page_title: Ville Ranta
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caption_attribution_description: English: Ville Ranta, Finnish comics artist, Helsinki Comics Festival, 2008. Suomi: Ville Ranta, suomalainen sarjakuvataiteilija, Helsingin sarjakuvafestivaalit 2008.
context_page_description: Ville Matias Ranta is a Finnish cartoonist from Oulu. He received the Finnish comics society's Puupäähattu award in 2009. In his work, Ranta focus on controversial and provocative topics among other things. His comic Mohammed, Fear and Freedom of Speech led to the sacking of the editor Jussi Vilkuna.
context_section_description: Ville Matias Ranta (b. 29 November 1978) is a Finnish cartoonist from Oulu. He received the Finnish comics society's Puupäähattu award in 2009. In his work, Ranta focus on controversial and provocative topics among other things. His comic Mohammed, Fear and Freedom of Speech (published in 2006 in the magazine Kaltio in reaction to the Muhammad cartoons controversy) led to the sacking of the editor Jussi Vilkuna.
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