Ornette Birks Makkonen ja liian paha groove

In this singular, ongoing Finnish comic from Suuri Kurpitsa, writer Pauli Kallio and artist Ville Pirinen introduce Ornette Birks Makkonen, a character whose name alone suggests a collision of jazz and Finnish grit. The debut issue, Liian paha groove, sets a tone of offbeat, rhythm-driven storytelling that has sustained the series since 2005. A cult oddity in Finnish comics, it matters for its sustained, idiosyncratic voice—a minimalist yet groove-heavy experiment that defies easy categorization.