Neo-noir...
The Devil's Mazurka
Aces Weekly greenlighted our upcoming neo-noir crime comic which is located to early 1990's winterly Michigan.
Story by me, art and colors Niccoló Pizzorno, letters Marko Latva-Nikkola.
Sketch by Niccoló Pizzorno to the comic The Good Soldier
Art by Andrea Meneghin
Space Vampires...
Song for a Triggerman
We put our heads together with David Lloyd and co-wrote 2000AD / Heavy Metal stylish sci-fi story.
Two bounty hunters clash on a remote planet, and there may be an alien involved...
Art, colors and letters by Andrea Meneghin.
Coming out on Aces Weekly vol 79. starting 16th March 2026!
Kunkkuja ja ässiä...
Nowadays it's very rare for my comics to be published in Finnish. Now it is happening!
A story Kings and Aces I wrote for Commando is published in Korkeajännitys magazine with title Kunkkuja ja ässiä.
Art by Marc Viure.
Lue haastatteluni Egmontin blogista ja Ilkka Valpasvuon arvostelu Kulttuuritoimituksesta!
Hännisen tarina onnistuu toimivasti tiivistämään ajankuvaa ja asenteita ripeästi etenevään seikkailuun.
- Ilkka Valpasvuo, Kulttuuritoimitus.fi
Nasty Monster...
Curiosity
A group of primitive men awaken an ancient god, and the consequences are written in history...
Published in Aces Weekly vol 72.
Story: Petri Hänninen
Art: Andrea Meneghin
Letters: Marko Latva-Nikkola
Editing: David Lloyd
Superheroes...
Bright Darkness: The Good Soldier
My first superhero comic Bright Darkness is published in Aces Weekly vol 71-72.
An anguished mental patient thinks he's a Trojan warrior and takes a hostage. That's when you need an empathetic hero....
Story: Petri Hänninen
Art and colors: Niccoló Pizzorno
Letters: Marko Latva-Nikkola
Editing: David Lloyd
The comic was included in the Supersankarit – Antiikista nykypäivään exhibition at Museum Center Vapriikki (Tampere, Finland) from 2025 to 2026.
Trip to the Moon...
SULTANA OF THE MOON
is LOOKING FOR A PUBLISHER!
48 page graphic novel is completed!
In the year 1654 in Istanbul, The Great Inventor tells the Sultan an incredible story of how he traveled to the Moon and lived in a Sultanate ruled by Amazons!
The story is based on true history. The very first successful rocket flight was made in Istanbul in 1633. Bold inventor Lagari Hasan Çelebi flew from Topkapi Palace to the Bosphorus Strait.
Fantasy/Comedy
Story by Petri Hänninen
Art by Jonny Edson
Colors by Aljoša Tomić
Letters by Marko Latva-Nikkola
More Western...
Finn
Magnificent Seven meet Viking Berserk sagas!
A crew of gunslingers are hired to defend a small ranch against a big rancher and his violent men. Finn becomes a key player in the fight, because he has special powers...
"If you wanna win, you need Finn!"
Story: Petri Hänninen
Art: Andrea Meneghin
Letters: Marko Latva-Nikkola
Editing: David Lloyd
Published in Aces Weekly vol 68-69.
The Very First Finn...
Kings and Aces
I have the honor of being the first Finn to have his comic published in the British Commando magazine.
Maude Graham is sent to work at an airfield during WWI. Maude's secret dream is to become a pilot, and when she shows talent as a mechanic and a gunner, she finally gets her chance, but will things go as planned...?
Story by Petri Hänninen
Art by Marc Viure
Covert art by Neil Roberts
Meanwhile in Alternate History...
The Monsters of River Thames
The Monsters of River Thames is set to an alternate history, when viking leader Mycel Hæþen marches to London and encounters something horrible...
The story is published in FutureQuake Winter 2020 magazine, and it's written by Petri Hänninen. Art by Jaye Franklin and letters Bolt–01.
Meanwhile in Wild Wild West...
The Hunter
The Hunter Western comic series is published in Aces Weekly vol 53, September 2021.
A bounty hunter finds peace on a small farm, but the past catches up with him like a snake biting its own tail...
Art by Niccolò Pizzorno, letters by Glauco Piccione, edited by David Lloyd. Based on an idea by Marcello Bondi.
Meanwhile in the Mad King's Court...
Macbeth: The Graphic Novel
Macbeth: The Graphic Novel is an adaptation from Shakespeare's classic tragedy. It's written by Petri Hänninen and illustrated by Petri Hiltunen.
Macbeth: The Graphic novel is originally published by Jalava Publishing in Finnish, but now it's also available in English published by Markosia.
The art is visually stunning in its portrayal of the time period and for setting the overall mood.
- Richard Vasseur, First Comics News
Meanwhile on the Stock Market...
The Secret
The Secret is a short horror story published in Black & White #3 comic book and Black & White Horror Comics 1. TPB by Antarctic Press.
It is also published in Aphotic Realm #7: GRUESOME magazine, Caliber Presents – Volume 5: Tales from the Next Dimension and Italian Cold Stories comic anthology by Eretica Edizioni.
The story is written by Petri Hänninen and it's based on an idea of Marcello Bondi. Art by Gabriele Schiavoni.
Meanwhile in Space...
The Death of a Family
The Death of a Family is a short sci-fi/horror story published in Future Sci-Fi Tales #2 magazine.
The magazine is runned by Snowyworks, USA. The story is written by Petri Hänninen, art by Andrea Meneghin and letters by Marko Latva-Nikkola.
Meanwhile in Alternate Reality...
Wonderful Old Age
Wonderful Old Age is a short sci-fi story written by Petri Hänninen and illustrated by Jussi Kaakinen. The story is published on Aces Weekly vol 21. You can read a short review from ComiConverse.
Wonderful Old Age has been published in Finnish in Tähtivaeltaja sci-fi magazine issue 1/23.
Wonderful Old Age is a good example of what Aces Weekly can do that's different from what the reader may have seen; a short story that includes everything you need within the nine simple pages. A social commentary and entertaining tale that fits snuggly into a handful of panels.
- Darryll Robson, ComiConverse
Meanwhile, far away from Earth...
Geysers of Titan
Geysers of Titan sci-fi series is published in David Lloyd's Aces Weekly Vol 26-27.
Pike starts to investigate the death of his girlfriend, but the smugglers game lead him to the top management of a mining company. Can Pike survive on Titan, where the freezing temperatures and methane geysers can take man's life?
Written by Petri Hänninen, art by Russ Leach, letters by Ben Dickson and Sam Roads.
Meanwhile Inside the Small Tank...
Between the Darkness
Between the Darkness is a WWI short story published in Eisner Award nominated To End All Wars anthology.
Anthology is published by Soaring Penguin Press. The book was Eisner Award nominated in 2015 in two categories.
Between the Darkness is written by Petri Hänninen and illustrated by Neil McClements.
Grim and brutal, this claustrophobic tale truly pulls no punches and is perhaps the best in the book.
- Jeremy Briggs, Downthetubes
This fascinating, wide-ranging anthology challenges any revisionist glorifying of heroic sacrifice.
- Paul Gravett, The Independent
Meanwhile in Moominvalley...
Moomin
Moomin is famous book series written by Tove Jansson, and TV-series was very popular especially in Japan.
Several artists and writers from Finland and around the world worked for Moomin magazine. Hänninen wrote short comics with a tasks for 3-7 years old children.
Egmont published reprints of Moomin magazine until 2024.
