Werner Wejp-Olsen

Werner Wejp-Olsen, writer and cartoonist excelling in comic strips, gag cartoons, children’s books and animation grew up in Copenhagen, Denmark. While still in high school, he sold his first gag cartoon to a major Danish newspaper. Educated as a journalist, but self-taught as a cartoonist he worked as an editor at a newspaper syndicate, before going freelance marketing his gag cartoons and comic strips worldwide with WOW as his signature. His most popular feature, Inspector Danger’s Crime-Quiz is or has been published in many parts of the world from Scandinavia to Korea, from Italy to Brazil, from New Zealand to USA. It has also been published in book-form in USA, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. In short on all continents except Antarctica. Werner is a member of the National Cartoonists Society, and twice his peers have nominated him as Cartoonist of the Year in the categories New Media and Gag Cartoons. Since 1989 Werner has lived in USA. Today he and his family reside in Carlsbad, California.