He created a strip first titled A-laget, about three soccer supporters, but the concept evolved into what became the strip Pondus, one of Scandinavia's most successful comic strips of all time.
Frode Gjerstad | Cecilia Frode | Frode Øverli | Frode Holstad Hansen | Frode Fjerdingstad | Leif Frode Onarheim | Jan Frode Andersen | Frode Johnsen | Frode Eike Hansen |
Following a long run as supporting strip in Larsons Gale Verden, Haaland changed publisher, and is currently featured in the monthly magazines dedicated to Bud Grace's Ernie and Frode Øverli's Pondus.
Some of Pytons most prominent artists were Tommy Sydsæter, Bjørn Ousland, Arild Midthun (pen name: Arnold Milten), Kristian B. Walters and Frode Øverli who a few years later created the successful and popular comic strip Pondus.