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I was asked to present some Finnish graphic novels for this community, and I think I cant go amiss by starting with the "grand old man" of finnish graphic novels/fantasy comics, Petri Hiltunen.

1) Hiltunen has been active since the 1980's and is perhaps most known for his Praedor fantasy world and the graphic novels, novels and ttrpg set into it.

2) Also he has done some adaptations of historic characters and fiction, like adapting Shakespeares MacBeth and ancient greek historian Xenophons work Anabasis.

3) Another good example of his style is 'trollpunk' albums with Ontot Kukkulat (Hollow Hills) in the 90's and Troll Patrol (with Tuomas Myllylä) in the 2020's.

4) He has also done a lot of strip comics for Finnish newspapers, depicting the observations of wizard Väinämöinen (from our national epic Kalevala) about modern Finnish society.

He has also done many, many more albums on different subjects and historical periods.

I'm not sure how many of his albums have been translated, but I think you can find at least some of the Praedor's and MacBeth in english.

Sorry for the poor quality images. Finn's do a lot things well and in interesting ways, but marketing themselves is not one of them. That or my search engine voodoo was not good enough.

Hi, I'm writing this post to ask for Lemmites for their knoweledge about a graphic novel I'm looking for. I've read the GN over 20 years ago as a teen, so my recollections about it are vague, though I remember that it was great and I've been trying to find it for the last 10 years, every now and then.

Here's what I remember about it:

Art style:

• It might be originally French or Belgian, but I'm not 100% about that.

• I think it was black and white / inked, but again, not 100% about that.

• Fairly realistic style of illustration, but set in a fantasy world with fantastical designs.

• No idea about the release date, but I read it in the late 1990's/early 2000's. It was in english or finnish, though I'm almost 100% it was in english.

• For adults with graphic violence, nudity, sex, etc.

The World:

• A dark fantasy world with slavery, war, rape etc.

• Different races. The main character was of a hobbit like race, with big ears, if I recall correctly. There were also a race of hairy, troll-like creatures that were used as beasts of war. I think there also were some modern human like creatures.

• Many kinds of different fantastical beasts.

• I think there was a war or conflict raging between different evil coded factions, factions having different themes to them (I think).

The Story/scenes from it:

• Main character is thrust into the wider world unto a Heroes Journey, maybe due to a kidnapping of a loved one, but I think there were also some Jesus the Redeemer -like quality or theme to the ending of the story. I'm not sure about the last one.

• A scene where the main character meets a witch and the witch has him turned into a black african male muscle hunk, to fuck him.

• A scene where the main character is carried unto a court of some decadent ruler.

• A scene where the main character befriends one of the hairy war beasts by removing a collar from it.

• In the end, the world is destroyed due to a great cataclysm, but some races survive due to being underground. Later they emerge unto a changed world and its implied that they are the ancestors of Homo Sapiens and Homo Neanderthalis.

I've tried using different search engines to find them, but havent had any luck. I'm fairly certain its not by Moebius or Jorodowsky, though I guess the setting is something what Jorodowsky could have written. Alef-Thau has been suggested to me earlier, but its not that. I just read it couple of days ago.

Please lemmites, you're my only hope.

As the title says, this popped into my head while walking to my home being showered with subzero frozen rain.

Modern english is just an creole language of 5 different european languages and made super easy to mix the conflicts between those languages. Thats why its so easy to learn for most people.

Bought some soft wash brushes that fit on a electric drill. Cleaned the bathroom with it. It was so fast and easy that my knees and back didn't start hurting. I like a clean bathroom.

Picture of a widely shared ritual in modern Finland: people gathering to family homes on Finlands independence day December 6, to watch in TV how our president and his/her's spouse shake hands with all the people invited to their official independence day party.

It takes about 2-4 hours, people drink and eat while discussing the outfits and persons shaking hands.

As the title says, I was wondering if lemmings would know what this kind of music is called / genre'd? They differ from their performers normal style considerably, but I like the smooth and and vaguely positive melancholic feel of these songs. I think both of these songs share kind of the same sound.

I've been a metal head since my early tweens, for way too many years, so I'm kind of wading to uncharted waters for me.

Any ideas?

Salvatore Ganacci - Boycycle (feat. Sébastien Tellier) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZEFNHod_DU

Fatboy Slim - Radioactivity (Official Audio) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=la47COASlRA

A wooden hairbrush for missus. Kinda crappy but now I have an excuse to do a new and better one! Carved with knives and chisels. Stained with dark and light varnish and finished with clear acrylic cover.

Made from wood called 'terijoensalava' (salix euxina ’Bullata’) in Finnish - I dont know if there is an english translation for it. The wood was extremely soft, light and kinda powdery (?) inside - not much real grain on it. I bet you could carve a wooden knife from pine and carve this wood with the wooden knife.

My fancy peasant's gruel. Semolina gruel that turned into porridge like consistency (see I can afford the wheat, no need to water it down) with cut up wiener pieces in it. I'm sometimes fancy like this.

A pain hook (self-use massage device for the neck and back) made from a pine branch. Snoopy-like dog appeared from the branch while whittling, hence the name.

Lightly stained with walnut colour stain and a light beeswax layer on top of that so it feels smooth on the skin. Handle made from old repurposed leather belt strips.

These pain hooks are an old Finnish and Karelian thing for massaging one's neck and back, and I was wondering if these sort of self-care "devices" are known and in use in other cultures?