The Capital of Northern Comics

Oulu is the city of panels. The center of Oulu is a historical grid plan area where you can come across with many different cultural experiences.

Upcoming events

Event Information:

  • Sat
    02
    Dec
    2017
    15:00Main library, main stage (Kaarlenväylä 3)

    en

    LineLine Høj Høstrup is a Danish cartoonist recently graduated from Graphic Storytelling at The Animation Workshop, Denmark. Her work ranges from the comical absurd
    to poetic abstractions and onward to the informative journalistic comic. In the interview handels Line's working and the latest comics.

    Line Høj Høstrup on tanskalainen The Animation Workshopista juuri valmistunut sarjakuvantekijä. Hänen sarjakuvistaan voi löytää niin absudista, apstraktiin ja journilistisiin sisältöihin. Haastattelussa keskustellaan Linen viimeisimmästä teoksesta sekä Oulussa nähtävästä näyttelystä.

The Oulu Comics Center has panels for every day to look, to read, to borrow, to buy and to draw. In the Comics Library, Sarjasto, you can experience panel filled moments and marvel on the spot or borrow and take home. Street art brings a riot of colors to the streets and fairways. The Oulu Comics Festival fills the city with panels once again in this year. The festival is the largest annual comics event in the arctic region. The capital of Northern Comics is a lively and inspiring meeting place in the field of comics culture. This site offers a lot of information about Oulu region’s, northern Finland’s and Arctic region’s comics.