Ilpo Koskela

Bio
Ilpo Koskela’s comics and illustrations have been published in the Finnish media since the 1980s. He is the author of eight comic books and has been translated into five different languages to date. He has also illustrated two children’s books and published three guides to making comics.

Koskela is currently working on a graphic novel set in the Nordic countries during the Middle Ages, as well as a comic that takes place on the Eastern Front during the Second World War. His 2014 comic album The Touch Line (Rajalinja) will see a second printing in 2021 and is a selection for the fifth- and sixth-grade Reading Diploma program organized by the Helsinki Metropolitan Area Libraries.
www.ilpokoskela.fi
https://www.instagram.com/ilpokoskelacomics/

Books
2020 Tampere’s Linna (Tampereen Linna), script by Karo Hämäläinen, Kustannusosakeyhtiö Tammi

2018 The New Comic Artist’s Guidebook, revised edition (Uusi Sarjakuvantekijän oppikirja, uudistettu laitos), Arktinen Banaani

2016 The New Comic Artist’s Guidebook (Uusi Sarjakuvantekijän oppikirja), Arktinen Banaani

2015 Lusia, Like Kustannus Oy

2014 The Touch Line (Rajalinja), Arktinen Banaani

2013 Heroic Deeds in Ahmas (Sankaritekoja Ahmaksella), Municipality of Utajärvi

2010 The Comic Artist’s Guidebook (Sarjakuvantekijän oppikirja), Arktinen Banaani

2009 The Devil’s Whisper (Paholaisen kuiskaus), Arktinen Banaani

2007 Jähti: Sailing Ship of the North (Perämeren Jähti), script by Juha Ruusuvuori, Meriva Foundation

2006 Smokey and Tiger and the Rhi-noc-er-os-hedge-hog (Mouru ja Räppi ja sarvi-kuo-no-sii-li), text by Pirkko-Liisa Perttula, WSOY

1997 Aleks Revel, Valiosarjat Oy

1992 The Cartoon Cookbook (Sarjakuvakeittokirja), with Ari Kutila, Arctic Comics Center

1991 The Irishman (Irlantilainen) Arctic Comics Center

Nominations and Awards
2015 Sarjakuva-Finlandia prize for comics finalist for Lusia
1992 The Great Finnish Story comics contest, 2nd prize
1989 Kemi National Comics Contest, 1st prize
1985 Kemi National Comics Contest, 1st prize

Translations
2016 Astewtew n cciṭan (Paholaisen kuiskaus), Oxygen Publishing House, Algeria

2015 Ayerrabu n ugafa (Perämeren Jähti), Oxygen Publishing House, Algeria

2012 Краткое руководство по созданию комиксов (A Short Guide to Drawing Comics), Northern (Arctic) Federal University, Russia

2011 Djävulens Viskning (Paholaisen kuiskaus), Optimal Press, Sweden

2008 Smávva oahpis ráidogovaid sárgumii (A Short Guide to Drawing Comics), Regional Council of Lapland, Finland (Sámi-language edition)

2008 Jähti: Sailing Ship of the North (Perämeren Jähti), Meriva Foundation, Finland

Foreign rights sold:
2019 Люся, история ведьмы (Lusia), Kommissia publishing, Moscow, Russia

Foreign rights enquiries
GST Graafinen Studio, Oulu, Finland,
+358 40 051 4540,
info@graafinenstudio.com

Reading materials
tuomo.heikkinen@kirjallisuudentalo.fi