Magnus Merklin is a Danish illustrator, comic book artist, typeface designer, and teacher. He studied Graphic Storytelling at The Animation Workshop in Denmark, where he honed his skills in writing, illustration, and sequential art. His first comic short story, Coffee Brake, was nominated for Best Debut in Denmark. He has gone to Los Angeles, where he interned with Man Of Action (writing for TV animation), and Toronto, where he collaborated with The RAID studio and contributed to the double anthology Barada & Nikto. Now based in Portugal, Magnus is the creator of Disconnect, a graphic novel
""Letting go of a loved one is a symphony of painful chords, but Magnus manages to find the music in such loss in his moving and poetic debut."" - Steven T. Seagle (co-creator: Ben 10, Big Hero 6) ""A beautiful and nuanced meditation on seeking new chords when grief changes the music in our lives."" - Cecil Castellucci (Shades, Batgirl, Female Furies)