24h Comic Day 2012

These past two days, I was in Weimar, participating in Schwarzer Turm's 24h Comic Day event. In case you don't know, the 24h Comic Day (as invented by Scott McCloud) is a day on which cartoonists all over the world spend 24 consecutive hours trying to draw at least 24 comic pages. It's a pretty tough challenge, but I finally decided to give it a try this year and joined Beetlebum, Doppeltim, Jeff Chi, Pete, Lapinot, Kathi, Yinfinity, Flausen-Ulf, and many others in Weimar to do this. And wouldn't you know it, I (and a few others) actually succeeded! I managed to write and draw a complete 24-page comic and even had some time to spare at the end. I'm not sure if the comic is actually any good (it's pretty weird and yucky), but it feels good to have made it, anyway.

It's going to take me a few days to scan and clean up all the pages, but until then, you can have a look at the complete comic as it hung on the wall shortly after I'd finished it:

HIPSTERS vs. Robots pts. 13 & 14

German version of pt. 13 & German version of pt. 14

HIPSTERS vs. Robots pts. 11 & 12

Here are the last two Hipsters comics:

German version of pt. 11 & German version of pt. 12

HIPSTERS vs. Robots pts. 8 & 9 & 10

I had a little bit of free time last week, so I got a few more comics done:

German version of part 8 & German version of part 9 & German version of part 10

HIPSTERS vs. Robots pts. 5 & 6 & 7

Here's 3 more new Hipsters strips. Enjoy:

German version of part 5 & German version of part 6 &
German version of part 7

HIPSTERS vs. Robots pts. 3 & 4

I had to take a little break last week because of the unbearably hot weather in Munich, but there are still two previous strips that I hadn't posted here yet:

German version of pt. 3 & German version of pt. 4

influence map

A couple of years ago, there was this meme going around DeviantArt in which you were supposed to make a "map" of the artists and other things that shaped and informed your art style. I actually wanted to make one of these way back then, but never got around to it. Now that the meme has cropped back up at the Comicforum.de, I finally decided to make one. Here it is:

HERE is the Comicforum thread with some other examples.

HIPSTERS vs. Robots pts. 1 & 2

After two weeks of guest comics (one by Schlogger and one by the guys from Selektive Erinnerung), I have finally started the new Hipsters comic storyline. Here are the first two strips:

German version of pt. 1 & German version of pt. 2

HIPSTERS webcomic 080 & 081

These are the final two strips of "Hipsters Vs. Dinosaurs". Have you read the whole thing yet? Or do you want to read it again in one piece? Just start here and work your way forward or head to MyComics to read the German version in a more comfortable format.


Before the next storyline starts (I’m already writing it), I’m going to present a couple of Hipsters guest comics on this site for the next two or three weeks. I’ve got some pretty amazing guest artist lined up!

German version of 080 & German version of 081

HIPSTERS webcomic 078 & 079

Here's two new Hipsters strips. Only two more to go 'til the end of the dinosaur storyline! Read it from the beginning RIGHT HERE if you haven't yet.

By the way: the new JAZAM! Vol. 7 (containing 3 pages by yours truly) is now available at the JAZAM! shop. Order it now! I'll even sign it for you if you write me an E-Mail!

German version of 078 & German version of 079

HIPSTERS webcomic 075 & 076 & 077

Here's the last three installments of "Hipsters Vs. Dinosaurs." Only four more coming up now!

And please keep voting for JAZAM! every day at the Comic Clash!

German version of 075 & German version of 076 & German version of 077

JAZAM! Vol. 7 preview - Air!

The new volume of JAZAM! is about to come out, and naturally, I once again drew a short comic for it. The topic of the book is "Four Elements", and I chose to make mine about air. It's three pages long, and here's the first one:

To read the rest, you're gonna have to get the book when it's available. (soon!)

Vote for us at the Comic Clash!

HIPSTERS webcomic 073 & 074

The two latest Hipsters Vs. Dinosaurs strips:

German version of 073 & German version of 074

btw: I’d appreciate it very much if you took the time to vote for JAZAM! at the Comic Clash: VOTE HERE (page is in German only). Thanks!

JAZAM! presents: The Meaning of Life

As I already mentioned earlier, JAZAM! is participating in the Comic Clash comic contest, in which 19 German-language comic magazines battle for honor and glory. I drew a 4-page story for JAZAM!'s contribution and did the editorial design, as usual. The finished book is now for sale at the JAZAM! shop. ORDER IT NOW! It's 68 pages in color for a measly 5€!

Also, you can now give your vote in the contest at the Comic Clash website. VOTE HERE! You can repeat that process every 24h if you like.

And here's our wonderful cover by Martin Rathscheck:

HIPSTERS webcomic 071 & 072

Whoa! Did I forget to post the last two Hipsters strips here? Looks like it. Well, here they are:

I had to take a bit of a break to take care of all the JAZAM! design and editorial work, so I only got these two strips done in the last month or so. I should be able to go back to finishing one strip per week very soon, though!

If you lost track of the "Hipsters Vs. Dinosaurs" storyline in the meantime, you can go back to the beginning right here.

German version of 071 & German version of 072