Mari Ahokoivu

MARI AHOKOIVU

(b. 1984) is a Finnish Illustrator and a comic artist. She draws comics and illustrations for adults and for kids and has been published in Finland as well as abroad. She lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark.

ILLUSTRATIONS

Ihme ilmat, children's book by Laura Ertimo (Into, 2019)

Gulliga lillebror , children's book by Moa Eriksson Sandberg (2019 Rabén & Sjögren) (

Unpublished project 2018

Unpublished project 2015

Nuppuset 12, Children's picture book (Petomies 2016)

Poster for Oulu roller derby club 2016

Horror sketch 2017

OKSI graphic novel (Asema 2018)

COMICS

Published in English by
Levine Querido (2021)
Publication date:
September 21, 2021
ISBN: 978-1-64614-112-8
400 pages, full colour
English translation by
Silja-Maaria Aronpuro

Published in Finnish by
Asema kustannus (2018)
ISBN 978-952-5909-31-9
376 pages, full colour
In Finnish with English subtitles,
English subtitles by
Silja-Maaria Aronpuro

OKSI is a story about mothers and daughters, stars and myths. It mixes sci-fi and fantasy with Finnish mythology. It's explores the relationships between mothers and daughters through the Finnish myth of bear aetiology.
Foreign rights sold by Ferly Agency

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CHILDREN'S BOOKS

IHME ILMAT! (weird weather!)

Climate changes, why don’t we? Weird Weather! answers children’s tough questions about climate change, and tells how we can all fight against it.

written by Laura Ertimo & Illustrated by Mari Ahokoivu

First published in Finnish 2019 Into
Rights sold to over ten countries by
Elina Ahlback Literary agency

WEBCOMICS

Sound OFF is a slice of life type of comic about a sound hating puffer fish. It follows a life of a little puffer fish who suffers from misophonia, also known as “hatred of sound”.

You can follow Sound OFF from:
TAPAS
WEBTOONS
INSTAGRAM
FACEBOOK
TWITTER

EVENTS

No upcoming events right now,

but I'll keep you posted!

MEDIA

9.taide podcast
(In Finnish)

Podcast about comics, art and comics art.
Together with Pii Anttonen, Jesse Matilainen and Emmi Valve

9taide.com

CONTACT

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