Reetta Niemensivu is an illustrator, comics artist, and graphic designer living and working in Lahti. She has created comics for Suuri Kurpitsa and also self-published. Additionally, she has illustrated dozens of children’s books for various publishers. She is also the illustrator of the weekly comic strip Lyhenevä kesä, written by Pauli Kallio. Reetta draws inspiration from nature, passersby, stories, and memories.