London Conventions
Kapow: May 19 & 20, MCM Expo: May 25, 26 & 27
Kapow: May 19 & 20, MCM Expo: May 25, 26 & 27
Sister Sweden and Finland
Scandinavian Poster
A large poster, showing the Scandinavian boys, on thick Gloss Art 170gsm paper.
Wild Ghost
Norway was very proud of their wild albino moose, which they had lovingly named Albin, and the local hunting community had agreed not to hurt it.
Then along comes a Danish hunter who hadn't herd about this rule, and shoots it. The Norwegian anger seemed like it would never end.
In Denmark the case has mainly been turned into a joke. Not because of the death of poor Albin which everybody agrees is sad and stupid, but because for a while the Norwegian media acted like all Danes ever born had put a bullet in Albin personally, when the truth is that most would run in the opposite direction at the sight of anything with horns.
28th November 2011
2:37pm Tue 15th May #8337194
i am just so glad that Denmark never ever goes hunting with Finland... [link] and [link] he would never recover from this experience. not even large amounts of beer will save his sanity :o
i am just so glad that Denmark never ever goes hunting with Finland... [link] and [link] he would never recover from this experience. not even large amounts of beer will save his sanity :o
7:49am Mon 23rd Apr #8306009
If you're so scared of wolves and bears you should move to a country where there actually are dangerous animals (like poisonous snakes, spiders, lizards etc). We only have european viper but it's not dangerous for a healthy adult.
Last time a wolf killed people in Finland is 1880's. Three wolves killed 22 children in Turku and people are afraid this may happen again because wolves are "getting tamer". Conditions were totally different then, though. Kids played outside and hearded stock alone in the woods and were very vulnerable. They seldom had adults with them when they did chores. We're losing our wolves because of irrational fears. To us wolves only cause trouble eating domestic animals (dogs, reindeer, cats, sheep etc) but it's totally preventable. It's a risk letting your dog or cat roam free in the wild alone anyway (even when hunting) so they should be kept in sight. Sheep should be kept in a locked enclosure of somekind when wolves can't come in. Keeping reindeer safe is a bigger problem. I guess no one has really solved how we can let reindeer roam free and still not get eaten by wolves or lynxes. This problem was even bigger before, though. In moderns times we have less wolves and better methods for guarding our herd.
Sorry for the marathon text : D This just brought to my mind the fact that people are so alienated from the nature they fear superstitiously.
If you're so scared of wolves and bears you should move to a country where there actually are dangerous animals (like poisonous snakes, spiders, lizards etc). We only have european viper but it's not dangerous for a healthy adult.
Last time a wolf killed people in Finland is 1880's. Three wolves killed 22 children in Turku and people are afraid this may happen again because wolves are "getting tamer". Conditions were totally different then, though. Kids played outside and hearded stock alone in the woods and were very vulnerable. They seldom had adults with them when they did chores. We're losing our wolves because of irrational fears. To us wolves only cause trouble eating domestic animals (dogs, reindeer, cats, sheep etc) but it's totally preventable. It's a risk letting your dog or cat roam free in the wild alone anyway (even when hunting) so they should be kept in sight. Sheep should be kept in a locked enclosure of somekind when wolves can't come in. Keeping reindeer safe is a bigger problem. I guess no one has really solved how we can let reindeer roam free and still not get eaten by wolves or lynxes. This problem was even bigger before, though. In moderns times we have less wolves and better methods for guarding our herd.
Sorry for the marathon text : D This just brought to my mind the fact that people are so alienated from the nature they fear superstitiously.
7:33am Mon 23rd Apr #8305983
I love Sweden in these strips! So cynical and always thinking about his own stuff but still he manages to know what's going on. I also love Denmark's first line: "Why are we in your forest". It somehow expresses so well the fear some people have for the nature nowadays. People cry about wolves and bears whenever they see one and now we're actually more safe from them than ever! We have less wolves and bears here in Finland than ever before (and more people) but still people whine about them being "tame" and coming too close to settlements. Well, that's because us humans live everywhere now. They were here first! When you live in a rural area you have to come in terms with it really being a rural area with wild animals and the greatly feared nature.
I love Sweden in these strips! So cynical and always thinking about his own stuff but still he manages to know what's going on. I also love Denmark's first line: "Why are we in your forest". It somehow expresses so well the fear some people have for the nature nowadays. People cry about wolves and bears whenever they see one and now we're actually more safe from them than ever! We have less wolves and bears here in Finland than ever before (and more people) but still people whine about them being "tame" and coming too close to settlements. Well, that's because us humans live everywhere now. They were here first! When you live in a rural area you have to come in terms with it really being a rural area with wild animals and the greatly feared nature.
8:59pm Sat 14th Apr #8293613
Sweden just slaps Denmark while reading whatever is on those papers. I wonder what is on those papers
Sweden just slaps Denmark while reading whatever is on those papers. I wonder what is on those papers
11:21am Mon 9th Apr #8285045
We have one here, too. Don't know if it has a name, though.
We have one here, too. Don't know if it has a name, though.
4:09am Sun 8th Apr #8283338
I heard in the radio that Norway found an albino baby moose,, they talked about what they should call it and concluded that no dane would ever shoot on Michael Laudrup (famous danish football player).. so they called the new baby albino moose Michael Laudrup..
I heard in the radio that Norway found an albino baby moose,, they talked about what they should call it and concluded that no dane would ever shoot on Michael Laudrup (famous danish football player).. so they called the new baby albino moose Michael Laudrup..
3:53am Fri 6th Apr #8280503
good that we now got "salt og pepper" an albino bear and brown bear twins.
good that we now got "salt og pepper" an albino bear and brown bear twins.
3:27am Mon 2nd Apr #8273735
Evryone has to love Sweden!
ALBIN!!? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
*slap*
Evryone has to love Sweden!
ALBIN!!? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
*slap*
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