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2011-02-27T14:38:00.000+01:00

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This Friday - The Deaths of Karstein Volle

2010-08-25T23:58:00.001+02:00

The Deaths of Karstein Volle - Finnish edition, originally uploaded by Karstein Volle.

16:00 hours at Pitkämies 2 at Uudenmaankatu 23 Helsinki. Free gig with Nazca! Snacks! Drinks! Interview! Signing!

full set

2010-04-20T14:22:00.001+02:00

full set, originally uploaded by Karstein Volle.

Nazca discography 97-10

Nazca - Out - teaser 9 - Surfers

2010-04-17T14:45:00.001+02:00

Nazca - Out - teaser 9 - Surfers
Originally uploaded by Karstein Volle

We are getting closer to the release of the record.
14th of May is the release date. Darkside in Perhonkatu, Helsinki is the place to be.

Nazca - Out - teaser 8 - Espousal

2010-04-06T10:57:00.001+02:00

Nazca - Out - teaser 8 - Espousal
Originally uploaded by Karstein Volle

Go to flickr for the sweetest album teaser you have ever seen.

Nazca - Out - teaser 7 - Instinct

2010-03-29T10:45:00.001+02:00

Nazca - Out - teaser 7 - Instinct
Originally uploaded by Karstein Volle

Rock on over to Flickr to see something really nice.

Nazca - Out - Teaser 5 - Erroris

2010-03-15T12:56:00.001+01:00

Nazca - Out - Teaser 5 - Erroris
Originally uploaded by Karstein Volle

Had my EOS on a stand in my walk-in closet for two weeks with a remote shutter. First time I´ve ever tried out my green thumb.
The album is worth it. Boy, I´m proud of it.

Nazca - Out - Teaser 4 - Attitude

2010-03-08T14:27:00.001+01:00

Nazca - Out - Teaser 4 - Attitude
Originally uploaded by nazca - helsinki

...we are so excited about this...

Nazca - Out - Teaser 3 - One Day Understand

2010-03-01T22:17:00.001+01:00

Nazca - Out - Teaser 3 - One Day Understand
Originally uploaded by nazca - helsinki

Third excerpt from Nazca´s third album Out.
www.songsfornazca.com

Gakken

2010-02-25T09:14:00.001+01:00

Gakken, originally uploaded by Karstein Volle.

More photo goodness up on Flickr.

Nazca - Out - Teaser 2 - Rhumba

2010-02-22T12:30:00.000+01:00

Nazca - Out - Teaser 1 - Chestnut tree

2010-02-15T09:33:00.001+01:00

Kamppi stopmotion

2010-02-13T21:33:00.001+01:00

Kamppi stopmotion
Originally uploaded by Karstein Volle

More stop motion action over at Flickr. Click the pic for a larger version.

More pictures to see at Flickr

2010-02-07T23:46:00.001+01:00

Brain grenade, originally uploaded by Karstein Volle.

Finally updated my flickr-account with some recent illustration work.
Click the pic will do the trick.

Time lapse street

2010-01-30T20:10:00.002+01:00

Time lapse street
Originally uploaded by Karstein Volle

A time lapse video from my street, just as evening arrives. Click the link here to see a larger version.

My street 100110 1

2010-01-10T21:39:00.001+01:00

My street 100110 1, originally uploaded by Karstein Volle.

Uploaded some wintry pics in honor of the weather nowadays. Rock on over to Flickr to take it all in.

Gårdagens tips i Dagbladet

2009-12-13T10:23:00.002+01:00

Dagbladet spurte, jeg svarte:

-Hva gjør du nå?

-Sitter i et tomt klasserom og sjekker når neste tog til Helsinki går. Jeg har nettopp avsluttet en to ukers tegneserieworkshop i Lahtis, sammen med en koselig gjeng mistilpassa finsk ungdom.

Hvilken bok vil du anbefale?

-The Raw Shark Texts av Steven Hall.

Hvorfor?

-Låste skumle rom, hukommelsestap og konseptuelle dyr som lever av idéer og gir deg grisebank, hvis de ikke spiser deg, da.
Ellers er jeg veldig glad i Jonathan Lethem, Hanif Kureishi og Patrick mcCabe.

-Hvilken film vil du anbefale?

-Jeg er fortsatt imponert etter å ha sett In the Loop.

-Hvorfor?

-Jeg trodde ikke at britiske embetsmenn kunne banne så kreativt. De sverter så det svir i øra. Filmen viser også det politiske spillet i all sin styggedom. Jeg håper at det meste i den filmen er jug, hvis ikke er vi fortapt.

-Hvilken plate vil du anbefale?

-Den siste skiva som jeg gikk totalt bananas over var Love´s "Forever changes".

-Hvorfor?

