Besides his job as a printer, Abe Raham is developing his noir comic project, "Smuggler Affairs", which began life as a thesis for his game design studies. This comic tells the story of a...

Titus Ackermann, born 1970 in Basel (Switzerland), is a founding member and editor of the comic magazine MOGA MOBO. He studied illustration at the Academy of Fine Arts, Stuttgart, and in Glasgow at...

Jenny Adam (born 1986) is a qualified product designer and illustrator based in Hamburg. During her studies in Barcelona, she discovered Urban Sketching and has been sketching on location with others...

Aerozopher has been a mystical fantasy illustrator, logo designer and sigil and rune tattoo artist for almost 15 years. He also creates AYNBATH, a dark fantasy world featuring webcomics, mystical...

Tobias Aeschbacher was born in April 1989 in Switzerland. Tobi discovered his passion for drawing comics at an early age. He drew his first fanzines at the age of ten. During his training as a...

Born 1972 in Vienna, Thomas Aigelsreiter graduated from the master class for graphic design and has been working as an illustrator ever since. His portfolio ranges from editorial and comics to...

João Paulo Albergaria ist ein portugiesischer Architekt mit einer großen Leidenschaft für das Skizzieren vor Ort. Er zog 2012 nach Kopenhagen und ist seitdem aktives Mitglied der Urban Sketchers...

Formerly known as sakubik, since this year as Alisa-draws, is communication designer, graphic designer and illustrator based in Munich. While doing her daily work as a project manager and illustrator...

All99Nines lives in Homburg (Saar) and used to think that drawing comics couldn't be all that hard. Now he's here and knows better.

French comic artist Amazing Ameziane has made a name for himself with documentary-style graphic novels that portray real-life figures through a clear, dynamic visual language and a strong narrative...

Maren Amini is an internationally known illustrator, comics artist and cartoonist (e.g. for the Washington Post) and has received important prizes for "Ahmadjan".

Armer Armin aka Armin Parr draws incomprehensible underground comix, calligraphic hidden object pictures and psychedelic pub doodles in pen, ink and highlighter, as well as fineliner detailed travel...

Ully Arndt, born in 1961 in Hamburg, is a successful illustrator, cartoonist, comic artist, author and producer. At the age of just 16 he started working as an editorial assistant of Herbert...

Antonia creates dark, romantic fantasy illustrations. At her booth you’ll find not only fine art and canvas prints, but also handmade goodies, as well as postcards, pins, stickers and bookmarks...

ASRA (Astrid Raimann) is a freelance sculptor, painter and draftswoman who exhibits internationally. In 2004 she realized the project "Idiotenfriedhof", a memorial for children, who became...

The designer and illustrator Jörg Asselborn studied communication design, specialising in illustration, at Mainz University of Applied Sciences and has lived and worked in Wiesbaden since 1999. As an...

Born in 1954, the cartoonist completed a one-week internship at the Kauka publishing house (Fix & Foxi) in 1972. He was then offered the opportunity to work at the publishing house from 1973 and...

Auri is a freelance illustrator with over eight years' experience, specialising in visual storytelling, and has been part of the European convention scene for many years. Using his semi-realistic...

Anna Backhausen is a comic artist from Kassel who has been active in the indie comic and manga scene for over ten years. Fantasy worlds, everyday life and nostalgia are the themes she likes to draw...

Thomas Baehr began his professional career as an illustrator in the United States, where he lived for many years. He was a member of the legendary comic collective Act-I-Vate, where his graphic novel...

Born in 1982 in Prenzberg, lives in Leipzig. Completed a carpentry training and studied illustration at the HGB in Leipzig. During his studies he began drawing comics and publishing them in various...

Liz is a media designer by profession and devotes every spare moment to her stories and illustrations. As a passionate fan of all things medieval, her comics and drawings are often set in that era...

Jens Balzer, born in 1969, lives in Berlin. He is a journalist for the culture section of DIE ZEIT and the author of ten books on the history, theory, and critique of pop culture. His book "...

Barbieri is an illustrator, cartoonist and character designer who has been active for over 25 years in publishing and animation. He has collaborated with several Italian and overseas publishers such...

Born in the Netherlands in 1981, he lives and works as a comic artist and illustrator in Berlin. He lived in Bucharest, New York and Oegstgeest before graduating in Fine Art from the Gerrit Rietveld...

Màriam Ben-Arab, born in Barcelona in 1983, is an illustrator and comic artist. She works for numerous Spanish children’s book publishers and also regularly contributes to German-language...

