Risto Rääkky

Risto Rääkky burst onto the Finnish comics scene in 1993 with the debut of Myrkky spesiaali, a publication from Egmont Kustannus that clearly had a taste for the irreverent and offbeat. A creature of the Copper/Modern Age, Risto kept wonderfully eccentric company — sharing pages with the likes of Pera Pervo, Myyntimies Mynttinen, and the memorably named Palle Runqvist across the Myrkky titles through the early 2000s. With 22 catalogued appearances spread across a decade, this is a character who found a loyal niche in the distinctly Finnish corner of European comics. If you're exploring the wilder, more anarchic edges of Scandinavian humor comics from the era, Risto Rääkky is exactly the kind of discovery that makes digging through back issues so rewarding.