Cartoonist Sussi Bech talks about what first sparked her interest in Egyptology and why she chose the Amarna period as the setting for her 14-volume comic serial about Nofret. She explores how she drew on the historical sources and where she filled the gaps with imagination.
The talk also looks at the currents of the time that shaped her early work, including the 1970s women's movement, and how her learning over the years has fed into the development of the story. The first Nofret album appeared in 1986 and the last in 2022.
