Azam Masoumzadeh (aka Zam Zadeh) is an Iranian-born illustrator, filmmaker, and comics artist based in Brussels. Her practice moves fluidly between drawing, virtual reality, and storytelling in both digital and printed forms. Zam creates zines as spaces for inner dialogue and quiet rebellion, often working without text to explore the emotional landscapes of displacement, resistance, and healing.

Her work has been exhibited in South Korea, Canada, Germany, and Belgium, and her self-published comics and fanzines have been distributed through independent bookshops like Rokko and Limerick in Gent. Zam has participated in various zine faires, residencies and immersive storytelling labs across Europe. Her approach remains intimate, feminist, and fiercely independent.

Ckoe is an animator and illustrator from (nowadays) the far east of the Netherlands. He made animations for Sesame Street, is the creator of Uier and several cardboard books. Ckoe can be spotted in the wild on a bike overthinking almost anything. His main mission: make the world just a little bit more fun.

Corné van Esterik lives and works in Zwolle. He graduated in Comic Design from ArtEZ University of the Arts in 2024. Corné is part of the Beeldkeuken collective, which is based in Zwolle’s city center. He creates visual stories inspired by nature and the human desire for togetherness.

Floor van den Brink graduated as a comics artist from ArtEZ, Zwolle, in 2024 and now works as an independent visual artist, illustrator, and comics artist. She finds inspiration in everyday situations, thoughts, experiences, and observations. The often small, tangible subjects form a multifaceted expression.

This versatility stems from the fact that the story and process are central to Floor’s work. The final result only becomes clear during the process. Her oeuvre ranges from refined pencil drawings to abstract paintings and everything in between.

Hilal Uzuner (1999) was raised in the Netherlands by her Turkish family. Her art reflects the complexities of living between two cultures. Her work explores themes of heritage, religion, and personal identity, capturing everyday moments, rituals, and stories.

By blending traditional and contemporary elements, she celebrates the beauty and richness of both her backgrounds. Her faith adds a spiritual layer to her exploration of cultural and personal narratives, navigating the in-between spaces where her experiences and inner conflicts arise.

Hilal’s work is a reflection of her ongoing journey to understand herself and her place in the world. Through her art, she aims to foster understanding, challenge preconceived notions, and celebrate the diverse elements that shape her identity.

Hilde Vermeeren (Arnhem, 2002) is a visual storyteller who prefers to delve into graphic arts. Her work is often based on personal feelings from the subconscious and is wrapped in a mythical guise.

During her creative process, she often discovers what the story is actually about. This makes them free, exploratory, and fluid. Hilde sees creating visual stories as a form of storytelling that is incredibly free and malleable, but can also be carried close to you, like a shell from the beach or a favorite stone in your pocket. A story can capture your imagination and make you discover new things every time you read it, all while holding the book in your hands.

Jakob Akemann (2000, Amsterdam) got his Bachelor degree in Creative Writing (ArtEZ Arnhem) with a comic book about a depressed starfish, an artistic research about the beauty of sadness, and a short story about the only man in the world who is aware that the world will end next Tuesday afternoon. And although it may sound gloomy, its actually a lot of fun.

With a natural sense for absurdism and a developing interest in photography, he started his master studies in Graphic Storytelling (LUCA Brussels) which in june 2025 bore its first real fruit, a comic book called RAMP. This is not the first time Jakob self-published. He already printed a whole bunch of zines, created some short story collections as well as two comic books and co-founded a magazine (De Oswaldt).

Jeroen Funke is a comic artist and small press self publisher. He showers the world like a hurricane with his happy art in all kinds of shapes and forms. His house is bursting at the seams with all the different machines, tools and stacks of paper. With his books, zines, stickers, cards, pins, posters and shirts he hopes to bring a smile to your face.

Moos Boeke is a young artist and writer who has devoted himself entirely to creating stories. In form, he explores the boundaries between poetry, prose, and script, while in theme, he boldly reiterates. He writes about people: about love, friendship, religion, and conflict, until he understands something about himself and others.

Nabberduk is a cartoonist with heart and soul, often drawing a lot and sometimes just a little, generating stories and fabrications as well as empty biographies from spins.

Marit, the artist behind Studio Machii, is an illustrator, zine maker and product designer based in Amsterdam. She likes to experiment with her work, both in art style, medium and storytelling. This results in whimsical figures in surreal worlds and on the other hand in highly detailed, ink-drawn comics.

Vera Wolsink is an illustrator who is convinced that we will never stop growing up. She often explores and highlights personal dynamics and their vulnerability, always looking for human connection. More than telling a specific story, she strives to leave the viewer with a specific feeling, recognition or questioning their ideas.

She likes to make zines, and is slowly becoming more and more influenced by comics and the comic artists around her. You might even find a panel here and there.

“I’m interested in a direct way of working, often impulsive, associative and fast. This playful way of working often leaves me with small puzzles to solve; a need to react to the playgrounds of work I’ve created and adding or drawing from them to create a narrative.”

“There are many made-up rules in this world, I intend to move away from them as a whole. As an artist, a friend, as someone you see skipping down the sidewalk. I hope that can be felt in my work.”

Zie Groenen is a colourful person and comic artist. She enjoys creating dramatic and psychedelic stories who often tend to resemble her own life. Besides all the drawing she teaches art in high school and gives creative workshops at festivals.

Her story ‘Tussenjaar’ is a drama about a teenage boy who struggles with his future and his ADHD diagnosis. He escapes these struggles by consuming psychedelics with a new formed friendship group. Zie makes her drawings with pencil and changes the colors digitally.