Myrkky was a comic book

Comic book

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 published by the Finnish branch of the Nordic

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 publisher Egmont. The comic dealt mainly with toilet humour, including sexual

Human sexuality

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, toilet, and fart

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 jokes. Myrkky was originally a Finnish version of the Norwegian

Norway

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 comic book Pyton

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, which was discontinued in 1996.

Regular strips in Myrkky included Myyntimies Mynttinen, Pera Pervo and Firkin the Cat.

Perhaps the most famous cartoonist

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 whose work appeared in Myrkky is the British

United Kingdom

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 Hunt Emerson

Hunt Emerson

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. However, most of the strips were drawn by Finnish cartoonists. Regular Finnish cartoonists included Santtu Liima, Armas Salakka and Samson.

Publishing of Myrkky ended on 5 November 2008.