Oulu Comics Center

Oulu Comics Center is the multipurpose center of Northern comics community. The basis of the Center is to increase comics knowledge and to bring forth both the comics and the makers. The Center is located at the Cultural Centre Valve in Hallituskatu 7 in Oulu. In Oulu Comics Center you can find:

Coming up events…

Event Information:

  • Sat
    16
    Nov
    2024

    Signeeraukset | Signings

    11:30 - 18:00Kulttuuritalo Valve | Cultural Centre Valve, Hallituskatu 7, Oulu

    Turun Sarjakuvakauppa | Turku Comics Store

    11.45 Harri "Wallu" Vaalio
    12.30 Karoliina Korhonen
    13.00 Niko-Petteri Niva
    14.30 Petteri Tikkanen
    16.00 Aapo Kukko
    16.00 Hanna Kukko
    16.45 Ville Ranta
    17.30 Lauri Ahtinen

    Valvesalin aula | Valvesali lobby
    Suuri Kurpitsa

    12.20 Heikki Kemppainen
    13.45 Aino Sutinen
    15.15 Jessi Jokelainen
    16.30 Emilia Laatikainen

    Valvesalin myyntipöytien takaa löydät runsaasti sarjakuvantekijöitä klo 11-18 välisenä aikana.

    Behind the Valvesali sales tables, you can also find comic artists between 11 AM and 6 PM.

    13.00-13.30 Maija Tammi, Photo North
    13.30-14.00 Tuukka Teponoja, Nurkka
    14.00 Veli-Matti Ural, Nurkka (11-18)
    14.30 Tiia Salmelin, Pokuto (11-18)
    15.00 Janne Parviainen & Pekka Parviainen, Suisto (11-18)
    16.00 Kivi Larmola (11-18)
    16.30 Juho Sihvonen, Nurkka (11-18)
    17.00 Eeva Meltio, Kraft Ink. (11-18)
    17.25 Ola Skogäng (11-18)
    17.25 Ilpo Koskela (11-18)
    17.30 Vesa Vitikainen, Musta Ritari (11-18)

New ideas are welcome and use of your own imagination is encouraged. The Center acts as the central hub for the Oulu Comics Festival and several other events. The Comics Gallery! at the Center is an open for all application based gallery space and it is located near the Valve Gallery and Northern Photographic Center’s gallery. The space has approximately 25000 visitors annually.

A comics archive is being collected at the Center where you can also buy local small press and other finnish comics organization’s publications. The Oulu Comics Center is managed by Oulu Comics Society, based in 1980.