Now that my room is liveable I can finally report on Helsinki Comics Festival! But first... //
H-P Lehkonen paid my deposit! <3 / (2000€ per month salary in comics industry.) / You can pay back whenever, no rush. / Thank you! / (Unemployed bum.)
SO YEAH, HKI. / (Several kilos of
Pokuto comics.) / Thank God that was my last Oulu-Helsinki busride! / (Nine hours in a cheap bus.) // I missed
Broken Minds exhibition because I really needed to rest after my trip. Next year I'll be more awake: there's a regional train from Tampere to Helsinki! / I didn't buy any of my friends' zines! I'm such a bad friend!
It's always nice to see my friends and colleagues in Helsinki Comics Festival. It's such an empowering feeling like "You got this dude, you're a good comic artist and if you work hard you will make great things." / (
Jiipu won in Best Comic Blog category!) / (I was too shy to talk to
Sophie Labelle.)
Nothing much to say about moving to Tampere. Packing the car, 6-hour trip in the car, unpacking the car, all went smoothly. My room is all decorated and everything. / I only needed to pack my clothes, books, and electronics; the house has its own furniture in place.) / I'll talk about adjusting to my new life in Tampere as soon as I get to it. For the time being, I'll wait for employment center benefits so I'll get a bike or a bus card. Bye! (Tampere dialect is not my favourite thing in the world and it's getting kind of old to imitate it whenever you hear somebody lives there.)
