Sami Kivelä (born 1979) is a Finnish

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. He is best known for titles such as Undone by Blood (

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), Abbott (

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) and Machine Gun Wizards (

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). Kivelä has also illustrated several comic books for

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, including Hit List and the Realm War: Age of Darkness series, which is a part of the Grimm Fairy Tales Universe. His other work includes Beautiful Canvas (

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), Chum (ComixTribe), Deer Editor (Kickstarter-funded and published by Mad Cave Studios), Dark Lies, Darker Truths (

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), The Heap (

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) and

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, Otava, Heske Horror etc. Kivelä has also self-published a number of comics. In the past, Kivelä has designed and illustrated CD and DVD covers.

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* 1979 births Album-cover and concert-poster artists Finnish comics artists Finnish illustrators Living people {{Finland-bio-stub