Over a hundred makers sell their own productions during the two days of the festival. From zines and beautiful prints to stickers and surprising gadgets. This is the place to discover young talent and meet creators in the relaxed festival atmosphere.
AmalOsman
Amal is an illustrator with a fondness for all things cozy and just a little bit creepy. Her worlds are filled with tiny creatures, ghosts, crooked old cottages, and stories…
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AmalOsman
Amal is an illustrator with a fondness for all things cozy and just a little bit creepy. Her worlds are filled with tiny creatures, ghosts, crooked old cottages, and stories of the mysterious sort.
Ami Rinn uses their art to speak up about social and political issues, by turning them into fairytale and fable-like stories, told in ink, zines and prints. They seek individual…
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AmiRinn
Ami Rinn uses their art to speak up about social and political issues, by turning them into fairytale and fable-like stories, told in ink, zines and prints. They seek individual stories to give voice to the collective experience. Ami Rinn often experiments with printmaking, where the connection to material allows for a closer bond with the subject.
Artsyfae is a comic maker who often concerns themselves with representation. Their work is mostly in a slice of life or fantasy genre. Next to (comic) zines they also make…
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Artsyfae
Artsyfae is a comic maker who often concerns themselves with representation. Their work is mostly in a slice of life or fantasy genre. Next to (comic) zines they also make illustrations and crochet art.
Avram was born in Thessaloniki in the previous century. He is still young (26) and right-handed. The subjects that interest him are usually the tragic, yet comic elements of the…
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Avram
Avram was born in Thessaloniki in the previous century. He is still young (26) and right-handed. The subjects that interest him are usually the tragic, yet comic elements of the human condition and its strangeness. He likes horror movies, short stories and chess.
His most recent work is the comic short story collection “Katakunga” published by Jemma Press and the collaborative self-publishing “Nobody Laughs Here Anymore”. In recent years he has self-published the one man experimental anthology “Stop making Sense”.
Bob Op 't Land (1992) is a comic artist and illustrator who lives and works in Deventer (NL). His work was published in magazines like Zone 5300 (NL), Spirou (BE)…
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Bob Op 't Land
Bob Op ‘t Land
Bob Op ‘t Land (1992) is a comic artist and illustrator who lives and works in Deventer (NL). His work was published in magazines like Zone 5300 (NL), Spirou (BE) and Métal Hurlant (FR). He self-publishes ‘Plumbum’, an ongoing autobiographical comicseries, of which he has made four issues thusfar . His first book, ‘The Very Best Baby of All Time’, was published in 2025 bij Oogachtend Publishers.
Bries (Antwerp, BE) presents itself as an adventurous comic publisher. Bries focusses on comics that explore the possibilities of graphic storytelling.
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Bries
Bries (Antwerp, BE) presents itself as an adventurous comic publisher. Bries focusses on comics that explore the possibilities of graphic storytelling.
Camille Carpentier is a freelance illustrator who primarily works with a mixed media approach (gouache and pencil) in combination with paper engineering. She likes to create movement with materials that…
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Camille Carpentier
Camille Carpentier is a freelance illustrator who primarily works with a mixed media approach (gouache and pencil) in combination with paper engineering. She likes to create movement with materials that are normally very rigid, so that her work is more a tactile experience where the reader is an active participant. This is especially noticeable with her zines, where she experiments with different styles like flipbook types and interactive ones with special folding techniques.
Sam Kaufmann/Catzero is an illustrator and merch designer living in Tilburg, The Netherlands. As a huge nerd obsessed with anything fantasy, she likes to spend her days drawing cool wizards,…
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Catzero
Sam Kaufmann/Catzero is an illustrator and merch designer living in Tilburg, The Netherlands.
As a huge nerd obsessed with anything fantasy, she likes to spend her days drawing cool wizards, silly goblins and epic knights. Her favorite things are telling stories and making people laugh, and if she can do that through her art, all the better.
Cenk Güngör (b. 1995, Balıkesir) is a Turkish illustrator, animator, and graphic designer based in Amsterdam. His practice spans a wide range of media, including comics, zines, editorial illustration, animation,…
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Cenk Güngör
Cenk Güngör (b. 1995, Balıkesir) is a Turkish illustrator, animator, and graphic designer based in Amsterdam.
His practice spans a wide range of media, including comics, zines, editorial illustration, animation, riso printing, and screen printing.
His work draws inspiration from Franco-Belgian comics, surrealism of Studio Ghibli films, and the morbid world of the American alternative comics scene. Fascinated yet irritated by crowds, he depicts the mundane moments of urban life with intricate detail and a surreal twist.
Comics Slut (she/her) is a lover of pop culture, camp and anything femme. She's a retired stripper, an illustrator and a zine maker. She makes comics and prints that depict…
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Comics Slut
Comics Slut (she/her) is a lover of pop culture, camp and anything femme. She’s a retired stripper, an illustrator and a zine maker.
She makes comics and prints that depict intergalactic sex workers, (queer) heartache and literal monstrous desire.
