I found some old comics at my parents's place. There were these old comics about Indians (this might not be a correct term, but in Finnish it's definitely not insulting and is not meant in any offending way here) that I used to love as a kid. The comics were called Hopeanuoli (Silver Arrow), which was the name of one of the main characters a young chief of the Kiowa tribe. A little search int he wikipedia tells me that the comics were published in Finland from 1976-1985, so it ended around the time I learned to read. I remember reading these first when we were visiting some friends of our parents's who had two sons that were few years older. Then I found them in the local second-hand book store. Now I actually learned that the comic was created by Belgian guy called Frank Sels. Not much about the comics can be found in the internet. The site with most information is a Danish fan site. So, if you can read Danish, go ahead.

Why am I writing about this? Well, I really used to love this comic. I always thought the Indian culture was very fascinating and I guess this romanticized my image about it a bit further. Now when I actually read couple of the old issues, there wasn't that much in there. I loved the little mountain lion cub that was running around and the strong female character Kuunsäde (Moon Beam), who was so not featured enough. I think even as a kid I was more drawn to the historical facts about Indians and their livestyle and what happened to them when the white men came. And even though I won't be spending a lot of time going over these magazines, I'm glad I found them and got reminded how much they were a part of my life one time. I'm feeling very nostalgic at the moment...