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Pertti Jarla

b. 1971

Finnish comic artist

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About Pertti Jarla

Born 1971. Pertti Jarla is a Finnish artist, comics artist, cartoonist and caricaturist.

Pertti Olavi Jarla (born 25 October 1971 in Nastola, Finland ) is a Finnish comics artist most famous for his humorous Fingerpori comic strip. Jarla's humor is strongly based on wordplay and he also deals with subjects which are testing the boundaries of political correctness. Inspired by Juntunen and Shelton, Jarla offered his comics to the humor magazine Pahkasika while attending high school. He became a long-time contributor to the magazine and, between 1991 and 2000, many of his comics were published in Pahkasika.

From 1996 to 2007, Jarla worked as a lecture visualiser at Jari Sarasvuo's coaching company Trainers' House, where he was tasked with drawing comics on topics during business coaching events. At the end of the event, the comics were duplicated and distributed to customers. According to Jarla, the feedback was mixed: some customers did not like the drawings at all, while others were so delighted that they ordered more illustrations from Jarla for their companies' publications. He illustrated the "Kakkonen on ykkönen" campaign website, which supported Haavisto and became one of the most clicked pages in Finland. Jarla also writes the blog "Tähän on tultu" published on the website of Suomen Kuvalehti, in which he takes a stand on current issues and talks about his own worldview, among other things.

From September 2020 to June 2024, Jarla worked as a cartoonist for Helsingin Sanomat.

Jarla considers himself a sceptic. He was married to comic artist Emmi Valve from 2016 to 2020. Jarla had previously been married to a woman named Jenni from 2007 to 2013.

Jarla's company Täysi Käsi Oy has published Poika Vesanto's comics Saku Sämpylä. Eetu and Riku : photo series from 1931–32.

Publications

Fingerpori comics List in the article Fingerpori.

Other comics

Birds of Lapinlahti. Arctic Banana, 2011. ISBN 978-952-5768-64-0 Captain Tserep. Arctic Banana, 2013. ISBN 978-952-270-079-7 Jäätävä Spede – comic memoirs. Helsinki: Like, 2015. ISBN 978-952-01-1141-0

Book illustrations

Sarasvuo, Jari: Sales High Tension (1998) Schatz, Roman: Zoo – An Animal Story (2009) Schatz, Roman: The Handbook (2010)

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Pertti Jarla?

Finnish comic artist

When was Pertti Jarla born?

Pertti Jarla was born on 25 October 1971 in Nastola.

What is Pertti Jarla's occupation?

Pertti Jarla is an artist, comics artist, cartoonist and caricaturist.

What nationality is Pertti Jarla?

Pertti Jarla is Finnish.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Pertti Jarla

· Wikidata: Q11887516

· DBpedia: Pertti Jarla

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