War On Dust is a collection of reduced portraits, a gallery of heroes, villains and slaves. Veterans of microscopic conflict and mythic figures from a parallel dimension, bleached, warped and presented for inspection. Will Sweeney is a graphic artist living and working in East London, he is the authour of the comic book Tales From Greenfuzz and draws representations of other worlds for you to try out.

Birgit ist eine langjährige Verwaltungsangestellte, die ihre Arbeit und die Abläufe im Büro genau kennt. An diesem Morgen stellt sich ihre neue Vorgesetzte vor und verteilt Aufgaben. Birgit weiß, dass sie ihrer neuen Vorgesetzten überlegen ist und deren Aufträge mit links erledigen könnte. Doch stattdessen sitzt sie untätig vor dem Bildschirmschoner und wartet ab. Irgendwann packt Birgit einen Karton mit ihren Habseligkeiten und verlässt das Büro. “Birgit” ist die grafische Momentaufnahme einer Figur, die unvermittelt, dabei aber behutsam aus ihrem bisherigen Alltag aussteigt. Wie in seinem Vorgängercomic “Röhner” (Rotopolpress) beweist Max Baitinger einen äußerst humorvollen Umgang mit überraschenden zeichnerischen Mitteln.

The Artist wurde als Künstler geboren. Das wusste er schon als Kind. Wer aber über Künstler denkt, sie hätten ein lustiges Leben, täten einfach nur, was ihnen Spaß macht und würden dafür gut bezahlt, der wird von “The Artist” eines Besseren belehrt. Li …

148 x 196mm — 40 pages — offset printed — saddle stitched From the mind of Jonathan Chandler, Britain’s most isolated cartoonist, comes John’s Worth 2. Described as “a parasitic-AR, scorched-earth sex-nightmare”, this second instalment of Chandler’s …

148 x 196mm — 40 pages — offset printed — saddle stitched From the mind of Jonathan Chandler, Britain’s most isolated cartoonist, comes John’s Worth 1. Described as “a parasitic-AR, scorched-earth sex-nightmare”, this first instalment of Chandler’s …

Bringing together the very best of his short works produced over the last five years for Decadence Comics, the influential publishing collective he co-founded with the artist Lando. Combining Cronenbergian metamorphosis, Lovecraftian fungi and radical …

Contributors: Gfeller & Hellsgård, Erin O’Keefe, Pablo Tomek, Ekta, Kottie Paloma, Palefroi, Oskars Veilands, Maija Kurševa, Ieva Kraule, Līga Spunde, David Méndez Alonso, Martin Durazo, Klīga, Andrejs Lavrinovičs, Pau Sampera, THTF, Elīna Mekša, Pablo …

The artist and musician Alexander Tucker returns to comics with World in the Forcefield 1, a tale of existential boredom set in a fantastical universe. The book explores perception and inter-dimensional reality in a tale of two estranged brothers shari …

Popper Publishing issue “Systems” is dedicated to contemporary and post-internet art with abstract forms, color, geometry, mathematically generated images, visualizations generated by biological processes and outer space. International artists: 108, 1010, Arnaud Loumeau, Bianca Brunner, Daniél Niederkofler, David Mendez Alonso, Dunja Jankovic, Ekta, Emmanuelle Pidoux, Erin O’Keefe, Fanny Pápay, Frances Malthouse, Gfeller + Hellsgård, Heretic, Ian Stevenson, Goekhan Erdogan, Kottie Paloma, Laimonas Zakas (Glitchr), Letha Wilson, Mark Whalen, Moneyless, Mujuice, Shoboshobo, Tellas, The Pit, Tracy Widdess, Heretic, Ian Stevenson. Latvian artists: Andrejs Lavrinovičs, Armands Zelčs, Arturs Koršs, Atis Jākobsons, Darja Meļņikova, Eltons Kūns, Ēriks Apaļais, Ēriks Naivo, Evita Vasiļjeva, Gustavs Klucis (LNMM), Gints Gabrāns, Henrijs Preiss, Ieva Kraule, Jānis Dzirnieks, Jānis Krauklis, Kaspars Groševs, Katrīna Čemme, Katrīna Neiburga, Klāvs Loris, Krišs Salmanis, Kristaps Zelmenis, Zane Zelmene, Kristīne Alksne, Lazy Bra, Līva Rutmane, Maija Kurševa, Mārtiņš Ratniks, Ojārs Pētersons, Oskars Veilands, Pēteris Noviks, Reinis Lismanis, Sarmīte Māliņa, Viktor Timofeev, Voldemārs Johansons, Vija Celmins (LNMM), Elīna Sproģe (text).