-Det er en skive jeg skulle ha hørt på for ti år siden, men uhellet ville ha det slik at jeg snublet tilfeldig over den for to år siden og kunne ikke slutte å høre på den. Jeg måtte til slutt gå igjennom en sakte avvenning, fordi det finnes andre skiver der ute. Jeg er fortsatt ikke kurert.

-Hvilken tegneserie vil du anbefale?

-Dave Cooper - Ripple

-Hvorfor?

-Det er en happy-go-lucky story med lakk og lær, sadomasochisme, lolitakomplekser, halvgamle mannfolk, iskrem og gruff og fanteri. Samtidig en besnærende fortelling om hvordan en rimelig usympatisk mann går komplett til hundene og gir etter for sine verste impulser. For ikke å snakke om at den er fantastisk tegnet.

-Hvis du var kulturminister for en dag, hva ville du gjort?

-Hvor mye kan man få til på en dag? Tror jeg hadde slengt en million til i potten til kulturrådets produksjonsstøtte til norske serier, fått norske serieskapere inn i skolen, både som litteraturpensum og som foredragsholdere, etter det hadde jeg tatt lunsj resten av dagen.

-Hva er det som provoserer deg mest i norsk kulturliv?

-At Norges nest største parti er såpass smålige at de gjorde kulturfinansiering til en valgkampssak. De fleste kulturarbeidere befinner seg allerede på bunnen av inntektslisten, samtidig som de gjør et verk vi alle nyter godt av. Det er bare trist at det finnes folk som tror at lille Norge ikke har råd til å subsidiere litt kultur for skattepengene. At alle kulturarbeidere må være flinke kremmere for at de skal ha livets rett er stygt og feil.

-Hvilken internasjonal stjerne ville du spist middag med?

-Charlie Brooker, Dylan Moran eller Peter Serafinowicz, men jeg aner ikke om de egentlig er internasjonale stjerner. De er ihvertfall noen jeg tror hadde vært hysterisk morsomt og interessant middagsselskap.

-Hva er tittelen på boka om ditt liv?

-Veni, Vidi, Vomiti

New mike

2009-11-10T08:48:00.001+01:00

New mike 1, originally uploaded by Karstein Volle.

Working on the record clearly shows we need half-decent mikes for future recording, so here´s the first, the Electro-Voice Blue Raven. Gotta love em names.

For you sound geeks out there:
http://www.gearslutz.com/board/low-end-theory/49913-my-electro-voice-blue-raven-mic-review.html

I am 138

2009-11-05T18:06:00.001+01:00

I am 138, originally uploaded by Karstein Volle.

My significant other came home with these rather fetching gloves, setting the stage for a Danzig-y photo sesh.

Norwegian embassy bookmark

2009-11-03T20:46:00.001+01:00

Norwegian embassy bookmark, originally uploaded by Karstein Volle.

The Norwegian embassy in Helsinki just issued a collection of bookmarks. One of the designs done by yours truly.

Hakaniemi metro station

2009-10-31T15:11:00.001+01:00

Hakaniemi metro station, originally uploaded by Karstein Volle.

Just uploaded a bunch of pics from yesterday´s photo safari. Click the pic to go to my Flickr-stream.

It´s the economy, stupid!

2009-10-29T07:26:00.001+01:00

It´s the economy, stupid!, originally uploaded by Karstein Volle.

Variation on my cover for Into pamphlet by Slavoj Zizek, on the topic of the credit crunch and its effect on economy.
www.intokustannus.fi

Wussup?

2009-09-21T12:03:00.003+02:00

I´ve had some well-needed rest and I´m starting to get into the swing of things again.

Been doing a bit of tweaking to Vollewelt too. If you look to your right, you´ll see a Google calendar over public appearances I´ll do this autumn. Also, there´s a Twitter-feed, a shop and the RSS-feed from the blog I keep over at Suomen Kuvalehti. Pretty nifty.

I´ve been sketching, writing, mixing music and eating monster painkillers due to a wisdom tooth removed. Losing wisdom hurts.

And hey, look what I found in the archives!
Nazca live at Nosturi in 2000. A song we never bothered to put on Non Grata, even. Just for you.

And as always, there´s the Suomen Kuvalehti-blog. Check it out.

Choosing children

2009-08-13T19:24:00.002+02:00

Choosing children, originally uploaded by Karstein Volle.

For a forthcoming Into pamphlet. Click on the pic for more fun.

Another post at Suomen Kuvalehti

2009-07-24T13:09:00.001+02:00

Just rock on over here to find out everything you ever wanted to know about the miracle of commuting.

Fleamarket Clown

2009-07-20T22:24:00.001+02:00

Fleamarket Clown, originally uploaded by Karstein Volle.

In other words, more travel pics up on Flickr. Go look!

More pics up on flickr

2009-07-13T19:49:00.001+02:00

landland, originally uploaded by Karstein Volle.