While her work takes inspiration from her lived experiences, it exists in a separate (un)reality. A world that is sexy, sometimes unsettling, but above all always romantic.
David den Ouden is a comic artist and writer who comes up with jokes and scenarios for custom cartoons and comics at lightning speed on the spot. At the Cross…
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David den Ouden
David den Ouden is a comic artist and writer who comes up with jokes and scenarios for custom cartoons and comics at lightning speed on the spot.
At the Cross Comix Festival, David will be present with the Graphic Novel Weekend (GNW) publications H’som (Hilversum, just released!), Hanz (Zwolle), Roffe (Rotterdam), Adem Eve (Amsterdam), H-lem (Haarlem), and U-trek (Utrecht).
There is also new material: the Utrecht monster comic Lûne, the Magic the Gathering giclée (art print) Sheep Shrine, De Inktblob (magazine from De Inktpot), sturdy canvas bags featuring the (legendary!) ‘steppeslurfhondje’ (black and rufous sengi) and the ewenicorn 2.0 sheep, and a series of new cards, naturally featuring the steppeslurfhondje as well.
He is also bringing the accordion comic / leporello Klodder & Kluwen – duisterlicht (about depression) and the experimental Sjaan, Maggie, Gill en Meneer de Zwart small press publication. Naturally, a whole collection of Go Baaa! (custom!) cards and stickers. The popular Cards for Psychiatry and Klodder & Kluwen merchandise. David also creates custom Klodder & Kluwen comics with a subject of your choice! Or a cartoon or comic commission with a personal story and jokes. And for lovers of illustrative art: giclées (luxury art prints).
Since 2018, David den Ouden has been steadily rising with his minimalist comic Klodder & Kluwen, alongside all the individual cartoons, comics, and illustrations he creates. He also designs sheep for his own label Go Baaa! David is a co-organizer (and writer and artist) of Graphic Novel Weekend, where writers and artist who do not yet know each other create a complete graphic novel in three days. Every year in a different city. He wrote the scripts and did the lettering for Razcahl the Vampire, the comic that Dinie de Zeeuw is currently creating with Ronald Kroon.
David den Ouden (1975) has been drawing cartoons (with puns) ever since he could write his first words. He has continued creating (language-based) cartoons and comics alongside his studies and work. As a creative jack-of-all-trades and freelancer, in recent years he has been devoting more time to creating illustrations, cartoons, comics, scripts, and collaborations.
De Oswaldt is a small zine that creates a pedestal for starting writers, poets, comic artists and illustrators to stand on, and tries to create its own network of audiences…
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De Oswaldt
Jakob Akemann
De Oswaldt is a small zine that creates a pedestal for starting writers, poets, comic artists and illustrators to stand on, and tries to create its own network of audiences and artists. De Oswaldt is mainly aimed at a Dutch-speaking audience.
Desmond is a Rotterdam-based illustrator, comic artist and zinefanatic, bringing with him a passion for demonology, queer art and maritime history from the Age of Sail. Being a queer artist…
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Desmond Dorival
Desmond is a Rotterdam-based illustrator, comic artist and zinefanatic, bringing with him a passion for demonology, queer art and maritime history from the Age of Sail. Being a queer artist themself, their work primarily focuses on the butch identity, intersectionality and the subversion of gender roles, especially in the context of historical fiction and fantasy.
Dino de Haas (1999) makes comics and games or comics that are games. They also write poetry and short stories that often also are comics or games, or might as well…
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Dino de Haas
Dino de Haas (1999) makes comics and games or comics that are games. They also write poetry and short stories that often also are comics or games, or might as well have been. In 2021 they graduated from Creative Writing at Artez with the sci fi comic “Blik” about the everyday horror that is productivity, and about queer happiness. At the moment they are working on a fiction podcast about a mysterious sea-monster and a comic series about people falling in love with inanimate objects. They also make games within Domino Club, an anonymous collective of digital artists.
Đôi Đũa is a collaborative graphic design project initiated by Quan and Omar, inspired by the visual cultures of Southeast Asia and the Sinosphere that influence our upbringing. We use…
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Đôi Đũa
Đôi Đũa is a collaborative graphic design project initiated by Quan and Omar, inspired by the visual cultures of Southeast Asia and the Sinosphere that influence our upbringing. We use the Asian Market as a theme to pay homage to the vibrancy of our culture expressed through motion, print and illustration that use bold colors and playful composition. We aim to open up a platform that encourages exchange and sustained engagement with other creatives across diasporic communities within Rotterdam.
Emru is an illustrator and ceramist with a love for anything poetic, as in how both cruel and forgiving clay as a material or riso as a printer can be,…
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Emru
Emru is an illustrator and ceramist with a love for anything poetic, as in how both cruel and forgiving clay as a material or riso as a printer can be, as in how light falls on someone’s hair. Her art takes inspiration from the little joys in life, and her current projects centre on Vietnamese poetry.