International contributors: Popay, Monica Canilao, Nano 4814, Tomokazu Matsuyama, Mina Hamada, Motohiro Hayakawa, Zosen, Smithe, Leon Ka (Kafre), Matthew Palladino, Tetsunori Tawaraya, Daniel Muñoz SAN, SCUBA, Waone (Interesni Kazki), Martha Cooper, Hell 'O Monsters, Lennard Schuurmans, Ako Castuera, Ana Serrano, Lola Rose Thompson, Miju Lee. Latvian contributors: Andrejs Lavrinovičs, Maija Kurševa, Miķelis Fišers, Kristīne Kursiša, Kristians Brekte, Mārtiņš Ratniks, Tron Karton, Ēriks Caune, Gints Gabrāns, Liene Mackus, Līga Spunde & Jānis Klaučs, Jānis Dzirnieks, Krišs Salmanis, Inga Meldere, Irīna Spičaka, Ernests Kļaviņš, Agata Melnikova & Daria Melnikova, Kristaps Zelmenis & Krišijānis Mežulis, Zane Zelmene, Indriķis Ģelzis, Reinis Semēvics, Ojārs Pētersons, Aigars Opincāns & Ton Koene, Šelda Puķīte (text), Normunds Kozlovs (text).

A lavishly produced celebration of the output, aesthetic, and legacy of one of the most influential record labels in contemporary music.

In a remote research facility, two scientists struggle to maintain their funding, stave off boredom and stay sane in the jungle wilderness. Rendered in the beautifully humanistic style of comics polymath and recent Center for Cartoon Studies fellow Connor Willumsen, Treasure Island is dreamlike and pragmatic in equal measure.

In a remote research facility, two scientists struggle to maintain their funding, stave off boredom and stay sane in the jungle wilderness. Rendered in the beautifully humanistic style of comics polymath and recent Center for Cartoon Studies fellow Connor Willumsen, Treasure Island is dreamlike and pragmatic in equal measure.

a career-spanning collection of comics by Hayashi Seiichi, one of Japan’s best known alternative cartoonists

This collection presents, for the first time in English, the best of Sasaki Maki’s work, mainly from alt-manga super magazine Garo. Drawn between 1967 and 1974, the fifteen stories here follow Sasaki’s groundbreaking exploration of collage methods in comics storytelling, weaving through references to R&B, rock ‘n’ roll, the Vietnam War, Andy Warhol, the Summer of Love, the Beatles, British humour, and the wacky world of Japanese consumerism. Ding Dong Circus demonstrates what manga fans already knew: that in Sasaki Maki, Japan can claim not only a pioneer in experimental comics, but one of the world’s masters of Pop Art and a trenchant avant-garde critic of the Sixties.

Haifisch’s idiosyncratic, episodic comic chronicles the experiences of a young artist in his formative years, satirising the exclusive, ephemeral and frequently absurd world of fine art. Plagued by doubts and anxiety, the artist is confronted with constant setbacks punctuated by occasional, surprising glimpses of recognition. The Artist was printed by offset lithography at DeckersSnoeck in Belgium.

The mid-1960s witnessed a boom in underground and selfpublished works. Hectographs, mimeographs, and offset printing not only allowed for the production of small, lowcost print runs but also promote a unique aesthetic: using wild mock-ups, »messianic amateurs« combined typescript aesthetics, handwriting, scribbled drawings, assemblages of collaged visuals, porn photos, snapshots, and comic strips. The typography consciously frees itself, in parallel to a liberalization of linguistic and visual forms of expression in the name of a new »sensibility«. This book (which appears in conjunction with an exhibition at the Weserburg in Bremen) is the first to present the underground and self-published works that came out of West Germany in such depth, while also showing the internationalcontext in which they emerged: not as an anecdotal history but as an attempt to tap into the aesthetic cosmos of a Do-It-Yourself rebellion, one that also challenges us to take a new look at the current boom in »independent publishing«, the risograph aesthetic, and so on.

Zeichenheft, 28 Seiten, 2014

Susann Arnold lebt in Leipzig und studierte Illustration & Film an / lives in Leipzig and studied Illustration & Film at: „Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig – Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig“ „Universität der Künste Berlin – Berlin University of …

Quel point commun existe-t-il entre Tadanori Yokoo – un des plus grands artistes contemporains japonais, lauréat du Praemium Imperiale 2015 – et les mangas de science-fiction? Apparemment, aucun. Et pourtant, outre le fait que les noms de Yokoo et des mangaka soient peu connus en Europe – Osamu Tezuka est encore relativement inconnu ici, alors qu’il est surnommé le «dieu du manga» au Japon –, les affiches sérigraphiées du premier procèdent d'un mode de création sensiblement identique à ces bandes dessinées tant adulées de nos jours. Les posters de Yokoo et les mangas d'après-guerre s'inspirent de motifs au départ non japonais (Pop Art, science-fiction), les font entrer en résonance avec l'esthétique nippone (emakimono, ukiyo-e) et créent des œuvres hybrides qui, à leur tour, influenceront les travaux des artistes ou dessinateurs européens et américains. Publié à l’occasion de l’exposition éponyme à la Maison d’Ailleurs d’Yverdon-les-Bains, cet ouvrage richement illustré fait état de ce dialogue original entre les œuvres de Yokoo et les pages originales de Tezuka, et montre de manière spectaculaire la façon dont les créateurs japonais ont hybridé les traditions nippones et les tendances occidentales afin de réinventer une identité culturelle mis à mal après la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Un ouvrage explosif et fascinant, qui passionnera non seulement les amateurs de mangas et de pop art, mais également tous ceux désireux de faire connaissance avec deux figures majeures de l’art populaire japonais.