Just click this pic and enjoy the flick.

Trekking around Europe

2009-07-12T13:39:00.002+02:00

Blogging from phone at Caz and Darrens flat in Edmonton, London. Left Helsinki Monday morning, watched a norwegian marching band in Pärnu, slept in a guest house close to Kaudas, Lithuania, got stared at in a spooky village in Poland, ate half a duck and slept on a boat in Gdansk, made comics in Berlin, blogged from the car close to Düsseldorf, watched Holland, Belgium and France swish by from the car window, saw the cliffs of Dover while smoking cigarette on a boat, saw three bands and went clubbing in Soho.
It's been a pretty interesting week, to put it mildly.
Check out Flickr for more.

Fingerpori

2009-07-02T13:48:00.001+02:00

Check out today's Fingerpori!
Who could that guy with the moustache be?

Come to Bukra galleria!

2009-06-30T16:05:00.000+02:00

Tonight is the last chance to see our exhibition at Galleria Bukra. Show up after 18:00 and enjoy the art, get the chance to win free artwork and see us play an acoustic gig. All free. Don't miss it.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=122204267039&ref=mf

-- End of phone blog transmit --

Wussup?

2009-06-07T21:39:00.003+02:00

I´ve been having the most hectic six months since... whenever.

Promo work with the book has been hardcore but fun, me n Vesa Kataisto informed the people of Kemi at the Kemi Comics festival some weeks back. Big thanks go out to the arrangers of the festival, they made sure we had the best of times. Thanks are also due to the arrangers of Maailma Kylässä-festival in Helsinki for giving us a spot, where I again misled the masses.

At the moment, there is in Turku an exhibition of Facts from the World comics at Cosmic Comics café. It will hang there until the end of June.

Cosmic Comics Café is anyway a place you would like to check out, not only for good drinks, food n wifi, but also for their extensive comics library, free for all visitors.

In Tampere, mine and Pete Korhonen´s Personal Politics-exhibition will hang until the end of June at Bukra Galleria. We have thus far received fantastic feedback on this one, so don´t miss it if you are in the area.
The limited edition A2 posters are also available for sale, 20 euros a pop.

My favourite Helsinki shop Pitkämies reports on their blog that the new Facts from the World compilation has been in their top bestseller list for two months now. Yay!

I just spent a couple of days in Oslo, catching up with old friends and meeting new ones along the way. Big thanks go to Mikkel for putting me up for the period. Check out his band, Happily Ever After!

Also, TV-season is over for this spring. Boktid will be back on finnish TV screens this autumn, featuring new comics from yours truly.

Spam spam spam

2009-06-07T15:05:00.001+02:00

Back in the early ages of the internet, you would sometimes receive emails like "YOU COULD ALREADY BE A WINNER" or "Amazing offer!".
Fair enough. Back then we spent our workhours hitting the "delete"-button a lot.

Then someone invented the spamfilter.

Things got easier, we didn´t have to hit the "delete"-button so often.

Then things got weird.

Since the spamfilters were removing the usual buzzwords, the spammers had to become innovative
Nowadays the spammers are trying to sell me stuff through the medium of poetry!
Just check out my spamfolder from the last couple of days:

From: angewed
Subject: They sailed to the Western Sea, they did

From: tut10983
Subject : Wash away, wash away‎
Body: How charmingly sweet you sing Where the early pumpkins blow pmg http://ushatechindia.com/rmhz …

From: me
Subject: Clowns raped cops

From: me
Subject: Bum kicked Condolesa‎

From: gummert.bdba.bvbc
Subject: Maybe you’ll be forgiven or maybe not‎
Body: Said the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo tell the moon above me rqmmz

From: me
Subject: At 10, white cap with duck‎

How am I supposed to get the desire for enlarging pills by reading Dada Modernist poetry?

On closer inspection, I find that they are sent from myself? When did i do this? Am I supposed to buy enlarging pharmaceuticals from myself? How? Why?

Who are these spammers? Are they insane? Are they even human?

What can we do about them?

Well, Elliot Burford makes art from them. An example to follow, surely.

Aaaand at Maailma Kylässä on sunday!

2009-05-21T11:06:00.002+02:00

Come and listen to me at 16:20 at Maailma kylässä festival in Helsinki!

Kemi Festival

2009-05-21T10:55:00.002+02:00

I will be in Kemi from friday on.

At 16:00 Stop by, get a drawing, a book and a chat.

Then come to the small auditorium at 18:00, so I can tell you everything you need to know about the Facts, The World and everything else in between.

Personal politics - exhibition opening this weekend at Bukragalleria, Tampere

2009-05-20T04:08:00.002+02:00

Karstein Volle and Petri Korhonen has pooled their talents and will exhibit photography and illustrations at Bukra galleria, Tampere.