Esther Samuels-Davis is an illustrator/ author who has been living in Berlin since 2013. Esther has written and illustrated two books published by Taotime Books: Togetherverse, a picture book translated…
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Esther Samuels-Davis
Esther Samuels-Davis is an illustrator/ author who has been living in Berlin since 2013. Esther has written and illustrated two books published by Taotime Books: Togetherverse, a picture book translated into German and Greek, and Tumbo in the Shadows, an illustrated novella. Esther has also illustrated two picturebooks in the Venus Underwater series in collaboration with author Julia Hengst. Under the pseudonym Dirty Like the Weeds, Esther self-publishes many of her own projects and zines, and was one of the creators/organizers of the Hungry Eyes Zinefest in Berlin from 2019-2022. Her illustrations have been featured in the Berliner Zeitung, on the podcast Love and Radio, and in exhibitions across Berlin, Brussels, and the United States.
Eva Procee (2001) is een illustrator en animator uit Utrecht. Ze studeerde in 2024 af aan de HKU in de richting illustratie. Vanaf haar atelier werkt ze aan beeldverhalen, animaties…
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Eva Procee
Eva Procee
Eva Procee (2001) is een illustrator en animator uit Utrecht. Ze studeerde in 2024 af aan de HKU in de richting illustratie. Vanaf haar atelier werkt ze aan beeldverhalen, animaties en redactionele illustraties. Ze werkte onder anderen aan projecten voor het Klokhuis, Hard//Hoofd en de Volkskrant.
Ze haalt veel inspiratie uit muziek, natuur en de wetenschap. Ze gebruikt het tekenen vaak om onderwerpen te onderzoeken, en daarmee ook moeilijke of duistere thema’s een plek te geven.
Het liefst tekent ze beelden met een verhalende sfeer, waarin ze de ruimte heeft om te experimenteren met materiaal. Ze gebruikt zowel analoge als digitale technieken, met aandacht voor texturen en gelaagdheid. Waterverf, kleurpotlood en pastel zijn momenteel haar grote favorieten.
Eva Procee (2001) is an illustrator and animator from Utrecht. She graduated as an illustrator from the HKU in 2024. From her studio she works on visual stories, animations and editorial illustrations. She worked on projects for Het Klokhuis, Hard//Hoofd and de Volkskrant.
She draws a lot of inspiration from music, nature and science. She often uses drawing to investigate subjects, also giving difficult or dark themes a place.
She prefers to draw images with a narrative atmosphere, in which she has the space to experiment with material. She uses both analog and digital methods, giving attention to textures and layering. Watercolor, colored pencil and pastel are currently her big favorites.
Eva ten Cate is a zine maker, illustrator and artist from NL. She loves using stark linework in contrast with messy and blurry colours. Her biggest inspiration comes from the…
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Eva ten Cate
Eva ten Cate is a zine maker, illustrator and artist from NL. She loves using stark linework in contrast with messy and blurry colours. Her biggest inspiration comes from the natural world and the interactions with the people around her.
Eva Vlieger is a US born-Dutch dual citizen living and working in Rotterdam. She is a visual storyteller and illustrator, beginner graphic novel artist, and maker of all things whimsical,…
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Eva Vlieger
Eva Vlieger is a US born-Dutch dual citizen living and working in Rotterdam. She is a visual storyteller and illustrator, beginner graphic novel artist, and maker of all things whimsical, colorful, heartwarming, and uplifting. She makes prints, stickers, screen printed apparel, and comics.
She works with themes such as mental health, neurodivergence, escapism and nostalgia. She makes colorful and uplifting illustrations and comics that aim to make people smile, laugh, and feel understood or motivated.
Gijs Kreutzkamp (1997) graduated in Comic Design in 2020 at ArtEZ Hogeschool voor de Kunsten in the city of Zwolle (NL) where he now lives and works as comic artist…
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Gijs Kreutzkamp
Gijs Kreutzkamp (1997) graduated in Comic Design in 2020 at ArtEZ Hogeschool voor de Kunsten in the city of Zwolle (NL) where he now lives and works as comic artist and illustrator. From a young age he was fascinated by (adventure)novels, westerns and history, especially the so-called Golden Age of Piracy. The suspense, sensation, exotic locations and colorful figures which are linked to these fascinations still inspire him every day. Besides this he is very much fascinated by the so-called “New Age of Sail:” the efforts to make cargo and passenger shipping more environmentally friendly by means of (re)introducing sailing vessels to the equation.
His sources of inspiration are both numerable as well as diverse, including books from authors such as Stevenson, Conrad, Portis and deWitt to genre movies; from the works of comic artists such as Pratt, Eisner, Hubbinon & Blain to the current climate crisis.
Gijs hopes to give something back with his work to the medium of comics, which up until this day still means so much to him.
Greta Radzeviciute is a creative based in The Hague. She enjoys illustration, design, animation and zine making, especially if a risograph is involved.
