Festive owlet
Goldenbird on tietysti myös mukana, ja kuulemma lumisadetta ei ole tulossa… Lämpötilatkin pysynevät siedettävissä lukemissa, niin ei tule liian kylmä torilla. Toivottavasti nähdään!
Joulupöllö
The public library in Kallio, a district of Helsinki pretty close to my own neighborhood, invited artisans and hobbyists to a flea market this weekend. You can see photos of the event on Flickr.com, and there’s even a nice photo of me and my friends Miia and Kaarina at our table. Miia is the creator of Rakkaat siskot, a clever and insightful comic about gay issues, social commentary and geek humour. Kaarina is the mastermind behind such wacky characters as Walter Ego and Orava (The Squirrel). We had lots of fun together and I hope that our laughter invited more visitors than it scared away.
Here are some of the postcards that I drew. I also made a bunch of Christmas cards, but it just feels wrong to post them in November. Who knows, maybe they will appear in YOUR mailbox in a month.
Puppy and tennis ball
Siberian cat
Chow chow with glitter varnish
Puppy with biscuit
Helsingin 27. sarjakuvafestivaalit
As previously announced, I will be selling Goldenbirds (there’s a new, colourful edition of chapter 3-4 out!) and Swedish Comic Sin vol. 2 & 3 at the comics festival in central Helsinki this weekend. You will find me sharing a table with my sister Tinet Elmgren, hopefully in the neighborhood of the talented and funny Kaarina Uimonen, in the Pienlehtitaivas tent (“Small Press Heaven”) on Lasipalatsi square. If you like fantasy with more than a touch of political consciousness (social/magical realism?), you should take a look at Tinet’s work. Also, if you like piggies.
Do not miss the amazing Elmgren sisters’ show, exclusively and for the first time in Finland, on Sunday 14:00 (2 PM) 9.9.2012! Location: the Pienlehtimanala stage (“Small Press Hell”), Pienlentitaivas tent, Lasipalatsi square.
Puhumme myös suomea – vi talar också svenska!