Volle will exhibit cover artwork done for Into Kustannus and Korhonen will exhibit photos taken from over a decade of material.

More info:
http://www.bukra.fi/galleria

Sneak peek:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/volle/sets/72157618314962613/

http://rok.possu.org/photos/gallery/personalpolitics/

More stuff over at Suomenkuvalehti

2009-05-12T21:02:00.002+02:00

I´ve been letting vollewelt high and dry for a while now, so I really urge you to go here.

They even made this cool looking graphic:

Book and rose day

2009-05-04T17:21:00.003+02:00

If you want to come and say hi, or check out my interview, stop by Book and Rose day tomorrow, 5th of May.

It´s in front of Kamppi Metro at Narinkkatori.
I´m on at 18:00 sharp and I will be signing books before and after the session.
Seeya there!

Suomen Kuvalehti

2009-04-28T09:54:00.002+02:00

More blogging action over here.

And if you can read Finn, then check this one out!

Pictures from the book launch is up on Flickr

2009-04-25T13:53:00.001+02:00

Book release fri 17/4- Norwegian Embassy presentation III, originally uploaded by Karstein Volle.

Check it out.

New blog @ Suomen Kuvalehti!

2009-04-24T11:19:00.001+02:00

As Facts from the World is starting in Suomen Kuvalehti this week, I´ve also started a blog within the parnasso of Finnish Media. Just point your browser to this adress to follow the excitement:
http://suomenkuvalehti.fi/blogit/facts-from-the-world/

Pacifism

2009-04-20T17:11:00.001+02:00

Pacifism, originally uploaded by Karstein Volle.

More into covers for your viewing delight up on flickr...

It´s out!

2009-04-20T16:59:00.002+02:00

First of all, I would like to thank everybody who showed up to last friday´s three shows.

The embassy show went really nice, thanks to beautiful surroundings, quality wine courtesy of the Embassy, plus a lab coat and a pipe. I will put up pictures later, great rejoicing was made.
Then the Pitkämies acoustic gig, thanks to Tommi and Jelle for providing the PA and the premises. There were loud discussions amongst the band what gig was the best.

In the end, Nousu provided us with the real party, with loud music, proper drinking and good vibes. Great rejoicing was made, at least the part I remember.

Seeing Helsingin Sanomat´s interview and review cheered up my hangover the next day.

And now, the book is out! Run to your local dealer! Get it before it gets you! Believe me, I am happy as a pup about this one.

Facts from the World Release party Helsinki poster

2009-04-12T21:56:00.001+02:00

Facts from the World Release party Helsinki poster, originally uploaded by Karstein Volle.

Fri 17th! Kickoff at 20:00 Ravintola Nousu
Be there or lie to your friends about it later!

Scum

2009-04-08T16:49:00.002+02:00

Background

Further reading

I´m nominated for a Sproing Prize!

2009-04-02T12:43:00.001+02:00

I was happy to find out I had been nominated to the Norwegian Sproing prize. It´s a huge honor and I thank the jury in all their wisdom for picking out "In the Future" for a nomination.

The verdict is done partly by voting, so if you would like to give a little support, go here.
Thanks!

Balder i bloggform

2009-03-25T18:25:00.002+01:00

Balder - Bladet for sivilarbeidere har i skrivende stund starta en blogg. Balder har vært hjem for Fakta fra Verden siden 2003 og huser for tiden ymse som Sivile serier og I Fremtiden .
Med andre ord, sjekk det ut.

Sunday sketch

2009-03-22T16:04:00.002+01:00

A facts from the World idea sketch, which I never did, because I was already featuring to many Idols jokes at the time. I guess by now it´s an anachronism. I sure hope so.

It´s about ordinary people jumping the Idols bandwagon and pandering for SMS-votes, so they won´t get expelled from society.

No future

2009-03-17T13:26:00.000+01:00

Og der var det slutt for denne gang med I Fremtiden. Takk til alle lesere og støttespillere som har vært med på veien.
Vi skal nok ikke se bort i fra at det kommer mer, men for nå har Fremtiden en pause. Nyt arkivet.
Takk for nå.

So much much music, so little time

2009-03-17T10:16:00.002+01:00

With the wealth of music available now, I realise I will always be a latecomer to great bands. Just check out this clip, it´s AWESOME!

Here´s another band which recently blew my mind, thanks to the miracle of Spotify:

Sunday sketch

2009-03-15T15:57:00.000+01:00

Sketch for a panel in an episode of Metro. I drew this one at Tor Ærlig´s house. It´s a train conductor who flips and start stripping.

Alison Bechdel tells us how she made her book

2009-03-13T12:05:00.001+01:00

From the formidable drawn.ca-blog

Wussup?

