Beate whom Pondus find dull. Hugo & Ivar - two (former) colleagues of Pondus with geek interests. Reidar - a car mechanic of the greediest sort. Roger - an awful comics creator. Ponny-Petra - the most notorious of Jokke's female acquaintances. Dr. Zimmerknaben - an unorthodox psychiatrist. Zlatan - a black metal-guy who works in Jokke's shop. Publications Pondus magazine The Pondus magazine has been a monthly publication since 2000. The line-up of past and current guest strips are: Rutetid, also by Øverli, in the one-panel format. The Duplex by Glenn McCoy Eon by Lars Lauvik Holger og Hagbart by Arne Bye The Flying McCoys by Glenn and Gary McCoy M by Mads Eriksen MonoMania by Thomas S. Hansen Piray by Karine Haaland Prim by Bodil Revhaug RedakTom by Tom Ostad Rocky by Martin Kellerman Pondus albums There have so far been 9 digest albums, all but the seventh given football-related titles. English translations appended: 1. Første omgang (2001, Schibsted, ) First Half 2. Andre omgang (2002, Schibsted, ) Second Half 3. Hat trick (2003, Schibsted, ) In reference to football's hat-trick, a 3-goal accomplishment. 4. Flat firer (2004, Schibsted, ) Flat Four. A reference to the "back four" in soccer, which normally involves four defenders, flat in reference to the defence forming a straight line, to execute an offside trap. The cover displays Pondus playing football, having just "flattened" the opponent player #4. 5. Fem rette (2005, Schibsted, ) Five Correct. A reference to the Norwegian football pools betting on 12 matches, with prizes awarded for 10, 11, or 12 successful predictions. 5 is a very poor result. 6. 0-6 (2006, Schibsted, ) In reference to a very poor result for the home team in a football match. In Norwegian it can also mean no sex, or "Zero sex". The cover displays Jokke, the goalkeeper, fumbling the ball to concede a goal, as the foot of an opponent player is bound for Jokke's crotch. In the background, Jokke's girlfriend looks horrified. 7. Sju lange og sju breie (2007, Egmont, ) Seven Long and Seven Wide, an old Scandinavian expression signifying time which feels like an eternity, and referring to Pondus' old boys football squad of 14 odd-looking men posing on the cover. 8. 8. Divisjon (2008, Egmont, ) 8. Division, the lowest league level in Norwegian football. 9. Nummer 9 (2009, Egmont, ) Number 9, referring to Pondus' shirt