If you liked my previous post about traveling from Berlin to Italy, you will love this one about my train travel from Finland to France! The trip is way longer than in the last comic, plus in this one I’m going to a comics festival in Angoulême. I hope this comic can inspire others to try traveling by land, even if it is a bit slower than traveling by a plane.
I am going to say this in the comic too, but I must say it here as well. Traveling by land in a train where it’s okay to get up, move around and go to different sections of the train is so much better for my heath than sitting still on a plane. Movement is needed even for making comics and I don’t mind the extra time a train takes. What else would I be doing with that time, even if I wasn’t on a train, than making comics? Nothing! And I can definitely draw comics on a train too.
Here I am in Switzerland with my very heavy cart full of comics. The suitcase is Siiri’s.Here I am in a train from Basel to Strasbourg and the beautiful content (views) go by as I draw comics.Here you see me drawing the previous page! I have the InterRail app screenshot as a sketch layer, so I know where we have been and where are we going.In this picture I am in the foreign rights tent in Angoulême in the Finnish booth finally taking apart the heavy boxes of comics! This was the happiest moment of my trip. Both me and the cart survived! Surprising!Here I am pointing out two Finnish comics creators in the EU Webtoon exhibition: Sari Sariola and Tuomas Myllylä.The toilet is for everyone, but one must venture into it alone… Except if you’re a pair of shepherds or a centaur with a sweet ass duck!
“Germany? What do you mean Germany, H-P, you’re Finnish?” Yes, I am, but I only started drawing since leaving Germany. Last summer I went to Trento Italy for an ethnography and qualitative research conference together with my colleagues Juulia and Carmen. I traveled through Berlin where I also met a long time Instagram friend! I made this comic during the long train rides and I first published it on my Patreon for backers only. Now it’s been a while since that happened, so I decided to make it public.
I think people are interested in doing longer travels by land, but they might be worried if it’s really difficult. And yes, it is more difficult than flying. But it’s also amazing and exciting and relaxing and part of the whole experience of traveling! So maybe this comic can inspire you to try out something other than a plane next time you travel.
The reason I’m posting this comic now is that I’m leaving to Angoulême in France tomorrow! And I’ll be traveling by land again! That reminded me of this comic. I don’t know if I will draw a travel diary this time, but I’m thinking about it. I’m traveling together with a friend of mine, the Finnish comics artist Siiri Viljakka.
These two photos are taken from a moving train! That’s Alps! Incredible.
This is a river from Trento in Italy. We took a cable car from where the photo was taken to that building you can see on top of the mountain!
This photo was taken from the mountain where we got to with the cable car. I had thought Trento to be way smaller of a town than what it turned out to be! It was weird seeing it all laid out like that. The size of the mountains is something I as a Finnish person will never understand. (We have no mountains in Finland. I even happen to be from an area of Finland that’s the former sea floor! Osthrobothnia that is.)
Wouldn’t you like to study here? Well I did! This is the courtyard of the Trento public library. I went here to work on my university stuff.
Now that I’m traveling in January, the views will be completely different from what they were in June. Our route takes us from Stockholm (Sweden) to Copenhagen (Denmark) to Strasbourg (France) and then finally to Angoulême (France) to attend the gigantic comics festival held there every year! I’ll try to at least write a blog post about it, even if I wouldn’t necessarily draw a comic. We’ll see!
Now that you’re here, consider this. You become my Patreon backer, I make more comics! Sounds great, right? Here you go:
The title says it all. I finally made more videos on my YouTube channel, despite my voice dysphoria.
Basically the problem is that before my transition I was fine with my voice, not because I liked it, but because I was used to it. When my voice changed (to better!!!), it didn’t change as much as I would have wanted and since then I’ve been very uncomfortable with my voice. I took some singing lessons, because that can help with the overall voice use, but to this day I struggle. I especially feel really self conscious if I have to talk loud. This is new for me. I have always been quite loud and excited person. My voice dysphoria made me more timid. I spoke softly and stayed silent a lot.
A thumbnail I made for the third video. Doesn’t this corner of my studio look nice!? This video will go online a bit later, so better go subscribe to my YouTube.
I have really wanted to get back on track making videos. How I started was from Instagram stories. Knowing that the clips will disappear after a while helped. Then I made some reels (and tried out Tiktok, but hated it). Now I was able to finally listen to myself long enough to make over 20 minute video! I’m so proud of myself.
The videos
The first one I made is about how people in Finland have been asking me why am I quitting comics. Well, I’m not. So this video explains that.
The second one is about the joy I find in making comics. It kind of continues from where I was left on the first video. I could never stop making comics, because they are so dear to me!
I have just made a third one and that’s scheduled to appear on my YouTube channel quite soon. If you have any ideas on what I should talk about on the videos, please drop me a comment! I’m running out of ideas quite fast.
Also I made one almost half an hour video where I talk more about my art process and show my art from my archives. That one is Patreon exclusive for the $10/month tier, where people get to see my beautiful works in process! If you have the cash and want to support me, go see that one on Patreon!
Ps. If you didn’t already notice, I also updated Millenials Kill comic today! You should totally go read it!
Now that I have finally published the tenth chapter of Millenials Kill, I can also publish this blog post! I found the art a few months ago and finished the new artwork today!
