netflix released the film adaptation of The Electric State, produced by Andy and Barbara Muschietti, with the Russo brothers involved in the project. |
August 2024 | Free League Publishing launched a Kickstarter for Stålenhag's fifth book 'Swedish Machines', described as his most personal work exploring masculinity, sexuality, and time. |
November 2021 | Image Comics published the North American edition of 'The Labyrinth'. |
2020 | Announced his fourth art book 'The Labyrinth' via a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign. |
April 3 2020 | Amazon Prime released the entire first season of the Tales from the Loop television series, comprising eight 50-57 minute episodes, adapted from Stålenhag's narrative art books. |
2019 | Film adaptation plans for The Electric State were officially confirmed. |
2019 | 'The Electric State' was shortlisted for the Locus Award in the Art Book category. |
2019 | 'The Electric State' was a finalist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award. |
October 2018 | Skybound Books published the North American edition of 'The Electric State'. |
September 2018 | Simon & Schuster published the UK edition of 'The Electric State', his third art book centered on a teenage girl and her robotic companion. |
2017 | Movie rights for The Electric State were sold to the Russo brothers. |
2016 | A Kickstarter campaign was launched to fund a tabletop role-playing game called Tales from the Loop, based on Stålenhag's book, set in the 1980s in the United States or Sweden. |
2016 | Created artwork depicting hypothetical results of rising ocean levels for Stockholm University's Resilience Centre. |
2016 | Stålenhag published his second narrative art book 'Things from the Flood' (Flodskörden in Swedish), continuing the narrative around the Loop. |
2014 | Simon Stålenhag released his first narrative art book 'Tales from the Loop' (Ur Varselklotet in Swedish), focusing on the construction of a supermassive particle accelerator called the Loop. |
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