Ville Matias Ranta (born 29 November 1978) is a Finnish comic artist and 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. In 2017, he was made Knight of the National Order of Merit of France. He is the first Finnish comic artist to be admitted into the order. More information...
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