© Markku Huovila, 2012
Cartoonist / illustrator
Does comic strips, verbal cartoons and comments both in swedish and finnish, and occasionally in english, too. Moreover, book- and press illustrations, posters, fairytales on TV, humour on radio.
Lives in Tensta, a both inspiring and notorious multicultural Stockholm suburb.
Stockholm Culture Award 1984
Stockholm Artist Award 1996
First price in Helsingin Sanomats
unique cartoon competition, 2008
Born in Finland 1947, studied and teached languages before moving to Sweden 1976 in oder to teach finnish, ended up in an art school and started cartooning at the age of 35. Has developed a one-man art movement called sweet&sourrealism.