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Greta Radzeviciute
Greta Radzeviciute is a creative based in The Hague. She enjoys illustration, design, animation and zine making, especially if a risograph is involved.
Nigel van Roijen is a visual artist from the Netherlands. He studied animation at WDKA in Rotterdam. Nigel currently works as a freelancer, making experimental and surrealistic animations and illustrations.…
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Humming Refrigerator
Nigel van Roijen
Nigel van Roijen is a visual artist from the Netherlands. He studied animation at WDKA in Rotterdam. Nigel currently works as a freelancer, making experimental and surrealistic animations and illustrations. His showreel is to be found at Vimeo.
Nigel van Roijen – Still from Walk in ParkNigel van Roijen – Still from Temporo Mandibular Joint DyslapsiaNigel van Roijen – Still from Life in Water
Jasper Rietman heeft inmiddels voor verscheidene (internationale) kranten illustraties en cartoons heeft gemaakt. In 2018 bracht hij ‘Exodus’ uit, een beeldverhaal waarin de lezer de tocht van oorlogsvluchtelingen volgt. De…
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Jasper Rietman
Jasper Rietman
Jasper Rietman heeft inmiddels voor verscheidene (internationale) kranten illustraties en cartoons heeft gemaakt. In 2018 bracht hij ‘Exodus’ uit, een beeldverhaal waarin de lezer de tocht van oorlogsvluchtelingen volgt. De digitale versie van ‘Exodus’ is met animatie en soundtrack, gratis te downloaden in de Apple Store.
Comic artist and illustrator Jeroen Funke showers the world like a hurricane with his happy art in all kinds of shapes and forms. His house is bursting at the seams…
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Jeroen Funke
Jeroen Funke
Comic artist and illustrator Jeroen Funke 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.
Jeroen van Wijngaarden is a comic artist and illustrator from The Hague. His style blends the grotesque with the cartoonish—grim with a twist. His work has appeared in publications such…
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Jeroen van Wijngaarden
Jeroen van Wijngaarden is a comic artist and illustrator from The Hague. His style blends the grotesque with the cartoonish—grim with a twist. His work has appeared in publications such as Zone5300, Brul, and Stripschrift; he creates cover art and designs merchandise for musicians; he was one of the winners of GRID 2024 and his prints hang in many a restroom and stairwell.
Jules is a man who is overjoyed to now be able to call himself a graphic storyteller. Based in Brussels, he pours all his energy into drawing and writing comics…
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Jules van Hees
Jules is a man who is overjoyed to now be able to call himself a graphic storyteller. Based in Brussels, he pours all his energy into drawing and writing comics that feature fantastic adventures set in bizarre worlds. Having recently earned his master’s degree from LUCA School of Arts, he dreams of a future as a full-time creator of works that are both entertaining and compelling.
After a career as a graphic designer and art director, Sietse returned to the essence of his creativity: making, experimenting, and inspiring. As a child, he spent much of his…
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Knutsel Zine
After a career as a graphic designer and art director, Sietse returned to the essence of his creativity: making, experimenting, and inspiring. As a child, he spent much of his time drawing and making things. Now he creates Knutsel Zines, small booklets with hand-drawn instructions that invite people to be creative and start crafting with leftover materials.
Little Book Project is an online picture book store based in Rotterdam —for kids and kids at heart. Through our collection, we connect readers to stories and illustrations by Taiwanese…
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Little Book Project
Little Book Project is an online picture book store based in Rotterdam —for kids and kids at heart. Through our collection, we connect readers to stories and illustrations by Taiwanese and more East Asian artists. Everyone is invited to explore culture and creativity through our curated selection of books, prints, and illustrated items.
Manderijn is an artist that focuses on subjects that bring them joy. With a big passion for bugs, a love for cats, and their own Rabbit character design they make…
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Manderijn
Manderijn is an artist that focuses on subjects that bring them joy. With a big passion for bugs, a love for cats, and their own Rabbit character design they make colourful and happy art. They specialise in many different mediums including digital art, zine making, and lino printing.
Mark Verdult is an illustrator based in The Hague (The Netherlands). With his work he focuses on illustrations and visual storytelling for picture books, comics or graphic novels. He loves…
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Mark Verdult
Mark Verdult is an illustrator based in The Hague (The Netherlands). With his work he focuses on illustrations and visual storytelling for picture books, comics or graphic novels.
He loves the process of building the foundations around the stories he works with and exploring on how the different elements relate to each other; From researching character designs and quirks to creating believable settings for the lives they live.
Marleen is a Hague-based illustrator with a love for printmaking. She creates colorful work inspired by nature and the world around her. Think flowers, mushrooms, but also party animals :)…
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Marleen van Griethuijsen illustraties
Marleen is a Hague-based illustrator with a love for printmaking. She creates colorful work inspired by nature and the world around her. Think flowers, mushrooms, but also party animals 🙂 She prints her work using a Riso printer, which makes the many colors she uses stand out even more.
