Halukas Hellu

Halukas Hellu burst onto the Finnish comics scene in 1997 with the debut issue of Myrkky, Egmont Kustannus's irreverent anthology that carved out its own raucous corner of the Copper/Modern Age. Over a run stretching into the early 2000s across Myrkky and its Myrkky spesiaali specials, Hellu racked up 24 appearances in notably colorful company — sharing pages with the likes of Firkin, Pera Pervo, and Myyntimies Mynttinen, a roster that tells you everything about the gleefully anarchic tone of this publication. It's a character rooted in a specific, spirited moment in Nordic comics publishing, and for collectors with a taste for the offbeat edges of the medium, Myrkky's world is well worth exploring.