What would the suburbs look like if fire was never invented? Can a person get pregnant from a single look? What’s it like growing up as the only gay person in a village in Lapland? Another carefully woven set of cutting-edge Finnish comics storytelling.
Roihu is a joint work by twelve artists and the second part in a series.
Artists: Sara Ahola, Roope Eronen, Frida Hinders, Juliana Hyrri, Susanna Kesänen, Reijo Kärkkäinen, Reetta Niemensivu, Niko-Petteri Niva, Apila Pepita, Anna Sailamaa, Aiju Salminen, Tiitu Takalo
Roihu/’roîhu/Blazing flames. The astronomical term is solar flare; a powerful but transitory emission of the Sun.
Publishers: Zum Teufel / Kutikuti (Finnish), Living The Line (English), La 5e Couche (French)
Editors: Emmi Valve, Amanda Vähämäki
Assistant editor: Hannele Richert
Graphic design: Terhi Adler
Cover illustration: Frida Hinders (Finnish), Juliana Hyrri (French), Apila Pepita (English)
Translations: Lola Rogers (English), Claire Saint-Germain (French)
Print: Jelgavas Tipogrāfija
Release: 2025