2009-03-12T21:27:00.002+01:00

Not much happening on the blog the last coupla weeks, apart from soundart n sketches. Thing is, I been busy putting the finnish Facts from the World-book together, plus TV-season has started again, so new comix for Boktid are due. Add to that the nice people of Fjord asked me to do a little thing for them.

So, the Facts-book might be the nicest one yet. 100 facts, culled from over six years of production. Also featuring a smashing intro-text from the one and only mr. Ville Hänninen.

The book will be out on publisher Arktinen Banaani. We are aiming for a release date at friday the 17th of April, so mark that day off in your calendars. Exact times and venues are still to be confirmed, but I heard a rumor that something might happen sometime at the Norwegian embassy...

Apart from that, I just handed over a four panel version of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn´s "A day in the life of Ivan Denisovitch" , it will be aired on FST5 the 31st this month. It´s a goodie, if I may say so myself.

Last but not least, Do check out this week´s edition of NYTliite, it features artwork from yours truly.

Sunday sketch

2009-03-08T19:50:00.000+01:00

Sketch for a forthcoming collaborative project.

Tuesday night soundart IV

2009-03-03T21:28:00.000+01:00

Leon Theremin, the inventor of the first Theremin AKA the first electronic instrument EVER, takes his invention for a spin.

Sunday sketch

2009-03-01T19:46:00.000+01:00

Polio skeleton at the Berlin Museum of Medical History, summer 08

Tuesday night soundart III

2009-02-24T21:14:00.000+01:00

Where would we be without John Cage?

Most probably in the exact same place we are now, but slightly more bored.

4,33. Just listen to that.

Sunday sketch

2009-02-22T19:42:00.000+01:00

A portrait of my mate Kivi Larmola, Paris, spring 07

Tuesday night soundart II

2009-02-17T21:09:00.000+01:00

This time, Otto Luenig and Vladimir Ussachevsky performing early musique concrete, or Tape music, if you will. Delia Darbyshire and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop took this form of composing later to still unmatched standards.

Shoutout: Finn comix blogs!

2009-02-17T13:28:00.002+01:00

I would really recommend you to take some time to explore the finn comix blogosphere.

This is a nice starting point.

If you want me to do the picking for you, I would recommend Olli´s and Mari´s blog.

If your finnish ain´t too good, don´t worry, they even translate their stuff now and then.

Sunday sketch

2009-02-15T19:30:00.001+01:00

sketchbook doodle, originally uploaded by Karstein Volle.

A doodle from my sketchbook with a discussion on how to become manly.

Tuesday night soundart

2009-02-10T20:46:00.001+01:00

This time:
Alvin Lucier´s classic I am sitting in a room.

Fremtid med Flu og Karstein

2009-02-07T20:11:00.001+01:00

Fremtid med Flu og Karstein, originally uploaded by Karstein Volle.

Seriejam med Flu Hartberg en bedugget romjulskveld i Oslo

Internet meme time

2009-02-05T20:13:00.002+01:00

There´s a meme going around. It´s to write 25 little known things about yourself and tag 25 people. Thanks to Juri Nummelin and Reetta Laitinen, I can finally get this off my chest.

25 little known facts about me.

1. I have received two years of education in flute playing.
2. I once starred as a red blood vessel in the norwegian children´s film "The hunt for the kidneystone"
3. I have been a tour musician with Halden grungers the Cornflakes.
4. I have only hit one person except my brother and that happened in the sixth grade.
5. By verdict of Moss city court, all my paintings were worthless until I had finished my art education.
6. I have abused drugs in the name of art.
7. I have painted my student flat black.
8. I have never done civil service. I was supposed to start on december 99, but I moved to Helsinki and has since never heard anything.
9. I spent four months making the short film "i was abducted by aliens" only to have the master tape stolen just before final edit.
10. I have never been to Poland. Although one of my all time favourite bands is half polish.
11. I have painted angels on the ceiling of Drammen City theatre.
12. I am addicted to playing Solitaire.
13. My favourite comic artists when I was 10 was John Byrne, Hans Lindahl, Kari Leppänen, Frank Miller and Nestor Redondo.
14. The first instrument I really got into was the bass guitar.
15. I do most of my scripts on collective transport.
16. I have made a 30 minute opera in bullshit russian with a friend.
17. I had my appendix removed at 14.
18. My left eye is more short sighted than the right.
19. My favourite comic at 12 was Watchmen and "The Masked Cucumber" .
20. I still have a lot of love for The Phantom and Mandrake, in all their white male suprematist cheesy colonialist glory.
21. I own a vacuum cleaner robot.
22. I have ambivalent feelings towards my blog, my illustrations, my comics and my music.
23. I made with Tritone the demotape "Anton´s car", where each song title came from a button in Antons car, like "Rear demist" and "Emergency". The songs had nothing to do with neither cars nor Anton.
24. My first band was a synth duo called Dreamscape. My first proper band was called Yggdrasil FT.
25. A girl got her nose broken on our first Tritone gig. A swedish guy flipped.