Plem Plem editor and sometimes cartoonist. Head behind "Whoa!" comics, "Shark Farmer" co-creator and "Ugly Bug" label founder.

Dr. Mark Benecke, born in 1970, is considered the world’s most famous forensic entomologist. The specialist in forensic entomology, who was trained by the FBI, among others, has published many...

Claudia Bernhardt lives and works in Berlin as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer. In 2004, she founded her label isprodukt. With “Gespinste 1995–2025”, she presents a...

Dominique Bertail was born in Tours in 1972. He first studied fine arts at the Beaux-Arts in Rennes, followed by sculpture and painting at Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen (Scotland), before...

Larissa Bertonasco, born and raised in southern Germany, has lived and worked in Hamburg since 1992. She is a member of the FRITZEN studio collective in Hamburg-St. Pauli and a co-founder of the...

BESTIEunlmt presents his new graphic novel titled "The Selene Society" at this year's Comic Salon in Erlangen, a mysterious story within a historical setting. On top of that, there will be a...

Julia Beutling is a Berlin-based illustrator and comic artist who loves colours, fairy tales and animals of all kinds. For Comic Salon, she will present the much-anticipated print edition of her...

Michael Beyer alias Mic works and lives in Berlin, where he founded Lololand (flipbooks, children books, short movies, T-shirts and city souvenirs) in 2004. Since 2013 his bittersweet comic-series...

Marc Blinn invented the Metaverse before Zuckerberg thought it was cool. He is the author and illustrator of "RIOT" and "The Metahuman$".

At the end of the 1990s, Willi Blöss (author and illustrator) had the idea of launching a series of comic book portraits of famous artists, and he is still going on. He researches, writes and quickly...

Fabian Blum develops with his comic scores a distinct form between music and comics. Comic scores are visual narratives that are read like comics and interpreted like music. They replace traditional...

Wiebke Bolduan, born in 1994 near Eisenach, studied illustration at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences. Wiebke lives and works as a comic artist and illustrator in Hamburg, where they is part...

Holger Bommer was born in Esslingen am Neckar in 1970. He has been active as an illustrator, copywriter, colorist and publisher with his publishing house Gringo Comics for over 30 years. He has been...

In the comic series "Rad Ab?" (No. 01–05), Jan Bow explores the adventures, challenges and contrasts of cyclists. In the rainy everyday life of the big city and on holiday on a summer...

Anastasia G. Braun is an illustrator, writer and comic artist based in Kassel and Nuremberg. They have a bachelor's degree in Visual Communication at the Kunsthochschule Kassel and will be...

André Breinbauer has lived in Vienna as a freelance illustrator and comics artist since 2005. When he was a child, the television series "Traveling with Odysseus" fascinated him and...

Eckart Breitschuh, born in 1964, has been publishing comics in Germany and abroad since the early 1990s. His works include "Das Geheimnis der Lindenstraße" (Carlsen), "Wanda Caramba...

BRIA is a comic artist from Dresden and the creator of the post-apocalyptic comic project "Idaru Chronicles". Originally from Hoyerswerda, she completed her training in the Saxon state...

Olaf Brill and Michael Vogt have over ten years' experience as a well-coordinated team. It shows in their stories – compulsively readable and always chock-full of new ideas.

Stephanie Brittnacher studied Communication Design in Mainz and has been a freelance illustrator in Chemnitz since 2013. Her portfolio is characterized by high versatility and includes illustrations...

Nadia Budde, born in Berlin in 1967, is one of Germany's most distinguished children's book authors and illustrators. Her very first picture book "Eins, zwei, drei, Tier" (Peter...

Mario Bühling aka Maobul was born in 1975. Since he was a little boy, he's been enthralled by comics and was seen with a pencil at an early age. After doing some work for several magazines, he...

A creative artist from the Palatinate, he creates comics under his studio name “Hangar67,” such as “Molekei - Last of the Amish” and “Six Cuts”, which, along with...

Federico lives in Berlin or - as he claims - in a floating reality called "Acquaspazio". He studied philosophy in Rome and Comic at the School of Visual Arts in New York.

Born in Lyon in 1963, the artist has lived and worked in Denmark since 1993. He initially worked for "Spirou" magazine, where he served as an assistant on established titles such as "...

Capia, alias Sarah Capricci, was born in 1985 and is a proud resident of Flémalle, Belgium. Since the age of four, she has enjoyed picking up a pencil and drawing characters from all kinds of...

