JAZAM! Vol. 11

The new volume of German indie comics anthology JAZAM!, of which I am an editor, is almost here! The topic this time is "Adventure" and the whole book is designed to be suitable for all ages. I myself drew a 9-page comic called "Fauler Zauber" for it. Here's the first page:

The book contains 320 pages of full-color comics by 51 different artists. I think it's our best volume yet and a lot of fun! There's a 16-page preview on MyComics.de.

Here's the wonderful cover by Natalie Dombois:

You can now pre-order the book at our online shop and you'll be able to buy signed copies at all of my future festival and con appearances, most importantly at Comicsalon Erlangen in late May.

Reading Panels: "Als ich so alt war"

For the past year or so, I've participated in a number of comic readings in Katja Klengel's "Reading Panels" series. Some of them have been readings of my own comic, Hipsters, others were readings of other artists' comics, which I just joined as a voice actor.

One of the most recent ones was a reading of Katja's great graphic novel "Als ich so alt war" in Dresden last December. This one was special because it contained several songs (which Katja and I performed live) and some live kalimba music. It was also the first one that was filmed in its entirety. See the first part here:



And see the other nine parts RIGHT HERE.

The next reading will be a compilation of several short comics by Katja, Tim Gaedke, Matthias Lehmann, and me at the Schauburg in Dresden on May 22, 2016.

JAZAM! Vol. 11 Previews

A couple of previews from my new 9-page comic for JAZAM! vol. 11, which is coming out soon:

See more cool previews on our tumblr.

ComicInvasionBerlin Podcast

Two weeks ago, I was a guest on the official podcast of ComicInvasionBerlin, one of my favorite smaller comic festivals in Germany. I talked to Lara and Carlos about JAZAM!, Hipsters, my other comics, and the festival. It was pretty fun! LISTEN HERE. You can also find it on iTunes.

JAZAM! is once again going to have a table at this year's ComicInvasionBerlin on April 16/17, where you'll be able to meet me most of the time.

JAZAM! Babies

An illustration I did for the new JAZAM! (pencils by David Koslowski).

Animals

I was very busy with work in 2013, so I wasn't able to draw a comic for JAZAM! vol. 8 (topic: "Animals"). Instead, I contributed this illustration.

I don't think I'd ever shown this one online, but now I've posted it on Tapastic with my JAZAM! stories.

You can buy the book right here: JAZAM! Shop

The Tenth Time

This comic is my most recent JAZAM! story. It first appeared in JAZAM! vol. X (topic "X/10") in 2015, and now I've translated it into English and put it online for the first time!

You can buy the book right here: JAZAM! Shop

Over the next couple of months, I'm going to publish more of my JAZAM! comics on Tapastic and here. Stay tuned!

Monster Doodle

"Monster Doodle" is a new book of funny "finish the drawing" illustrations, which is coming out this week from Delfinium Prints and Comic Solidarity. My pal David Füleki edited the book and painted the cover, and I contributed two pages. Here's one of them:

You'll be able to buy the book at the Leipzig book fair / Manga-Comic-Con this week. (Unfortunately, I won't be there.)

I'm sure it'll be available on Kwimbi soon, though, and we'll definitely have a few of them at ComicInvasionBerlin next month.

Here's the cover:

Alcohol Kills Slowly, Taxis Kill Fast!

This comic, a collaboration with my good buddy and JAZAM! co-editor David Koslowski, first appeared in JAZAM! vol. 6 (topic: "Traffic Jam") in 2011, and now I've translated it into English and put it online for the first time ever!

You can buy the book right here: JAZAM! Shop

Over the next couple of months, I'm going to publish more of my JAZAM! comics on Tapastic and here. Stay tuned!

Self Portrait (Rework)

I reworked last November's self portrait a bit to reflect my current hair and try a slightly different style with outlines:

A Question of Meaning

This comic first appeared in JAZAM!'s "Meaning of Life" special in 2012, and now I've translated it into English and put it online for the first time ever!

You can buy the book right here: JAZAM! Shop

Over the next couple of months, I'm going to publish some of my other JAZAM! comics on Tapastic and here. Stay tuned!

Affection Play - Isolated [EP]

Because our drummer and I moved away from Munich, my indie rock band Affection Play had to break up in 2015, but not before recording one final farewell EP. This is it:

There are five brand new tracks on it, and I think they're some of our best, most professionally produced stuff, if I do say so myself.

Listen to it on Soundcloud

Download it on Bandcamp (pay what you want)

As usually, I sang and wrote most of the vocals & lyrics, played some keyboard, and designed the cover artwork.

If you like it, please consider sharing it on some of your social media channels!

Super Realtor

Don't we all sometimes wonder what the presence of superheroes would do to a city's real estate market? No? Just me?

I drew this comic in 2014 for JAZAM! Vol. 9 (topic: "Heroes"). I've translated it into English this week and am now publishing it on the web for the first time!

 
 

You can buy the book right here: JAZAM! Shop

Over the next couple of months, I'm going to publish more of my JAZAM! comics on Tapastic and here. Stay tuned!

AIR!

This comic first appeared in JAZAM! vol. 7 (topic "4 Elements") in 2012, and now I've translated it into English and put it online for the first time ever!

You can buy the book right here: JAZAM! Shop

Over the next couple of months, I'm going to publish some of my other JAZAM! comics on Tapastic and here. Stay tuned!

INKtober 2015

Over the past month, I participated in the Inktober challenge for the first time, which means I made and uploaded one ink drawing for every day of the month. If you follow me on Instagram or Twitter, you've probably already seen most of these, but I made this new collage of all 31 drawings for the blog:

If you want to see these in a little more detail, you should have a look at my Instagram or these 6 Tumblr posts:

DAYS 1-5 | DAYS 6-10 | DAYS 11-15 | DAYS 16-21 | DAYS 22-26 | DAYS 27-31