Mas Hab (1991, Amsterdam) makes cartoons, comics and illustrations with ink and brush. She enjoys working for socially engaged projects, on commission as well as autonomously from the fringes.
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Mas Hab
Mas Hab (1991, Amsterdam) makes cartoons, comics and illustrations with ink and brush.
She enjoys working for socially engaged projects, on commission as well as autonomously from the fringes.
Masha Zotova is an illustrator, tattoo artist and a storyteller. She is a whimsical creature whose goal is to remind you of magic around and the silliness within. Through her…
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masha zotova
Masha Zotova
Masha Zotova is an illustrator, tattoo artist and a storyteller.
She is a whimsical creature whose goal is to remind you of magic around and the silliness within. Through her illustrations and tattoos Masha creates stories and creatures that guide people towards the wondrous unknown.
Mäuschen is a Berlin-based comic artist and the creator of a punk mouse character who documents life in the city through diary-style comics. Inspired by relationships, personal growth, absurd encounters,…
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Mauschen
Mäuschen is a Berlin-based comic artist and the creator of a punk mouse character who documents life in the city through diary-style comics. Inspired by relationships, personal growth, absurd encounters, and the everyday chaos of Berlin, her work combines humor, curiosity, and storytelling with a playful and distinctive visual style.
Meral is a 23 year old illustration student from Groningen. She likes to make stickers, zines, prints and shirts about cute animals, flowers, feminism and fairytales!
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Meral van der Werff
Meral is a 23 year old illustration student from Groningen. She likes to make stickers, zines, prints and shirts about cute animals, flowers, feminism and fairytales!
Moom Comics is an independent publishing house based in Berlin, founded by Polish comic artist and writer Łukasz Majcher. The publisher focuses on queer and inclusive graphic novels and anthologies…
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Moom Comics
Moom Comics is an independent publishing house based in Berlin, founded by Polish comic artist and writer Łukasz Majcher. The publisher focuses on queer and inclusive graphic novels and anthologies that explore identity, mental health, relationships and underrepresented experiences. Moom Comics collaborates with artists from all over Europe and publishes both emerging and established creators.
Under the creative brand Naddicreates, Nadia explores parallel worlds inhabited by frogs and other small critters full of quirky humor, nostalgia and queer undertones. From traditional and digital illustration to…
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Naddicreates
Under the creative brand Naddicreates, Nadia explores parallel worlds inhabited by frogs and other small critters full of quirky humor, nostalgia and queer undertones. From traditional and digital illustration to handmade clay trinkets, the main objective of the brand is to bring much needed joy into our daily lives, as she firmly believes in joy as a form of resistance.
Neil Cohn is a cognitive scientist best known for his pioneering research on comics, drawing, multimodality, and language. The author of 100+ academic papers, 5 books, and 2 graphic novels,…
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Neil Cohn
Neil Cohn is a cognitive scientist best known for his pioneering research on comics, drawing, multimodality, and language. The author of 100+ academic papers, 5 books, and 2 graphic novels, he is also the co-creator of several emoji including the melting face 🫠, dotted line face 🫥, and fight cloud. His recent graphic novel Speaking in Pictures (2026) provides an accessible introduction to his research on the relationship between the structure and cognition of graphic communication and language. He is an Associate Professor of Cognition and Communication at Tilburg University in The Netherlands, and his work can be found online at www.visuallanguagelab.com.
Nikki Smits graduated from Utrecht School of the Arts in 2011. Since then she is active as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer. She works digitally for the most part,…
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Nikki Smits
Nikki Smits
Nikki Smits graduated from Utrecht School of the Arts in 2011. Since then she is active as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer. She works digitally for the most part, which is very handy because she likes travelling around a lot. Right now she mostly creates her own illustrated products and sells them in her webshop and at (comic) conventions. Her current portfolio is full of imaginary worlds and cute characters.
Noah is a illustrator and comic artist with a fascination for western settings, the horror in the everyday and queer themes. In his work he utilizes visual metaphors to give…
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Noah
Noah is a illustrator and comic artist with a fascination for western settings, the horror in the everyday and queer themes. In his work he utilizes visual metaphors to give the emotions and experiences behind a piece a voice.
Noam Hen is a Rotterdam-based illustrator and comic artist who constantly hears the sentence 'You should make a comic about that' from her friends and family. Influenced from real-life stories,…
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Noam Hen
Noam Hen is a Rotterdam-based illustrator and comic artist who constantly hears the sentence ‘You should make a comic about that’ from her friends and family. Influenced from real-life stories, she uses print making and comics to reach conclusions regarding immigration in the Netherlands, recount local and family stories, and occasionally just to rant. Her process reflects her love of slow processes that evolve through experimentation and iteration.
Puurr is an illustration brand created by a cat-loving illustrator based in Zaanstad. Inspired by a former stray cat from Taiwan, now living in the Netherlands, and her cat neighbours,…
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Puurr
Puurr is an illustration brand created by a cat-loving illustrator based in Zaanstad. Inspired by a former stray cat from Taiwan, now living in the Netherlands, and her cat neighbours, the brand tells stories of everyday life through cats as its main characters.
