In may 2026 five Dutch artists joined five Berlin based artists to make a zine in five days. The results will be shown at Cross Comix Festival in Rotterdam in september. The artists:
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 local folklore and myths. They often collaborate with queer, feminist and leftist newspapers, publishers and collectives.
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 local folklore and myths. They often collaborate with queer, feminist and leftist newspapers, publishers and collectives.
“I had studied Illustration in Berlin and previously worked as a Character Artist in Gaming but recently really wanted to branch out into comics again. I’ve been making comics for fun since childhood but only recently started to be serious about it again.”
“I had studied Illustration in Berlin and previously worked as a Character Artist in Gaming but recently really wanted to branch out into comics again. I’ve been making comics for fun since childhood but only recently started to be serious about it again.”
“My name is Anh Ngo, I am an illustrator and a comic artist focusing on social-cultural subjects. My work is shaped by ongoing questions of belonging, distance, and memory. I often look for archival materials from (in)formal resources to research and re-examine. From there, I translate these materials into my visual language. I work with a range of materials, including illustration, printmaking and mixed-media techniques.”
“My name is Anh Ngo, I am an illustrator and a comic artist focusing on social-cultural subjects. My work is shaped by ongoing questions of belonging, distance, and memory. I often look for archival materials from (in)formal resources to research and re-examine. From there, I translate these materials into my visual language. I work with a range of materials, including illustration, printmaking and mixed-media techniques.”
“Comics function as a central storytelling tool in my artistic practice, allowing me to engage with untold narratives, conversations, and moments where words are absent. For me, the process of making comics, rearranging panels, and working with dialogues are powerful tools to reimagine traces of lives.”
“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. “
“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. “
“I am an illustrator/image maker based in Zwolle, NL, where I graduated from ArtEZ Illustration Design in 2024.While I studied as an illustrator I love working with image sequences (comics) to tell a story or convey a feeling. My comics are usually about connecting with the organisms around us (trees, bugs, shells) to see them as equal to us as humans. I love writing about personal feelings/observations and visually reflecting on them though similes and zooming in on details. I would say my work is mostly about connection, with other people/between them, as well as with nature.”
“I am an illustrator/image maker based in Zwolle, NL, where I graduated from ArtEZ Illustration Design in 2024.While I studied as an illustrator I love working with image sequences (comics) to tell a story or convey a feeling. My comics are usually about connecting with the organisms around us (trees, bugs, shells) to see them as equal to us as humans. I love writing about personal feelings/observations and visually reflecting on them though similes and zooming in on details. I would say my work is mostly about connection, with other people/between them, as well as with nature.”
“I love to work with sharp lines and blurry colours and I love drawing from life, it is in the end the source of all my inspiration and an ongoing conversation between the world and me through my drawings. I like to emphasise the funny, awkward, beautiful, singular or in some way joy-bringing things I see around me. I also love to work with risoprint.”
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.
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.
“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.”
“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.”
“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 not comics, they have always been my biggest inspiration. I created some fan comics in my nerdy teenage years, and some original short comics in university.”
“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 not comics, they have always been my biggest inspiration. I created some fan comics in my nerdy teenage years, and some original short comics in university.”
“While the topics in my comics varied a lot throughout the years, there’s one thing I always come back to: the Berlin housing market. Most of my favourite works are autobiographies about my housing situation at the moment. What started as a way to let out frustration of my first shitty WG turned into a commentary on gentrification and displacement within our own city.”
“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 what else I could do with my life, creating comics is a way to get to know myself.”
“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 what else I could do with my life, creating comics is a way to get to know myself.”