Dear Obama

2009-01-27T10:24:00.000+01:00

Okay, you´ve had the job for a week now and have already pledged to close Guantanamo, lifted the gag rule on US aid, implemented stricter emissions regulations for auto makers, made numerous diplomatic initiatives to the muslim world, as well as pledged to negotiate directly with Iran.

You are making the rest of us look like lazy gits. Can you chill a bit?

2008 in review

2009-01-22T16:27:00.003+01:00

Inspired by brilliant guys like Mesq and Roy, here´s my year in review:

January

-Gokk, my hillbilly alien invasion miniseries hits Larsons Gale Verden.

-The exhibition I made at Serieteket autumn 2007 goes on tour.

-I write another comix article for Balder, the magazine for conscencious objectors.

-I go to Angouleme for the first time. Highlights: Angouleme city, Chat noir, meeting longtime hero Ben Katchor, drinking with Jason, meeting Guy Delisle, fantastic cuisine.

February

-Paris, highlights: Toy comix exhib,

-Start making comix for FST5´s program Boktid.

-Norwegian comix site Serienett gives Gokk a fine review.

March

-Boktid premieres on finnish tv-screens.

-Finish Gokk series. 5 episodes a 4 pages of Deliverance meets Night of the Living Dead meets Plan9 from Outer Space

-I go to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

-In the future returns to Aftenposten

-Illustrate book by Saliven Gustavsson

April

-Nazca turns 10 years. We put up for one day mixes from forthcoming album Out.

-I get to the Batu caves, Malaysia´s largest hindu shrine.

-I make In the Future strip 100

-Stockholm and SPX 08 Highlights: Meeting Ulli Lust, checking out Nou nou hau

May

-In the Future-blog is started. Tells the future six times a week in norwegian.

-Into Kustannus starts publishing their pamphlets, covers by yours truly.

-Electrocomics.com starts publishing Facts from the World every week.

-I make the jump from Schibsted to Egmont.

-Oslo Comics Expo. Highlight: Partying with the norwegian comix posse and Killoffer.

June
-NYC and MOCCA. Staying on the 25th floor Jersey penthouse with Marshtin and Stine. Watching Manhattan getting nuked while drinking Urquell beer.

July

-More covers for Into Kustannus.
-DT writes about in the Future.

August

-Spend a week with Tanja in Berlin at Mesq´s flat. Meet Ulli Lust and Kai Pfeiffer. Check out the Museum of Medical history. Chilling stuff.
-I turn 34.
-In the future ends it´s run in Aftenposten.

September

-Tour with New Model Army
-Make jingle for Söderströms publisher

October

-Play two gigs with Nazca.
-Metropolia zine workshop
-Helsinki Book Fair, we have a presentation with Arktinen Banaani, Boktid is on site and Into presents their stand with pamphlets all done by yours truly.
-Design banners for Vaasa University´s Hamsun anniversary celebration.

November
-In the Future is guest strip in Dagbladet.
-illustration work for Nyt Liite.
-Festival artist at the Hamsun festival, Vaasa

December
-Did the cover of NytLiite
-Illustration work
-Enjoying a new year bluegrass singalong with Ed Pettersen, Freddy and the Corazon-boys. Check out their new project The Black Country, btw.

A little shout-out

2009-01-04T17:18:00.003+01:00

I am, as most thinking people should be, absolutely horrified by the atrocities committed by Israel in Gaza. It´s easy to feel numb and powerless in these situations, but there is at least one thing you can do:

Give money to Medecins Sans Frontieres or The Red Cross.

I would also like to ask you to sign this petition from Avaaz.

Happy 2009!

2009-01-02T17:07:00.001+01:00

Sitting once again in Halden, starting to come back to life after a brilliant new years eve party. It´s been a great year, more busy than ever. I´ll return with a recap once I get my bearings and a stabile internet line.
But for now, to all of you, have the best 2009 ever!

Dagbladet kjører Fakta og I fremtiden

2008-12-27T11:10:00.001+01:00

Akkurat her, i sin gjesteseriekavalkade. Sammen med noen korte sitater fra yours truly. Sjekk det ut.

Happy holidays!

2008-12-24T11:01:00.001+01:00

I would like to wish all of you a peaceful, joyful season with this gem of a video.

His Holiness Hates Homos

2008-12-23T13:17:00.003+01:00

There is no irony here: Celibate religious leader makes damning comments on sexuality and biology.

In this case, Ratzinger equals rainforest depletion and homosexuality.

Read more

Les mer

Swedish Metal Aid - Give a helpin´hand

2008-12-18T15:33:00.001+01:00

Just had to share this delicious piece of cheese. I lasted 40 seconds.

