Fingerpori from Finland

Fingerpori #in English

by Pertti Jarla

Welcome to Fingerpori,
the strangest and funniest
town in Finland!

Pertti Jarla's praised comic strip tells all
you need to know about being a Finn.

And then some more!

Genres: Comics, Finnish Literature, Humor

288 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2014

Reviews

[Lauma · Rating 4 out of 5]

Melnais humors, kaķi, sekss un Hitlers. Viss skaidrs par somiem.

[Chris Aylott · Rating 2 out of 5]

Even though the town gets top billing, there's not much of a sense of place to Fingerpori from Finland. There's also no ongoing story, since both the setting and characters exist solely to move along that day's joke. As for the jokes, most of them are exactly the kind of fast food humor you would expect in an American newspaper strip.

Then again, there are a lot of jokes that would never make it into American newspapers. Most of these involve sex, Nazis, and/or shitting cats, plus a few other topics that would provoke letters to the editor in Dubuque and probably don't even raise an eyebrow in Helsinki. A lot of the jokes and puns are also gloriously dumb, and you end up laughing in spite of yourself. I'm not quite sure I recommend this collection, but I certainly enjoyed reading it.

[Kristīne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolūts melno joku prieks, kur somu kolorītam pa vidu jaucas nacisti, Jēzus, Spaidermens, baikeru bandas, draiski kaķi un Ādolfs. Un dāvanā ar grāmatu es saņēmu arī krūzīti ar komiksu par jehovas lieciniekiem!

[Răzvan Ionescu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Suprisingly irreverent, punny and just awkward enough to double as an introduction to the culture. A++ would laugh again

[Искандер Булатов · Rating 4 out of 5]

Очень понравился сборник. Юмор без границ, особенный, но в этом сборнике понятный. Видно что газетный формат, сродни нашим карикатурам в АиФ)

[Bear Wiseman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Picked this up on a whim from the book fair. Fun read, and more than a little Finnish humor. It's a shame some of the better jokes don't translate as well. A perfect book to have in the bathroom.