Keeps Getting Petter And Petter

Sigh. / There. / Now I’m ready to tell about Helsinki Comics Festival!

Eeeuhhhmm first there was a feminist low-threshold comic workshop, a week before the festival. / Solidarity – Sexism – Queer – Safety – Otherness – Gender roles – Home / Time Warp! – A gay dude visits his home village and thinks back to his childhood. / I sold five copies.

Then I mostly hung around until the festival. / And folded comic packs for the comic-o-matic for the Comics Centre.

Festival weekend! // What I said to Mia Vistilä: [the author of Dear Sisters the comic] / Look at this awesome shirt! // What it probably came out like: / I want social justice chocolate cookies! / No Nixu that’s bad allyhood! / Beer.

This was so worth skipping school for an entire week. Now home by midnight! / Ca. 50€ worth of comics and stuff. // Ring-a-ling, we can’t find the driver, just a sec. / What. // Ring-a-ling, the train’s out of order and we’ll be stuck for two fucking hours. // At 3:30 AM I got home. The next schoolday was quite painful! / Sorry I took a while, please don’t look at me or talk to me. / I had a blast. Doin’ it again next year! (The theme then will be Germany and LGBTQ-comics.)

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This turned out a little animu but graphic designers dig that for some reason, shitshitfuck can I just punch a thing. / Better. // This little sloth went to bed early on a Saturday night. / This little sloth committed to repaying summer study allowances. / This little sloth did a little bit of rummaging and vacuuming.

”DO YOU GUYS EVER LIKE”

Arrrgh I’m such a fraud, some people have real problems with anxiety, and they’re unemployable and messed up and I’m here like / Yeah I’m looking forward to school and the comics festival and at times I was a bit anxious at summer job but other than that I’m completely fit for work and I do have a support network but yeah sure I’ll take that psychiatrist’s appointment. / NO. SHUT UP. YOU’RE DOING THE RIGHT THING HERE.

”No”

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At least now I’ve got a reason to learn how to draw bikes.

I also bought a (cheap shitty) lock. / (Random geezer who picked on me –>) / You won’t survive a day with that thing. / I know. // You a student? / Yeah… // Here, have some money for a new lock!

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Oops I’ve been making ask-roll replies for, like, two months. / Let’s take it up a notch!* / (* I reply to everything hastily with a panel or two.)

”What’s your perfect dinner like?”

Free food Okay, well… / I think that’s supposed to be… / Veggie patty – soya puree – halloum cheese – cashew nut salad stuff – with mild hot sauce and a pint of beer. / IDK I’m the worst at coming up with meals! / Which is why I’m so damn skinny.

”Why do men have nipples?” / In the early development of the foetus, three months after conceiving… / Because guy nipples are the most erotic thing ever. // ”Must there be wank-ness in life?” / Yes, see previous panel. / Also, it’s fun, safe and educational! // ”Why do people drink coffee?” / Some prefer heartburns and arrythmia! / And hey, at least it’s not cocaine. (It’s worse.)

”Who inspire you, artistically or attitude-wise?” / Oh god, another big question… / I mean! Uhh. Let’s try a couple of caricatures. // And idk: friends, life, and everything, oops it didn’t become such a long list after all.

”Your favourite hairy thing?” / Men would be too obvious an answer, but sloths fo’ lyfe tho. / Although we’re rather mainstream by now. // ”Your favourite pet peeve?” / Misogyny! I follow tons of angry feminists on Tumblr, and seethe with rage and disgust. / Also homophobia, transphobia, racism and imperialism. // ”Today’s clothing meme?” / Morning: Zapatist coffee. / Forenoon: Wrap-around dress. / Midday: Cleaning day.

”What would you do, should you get to have Timo Soini [leader of the right-wing populist party True Finns] as a sex slave for one day?” // ”What would you do, should the world run out of coffee and tobacco?” // ”If poop were delicious, would you eat it?” / If it’s good enough for bunnies, it’s good enough for me. // ”Show us yourself making a ’fine supper.'” / … / Can’t reach. Fuck.

PHEW NOW I’VE REPLIED TO EVERYTHING AND THE USB DOCK FOR MY MOUSE STARTED LAGGING AS WELL HEY Y’ALL

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Hi, last night I couldn’t sleep because I’m an unproductive mediocre amateur artist manque! / And in the fall this feeling won’t only nag at me during the night, fucking YEAH.

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