Gi I Fremtiden i julegave!

2008-12-17T11:11:00.002+01:00

På I Fremtiden-bloggen gir jeg bort stripene uten å vente noe tilbake. Jeg har dog lyst til å gi I Fremtiden til fler.

Derfor ber jeg dere, kjære lesere om å tipse folk om dette lille stedet her på verdensveven. Ikke sitt der og rug på dette, gleden er å dele!

Det er fullstendig gratis og det kan til og med hende at de liker det. Om du har en website eller blogg, sleng opp en link, tips venner og legg inn på forum.
Adressa er:
http://ifremtiden.blogspot.com

Du kommer til å føle deg så mye bedre etterpå.

This week´s NYTliite

2008-12-12T21:31:00.003+01:00

...features this portrait of our dear Britney. Complete with Prozac, shaver, babies and divorce papers.

søndagens katt

2008-12-11T20:11:00.001+01:00

søndagens katt, originally uploaded by Karstein Volle.

Matias vil figurere i søndagens høyst informative Fakta

From the Onion

2008-12-10T11:49:00.000+01:00

New Portable Sewing Machine Lets Sweatshop Employees Work On The Go

macca unedited

2008-12-07T22:53:00.001+01:00

macca unedited, originally uploaded by Karstein Volle.

The unedited version of last weekend´s NYT liite cover.

Continental Fruit

2008-12-04T16:08:00.001+01:00

My old mate Jon Øyvind Lærum AKA Continental Fruit has gone all Youtube on us.

Trip to Vaasa

2008-12-01T12:34:00.001+01:00

Me and the banner for the Hamsun festival, originally uploaded by Karstein Volle.

The trip to Vaasa was a true pleasure. The arranger Inge Fagerbakk & co.made sure we were well taken care of.

Highlights:
-Good feedback on the electronic exhibition of my illustration work.
-The pleasure of seeing my design all over campus.
-Having a presentation of my work at the university.
-Seeing my work reproduced in cloth. That´s a definite first.
-Being in a bus somewhere on the east coast, students singing finlandsswedish drinking shanties, chatting with the arrangers and other guests while being served Jallu and Olvi beer.

Now lookie here

2008-12-01T12:33:00.001+01:00

NYT-liite this weekend, originally uploaded by Karstein Volle.

I did the cover of NYT-Liite this weekend. For you non-finns, that is the weekend supplement of Helsingin Sanomat, propably Finland´s best newspaper.

Activities this week

2008-11-25T19:25:00.004+01:00

For residents of Vaasa, come on down to the university this friday. I will have an hour to show and tell about my comix, my music and my art.
If you read swedish, download the program for the whole Hamsun-festival.

Apart from that, my tenure at Dagbladet´s guest strip spot is over this week. In the future will continue in the future, but for now I think it´s only healthy to go on a hiatus . Daily strips are great fun, seeing the short distance from idea to finished piece, but that´s the thing with instant gratification: It can be exhausting too.

I would also like to ask finnish readers to keep an eye out for this week´s NYT-liite and go here to check out what Kirkko ja Kaupunki says about Boktid.

Warms the heart

2008-11-21T04:28:00.003+01:00

This video put a wide smile on my face. Soon the world don´t have to deal with this inbred lying mass-murdering Pinochet-wannabe scumbag. We´ll all be better for it, economic crisis or no economic crisis.

-edit-
And it gets even better. According to Yahoo news, no publisher is interested in publishing Dubya´s memoirs.

Then again, his literary credentials aren't exactly astounding.

Neither are his linguistic skills.

Söderströms jingle

2008-11-20T20:00:00.002+01:00

Here´s the jingle I created for Finlandswedish supremo publisher Söderströms

Slow posting this week, a deadline tsunami washed me away from Vollewelt. If your norwegian is up for it, go check out In the Future.

Oasis illustration for NYTliite

2008-11-16T21:04:00.001+01:00

oasis, originally uploaded by Karstein Volle.

In case you missed this friday´s NYTliite, here´s the illustration I did for the Oasis article.

Dan Clowes documentary

2008-11-14T10:11:00.002+01:00

Click here to check out an hour long documentary dutch tv did on the man.

Time flies

2008-11-12T01:32:00.001+01:00

Man, three years since I started this blog. Not bad.

Ida´s view of the comix course

2008-11-11T08:00:00.007+01:00

Ida made this diarystrip from the workshop we had a couple of weeks ago.

Be sure to check out the rest of her blog too. Talent in the making.

Nothing to do this weekend?

2008-11-10T22:11:00.003+01:00

FLIXATION
Underground Cinematic Event of Films, Performance and Music from London, UK

Saturday 15 November, 7-11pm
Tickets 5€

This goes down at
Zodiak Studio, Cable Factory C4, Tallberginkatu 1C, Helsinki. [map]

More on Flixation

Get your war on

2008-11-08T17:57:00.000+01:00

Get the latest news satire and funny videos at 236.com.

