Aaaand at Maailma Kylässä on sunday!

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

Kemi Festival

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

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

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

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

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

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

Check it out.

New blog @ Suomen Kuvalehti!

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

Pacifism, originally uploaded by Karstein Volle.

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

It´s out!

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

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

Background

Further reading

I´m nominated for a Sproing Prize!

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

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

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

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

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

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

From the formidable drawn.ca-blog

Wussup?

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.