Kari Korhonen

• Born 1973-10-08

Kari Korhonen is a Finnish cartoonist known for his stories about Donald Duck. Since 1992, Korhonen has worked as a cartoonist, illustrator, and commercial artist, illustrating children's books and drawing for national Finnish newspapers such as Helsingin Sanomat. He has also developed comics and storyboards for television and is also known as a commercial illustrator for magazines and children's books. In 2011, Korhonen wrote and drew the first Angry Birds comic. He initially designed merchandising items for the Finnish licensee for Disney products. This brought him into contact with the Danish publisher Egmont. Korhonen has been drawing Disney comics for Egmont since 1993, where he is most known for his work on Donald Duck stories and Winnie the Pooh.