Rossy Liu is a communicative artist specialising in traditional printing and visual art, drawing on her background in graphic design. Ephemerality is the core concept that links all of her…
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Rossy Liu
Rossy Liu is a communicative artist specialising in traditional printing and visual art, drawing on her background in graphic design. Ephemerality is the core concept that links all of her work, she cherishes the vulnerability of fleeting moments in life, and has been practicing with diverse methods to capture them. By observing her surroundings in silence, she documents stories through collage, photography, social research, and drawing. Her work is simultaneously bold and subtle.
Renée is a cartoonist with a passion for short comics and printmaking. Her work often explores themes like politics and activism, but with a touch of brainrot.
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Shortshore
Renée is a cartoonist with a passion for short comics and printmaking. Her work often explores themes like politics and activism, but with a touch of brainrot.
I am Sirah Haris, a visual artist and thinker, also known as the online oracle that likes orcas. In my visual art, I create characters that act as catalysts for…
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Sirah Haris
I am Sirah Haris, a visual artist and thinker, also known as the online oracle that likes orcas. In my visual art, I create characters that act as catalysts for conversations about identity and the relationship between the digital, natural and spiritual.
These characters come alive through the mediums of fine fun art, narrative illustrations, comics and creative writing. The inviting outer layer of my silly, cute, colorful and sometimes bizarre characters, is a gateway into exploring the core of what it means to be human in a natural world expanded,reflected and distorted by the digital.
My ethos in art and life is quite simple: it is all a big sandbox, play around, explore and never be held back by the unwritten script holding together the play that we call reality.
Turn a spade into a fin xoxo – Sirah Haris, the online oracle that likes orcas 😛
Tekkons is a freelance Artist and Animator based in the Hague. He makes and designs products like shirts, stationery, stickers and more. He also works on music videos, cover arts…
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Tekkons
Tekkons is a freelance Artist and Animator based in the Hague. He makes and designs products like shirts, stationery, stickers and more. He also works on music videos, cover arts and other commercial projects. He organizes Friday Night Lab, an event for artists in Zoetermeer.
My name is Thijs and I am a comic creator/writer, animator and illustrator. My desire is to create stories underlining true human experiences, drenched in a visual sauce of the…
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Thijs Koole
My name is Thijs and I am a comic creator/writer, animator and illustrator. My desire is to create stories underlining true human experiences, drenched in a visual sauce of the fantastical and abstract.
Toine Heemskerk (Maastricht, 1997), lives and works in Maastricht. Toine draws and writes poems and tales in comic form. His work appears in his zine 'Het Kasteel' (translated: The Castle)…
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toine
Toine Heemskerk (Maastricht, 1997), lives and works in Maastricht.
Toine draws and writes poems and tales in comic form. His work appears in his zine ‘Het Kasteel’ (translated: The Castle) which is the collective title for his work.
The main theme in his work is the inner experience of the individual. His work is richly illustrated, where things that can’t be said are drawn instead.
Valentijn Hamel is a storyteller, comicwriter and dragartist, with a passion for graphic design and making silly statement shirts. You can read and download a majority of his comic on…
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Valentijn Hamel
Tosca Valentijn Hamel (foto: Hans Tak)
Valentijn Hamel is a storyteller, comicwriter and dragartist, with a passion for graphic design and making silly statement shirts. You can read and download a majority of his comic on https://valentijnhamel.itch.io/.
Wouter Gresnigt of Werkplaats W has been active in Small Press for more than 20 years. For Gresnigt, it is the ideal breeding ground for experimenting with different kinds of…
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Werkplaats W
Wouter Gresnigt
Wouter Gresnigt of Werkplaats W has been active in Small Press for more than 20 years. For Gresnigt, it is the ideal breeding ground for experimenting with different kinds of visual expression.
This year, that resulted in winning third prize at the Small Press Award. Wouter transformed Paul van Ostaijen’s well-known sound poem *Boem Paukeslag* into a magnificent Small Press zine.
In 2022, Gresnigt also won third prize at the Small Press Award with the two Small Press zines: ‘#1 Daniil Kharms’ and ‘#2 Daniil Kharms’. These formed the basis for the book ‘Daniil Charms, 18 verhalen’, which was published in the summer of 2025.
In addition to Small Press, you may also encounter the work of Werkplaats W in newspapers, magazines, on shop windows, and on chalkboards. He has also illustrated and designed several children’s books.
Yi-Ting Wang (casualTing) is an illustrator from Taiwan, based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Her work blends digital and traditional media with a distinct human touch, combining playful visuals with quiet…
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Yi-Ting Wang
Yi-Ting Wang (casualTing) is an illustrator from Taiwan, based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Her work blends digital and traditional media with a distinct human touch, combining playful visuals with quiet observation to explore themes of modern life and workplace culture.
