tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post6186480914678897418..comments2024-03-27T05:22:27.604-05:00Comments on Eddie Campbell: Lempi.Eddie Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-77028010341957011692007-06-12T05:49:00.000-05:002007-06-12T05:49:00.000-05:00Finland! Went there twice and still can't get over...Finland! <A HREF="http://esduren.multiply.com/photos/album/2" REL="nofollow">Went there</A> twice and still can't get over it after all these years.<BR/>The <A HREF="http://www.stripdagenhaarlem.nl/" REL="nofollow">Stripdagen Haarlem 2006</A> presented Finnish comics as well, so I went there and got to buy an graphic anthology, <A HREF="http://www.boingbeing.com/" REL="nofollow">Glömp6</A>. It's really a nice one :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-33835749637751043152007-06-11T21:56:00.000-05:002007-06-11T21:56:00.000-05:00Looks interesting.I'm a bit of a Moomin fan myself...Looks interesting.<BR/><BR/>I'm a bit of a Moomin fan myself, but I imagine, if I was a Finnish cartoonist, I'd be pretty pissed off with people saying "Oh, you're a Finnish cartoonist? I just *love* the Moomins!"<BR/><BR/>;})>drjonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14351916590417179786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-72478409264060550222007-06-11T16:48:00.000-05:002007-06-11T16:48:00.000-05:00Nathaliethanks for the translation.i'm wondering w...Nathalie<BR/>thanks for the translation.<BR/>i'm wondering what kind of paper the strip must have appeared in (still?). Obviously not the regular family Sunday paper. The cartoonist is the same age as the first generation of underground cartoonists, and that seems to be the spirit of the strip as a whole, from looking at the rest of the book. in fact, Lempi is naked on the cover, but not in the strips (which I should have mentioned in the first palce to head off the discussion as to her sex.<BR/>thanks again.<BR/>eddieEddie Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-22945479412631047482007-06-11T08:36:00.000-05:002007-06-11T08:36:00.000-05:00er..."were" no similarities.(I should proofread be...er..."were" no similarities.<BR/><BR/>(I should proofread before posting.)James Robert Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17281049641681225389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-12258498597897220952007-06-11T08:35:00.000-05:002007-06-11T08:35:00.000-05:00Spoken like a true Pagan. May the Twelve Gods watc...Spoken like a true Pagan. May the Twelve Gods watch over you.<BR/><BR/>I've heard that Finnish is one of the world's most difficult laguages to learn. If you're not born into it, you'd best be one of those folk for whom learning languages comes easy. The lady who cuts my hair is Finnish--she speaks with that Nordic lilt that one associates with folk from Sweden. But I'd heard that there was no similarities between the two languages.<BR/><BR/>The American horror novelist, Rick Hautala, is second-generation Finnish. His last name means "graveyard".James Robert Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17281049641681225389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-55469744391845275172007-06-11T06:11:00.000-05:002007-06-11T06:11:00.000-05:00And as youtube seems to be where I live these days...And as youtube seems to be where I live these days...<BR/>A Moomin link. <BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-q94AhJAYo&mode=related&search=<BR/><BR/>Brilliant.mrjslackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18048047834830153356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-72415148904713920282007-06-11T05:37:00.000-05:002007-06-11T05:37:00.000-05:00Let's not forget one of the greatest of all Finnis...Let's not forget one of the greatest of all Finnish creations, Tove Jansson's Moomins. A series of novels and a comic strip:<BR/><BR/>http://www.drawnandquarterly.com/moomin/index.php?id=1&Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-75450269872952240192007-06-11T03:42:00.000-05:002007-06-11T03:42:00.000-05:00So got the translation (just admit it: you all hel...So got the translation (just admit it: you all held your breath for it, didn't you ?) from a colleague who, living in Italy for such a long time, had troubles putting it together for us (Thanks Ulla!):<BR/><BR/>Lempi:"hey ! Who do I see there? Why it's my first communion minister..."<BR/>Priest: "Lempi !"<BR/>Devil: "My angel!" <BR/>(snake tag reads "More rap in Heavens")<BR/><BR/>Lempi: "How come you're out making merry in Heavens ?"<BR/>Priest: "Loads of reasons, like...<BR/>1 - I'm paying for the bubbly (wine)<BR/>2 - Karaoke (singing)<BR/>3 - AIDS (women)<BR/>4 - God's mistake (mercy)<BR/><BR/>Looking at the beard on Lempi's face we wondered it that was indeed a woman's name but we checked and it wasn't in the men's list of names she had, so...<BR/><BR/>Right... I suppose all this excitement means that I should go back to work.<BR/>N.spacedlawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462723005560128474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-20466300984776272552007-06-11T00:50:00.000-05:002007-06-11T00:50:00.000-05:00Lovely story. It's yet a little early here to get...Lovely story. It's yet a little early here to get a good nationality spread but if nobody has yet deciphered the Finish toon for you later in the day, I'll grab one of the Finns from the office to have them translate it...spacedlawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462723005560128474noreply@blogger.com