Matti Hagelberg

In the plane to France and on the train to Angouleme pieces of my next book start to fall in place.

Well well 5 pages or so done of issue 51. Proceeding nicely. Next week will be spent in France. Meeting new students and some that I already...

Heading to France next Sunday. There's a workshop at EESI and I'm participating running it with Benoit Preteseille. Later the festiv...

I sort of know what my next book is about, what kind of things I want to include and write about. But so far what I have are ideas for some ...

Next I will do something that isn't shitty. Or then again maybe something that is shittier than shitty.

Basically it's done you know. Started issue 51 cataract or no cataract. At this stage I really couldn't care less of any possible fe...

Yes, now it's too late. You didn't get it. Don't feel bad, it wasn't made for everyone. Have a nice 2020.

For whatever reason issue 49 felt hard to do. Issue 50 now much easier and fun. Listening to Zappa for the second week and not at all bored....

Finished the (4 now) final Suomaa strip. Previously I estimated that there'd be 150 pages left of the story. Probably. Might be for the ...

Just this: 2.5 pages done of issue 50.

During the years I've come up with several ways to use scraperboard. And I love the material, much to discover. Somehow I still feel I w...

I don't understand digital drawing.

Want to 1. Finnish Läskimooses 2. Finnish notes 3. (Maybe) finnish Suomaa 4. Finnish the book after Läskimooses 5. Make it real good 6...

Done with the week. Got started on issue 50. Yes, really! Mostly writing and some sketches. Also started to feel issue 49 needs an additiona...

Now that I'm starting issue 50... When this thing will be finished I've put something like 9, 9 and half years to it. Couldn't i...

I cannot stop the decline of art education, but I will try.

Finished what I think is chapter 44 of Suomaan kansan muinaisusko. Moving along to 45. Which is the penultimate chapter. For now.

Eventually I will pose for these and take some raunchy photos that I will use as reference. These are just p...

It's not called the GOOD BOOK for nothing.

Holmenkollen took something like 2 years to finish. Kekkonen took 4 years to finish. Silvia Regina took 5 or 6 years to finish. Läskimooses ...

Making plans for the next book. I have a list of possible things I want to include in it. By estimate 200 pages of material and so far No ...

Five issues left to do.

From left to right: sketch for a tribute strip, script for Suomaa 44, Suomaa 44

My favorite from the Suomaa run so far is the lament of Ämmä above. Many things planned, but might never come to be since the strip is can...

I'll let u know when I do something half decent.

I have ambitious plans for my next project. Probably too ambitious for any normal publisher. So might turn to self publishing. Thinking of p...

This is the latest Suomaa. The paper I have making this strip is changing format and dropping the strip. It's an ongoing story and I...

I think I have 9 or 10 pages finished of issue 49. Been a bit sluggish, like some momentum missing. Well I have this flu or what it is and n...

Read parts of one past issue. If I am to edit this thing, there are going to be things to do. No idea how much. Bigger part of the changes w...

Classes going in full steam. Saturday saw something that'll be pretty great in year or 2. Läskimooses 49 is on the move. Three pages fin...

Classes starting and maybe this semester too many. Feel a bit exhausted. Also I would like to have more time with the students, for the mome...

Finish the book. Edit and correct. Add notes (150 pgs). Start a new project.

Keep those Läskimooses issues in a safe place since I'd say that chances there's be a collection some day are slim. In Finnish that ...

Although starting my next book for real is still 2 or 3 away I'm already collecting material. The structure seems to be based on rather ...

Wrapping up the week. Finished six panels today. Suomaa episode 41 will be done on monday. Quiet day at the gallery, probably because the he...

This is episode 39! You can see them all at kirkkojakaupunki.fi Just search for Suomaa or Hagelberg Nuff said

Now 6 issues left and I'm planning the book I will do after this one. Six means somewhere 2020 I would be done, closer to Christmas. But...

Next book in planning stage. Already I've discussed it with several people. In that sense quite different from Läskimooses which started...

At this stage it's maybe too late but I would really like to know what it was all about. I mean there are spots in the story that I real...

With any luck this is the last exhibition I'll do or participate in.

One of these days I'll do something half decent.

First day back to work. Mostly I spent the day drawing panels. Did some writing (and reading) too. Issue 48 being pulled together. There are...

Next wednesday it's back to work. Issue 48 was left unfinished in June and I will try to conclude it the next couple of weeks. The Song ...

I edited the 52nd issue of Kuti. I put the issue together with the works of my former students. Good part of the stories were created within...

Strangely I have drawn most of the pictures for issue 48. Now what remains is the writing.

Tohtori  Matti Hagelberg Laulu Läskimooseksesta 3.8.-8.9.2019  MUU Kaapeli Näyttelyn avajaiset perjantaina 2.8.2019 klo 17-19. Tervetu...

Kind of dislike the idea of an exhibition. Still I'm doing it. At least then it's done. All and all don't feel I want to show an...