Matti Hagelberg

1. To finish Pynchon's Against the Day

For some reason the couple of plans to translate my books in English have proceeded really slow. Basically this is ok for me since I have ot...

Seems more and more that Läskimooses will end in issue 54. The story has already taken a turn towards the end, hope you are liking. But afte...

Working on issue 43, which is going to be one of these 'turning point' issues. At the moment 8 pages remain undone. Exchanged to day...

https://areena.yle.fi/1-4114476 Now it can be viewed.

For whatever reason my comics class at aalto is not getting students. Information of its existence doesn't seem to reach the students. O...

I would like to know what is my strongest talent. And then maybe concentrate on that. Writing? Art? Teaching? BecauseI only have so many day...

This month is dedicated on working on Suomaa. So far I've finished episodes 12, 13 and 14 in bw. Working on episode 16 now, there was a ...

January 1986 I opened the door of University of Industrial Arts in Arabia district for the first time. I had started my studies few months b...

Still remember how big a leap it was to finish a 10 pg story in 1995, or then the 25 page story in 1998. Or how Holmenkollen felt like a mon...

From maximal order to maximal disorder

I have this stupid idea that whatever you do whatever your line of work you should always do the best you can and always strive to better. I...

From 2012 I've had a pretty clear idea of how this book will end. And this has not changed. There are still however spots that I feel ha...

Seven pgs left to do of issue 42. Might be 8...if there's surprises. Tomorrow I will need to do some writing to keep it going. Aim to fi...

When you're young build up your skills. It'll be much harder later. Draw and write all you can. Draw what you see draw from life. W...

If I could keep the one page in a day pace, but too seldom. Faster would be better. A lot faster would be a lot better.

Ever so slowly... issue 41 pages lay out and corrections now finished. Cover and backcover still require work. Sent 4 Suomaa strips to the p...

https://www.kirkkojakaupunki.fi/artikkelit/-/tag/suomaan kansan muinaisusko

Now working on page 9. It's a learning process, what works and what doesn't. A combination of sketchiness and detailed work. Shaky l...

What I'm working on at the moment are obviously the Läskimooses book and Suomaa strip. But apart from these two I have several other pro...

This might be slightly interesting... during these 6 years working on Läskimooses I've constructed quite an fixed system of working. It ...

The best retailer of Läskimooses will be revealed in issue 41. The issue is just about done. Some adjusting with the text and 3 panels to dr...

I will try to draw the remaining 336 pages real nice.

Thank you Suomen Kulttuurirahasto! I now will be able to conclude this thing. Maybe not quite in two years but now nothing should stop it. C...

Back to issue 41. Just finished a panel. I have a week for just this and then I have to start preparing the next couple of Suomaa. Could in ...

Painting the window at Cable Factory has been slow. Tomorrow is the 5th day and I will work a bot longer. Sort of hoping I could manage to c...

On monday I will start to paint my silly window painting for the Cable Factory restaurant. It will smell bad and people will complain and I ...

What is this thing I'm working on? Because I don't have a clue. 13 issues to go and I would be curious to know whether I'm on th...

I've written some pretty nasty stuff for Läskimooses. It's basically a dirty book whether you realized or not. Some characters have ...

Much likeness in issue 41 to issue 37. And quite suitably it continues the story of Agner Mang, the main character of the book or the main c...

With Suomaa going how many issues will I be able to finish this year? 4? 5? I'm hoping for 5, but it's hard to say. Every page of Su...

I don't even remember all the things I've been in a dream. And what is it anyway? This thing being someone else... here's a smal...

Well yeah... been returning to work with baby steps. Aim is to finish 2 or three pages of the Suomaa strip before mid february. And yes, the...

Soon starting

Certain things inspiring the project -Tristram Shandy -Lee & Kirby -Gravity's Rainbow -Infinite Jest -Flash Gordon -5 books of...

I made some adjustments to the story and issue 41 will be called Taivaan lapset instead of Free Hugs which will then be the name of issue 42...

Where I stand is totally outside everything. Don't have any connection to any scene anywhere. The idea of participating to any comics re...

I don't see much value in any publicity. Mostly I want to disappear. None of the interviews I've given have ever proved beneficial i...

Give me 100000 and I will do something cool.

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Yes almost done with this one. Issue 40, 40 pages. Mostly lettering to do. One actual page to draw and then...onwards. Going to take a break...

Now I have 1000 pages of the story wrapped up and finished. I still remember when 12 pages or 24 pages felt a lot. I still remember how a 10...

Yesterday I counted that I have 450 pages left to do. Might be a bit more, but close to that figure. At the moment I don't have any fund...

Skeleton men of Jupiter

Working on issues 39 and 40. 39 requires some adjusting and 3 pages to draw, 40 I am writing. And 40 is a special issue. Why? Because with i...

Not much happening here. Five Suomaa people -pages now done and it'll start to run in all its 4color weirdness in January 2018 in Kirkk...