Characters
Pekka Puupää is a kind but simple and somewhat foolish man. Other characters are his battleaxe wife Justiina and his subtle friend ''Pätkä'' (lit. ''Stub''), which Fogeli had picked from his earlier comic, ''Herra Pätkä''. Minor characters include Pätkä's wife ''Mrs. Pätkä'', Pekka's adopted son ''Otto'' ( Ottopoika = Finnish : adopted son ), and sometimes a baby called ''Pulu''. His last name "Puupää" is a common insult denoting low intelligence, literally meaning ''wood-head'' and roughly equivalent to the expression "block head".Themes
Conventional plot subjects are Pekka's failed attempts in various professions and housework, his eccentric solutions to problems he faces in the normal life and other mishaps he encounters due to his foolishness and benevolence. Another constant subject are Pekka's and Pätkä's attempts to run away from their wives to play at cards and have fun.History
The first appearance of Pekka Puupää was in the Elanto cooperative's magazine ''Kuluttaja'' in 1925, when it started to publish a comic of the same name. The series was drawn by graphic designer Ola Fogelberg, who signed his comics using the pseudonym ''Fogeli''. During its first years ''Pekka Puupää'' was mainly humorously depicted propaganda for the ElantoThe Puupää hat award
The Finnish Comics Society started to award distinguished comic artists with the Puupää hat, which is a copy of Pekka Puupää's oblong hat. The first hat was awarded to Toto Fogelberg-Kaila in 1972.See also
*'' Pekka and Pätkä'', a line of movies based on Fogeli's characters **''