Meččyniekan Syväin - Metsästäjän Sydän | karelian hobbyist pseudomanga comic artist from Finland | atheist | MBTI: ISTP-T type5 / type9
"vikings are closest character type to the Nordics in global pop-culture" (although the imago comes from the British Isles, not from the Nordics)
"Karelians of the Viking Age were better known as fur traders/hunters."
gimmick: strong connection to nordic-like winter culture
additions to the collection : Zilverpijl 22/78
Hopeanuoli (Zilverpijl) - 10-year series in Finland. it was popular enough that there was "Zilverpijl Native American camp" at the Kullasvuori camping resort.
The title character of the series is the young Native American chief Silver Arrow, a wise and resourceful chief of the Kiowa. Other main characters are his blood brother Falcon, and Silver Arrow's sister, Moonbeam.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zilverpijl
Herra Koipeliini (Histoire de Mr. Vieux Bois)
history of european comic:
Histoire de Mr. Vieux Bois was created 1827 but first published 1837
"Rodolphe Töpffer: 31 January 1799 – 8 June 1846) was a Swiss teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricaturist. He is best known for his illustrated books (littérature en estampes, "graphic literature"), which are possibly the earliest European comics. He is known as the father of comic strips and has been credited as the "first comics artist in history." - WIKI
in Finland: first published in finnish newspaper Sanomia Turusta 1857 and is also first comic strip in Finland
Sanomia Turusta 1857
https://digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi/sanomalehti/binding/482467?page=2
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