Yi-Ting’s illustrations have received recognition from the World Illustration Awards, Creative Quarterly, Graphis, and the IlloBoom! Illustration Summit Challenge.
Since 2023, Yi-Ting has worked as a freelance illustrator for clients including 7-Eleven, FamilyMart, and SnapShot. She has also exhibited her work at comic and art events throughout Europe, with exhibitions in London, Amsterdam, Paris, Brussels, and other cities.
yvonne bronner's art is characterized by an unbiased curiosity regarding material, form, and content. Bronner's fascination with a subject invariably leads to a deep, prolonged exploration of these elements, with…
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yvonne bronner
yvonne bronner’s art is characterized by an unbiased curiosity regarding material, form, and content. Bronner’s fascination with a subject invariably leads to a deep, prolonged exploration of these elements, with the process taking precedence. Her subjects can vary from general, established art types such as landscapes and interior paintings, to very specific fascinations, such as the seemingly formless ‘blobs’ traveling alone in the universe. However, her processes and works are always imbued with the universal themes of Death, Loneliness, Grief, and Fear—themes which she nevertheless approaches with playfulness. No matter how multifaceted her art may be, it always strikes the viewer with a moving power, devoid of pretension, and timeless. She is open and approachable. In this also lies an invitation: whoever approaches Bronner’s art engages with her, but above all with themselves and with life.
alea aims to create comics that blend the roughness of a disposable free newspaper, with the sturdiness and emotional weight that only a proffesional boxer could work into your lower…
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alea rodriguez
alea aims to create comics that blend the roughness of a disposable free newspaper, with the sturdiness and emotional weight that only a proffesional boxer could work into your lower abdomen.
Anh Ngo, born in 1997 in Vietnam, is an illustrator and a comic artist whose practice focuses on social-cultural subjects. Anh’s work is shaped by ongoing questions of belonging, distance,…
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Anh Ngo
Anh Ngo
Anh Ngo, born in 1997 in Vietnam, is an illustrator and a comic artist whose practice focuses on social-cultural subjects. Anh’s work is shaped by ongoing questions of belonging, distance, and memory. She works with a range of materials, from traditional archival sources to mixed-media techniques, including illustration, printmaking. Comics function as a central storytelling tool in her practice, allowing her to engage with untold narratives, conversations, and moments where words are absent.
“I am an Irish Illustrator and Tattoo artist, living in Rotterdam, NL. My comics are often short, detailed pages showing a part of my dream world. Being a queer, non…
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Ellie McGuinness
Ellie McGuinness
“I am an Irish Illustrator and Tattoo artist, living in Rotterdam, NL. My comics are often short, detailed pages showing a part of my dream world. Being a queer, non binary artist, my work is centred on my relationship to my body and the desire to change oneself. “
Harriët van Reek is a Rotterdam-based visual artist. She writes and illustrates picture books, produces limited-edition zines, creates independent drawings, ceramics and woven pieces. Together with Geerten Ten Bosch, she…
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Harriët van Reek
Harriët van Reek
Harriët van Reek is a Rotterdam-based visual artist. She writes and illustrates picture books, produces limited-edition zines, creates independent drawings, ceramics and woven pieces. Together with Geerten Ten Bosch, she forms the duo ‘Van Reek Ten Bosch Banketje’, which works across a range of artistic disciplines.
Helene Lespagnard (1998) is a Belgian illustrator and comic book artist. She graduated with a master’s degree in Graphic Storytelling at LUCA School of Arts in Brussels in 2020. Her…
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Helene
Helene Lespagnard (1998) is a Belgian illustrator and comic book artist. She graduated with a master’s degree in Graphic Storytelling at LUCA School of Arts in Brussels in 2020. Her work was presented as upcoming talent at the Grafixx Festival in Antwerp, and she was an artist in residence at the Marc Sleen Museum in Brussels. Her comics and illustrations have appeared in Le Monde diplomatique, De Standaard, Knack and Polle, among others. She is also part of the collective behind Aline Magazine, which was awarded at the Festival International de la Bande Dessinée d’Angoulême in 2025. In addition to comics, she illustrated two tarot decks, published by U.S. Games and Microcosm Publishing. Her debut graphic novel Mon Copain Frankenstein was published by Éditions Sarbacane in 2026. She is currently working on Sara and the Spider, a two-part graphic novel series that will be published by Tundra Books starting in 2027.
Judy Greta Moore is the author of the trans memoir comic “Everything is Somewhat Repaired,” which was awarded a Berlin Senate Comics Endowment in 2023, as well as recent books…
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Judy Greta Moore
Judy Moore
Judy Greta Moore is the author of the trans memoir comic “Everything is Somewhat Repaired,” which was awarded a Berlin Senate Comics Endowment in 2023, as well as recent books with WEIRD and Moom comics publishers. Everything is Somewhat Repaired has been excerpted in Hobart After Dark, Pink.Life and was nominated for Best of The Net by The Offing.
