Sami Makkonen

About The Author

Finnish artist Sami Makkonen is probably best known of his work for the Hatter M. (APP) and Deadworld (IDW) graphic novel series. Other works include Ryse: Sword of Damocles (Microsoft/IDW) and covers for Clive Barker`s Hellraiser: The Dark Watch -series (Boom Studios). Makkonen has received the Sarjis award for best fantasy comic and the comics he has illustrated have won numerous awards in the United States. He has been nominated in Ghastly Awards for his work on Deadworld. His latest work is a stunning comic adaptation of the Finnish national epic Kalevala, which was published in two parts (Otava 2019 and Like 2020).

Books by Sami Makkonen

ABLAZE J.R.R TOLKIEN GENESIS COLLECTED SET
By Sami Makkonen and Willy Duraffourg
Illustrated by Sami Giancarlo Caracuzzo
Delve into the life and inspirations of the "Father of Epic Fantasy" with ABLAZE's J.R.R. Tolkien Genesis Collected Set, two great GN titles-Kalevala and Tolkien: Lighting Up the Darkness-that reveal the personal history and literary inspirations for Tolkien's most well-known works, all at a spec...
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KALEVALA: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL
By Sami Makkonen
Illustrated by Sami Makkonen
BEFORE THE HOBBIT, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, AND GAME OF THRONES THERE WAS THE EPIC THAT INSPIRED IT ALL!

A stunning comic adaptation of the epic The Kalevala, which inspired J.R.R. Tolkien to write The Lord of the Rings. It's the foundational epic of the fantasy genre.

The story t...
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