By popular request.
(lolz j/k, only had 2)

So many things to say.
Seems Jonne went and got himself a ‘stache, which was received by most by something like that:
TT__TT <– bleeding eyes (no not for real, this is mild exaggeration)

The comic above is me being in denial.

The ‘SQUIRREL’ is best understood after you’ve watched ‘UP!’ from Disney/Pixar.

The pun in What the fox’s name must be credited, but I don’t remember to who exactly, but Caitlin owns the plushie with the name, so let’s say to Caitlin. Feel free to correct me, one-day Rovaniemi companions.

The ‘disappointed’ look on Waury’s face was actually not meant to be there. Or maybe it was. XD

                          

Hello.

To Cali: As I told you

You might have noticed that I don’t seem to have a fixed update schedule.
That’s because I don’t have one.

So I don’t know when I’ll be updating again, or when I’ll stop to.

Updates will still be posted on Facebook, Twitter (and MySpace by extent) and LiveJournal.

                          

(Valo was shaved like Janne was)

A focus on shoes is actually overdue – my friend Maely suggested long ago some sort of shoe competition between the two of them. Never got around to actually doing it, even if I had sketches and scripts ready. Thank the long hours I spend in the employees’ room before starting to work: I browsed my sketchbook and just laughed out loud at this plotline, all alone XD

Also, thank Maely

In other news, Naked and Private Line will both be playing at Trashfest USA, in Philadelphia this weekend. More info HERE!

                          

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Mikko: He finally got what he wanted – a cello. And now, he’s had it for some time, and got bored with it.

Life: There was time before there was life.

Em&Comm: Counting sheep to fall asleep, anyone?

Love: Cheesy one. When you’re with people you love, you can’t see time go by, but you always know where it went, because you keep the memories o it all

Janne: How does beard grow? …with time…

Kris: With time, he either got worse, or better, so their relationship has not been entirely good, but he’s doing ok now

Jussi: Aikasi On Nyt, their first single off Kultakalat, means “Your Time Is Now”

Hate: With lots of Time, Hate has been known to get worse and consume people.

PK: As he is a ghost, as in not alive anymore, PK is outside the effects of time. And it kinda annoys him to be stuck unchanging.

Jyrki: He doesn’t quite look his age, and well, he’s Elvis.

Jonne: The actual Jonne is looking a lot less like a girl than he used to, so closet!Jonne is blaming time for being “turned” into a boy.

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You know, if I keep revisiting comics like that to get links, I might just get nostalgic enough and take it all up again >_>

                          

I would like to point out that this is the first time closet!Jonne is angry. :3

                          

Did you recognize them all?

In order of appearance:

Life as the Red Queen
(Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland)
Lil Lii as a genius
Facts as a dictionary
The Muff as Marge Simpson
(from the cartoon show The Simpsons)
Jonne as a vampire
(the sparkly kind from Twilight)
Jyrki69 as a vampire
(the romanticized, goth rocker kind)
Juha as Voldermort
(main villain in the Harry Potter series)
Wiwian as King Leonidas
(from the epic movie 300)

What are YOU dressing as for Halloween?

Mmmmm, maybe two Hallows after all. Maybe someone’s hiding under the Invisibility Cloak…?

By the way, if you’re wondering “WTF happened to Wiwi’s hair!” in the comic, it was a premonition to THIS. (thank you Heather!) I drew the comic before watching that video, so the shorter hair was just to suit the costume, really… XD

And the SEQUEL to this.

                          

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Apocalyptica released their 7th Symphony album at the end of August, and the video for their single “End Of Me” (feat. Gavin Rossdale from Bush) a bit before that. Check your local music store for the album, and the video below for a bit of Apocalyptica madness
They have recently wrapped up a tour in North America (including a date in Quebec City at a festival with Rammstein TT__TT) and are preparing for their upcoming European one, starting in October. Check out the tourdates HERE.

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According to their Twitter, Day Eleven is in the process of writing new material. They are also preparing their next shows at the beginning of October, on the 1rst in Tampere at Amarillo, and the 6th in Helsinki, at Club Liberté.

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2 years after their last album (Irrallaan), Flinch is finally entering the studio to work on the next one. No info on a release date yet.

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Very much absent this summer, Lovex has been slowly but surely recording their next release. They just started mixing the album, be patient

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Our favorite small-animal-eating haired singer is finally back with news! Naked‘s fourth album, “Double Down”, has a release date scheduled for early November. They will soon shoot a new video (“In color this time!”) for the first single. They also have a brand new website, which you should keep checking for more news like the following video.

