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Kiroileva siili (Finnish for "the swearing hedgehog") is a comic strip written and drawn by Finnish artist Milla Paloniemi originally from Jalasjärvi.
The strip stars a hedgehog, who is aggressive and prone to profanity, and the last panel of the strip is usually abundant with swearwords. The strip received attention when it was featured in the Ilta-Sanomat newspaper in January 2007, which caused the self-published album Kiroileva siili to rise as the top-selling comic album of the Academic Bookstore. In February 2007, the publishing company Sammakko published a hardcover collection of Kiroileva siili strips, which rose to the most-sold book in Finland for the entire spring.[1][2][3] At the Kemi comics days in 2007, Milla Paloniemi was awarded the Strippi-Lempi award for her comic Kiroileva siili.[4] In 2008, the strip won its first Comics Finlandia prize.[5]
- ^ Puimuri, 19 March 2007, Milla & Siili Archived 2008-10-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Turun Sanomat, 12 April 2007, Paloniemen Kiroileva siili myy vimmatusti
- ^ Mitä Suomi Lukee? - statistics
- ^ Yle news, 28 May 2007, Kiroileva siili palkittiin Kemin sarjakuvapäivillä
- ^ HS: Kiroilevalle siilille ensimmäinen Sarjakuva-Finlandia, 20 April 2008, Helsingin Sanomat. Accessed on 20 April 2008.