" Cat@Net " is a comic about cats, traditionally drawn by hand with ink and watercolour. Lago is new to the area. During his explorations of the unfamiliar territory, he soon befriends the...

At CayPad's booth, you’ll find enchanting witch-themed designs, cute and funny cat and plant motifs, and a healthy dose of D&D chaos in the form of stickers, prints, bookmarks, and...

Chelserella is an artist and communication designer from Upper Bavaria, whose art style is inspired by video games and manga. She mainly works in a library, but during her free time there is barely...

Jeff Yan-Tao Chi was born in Kiel in 1993. The Nuremberg resident is an active comic artist since 2008. He is a reluctant fan of Hannover-96, a former metal-head and a founding member of Mondo. He...

Chris.Ui is a comic and manga artist who also works as a self-employed illustrator, graphic designer and animator with a focus on storytelling. He has published short stories in online comic contests...

Iris Christidi is a Greek Brusseleire who is based in Berlin. She is a stage and costume designer for theatre and film, and has become more active in recent years as a comic artist and illustrator...

chubby-shark (he/him) is a freelance illustrator and comic artist. Thematically, his work explores queerness, body positivity, and fashion. Currently, he prefers to do so through zines.

Chuebi Star is a freelance illustrator, loves drawing in the manga style and also offers manga drawing classes for all ages! Cats and other cute animals are her favourite subjects to draw. You can...

Leela Corman is a painter, comics maker, and assistant professor at Rhode Island School of Design. She is the creator of numerous works of autobiographical and fictional comics, including ”...

The British comic artist and author began his career in the early 2000s after studying illustration at Brighton University. Early recognition came with the newcomer award at the Sierre Comics...

Yann Cozic was born on 14 August 1994 in Rennes, France. After completing a BTS in Graphic Design and a DNAP in Animated Images at the École Waide Somme, he devoted himself entirely to comic book...

Arinda Crăciun lives in Berlin, where she works as an illustrator and comic artist. She creates for publishers and magazines such as the New York Review of Books, mare, Süddeutsche Zeitung, taz and...

Tobi Dahmen (born 1971) studied Visual Communications in Düsseldorf. He now lives in Utrecht, and works as a comic artist and illustrator for magazines, marketing campaigns and web campaigns. He was...

Jennifer Daniel, born 1986 in Bonn, is one of the most remarkable German comic artists of her generation. She was nominated for the Max und Moritz Award in 2014 for her debut "Earth Unplugged...

Janne Marie Dauer was born in 1995 in Göttingen, Germany. After studying visual communication at the Kunsthochschule Kassel, she is currently studying painting at the University of Applied Arts in...

Giuseppe de Luca startet working as a comic-artist in 1995. From 2007 to 2010, he was working for Image Comics and Star Comics. In 2010 began working for the French publisher Zéphyr on the aviation...

Max de Radiguès, born in Belgium in 1982, lives and works as a comic book writer and publisher in Brussels. In 2018, he was awarded the Prix de Lycéés at the renowned Angoulême International Comics...

The Holy Garbage is the alias of Luca De Vitis (he/him). He creates illustrations, cartoons and comics, focusing on self-productions and collaborations with other art forms like film and dance. He is...

Marie Demme aka Mary Evolves is a freelancing illustrator from Fürth. Her works consist of passion and devotion für her original characters and the stories featuring them. Themes are among others:...

Julia Diamant studied at the Georg Simon Ohm University of Applied Sciences in Nuremberg, graduating with a Bachelor's degree in Illustration and Design. Her illustrations shine in vibrant,...

After graduating with a degree in Communication Design from Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences, Silvia Dierkes works as a freelance illustrator. Following several short comic projects (24-hour...

Dinchenix is a pixel artist from Leipzig who is creating colorful snapshots of a hopeful future and retro vibe with tiny squares.

At my booth you can find commissions, comics, art prints, and small merchandise – in genres ranging from dystopian over Art-Nouveau-utopia, to Fantasy. Don Kringel loves to draw, and all the highs...

Born in 1985, DonAlD dedicates himself to punk comics with his own series "Punks’n’Banters". In addition to his punk rock lifestyle, he had time to study media design, as it was...

Born in 1957 in Mülheim an der Ruhr; he initially studied art education and Protestant theology, and later communication design. Hendrik Dorgathen has created illustrations for various magazines and...

Born in 1971, the Cologne native began his career as a prepress technician. After studying visual communication, he worked for various advertising agencies as an art and creative director, and...

