Spring 2016 FEMSKT FemiComix Finland was invited to co-edit an issue of Kuti magazine, a free comics tabloid with international fame! Kuti is published by KutiKuti comics collective. All the printed issues are out already, but you can still read FemiKuti from ISSUU. Do that and discover new feminist comics artists from all over the world!

Cover: Bang Bang Girl Gang by Emmi Valve

Editing Kuti was fun but also surprisingly difficult. Lots of good stuff had to be left out, as always. Communication was sometimes complicated with so many people involved. I wish we had more diversity in participants. It seems difficult to get a word out outside your own bubble in social media. You need time to make a name but this was a one-off. On the other hand, we got loads and loads of good comics! See for yourself.

I’d like to publish more to make things better!

/roju

Namifezi is out! Namifezi is an English language feminist zine by Hanna-Pirita Lehkonen, Apila Pepita Miettinen, Niko-Petteri Niva, Petra Rintala, Nadia Ojajärvi, Taina Hakala, Henna Räsänen, Jon Kuitunen, Aino Sutinen, Miia Vistilä and Tuomas Tiainen. 

Cover & layout by Apila Pepita

The zine has comics about things like gendered bathrooms, diet culture, fatphobia, veganism, pronouns, masturbation, fantasies, media representation and much more.

Petra Rintala

Order it here

40 pages, A5, in colour.

6 € + postage, write to: apila.pepita@gmail.com. Postage is 2 € for one zine in Finland, or if you order more or abroad, ask about the price. You can also pick up from Comics Center (Sarjakuvakeskus, Hämeentie 150, 00560 Helsinki).

Hanna-Pirita Lehkonen

We will be present at CAKE – Chicago Alternative Comics Expo on 11–12 June! Our table is 11a. Namifezi is among the official debuts: http://cakechicago.com/2016-expo-2/cake-debuts

Namifezi is the second zine published by FEMSKT / Feministinen sarjakuvatoiminta / Femicomix Finland / this bunch of your favourite feminist artists. It is our second zine after Namifetsi (2015, in Finnish). Some of the comics are the same in translation and many are brand new.

Miia Vistilä

Hanna-Pirita at CAKE in 2015

Taina Hakala

We were happy to get to co-operate on this with the Kutikuti collective!

KUTI #40 – Feminist issue is out and features the following artists:

B.Carrot (NL), Paula Bulling (DE), Vina Ćurčija (HR), Julie Delporte (FRA), Lisa Ewald (SE), Sophia Foster-Dimino (USA), Taina Hakala (FI), Sara Hansson (SE), Laura Keninš (CAN), Marlene Krause (DE), Verna Kuutti (FI), Hanna-Pirita Lehkonen (FI), Kaisa Leka (FI), Lilli Loge (DE), Raminta Maivyda (LT), Jesse Matilainen (FI), Apila Pepita Miettinen (FI), Anne Elisabeth Moore & Esther Pearl Watson (USA), Reetta Niemensivu (FI), Niko-Petteri Niva (FI), Aiju Salminen (FI), Martina Schradi (DE), Lotta Sjöberg (SE), Aino Sutinen (FI), Anni Laser Tolvane (FI), Marras Vedenoja (FI) and Grace Wilson (GB).

Co-edited by Johanna Rojola & Tuomas Tiainen with the Femicomix Finland collective. Cover by Emmi Valve and layout by Heikki Rönkkö. That’s an edition of 5 000 pcs so get your hands to it now before it runs out.

Read in Issuu here… or as a pdf in here.

Reminder: to support what we do you can subscribe the magazine in here.

** Call for feminist comics! **

The next Kuti (#40) will be co-edited by the Femicomix Finland collective. We want to present feminist and queer comics / authors / collectives from all around the world. Send your antiracist/queer/feminist comics with an English translation to kutimagazine@gmail.com before 15 April 2016.

– Comics must be previously unpublished in Finnish

– In colour or b/w

– Page size 26 x 39 cm (please consider it’s BIG, equal to almost A3)

– Strips, half-pagers (landscape & vertical), one page, one spread

– Send to: kutimagazine@gmail.com before 15 April 2016

Please note: We usually get 100+ submissions for each magazine. The space is limited (usually 16-24 pages) so we cannot guarantee your piece will be included. However, FEMSKT has other publishing plans as well. In case we would like to use your stuff on some other project later, we will ask you case by case.

Who are we?

FEMICOMIX FINLAND aka FEMSKT is a collective of feminist comics artists and activists. We do workshops, events, exhibitions, publications, publicity, socialising and support.

Femicomix Finland is antiracist, inclusive, and aims to make all activities accessible to persons of all genders, races, and physical abilities. The group respects everyone’s right to self-definition. Anyone into antiracist and feminist comics – be it creator, reader, or otherwise interested – is welcome to join!

https://feministinensarjakuva.sarjakuvablogit.com/info/

KUTI is a quarterly 4-colour tabloid focusing on comics and their authors. The main readership is culturally active young adults. Kuti does not present any political or religious connections.

The magazine is circulated through cafes, galleries, comic stores, schools, restaurants, book, and comic fairs. In Finland the circulation covers ca. 250 places in 13 cities – Helsinki, Hämeenlinna, Tampere, Turku, Lahti, Joensuu, Jyväskylä, Kuopio, Oulu, Pori, Imatra, Seinäjoki, and Lappeenranta. Kuti is also distributed abroad in several countries through our partners in crime.

http://www.kutikuti.com/html/kuti.html

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Image: Taina Hakala