I've been granted the honor to participate in the Society of Illustrator's Comic and Cartoon Art Annual Exhibition this July. The list of participants is quite overwhelming, so naturally I'm very humbled by this. If you happen to be in the neighborhood around the 7th–25th of July, pop by the exhibit!
In other news, the new Villimpi Pohjola book is almost ready for print. More about this soon! Hope you're enjoying your summer, everyone.
I'm a little late for the game but I've simply been swamped after getting back from Sweden. The Stockholm International Comic Festival was a blast, and I must thank all the staff, fellow artists, exhibitors, volunteers and, of course, the attendees for making the weekend as fun as it was. I still feel very humbled to have been invited, and can't thank the organizers and my Swedish publisher Cobolt enough.
I was also really taken to see Perkeros get a warm welcome in Sweden, and I'm looking forward to coming back for the Göteborg Book Fair. You'll find more of these beautiful photos from the festivals on Serieteket's Facebook page (© Makan E-Rahmati) and a small news insert on SVT.
To sum things up: Thanks, hope to see you again soon.
The Stockholm International Comic Festivals are just around the corner, and I'm excited to see what they have to offer. The event will take place over at Kulturhuset (among other satellite locations) this weekend (9th–10th May). If you're in the neighborhood, pop by and say hi. I'll be attending the festivities to launch the Swedish and Danish versions of Perkeros. Once again I'll be happy to doodle dedications for you guys. You'll find the program info and such here.
My schedule for the show is as follows:
12.00 Signing with Mattias Adolfsson (Cobolt table) 14.00 Signing with Mattias Adolfsson (Cobolt table)
12.00 Signing (Cobolt table) 13.30 Perkeros interview with Marianne Skoglund (Ekoteket stage) 14.30 The Finnish Comics Society panel with fellow authors (Ekoteket stage) 15.30 Signing (Cobolt table)
I'll be posting about possible updates or changes via my Twitter feed or the Perkeros Facebook page. See you soon, Stockholm!