Jenni Rope: My Forest

This little catalogue shows Rope's new paintings made for the
My Forest exhibition touring in Chicago, Berlin and Tokyo in
2009 - 2010. It also works as an intimate documentary
introducing us to her studio, ways of working and inspirations.
Available at Napa webshop www.napabooks.com

El Esteban wins Helsinki Comic Festival Independent Publishing Allstars -prize

Kasper's self published El Esteban -magazine has won the
non-prestigious Independent Publishing Allstars -price at
the Helsinki Comics Festival this weekend.



The jury found El Esteban to be ”Brilliant, clever and fun”
which made the editor blush a bit.



The jury also thought El Esteban is ”on it's way to become
a real classic” which made the editor blush some more.



El Esteban is not really available anywhere, but if you really
want to you can have a look here. Sorry, Finnish only.

Illustrator Hippo found at charity shop

How happy was I to find this illustrator hippopotamus
wearing a wrestling suit at a local charity shop?
”But wait a minute” I hear you ask, ”what on earth
makes you think this little fellow is an illustrator?”



That, my friends, is of course a real no-brainer: why else would
he be carrying around a pen in his back pocket? Oh, and nice
buttocks by the way.

Jaakko Pallasvuo: How you should make cement for mending stones

This beautiful 120 page book includes the essence of
Jaakko’s numerous zines: Pegasus Dwarf Irregular Galaxy
(Kaugummi Books, 2008), Sans Toit Ni Loi
(Kaugummi Books, 2008) Kievan Rus (DIY zine, 2009).
Also includes lots of previously unreleased material!
Available from Napa Books webshop. www.napabooks.com

The coolest comic shop of Western Europe

“I went to Pitkamies and all I designed was this canvas bag”
Available through Pitkamies, www.pitkamies.net.

Hörselhunden Hasse

Kasper's been busy this spring illustrating a children's book
for Svenska Hörselförbundet, an organization for the hearing
impaired. The story is about Hasse the Hearing Dog, who helps
out his master Boris.



The story is set in a zoo. And a zoo without big fat snakes
would hardly be a zoo, now would it?



There's even a romantic twist to the story. And that goes
for both men and canines.



Happy ending alert: all is well in the end.

The book is available through Svenska Hörselförbundet.
(Print nerds will be happy to know that the book is printed
in three spot colours throughout.)

Arrrr!

He's a couch driver, but really he'd like to be a pirate somewhere
off the coast of Somalia, hijacking oil tankers instead of ferrying
old people between Hyvinkää and Porvoo. Never give up
dreaming though!