Karine Haaland

• Born 1966-08-29

Karine Haaland is a Norwegian comic strip creator, animator and illustrator, known for the comic strip Piray. For several years Haaland's strip ran under no title, and featured no named characters. Eventually, recurring characters became named and the strip was finally given the name Piray in 2005. Haaland made her publishing debut in the student paper Universitas in 1995, but her breakthrough came with inclusion into the Norwegian magazine Larsons Gale Verden, featuring the cartoons of Gary Larson. Her work has since been syndicated to several magazines and newspapers, most notably Dagbladet, Dagsavisen and Bergens Tidende, although the latter has the distinction of having fired her over a censorship dispute. The books containing her work sell well in Norway and are printed in multiple editions.