Hi I was supposed to make a huge, long reportage but oops I'm stressed and tired so nope. //
Saturday Aug 30th / To Jiipu's comic release party in Tampere! /
(Nicotine withdrawal & diarrhea) // (The queen) / (Smiths covers) / (Or one at least)
Sunday Aug 31st / Hey, that's a nice zine! I'll take three! / One for me, too. /
(Axu's pals) //
Mon Sep 1st / I need a place to stay in Helsinki! / OH NO HELP / Clatter clatter // I'M TOO ANXIOUS FOR GOOD NARRATION
Tue Sep 2nd / Guess which art exhibition. //
Wed Sep 3rd / JEMMA minifestival of visual activism & Zsa Zsa Zine's zine workshop.
(On Wednesday* I curated JEMMA festival in Akkuna, and on Thursday Axu and I went to Hercules the gay bar. Goddamn it's troublesome to draw right now. //
Fri Sep 5th /
(Shitty work contracts, nonexistent/lousy benefits, etc etc) / H&M (female) employees can't give interviews to journalists, but
comic artists (who work like journalists) don't count. //
(LGBT organisation panel) / With comics one can tell very complicated things in a very simple way, and is therefore inherently norm critical.**
(*: Kuraroin torstaina, muistin väärin piirtäessä. / I curated on Thursday, I remembered wrong.
**: Normikriittistä sikäli, että lukihäiriöiset, kehitysvammaiset ja vähemmän koulutetut pääsevät käsiksi helpommin sulatettavaan tietoon. / Norm critical in that dyslexic, mentally disabled and less educated people can get their hands on more accessible information.)
Sat Sep 6th No wait I forgot that there was a end-of-summer punk gig in Kalasatama on Friday evening. / I took a bunch of your comics with me, and sold out in five minutes. / We'd like more of your stuff to an anarchist bookstore. / Do you have any zines left??
(Miia Vistilä and her hat / Jiipubaby / Sleep deprived, hungover, hungry and over-caffeinated) // Axu and I got some foor from the grill stand on Thursday night and I left a plastic fork in my pocket. / Hahaha hohoho /
(Calm as shit) / Stop immediately or I'll kill you. /
/ I have a hat.
This reminds me of one Nixu. / Who are they? // Eeee he's adorable! // And that's how I found your blog and am not your biggest fan! / (Sorry about how I drew your face) / I'm so flattered I could die. / Look who's a scene queen. // Carolina! Pääsit Hesaan! / Sohvasurffasin. / THEN I DRANK SHITLOADS OF BEER.
Sun Sep 7th Wait I forgot to tell something again. // We attended the Tom of Finland exhibition again with Anssi. / Anssi Vieruaho, president of Oulu Comics Asssociation. May we see TOF's original artwork? // Touko Laaksonen masturbated while working on this piece of paper. / Magical. / (Yes, he actually drew those kind of gaping assholes.) // Sun Sep 9th / I sold out on "Lipsync For Your Life"! / (Hungover again) / Didn't you have like 30 copies in the first place? / Hi, I heard there's queer feminist comics on sale in this table?
KIITOS KAIKILLE PUSIPUSI NÄHÄÄN ENSI VUONNA, LIPSYNCCIÄ ON TULOSSA LISÄÄ PIAN
THANKS GUYS, MORE COMICS WILL BE PRINTED SOON