So, I found some really old art. At this point I have no idea what it was meant to be, but I assume it was an idea for a comic that includes a band. I had completely forgotten about this so you can probably understand how surprised I was when I found this and read the band name I had chosen.
It was Dead Line!
I had designed Dead Line way before I had even thought of Millenials Kill! This drawing was from around year 2008! Well, I knew what I had to do. I had to redraw the illustration with the current members of Dead Line in my comic Millenials Kill. Here’s the new version.
I kind of found the glitch tool on Procreate and this was the first time I tried it out. It was cool! Though I did erase some of the glithes, because I didn’t want them to cover the characters’ faces.
And here’s also a screen recording of me drawing the illustration. There’s no sound in it, so feel free to listen to your own music while watching it.
Oh by the way, if you liked seeing the WIP video, I post those on my Patreon all the time! I’m always mentioning the Patreon but really, I like being able to survive!
So I have been getting a lot of wonderful (bot) comments on my anti-capitalist queer mafia parody webcomic Millenials Kill. But because there’s just so many, it’s impossible to reply to all my (bots) fans! So here’s a blog post where I reply to the most thoughtful comments that have been repeated several times. I’m so sorry I can’t personally reply to all of you (bots).
The fan (bot) comments:
Thank you so much for your thoughtful comment, Hairstyles! I’m afraid that as my webcomic Millenials Kill (that you’ve commented on) is about organized crime, you shouldn’t search for message boards discussing the same topics. I believe you shouldn’t get feedback on mafia crimes I assume you’re interested in performing. Maybe you should try some other hobbies instead! I’ve heard that the knitting community has a wonderful messageboard you could join! All the best! – H-P
Hello 29 Gorgeous Braided Updo Ideas! I’m very happy you like my writing so a lot! I’m sorry but I think you’re mistaking me for someone else. I have no articles on AOL. I’m also not a specialist on home renovating or building codes (I assume that’s what you’re searching for based on your comment). I’m a specialist in comics, currently studying social sciences, but unfortunately not houses. But no worries, it’s an easy mistake to make! I hope you find your specialist elsewhere! Cheers! – H-P
Hello dear direct lenders! I’m really glad you took the time to leave a comment on your first visit to my website! I’m glad you seem to like my comic a lot! Fans like you are the best! See you around! – H-P
Hello cbdoilreviews! Thank you for your heartwarming comment! I hope you’ve found an enormous source of facts elsewhere, because this is indeed a fictional comic and not an info comic. Try out wikipedia to start with! Cheers! – H-P
Hello gold-ira! My info on this comic comes from my head, as the comic is fictional. Of course there’s some parts that are more real, but for examle, the whole town of Breamburg is completely made up. If you want to know where my inspiration comes from, I am planning on writing a whole blog post about that! But I can list a few here: – Homestuck by Andrew Hussie – Night Mind – Youtube channel – Koirasarja Bob Dimitri – on Youtube – Hannibal (TV-series) I hope this helps! All the best! – H-P
Hello dear Resource! I’m really glad you want to find more of my comic! You can either wait patiently or you can go over to my Patreon, where you can read at least 5 chapters more for only $6/month! I hope you’ll become a long time Patreon backer! Have a great year 2023! – H-P
Very flattering offers
Hello Ervin! Happy holidays to you too my friend! I’m really honored you thought of me with this job offer! This really shows your holiday spirits, as you’re always on the lookout on how to help your fellow netizens. Unfortunately I don’t really have time for another job. My hands are full with studies and drawing comics. I appreciate the offer though! Have a great 2023 as well! Best wishes! – H-P
Hello Bernardine! This is like SO random! You’re not even the first person to suggest this kind of work for me! I’m now starting to think my english skills are way above the average finn as so many people keep asking me to start a career in translating! This really brightened my day, even if I’m not that interested in starting translating. I hope you find someone else to work on the translations! All the best! – H-P
Hello Lucretia! Wow! You’re a third person who thinks I’d be good at translating! I’m so happy you think I seem hardworking and reliable! Thank you and have a great week! – H-P
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Hello Anessa! Sorry for only showing a part of your very long message (2401 words long to be exact). I assume you sent me this message, as you seem to be somewhat of an anti-capitalist yourself too! I’m always happy to discuss the problems of capitalism with someone who feels betrayed by the system catering to the richest 1%. I also hope you can find help in your faith and bible. I personally really like the part in bible where Jesus goes to a temple, gets shocked by the fact that the temple had been turned into a marketplace and starts flipping tables. Here’s a part of it:
“And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money changers, and the seats of them that sold doves, And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.” — Matthew 21:12–13
See how Jesus calls the people selling things thieves? Capitalism as it is didn’t of course exist back then, but the bible verse surely fits our current situation. Though I do have to admit, your long message was closer to conspiracy theories than anti-capitalism. I think you might want to touch grass and maybe go to therapy. Please don’t take this the wrong way. I know the battle against an injust system can be hard, so it’s totally okay to sometimes need some outside help! If a therapist seems hard to approach, you can also try to talk to a minister in your church! All the best! I hope you have a wonderful year 2023! – H-P
That’s all the comments I can reply to for now, sorry about that. If my fans (bots) like this, I’ll be happy to continue replying to you like this! I’m also very sorry for not accepting any of these comments, no matter how awesome they are. It’s not that I hate fans (bots)… it’s not you, it’s me. Anyway! See you!
