Kari Kairala

Kari Kairala made their entrance in the pages of Myrkky in 1998, a product of the creative partnership between Tym Manley and Hunt Emerson for Egmont Kustannus's Finnish market. A creature of the late Copper/Modern Age, Kari inhabits a wonderfully offbeat corner of European comics, sharing those pages with a cast of memorably named characters — Ramon, Firkin, Myyntimies Mynttinen, Puolikas, and Kokonainen — that hints at the irreverent, character-rich world Myrkky was known for. With only four catalog appearances across a brief 1998–1999 window, Kari is a rare find, the kind of tucked-away gem that makes digging through international comics such a rewarding adventure.