• Real Name: Juha Veltti
• Gender: Male
• Age: 30
• Location: Finland

• Joined: Feb 22nd, 2007
• Last Visit: Feb 17th, 2008

User Tags: artist, comic book artist, illustrator, painter, writer

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The First Man

Some preview pages of a webcomic I did the year 2004 and the start of 2005. A story I am in the process of re-writing and starting from scratch...

Wormworth

You ever thought what the guy who records sounds for tv broadcasts does in his spare-time?

[ Posted by DenUngeHerrHolm on Sep 22nd, 2007 9:14 AM ]...

Very nice style you've got there. Too bad we can't read any of the complete stories here.I wanna see where the bad-trip goes in Wormworth.

[ Posted by Michael_Netzer on Mar 29th, 2007 6:34 PM ]...

You are very talented. Thank you for the message.

[ Posted by MONOLITH on Mar 2nd, 2007 11:45 AM ]...

That's a really neat comic you have up there.

[ Posted by spoonbard on Feb 27th, 2007 2:44 PM ]...

:) Thanks for the message!
Love your work btw, really unusual, but very cool.
Interesting comment you made about manga. It's a shame its public image is all 'big eyes', but my work is just a pale shadow of the artists I'm inspired by :D The best manga I've read tops any comics from anywhere else in the world... it's just very tricky to find the good stuff outside Japan.

3 Replies [ Latest posted on February 28th, 2007 7:06 AM ]

	[ Posted by juhaveltti on Feb 27th, 2007 5:33 PM ]... I'd be interested in hearing some names - even if it's not available in English. It's true that one is eager to generalize what one doesn't know that well. I've read some good manga way back, but the manga-boom with the bug-eyed children seems to overshadow the whole bunch. But the different storytelling possibilities of comics are a central interest to me, and I know manga would have lots to offer on that front, too.
	[ Posted by spoonbard on Feb 28th, 2007 6:08 AM ]... :) My fav authors/artists are Jiro Taniguchi, Taiyo Matsumoto and Hiroki Mafuyu (he's the only one with a website that I can find: http://hirokimafuyu.com/page/menu.html). All of them have works in english. Prtobably the best to look out for are No5 by Taiyo Matsumoto and The Walking Man by Jiro Taniguchi. There are loads of other great artists and an even larger number of great animators :)
	[ Posted by juhaveltti on Feb 28th, 2007 7:06 AM ]... Thanks for the recommendations! Actually one of the interesting manga I read years back was Hotel Harbour View by Taniguchi. Probably the first manga I read, actually! I've noticed the Walking Man getting some praise elsewhere too. Need to see if I can get my hands on it.

[ Posted by bliss_infinite on Feb 27th, 2007 11:02 AM ]...

I really dig your work, it's got a great mood and feel.

1 Reply [ Latest posted on February 27th, 2007 5:25 PM ]

[ Posted by juhaveltti on Feb 27th, 2007 5:25 PM ]... Thank you very much. Just you wait till you see more up-to-date work. I've been struggling the past year making comics, and hopefully it shows with some degree of development...

[ Posted by 2depaus on Feb 27th, 2007 12:55 PM ]...

Thanks for the message and the invite.

Interesting style you have here, and cool stuff on Myspace too.

[ Posted by takisoma on Feb 22nd, 2007 2:49 PM ]...

thanks for the befriending.

your colors are gorgeous!