Häpy-Helka

Bursting onto the Finnish comics scene in 1997 through the pages of Myrkky, Häpy-Helka is a product of the Modern Age with a distinctly offbeat sensibility — exactly the kind of character you'd expect from Egmont Kustannus's irreverent anthology. Over a run stretching into the early 2000s across both Myrkky and Myrkky spesiaali, she shares her anarchic world with a wonderfully eccentric cast including Firkin, Myyntimies Mynttinen, and Pera Pervo, suggesting the kind of gleefully chaotic comics company that makes these Finnish publications such a cult delight. With 15 catalog appearances, she's a compact but genuine piece of Nordic comics history — a fun discovery for any collector with a taste for the weird and wonderful beyond the mainstream.