Ilkka Heilä (1956 in Ekenäs) is a

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cartoonist who lives in

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. He draws '' B. Virtanen'' -comic strip. Comics by Heilä appeared as early as in the beginning of 1970s in the comic magazine '' Sarjis''. However, working in a post office replaced professional self-fulfillment of artistic tendencies the nearly 20 years period, until then he created Bulls-syndicate of his comic strip B. Virtanen and took part in comic competition arranged by newspaper ''

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'' in 1989. Thanks to this comic strip, Heilä could at last in the 1990s move to a full-time comic artist. He got the , a

comic prize from

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in year 2006.

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1956 births Living people People from Raseborg Finnish comic strip cartoonists Finnish comics artists {{cartoonist-stub