Her work has appeared in the Museum of Communication (Berlin), the Freud Museum (London), the ICA (London), the National Portrait Gallery (London), The Cartoon Museum (London), Whose Museum (Malmo) among others. Her new project is called Failson. She smells of White Diamonds by Elizabeth Taylor.
Maia Matches is a comic artist with a predilection for candid details and a sharp eye for feminist concerns. Her signature character ‘Bitch’ is a hallmark of alt-right satire –…
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Maiaaa
Maia Matches is a comic artist with a predilection for candid details and a sharp eye for feminist concerns. Her signature character ‘Bitch’ is a hallmark of alt-right satire – an S&M loving action-hero drawn clad in a bikini and combat boots. Additionally, Maia has produced journalistic drawings covering social issues in the zeitgeist, exemplified in her work as City Illustrator, commissioned by the City Archive of Amsterdam in 2019.
“I am a Finnish comic artist and have lived in Kreuzberg, Berlin, for 16 years. I have two children and also work as an illustrator. In my comics, I’m interested…
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Martta-Kaisa Virta
Maka
“I am a Finnish comic artist and have lived in Kreuzberg, Berlin, for 16 years. I have two children and also work as an illustrator. In my comics, I’m interested in personal themes such as emotions, feminism, relationships, encounters, sexuality, as well as the boundaries and freedoms imposed by society. I usually approach these topics in a raw but gently humorous way.”
“My first graphic novel has just been published in Finland (Zum Teufel-Kustannus)—a 152-page book that chronicles the experiences of an immigrant woman in Berlin’s Kreuzberg district over a 13-year period.Its called ”Rusinat Berliinin munkista”.
“It is an underground-style comic based on my own experiences, to which I have added surreal and imaginative layers using. It is drawn with ink and a nib. I almost always draw exclusively on paper. My comics are usually humorous, about women’s lives, or stories where everyone gets a voice—even the kitchen storage containers.”
Robin Motmans (2000) lives in Heusden-Zolder and creates illustrations and comic strips under the name PINRO. He studied Interior Architecture at Hasselt University, where his passion for drawing and architecture…
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Pinro
Robin Motmans
Robin Motmans (2000) lives in Heusden-Zolder and creates illustrations and comic strips under the name PINRO. He studied Interior Architecture at Hasselt University, where his passion for drawing and architecture only grew stronger. As well as his work as an illustrator, he teaches art. He likes to spend his spare moments – both between lessons and whilst on holiday – doing urban sketching. Chance passers-by and the snippets of conversation that Robin overhears whilst drawing always feature prominently in his illustrations, because even a chance passer-by sometimes has something special to say.
Wobby.club is a platform for autonomous illustration and visual art in the Netherlands. They have been publishing and printing the thematic magazine Wobby at their studio in Tilburg since 2015.…
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Wobby Club
Wobby.club is a platform for autonomous illustration and visual art in the Netherlands. They have been publishing and printing the thematic magazine Wobby at their studio in Tilburg since 2015. Wobby showcases quirky illustration, comics, visual art and literature by various international artists and is sold worldwide. All products, including Wobby, art prints and other publications, are risograph printed: colourful stencil print based on sustainable, plant-based ink.
Tonio van Vugt (born 1967) is best known as the founder and editor-in-chief of Zone 5300. He also creates comics himself. From 2014 to 2022, he was the artistic director…
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Tonio van Vugt / Zone 5300
Tonio van Vugt (born 1967) is best known as the founder and editor-in-chief of Zone 5300. He also creates comics himself. From 2014 to 2022, he was the artistic director of the Haarlem Comics Festival.
Marcel Ruijters achieved European fame with his biography of Hieronymus Bosch and adaptation of Dante’s “Inferno.” He is also co-editor-in-chief of Rotterdam’s own “Zone 5300,” a magazine about comics, culture,…
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Marcel Ruijters
Marcel Ruijters
Marcel Ruijters achieved European fame with his biography of Hieronymus Bosch and adaptation of Dante’s “Inferno.” He is also co-editor-in-chief of Rotterdam’s own “Zone 5300,” a magazine about comics, culture, and curiosities.
Tonio van Vugt (born 1967) is best known as the founder and editor-in-chief of Zone 5300. He also creates comics himself. From 2014 to 2022, he was the artistic director…
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Tonio van Vugt / Zone 5300
Tonio van Vugt (born 1967) is best known as the founder and editor-in-chief of Zone 5300. He also creates comics himself. From 2014 to 2022, he was the artistic director of the Haarlem Comics Festival.
Marcel Ruijters achieved European fame with his biography of Hieronymus Bosch and adaptation of Dante’s “Inferno.” He is also co-editor-in-chief of Rotterdam’s own “Zone 5300,” a magazine about comics, culture,…
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Marcel Ruijters
Marcel Ruijters
Marcel Ruijters achieved European fame with his biography of Hieronymus Bosch and adaptation of Dante’s “Inferno.” He is also co-editor-in-chief of Rotterdam’s own “Zone 5300,” a magazine about comics, culture, and curiosities.
