Pnuk

By Mika Lietzen

In the West, a ruined city lies beneath the motorways, inhabited only by individuals who no longer adapt to the new social order. When an outsider arrives, the fate of one inhabitant is irrevocably changed.

Pnuk is a dystopia set in an alternative 1980s where the demolished houses of Turku make a surprising return to the cityscape. It's a story about punks, freedom, architecture, art, the slowly disappearing beauty in the midst of ruins, and the importance of small things even when society is only screaming for productivity and progre

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Mika Lietzen (b. 1974) is a comics artist and illustrator from Turku, Finland. Lietzen uses simple linework to tell humane stories. One common theme that recurs in his stories is that they are set in Turku or Southwest Finland, places that he is personally familiar with.Lietzen is a celebrated creator who has been nominated for Finland’s most appreciated comic art prize Comics Finlandia (Sarjakuva-Finlandia) three times.