Hugleikur Dagsson

Þórarinn Hugleikur Dagsson , nicknamed Hulli, born 5 October 1977 is an Icelandic artist. He received a B.A. degree from the Iceland Academy of the Arts in 2002.

He was a film critic in a popular Icelandic radio program on Radíó X and hosted another program called Hugleikur on the same station. Hugleikur is known for all kinds of visual and video art. He is most famous for his satirical comics filled with black humor, which have been published as books and in The Reykjavik Grapevine Magazine.

Hugleikur has written three stage plays. The first Forðist okkur (Avoid us), is based on one of his books. It is a story about three dysfunctional families. The second, Leg (Uterus), is a musical about teenage pregnancy in the near future of Iceland. "Baðstofan" (Bathroom) his third play, is a dark vision of Iceland in the 18th century. All plays received rave reviews and Hugleikur received "the playwright of the year" award for Forðist okkur. ) 2006 Ókei bæ! (English: Okay bye!) 2007 Is This Supposed to Be Funny? The English translation of Bjargið okkur, published by Penguin Books 2007 Eineygði kötturinn Kisi og Leyndarmálið (English: Kisi, the one-eyed cat, and the Secret) 2007 Kaupið okkur (English: Buy us) 2007 Garðarshólmi 2008 (a comic story printed on every page in the Icelandic Telephone Registry) Eineygði kötturinn Kisi og Ástandið, fyrri hluti: Annus Horribilis (English: Kisi, the one-eyed cat, and the Situation, part I: Annus Horribilis) 2008 Ókei bæ tvö (English: Okay bye two) 2008 Jarðið okkur (English: Bury us) 2008 Is This Some Kind of Joke?, published by Penguin books 2008 Garðarshólmi, önnur skorpa 2009 (a comic story printed on every page in the Icelandic Telephone Registry) Eineygði kötturinn Kisi og Ástandið, seinni hluti: Flóttinn frá Reykjavík (English: Kisi, the one-eyed cat, and the Situation, part II: Escape from Reykjavík) 2009 Eineygði kötturinn Kisi og leyndardómar Eyjafjallajökuls'' (English: Kisi, the one-eyed cat, and the mysteries of the Eyjafjallajökull) 2010 (with Pétur Atli Antonsson)