Now as an animation. Good stuff!

Bush to Obama

2008-11-05T10:30:00.003+01:00

Dubya's reaction was this:
'Congratulations and go enjoy yourself'

Is it just me thinking 'enjoy' is the polite word for 'fuck'?

YES!

2008-11-05T09:19:00.001+01:00

Yes yes yes yes yeeeeeees!

*phwew*

YEEEEEEESSSSS!!!

Yes.

Jippi

2008-11-02T17:19:00.001+01:00

The coolest indie publishing house in Norway has revamped their website.

Go here to check it out:
http://www.jippicomics.com/

Serier, serier serier...

2008-11-02T14:25:00.002+01:00

(In norwegian, just move on...)

Serienett skriver i dag om litt av det som skjer rundt meg for tiden.

Ellers vil jeg takke denne karen for å ha gjort dagen min så mye bedre.

How about a tonsil for your cold?

2008-11-01T13:46:00.001+01:00

How about a tonsil for your cold?, originally uploaded by Karstein Volle.

Yum, nice juicy tonsils!

Something came in the mail yesterday

2008-10-30T08:24:00.001+01:00

Check out the program every friday on FST 5.

Hamsun poster

2008-10-28T14:00:00.002+01:00

Hamsun poster, originally uploaded by Karstein Volle.

I did this one for Vaasa university´s celebration of the man.

Helsinki book fair

2008-10-25T22:30:00.001+02:00

Helsinki book fair, originally uploaded by Karstein Volle.

I got you covered

ÆØÅÅH

2008-10-23T07:41:00.002+02:00

Sometimes I get ideas on my way to work.
You know the ones where you go "Oh that would be fun" and then go
"naah, no time, pretty impossible and silly"
Anyways, this is one of them.

Presenting:
ÆØÅÅÅH - a norwegian expatpønkråkkband.

ÆØÅÅH will play norwegian classics really fast, together with foreign classics, translated to norwegian, like Dead Kennedys (For full for et knull), Clash (Oslo kaller) and Pistols (Anarki i Nåårgi)

Here´s a norwegian classic wich would sound good as HC punk:

ÆØÅÅH would tour the world´s norwegian expat-societes, but never set foot in Norway. We have to depend on norwegian embassies for funding.

More cowbell

2008-10-21T21:39:00.002+02:00

Just had to share this little piece of cheese. Newest teaser from Dolph Lundgren´s new movie: COMMAND PERFORMANCE. Enjoy.

A little update

2008-10-20T21:52:00.004+02:00

I tried my hand at teaching last week. I had a comix workshop at Metropolia comprehensive. In five days, I had the pleasure of instructing, helping and seeing 32 pages of comix being produced by my 18 students.

The idea of the workshop was to write, draw and print our own zine, which we did. The zine´s name is "Rocket change", which came about when I suggested "Pocket change" and one student yelled "ROCKET change!". Everybody went "Yay!" and we had a name for our zine.

We printed 50 copies, of which you can see the cover here:

Here´s the intro-text from yours truly:

The zine you are holding in your hands is the result of a workshop at Metropolia, Helsinki between monday 14th and friday 17th of October 2008.

This was a first for all of us. My first teaching experience, first time making comics for most of the students. It´s been a real kick to meet students and see the comics come to life from scratch.

The theme we decided to explore here is CHANGE and all that it can mean. Anything from change in time, to Barack Obama´s take on change, to Jack the Ripper in love.

We got minotaurs, drugs, diapers, guinea pigs with knives, cowboys, porn, divorce, suicide, naked grandmas, murder, nails, babies, boozing and more drugs.

Some of the best humor and art comes from dark places. If we can´t laugh at the bad stuff, then we really are in trouble.

Apart from that, I´m drawing comix for FST´s brilliant Boktid again. Hardcore schedule before the autumn season premiere next month. I´ve been working more analog than ever, with cheapo brushes and perfumed chinese ink. Not yet approaching José Munóz or Comés caliber, but I am trying.

Then we have the gigs this weekend. Klub Kalma was as always a huge pleasure. Dubrovnik is a classy place and Asko was our savior at the mixing table when the original soundman couldn´t make it. A lovely eve was had by all.

Liberté is the first time I had the chance to see Can Can Heads, which played ahead of us. They were utterly fantastic. Everyone has to listen to that band. Bonus points for having the best dancer ever.

And yesterday I tried to revive the economy by calling for more positivity in media. I myself contributed by making a picture of an infant on a rainbow.

I mean, when 700 billion ++ of free money for the upstanding citizens of Wall street, doesn´t work, what works then?

Nothing to do this weekend?

2008-10-17T10:48:00.001+02:00

Well, come here then!

Or here.