The Kalevala Graphic Novel (modern Finnish)
The Kalevala is one of the great epics of the world literature, along with the Iliad and the Odyssey, Beowulf and the Nibelungenlied, and was also also used as a reference by J.R.R. Tolkien in his own tales of fantasy, The Lord of the Rings.
Kristian Huitula's Kalevala graphic novel is the only complete comic adaptation of the epic, consisting of the whole storyline and its 50 chapters. The modern Finnish language edition of the Kalevala Graphic novel makes it more entertaining than it has ever been, still maintaining the original story structure of the epic .
The Kalevala comic book was also published in Russia in 2003. The same year Kristian Huitula was awarded as 'The Young Artist of the Year' for his work by the Kalevala Society foundation (FINLAND).
Since its first Finnish edition in 2000 the Kalevala Graphic Novel has become one of the best-selling graphic novels in Finland.
-THE Deluxe EDITION
-MEDIA PUBLICITY
-NEWSPAPER REVIEWS (Only in Finnish)
-THE FINNISH EDITION
-THE RUSSIAN EDITION
-KALEVALA PACKAGE OFFER
-KALEVALA POSTCARDS
"Of the many illustrated editions I've seen in several languages, Huitula's Kalevala seems to me to be one of the best, refreshingly free of bogus heroism, kitch and whimsy."
-Keith Bosley, translator of the British English edition ( The Kalevala, Oxford University press )