Dozer is a freelance comic artist and illustrator from Germany. His newest graphic novels "The Last Session" and "Paper Planes" have been published by MadCave Studios.

Sarah Dreher, aka clearlysera, is a German illustrator and concept artist. Her work consists of dynamic stylised character illustrations, as well as more realistic landscape art, which encapsulates...

Comic artist and illustrator Sebastian Drewniok was born in Tichau in 1978 and lives in Dortmund. His illustrations are mostly fantasy and sci-fi themed. He is currently working on his apocalyptic...

Vanessa Drossel, born in 1988, studied German and history and currently works as a clerk at a federal agency in Kiel. For over twenty years, she has been drawing comics set in the “blue-light...

*Born in Zurich in 1992, she grew up in the canton of Aargau, where she still lives today. She studied Visual Communication with a specialisation in Fiction Illustration at the Lucerne University of...

Stephanie Eckert, also known as Steph.byArt, was born in 1991 and is an artist based in Dresden. She founded her business in 2021 and runs it alongside her main job as a software developer. For her...

Tim Eckhorst is one quarter of the comic-collective Pure Fruit from Kiel, northern Germany. The free magazine that the collective releases twice a year goes by the same name and is distributed for...

Noah Eggert was born in Dresden in 1998. He studied art education and works at a school in Leipzig. Noah Eggert grew up with five cats. The initial idea for the comic "Ida – Keine...

The artist's great joy in storytelling, combined with a love of vibrant visual worlds, is evident in his publications. At Hirntot Comix, the artist presents his latest comic, "Terror in the...

Artist duo from Halle (Saale), who publish under the label HIRNTOT-Comix: "Turbo", "Terror in the woodz", "Terror in the zitty", "Bitch & Bunny". Their...

*Born in 1993, lives and works in Leipzig. Lina’s work combines comics, fashion, performative readings, illustration and painting. As part of the artists' collective SQUASH, Lina organises...

Dominik has been reading comics ever since he learnt to read, particularly Don Rosa’s "Scrooge McDuck" stories. These days, he is mainly a fan of political graphic novels (such as...

Andreas Eikenroth is a comic artist, illustrator and author from Giessen. He is one of the leading figures in the German independent comics scene and was awarded the ICOM Independent Comic Prize for...

Chickens, cats and one or the other shark – that’s a quite good summary of Eisbaerfussel‘s merch. Be it pen and paper rollplay or the history of Fine Art, her interests heavily...

Born in 1978, Joe Eisma is a freelance cartoonist from Texas. He reached international fame as the artist of the popular series „Morning Glories“ written by Nick Spencer. Afterwards, he...

Ellie and Nick have been making art together for over 10 years. At their booth, you'll find a huge selection of stickers, buttons, charms, pillows, and handcrafted needle felted items – all...

Born in 1983, Elric is a French cartoonist and musician. Back in 2021, he was chosen as the new artist for the popular long-running series „Iznogoud“. He also drew the Spirou special...

Marcus “EMBE” Behrendt (b. 1979) lives and works in Berlin. Born and raised in Bad Oeynhausen, he escaped the small-town gloom at the tender age of 20 and moved to Bremen for several...

Born 1967 in Gießen, lives in Berlin. The morbid master of horror was born during a thunderstorm - naturally, he has devoted himself to the creation of classic horror in all dimensions ever since...

Swiss-born Italian comic artist Enrico Marini is one of the superstars of the European comic scene. With the historical epic "Die Adler Roms" (Carlsen), the Western thriller "Der Stern...

Charlotte is always coming up with crazy ideas and loves to try out new techniques. Her motto is "gluing is life" and she is always looking for the quickest way to make her ideas come true...

Monika Ernst, born 1996, is an illustrator and multidisciplinary designer based in Vienna. Her field of experiences is quite broad and you can find her work in exhibitions, comics, children’s...

Tanja Esch, born in Hanau in 1988, studied at HAW Hamburg and works as an illustrator and comic artist. Her children's comic “Supercool“ was awarded the Hans Meid Prize for Book...

Florian was born in Cologne in 1992. After studying German literature, he devoted himself not only to the written word but also to the visual arts as a visual artist. Florian participated in numerous...

Eshilems is an illustrator and graphic designer from Munich. Her work includes illustrations created using both traditional and digital techniques. Drawing inspiration from anime, gaming, nature and...

Since 2013, as co-founder of the comic collective Comic Solidarity, she has been advocating for digital artists and publishers and supporting the mission “Space for Comics”. Between 2015...