The magazine contains 48 pages with over 200 peel-off stickers and digests works from over 30 artist committed to illustration, medial art, graffitti, concept art and guerilla propaganda.

170 ✕ 240mm 1 Colour Offset 56 pages + jacket Numbered Edition of 1000 Published 2012 (Duke Press)

Debut short-form comics publication by Dutch illustrator Viktor Hachmang. Book of Void deals with the romantic notion of destroying precious artworks and aims to explore its inherent logic – what is it like to live in a world ruled by fear in which a static work of art can become a harmful incomprehensible “Thing” that must be destroyed? Book of Void is a fictionalized account of two subsequent slashings of monumental minimal artworks at the Stedelijk Museum and takes cues from The Book of Five Rings, Miyamoto Musashi’s classic handbook of samurai swordsmanship and philosophy. Book of Void poses the question if such acts of violence are truly pointless, or do they possess an innate spiritual beauty?

Nummer 10 lebt! We will never stop collecting our favorite sticker artists all together in one magazine … like this one. Weil diese Nummer ein bisschen eine Jubiläumsausgabe ist, haben wir wieder Leute gefragt, an die sich Klebstoff-Maniacs auf jeden Fall erinnern werden, wieder ihren neuesten Stuff beizutragen und ausserdem ganz neue Gesichter. Mit Beiträgen von: Raquel Meyers, Sweden; Baptiste Virot, France; Nuria Figueiredo, Spain; Sebastian Schwamm, Germany; Ana Benaroya, USA; Robokid, Germany; Nick Alston, Japan; Berto Fojo, Spain; HOR, Germany; Lukas Weidinger, Austria; Boyane, South Korea and many more… Wenn ihr also noch Geschenke für euch oder eure Liebste sucht, greift zu!

Clare Rojas is an internationally shown artist, currently based in San Francisco and is considered to be part of the Mission School. She is “known for creating powerful folk-art-inspired tableaus that tackle traditional gender roles.” She works in a variety of media, including painting, installations, video, street art, and children’s books. She received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and previously attended the Rhode Island School of Design. Referencing West Coast modernism, Quaker art, Native American textiles, Byzantine mosaics, and Outsider art, Rojas tells stories through painting, installations, and video. Often her narratives concern relationships between the sexes and among humans and animals, in their struggle to find harmony and balance. Many works quietly celebrate the traditional strengths of women, depicting them like Russian nesting dolls in conventional roles without critical undertones or hints of sexual exploitation. Quilt-like patterns in vivid colors accentuate the folk art-inspired scenes present in some works, while simple geometric forms and stark interiors evoke Bauhaus design in others. Recently, Rojas has focused her attention on the abstract shapes formed by architecture and shadow that dominate interior spaces, producing colorful, precise, abstract compositions on stretched linen.

20 Pages, 14 x 20 cm, b/w Photocopy, Edition of 100, 2016

For two decades until his death in 2003, keyboard rock star Wesley Willis (*1963) rendered Chicago’s Dan Ryan Expressway and geometric skyline with ballpoint pen and felt-tip-marker lines. Known primarily to an alternative public for the uniquely singular sounds from his Technics KN 2000 and surreal texts which explored the themes of daily life such as fast food, bus lines, cultural trends or violent confrontations with super heroes, Wesley Willis’s drawings testify to the years he spent sitting in on drawing classes at the Illinois Institute of Technology, manifest in drafting techniques Willis never abandoned but, to singular effect, refused to master. A series of small untitled drawings in blue ink from the early 80s depict big rigs, tractor trailers, rolling stock, and transit-authority buses in side and isometric views. His sketches, often in color, explore almost obsessively the congested freeway which connects Chicago’s South Side with the city’s downtown – a metaphor for his wish to bridge the two worlds. At age of 28, Willis began to hear voices. He called then his “demons.” According to him writing, performing, and recording help quiet the voices in his head. Wesley Willis died on August 21, 2003 at age 40 in Skokie, Illinois. Delmes & Zander Cologne in Cologne first showed the work of Wesley Willis in Germany in 2013 and has represented the artist ever since.

In Salto, fragments of daily life and stories are layered in a colourful mix of shapes.

the adventures of surgio and the other guy

haben es die vögel schon gewusst

meditationen hinterm supermarkt

sleep stalk

the psychic vault

the death of comic

qualm