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Negative has been touring much this summer, following the release of their (AWESOME) album Neon. Next they are preparing to embark on a German tour, starting at the very end of September. Tour dates on their website.
In addition to shows, Jonne has been busy on his own – well, almost – learning how to drive. HERE is a video (iltasanomat.fi) of it. Ville has also been learning, and do notice how he got out of the way when Jonne returned >8)
The band is also in the works of making the video for their next single, “Jealous Sky”, which should feature artwork from fans, according to their request for some 2 weeks ago. Looking forward to that!

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On break after a very intensive and exhausting tour for Dark Passion Play, Nightwish has been hiding at their summer camp to rehearse and record demos of their next album. Anette has joined them this month, as she was taking care of her newborn son =) You can read the Camp Diary HERE.

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Missed Private Line the 4 times they played in 2009, or the 4 times they played this year? Never fear: they’re playing Trashfest in March again this year right, next March, I guess you’d have figured that out, for the 4th edition of the event. Though it’s not showing up on their website (which still shows June’s gig as “upcoming”), they appear on the Trashfest part of Mama Trash’s website. Also playing, The Salvation and Iconcrash.

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If you live in Austria, Germany or Switzerland, and haven’t bought your copy of Poets Of The Fall‘s “Twilight Theater” album, you will be able to buy it at a local music store: the official release is set for October 29th.

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Reflexion sadly doesn’t have any more gigs this year, but luckily they’re writing new stuff. Looking forward to it

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“Kultakalat”, the upcoming Uniklubi album, will be released on the 22nd of September. The first single for it, “Aikasi On Nyt”, got the video treatment, which you can see below.
You can also see new promo pictures on their website.

                          

Doodle post yet again, still because I spend most of my free time finishing the Negative pictures – that I managed to get signed yesterday night See them below

One of my first drawings of Love XD

Waury as a ninja…

Wiwian as a ninja…

Aaaaand the Negative pics

Got no comment from Antti, as he was sick and zoomed into the bus and didn’t come out. But Jonne was nice enough to pass on the pen and drawings, and he drew a scar on the right cheek

Jay hugged me when I gave him his copy after he signed mine

Jonne liked his picture a lot, and as he finished signing it, he asked if he could have a copy – of course, that’s why I print 6 many copies of each drawing And then he asked me to sign it XD

Larry said, “Nice picture” with a grin, but I caught him last and he was heading back to the bus, which was preparing to leave, so didn’t have much time for a longer impression :3

Näkki asked if it was him when I gave him his copy XD No, no, it’s of a random person >_> XD He also asked if I drew it and said it was very nice

I have to thank Melissa for joining me for the evening, waiting with me in the cold and helping me a lot with getting my drawings signed Also thank you to Nadine, Sabine, Kati and Catharina for the great evening

P.S.: The glossy stuff on photo prints… it dissolves with water >.<

                          

I am currently trying to crash-draw pics for Negative to sign when I go see them next Friday, so I haven’t had time to draw a comic for tonight.

However, because my computer is full of random drawings, here’s a few for you

Here’s Teemu wondering how he’ll ever put on this shirt. I mean, the big head…?
(originally part of the No Can Do series)

Those are the first Closet drawing I’ve done of Apocalyptica. Paavo looks retarded/psycho XD

An Edward Scissorhands sketch I have yet to finish….

Emily dreaming of Tony and Tuomas.

And finally this, requested by Forestdream:

A few years ago, Negative was on tour in Germany, and being Finns, they partied much. At some point, Rumors leaked that they’d somehow ended up in a brothel and lost a few thousand euros cash. I imagined Tommi’s reaction (as he’s their manager) and drew this XD

Do note that Tommi’s arms are so long that he could touch below his knees without bending in two XD
(of course I have no idea if any of that happened, because it was Finnish press and it matters little to me if a story is true or not, as long as it’s decent comic material 8D)

Next week I’ll probably be posting other doodles, as well as, hopefully, photos of the signed pictures ;D

                          

I have seen two Negative concerts before the new album, Neon, came out. Once with Pinkass, and once alone. Both times, I’d been swooned by the Fucking Worthless song. Pinkass and I were CONVINCED he sang “so fucking cute“, and I was quite disappointed to read, in the booklet, that it was “so fucking cool“.

Until I realized that he was singing about Larry. Obviously.

Now, Wiwian’s remark on breaking a mirror is
1. Not true.
2. Usually told when someone is very bad-looking, not the opposite.
3. Added because, so far, Larry is too cool to lose to him.
Before anyone screams murder, no, I don’t think Wiwian is ugly

And in reference to the title, “having a crack at someone” is to make fun of them. ;D