I am a comics artist from Finland (that's the human shaped country in northern Europe). I was born in 1961 in Kuortane, but nowadays I live in Tampere at sixth floor with a wife, a daughter and a cat.

My first drawings were published in 1976. I have been a professional comics artist since 1989. Over 1000 pages of my comics have been published in more than 40 newspapers and magazines in Finland and other countries. I have also made illaustrations, written scripts for other artists and edited an amateur comics magazine in late 1980's.

Some samples of my comics:

Voitto Virtanen. A weekly half-page comic appeared between 1993-2000 in Finland's biggest sport-newspaper Veikkaaja. A collection of strips called "Voitto kotiin!" came out in 1998.

Asunto Oy Kivikenno. A weekly half-pager in several newspapers since 1983. The strip tells about people living in a suburban block of flats. More that 1000 episodes has been published so far. A collected album of stories came out in year 2000.

Vilijo, a weekly humor-strip was actually the first comic strip I ever sold to be published in 1976. This sample is from 1990's.

Phartman (Peräsmies) appeared in Finland's leading humor-magazine Pahkasika (Warthog) from 1983 to 2000. Also two collected albums "Herätyskello Banaani" 1992 and "Peräsmies toistaa itseään" 1994. CD-rom "Minä Peräsmies" (I Phartman) published in 1998. Phartman is a Finnish super-hero, who has incredible fart-power. Check out the official Phartman CD-rom promo-page (Sorry, only in Finnish).

Phartman died in 2000, but his son continues the adventures from year 2003 in magazine Koululainen.

Kapine is a robot, that understands everything literally. The strip is written by Jyrki Paavola.

Frankenstein.com. A weekly strip in Tietoviikko, a magazine for computer-professionals. I only write the strip, and the artist is Pertti Hämäläinen.

Mauri & Mustis. A semi-monthly full-page comic in Kajastus, magazine for visually impaired. The comic tells about life of a blind man and his guide-dog.

Also various illustration work, advertising and many other comics for many publishers and magazines in Finland...

If You have any suggestions, comments or questions, please contact me:

tkokkila@yahoo.com