Show & Tell

Talk: Berlin Exchange

De Doelen, stage downstairs (Van Cappellen Zaal) Sat 12 Sep, 15:30 - 16:00

In the spring, five Dutch artists travelled to Renate Comics in Berlin to produce a comic together in 4 days with five local colleagues.

In this presentation, participating artists Angelie Koemer (Berlin) & Anh Ngo (Rotterdam) talk about what their experiences were working together for 4 days and will show some behind the scene material as well of the comic they’ve made together. Both of them will also give you some impressions what they useally make/work on as artists, you don’t want to miss this!

A small introduction will be held by founders & organizers alea Rodriguez from Renate Comics Berlin and Saskia van Amstel (AKA: Burning Desk) part of the Cross Comix team Rotterdam. They will tell you how and why they came up organizing this exchange and what the thoughts are behind this collaboration.

Adam Pol
Adam Pol

Adam is an illustrator and comic artist from Slovakia, currently living and working in Berlin. They make comics and draw, mostly about their lived queer experiences, mixed with stories from…

Angelie
Angelie

Angelie Koerner studied Illustration in Berlin and previously worked as a Character Artist in Gaming but recently really wanted to branch out into comics again. She’s been making comics for…

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,…

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…

Eva ten Cate
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…

Judy Moore
Judy Greta 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…

Maka
Martta-Kaisa Virta

“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…

Shawn Wannapat
Shawn Wannapat

“Hi, I’m Shawn (they/them) and I’m an illustrator / graphic designer from Bangkok. I have been living in Berlin for the past 8 years. While most of my work is…

Sterric
Sterre Richard (Sterric)

“I am a published comic artist. I make a combination of queer love stories, weird knight horror stories and fantasy comics for kids. I make comics because I don’t know…