Ville Ranta

Ville Ranta was born in Oulu, in the north of Finland. He studied Finnish literature and language at the University of Helsinki, but eventually chose a career as a comics artist. He debuted with the graphic novel 'Sade' in 2003. He founded his own small publishing house, Asema, together with some other Finnish artists in 2000. He cooperated with the French author Lewis Trondheim on the album 'Célébritiz' (Dargaud, 2006).