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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Condorito, Mmmil, Pooch Caf, Overboard, M, Clare in the Community, Bob the Squirrel, the K Chronicles, on the Fastrack, B. Virtanen, Beyond the Black Stump, Mustapha Million, Store Wars, Red and Rover, Cucaln, Pirates of the Caribeano, Grimbledon Down, Gardhab Das, Soup to Nutz, Jasso-Kissa, Mikrokivikausi, Rieku Ja Raiku, Beat Your Neighbour, Skid Kidd, Memory Banks, Roadkill Bill, Charlie Peace, Bobby's Ghoul, Doofus, Laugh Parade, Champ, Herb and Jamaal, Those Were the Days, Silly Philly, Tomboy, Little Farmer, Watch Out Beagle's About, Winnie the Pooh, Dolly Dimples. Excerpt: Lennart Nilkn (left) says in Finnish: "What would that cost?" and B. Virtanen answers: "Evidently 3270 Finnish marks ." B. Virtanen is a Finnish comic strip written by Ilkka Heil . The strip is about the family and work life of a typical Finnish man named B. Virtanen. (His full first name has never been explained, and few, if any, Finnish names start with the letter.) He is married and has a steady job, but both cause him constant trouble, as he is hen-pecked by his wife at home and oppressed by his superiors at work. What the B stands for is told in interview of Heil like this: Heil made the character for a newspaper comic strip contest in 1989, and almost the first thing in his mind was the name. In that time, people used to talk about "A-class" and "B-class" citizens. B. certainly isn't second class, but his life isn't really "A-class" either. The idea of the series is simple, everyone walks over him. Heil made about 20 strips of that idea, and got the shared second prize of the competition. As for the "B" as a name, in Finland it is usual to write people's names shortened this way in some situations; the first letter of the first name, and the full family name after it. Major characters i...