Holger Faber works full-time in the development department of a large software company, where he is responsible for planning, implementing and communicating products in line with the company's...

fabibi.Art combines exciting stories with fantastic illustrations. Influenced by 1990s anime and heavy metal magazines, the stories of fabibi.Art fill the void left by the heroes of the artist's...

Marta Falkowska lives in Wrocław and is an illustrator and comic book artist in love with forest, cartoons and silly stuff. In her free time, she sleeps, goes mushroom picking, reads sad books and...

Lisa Feinbube is a comic book author and illustrator. "Adventure in the Shadow Forest" is her first comic book. It combines elements of pen-and-paper role-playing games with reading...

Feivelyn is from Nuremberg has been working as a freelance artist for over a decade now. They have been drawing ever since they could hold a pencil. Feivelyn's artwork mostly consists of fantasy...

Michael Feldmann, born in 1975, works as a freelance artist and illustrator in Arnsberg (North Rhine-Westphalia). He studied painting and graphics at the Academy of Fine Arts in Essen from 2005 to...

Christopher Fellehner is an illustrator, comic artist, and toy designer. As a former member of the Frankfurt-based Labor Ateliergemeinschaft, he has published successful children’s books such...

Since 2001, Zuni Fellehner and Kirsten Fabinski have formed the award-winning design duo Von Zubinski. Together, they work in fields where illustration and design intersect, whether in books or...

Born in 1976, Philippe Fenech seems to have been born drawing animals. He not only likes to draw his namesake, the fennec fox, but also the comic series "Tuff et Koala", for which Albert...

Fern - born in 1948 - is Luxembourgish and lives in Germany. As a press illustrator, he published eight albums and one comic in Luxembourg between 1997 and 2006 and was included in numerous...

He is from Concepción, Chile. He has worked as a director, producer, and screenwriter on short films, music videos, feature films, and documentaries. He is the organizer of the ComiConce comic book...

Pasqual Ferry began drawing comics professionally in the early 1990s. Since then, he has worked primarily for the two leading U.S. comic book publishers, DC and Marvel. For DC, he has drawn the...

Tine Fetz is a freelance illustrator and comic book artist based in Berlin. She regularly draws comics for Jungle World. Her comics have been published by Jaja Verlag, ichi ichi, Parallelallee and...

Anke Feuchtenberger was born in Berlin (GDR) in 1963. She studied graphic design at the art academy here from 1983 to 1988 and then worked as a freelancer. She designed posters and illustrations and...

Marco Finkenstein was born in 1971; he drew, kept drawing, and stuck with it. Using his analog tools and digital editing, he creates quirky cartoons and comic worlds in Hanover. Role models and...

Michèle Fischels studied design at Münster University of Applied Sciences and works as an illustrator and comic artist. In addition to contributing to anthologies, she has published her online comic...

Jules Fischer is a Franco-Japanese comic artist and illustrator, based in Berlin. She is the author of the ongoing comic series "Chimera Obscura," as well as the illustration zine series...

Leo Flemisch (*1995) studied North American Studies in Bonn, Cologne, and Paris. His M.A. thesis about the documentary comics of Joe Sacco won the "Ambassador's Award 2023" of the...

Flix (b. 1976) lives and works as a freelance illustrator and comic artist in Berlin. He studied communication design and made his debut with his thesis project “held,” published by...

Foggy is comic book writer and artist Guy Fogel originally from Israel. At this table you can find the musical superhero series "Sonica", the mad soldier's mystery "Sherman's...

Ketty Formaggio, born in Rovigo in 1978, grew up in a milieu of artists. In Italy, she is well know for coloring series such as "Lupo Alberto" and "Tea Stilton". She also worked...

Gerhard Förster is one of the veterans of the Austrian comic scene. He writes autobiographical, confessional stories that are clearly inspired by Robert Crumb’s early underground comics and...

Bones, leaves and daydreams. Sophie creates illustrations and art mostly for writers, bands, streamers or game developers – or just for herself – and focuses heavily on fantasy and...

Welcome to the world of Franci Nevada! Here you'll find all kinds of useful and cute items inspired by her universe "Waddlewood". Her characters are as diverse as life itself! There are...

Nathalie Frank, born in France in 1984, studied political science in Paris and cultural journalism in Berlin, where she has lived since 2011 and works as a comic author and cultural reporter for Arte...

Aisha Franz was born in Fürth in 1984 and lives in Berlin. The daughter of Colombian-Chilean immigrants, she grew up near Regensburg and Kassel. She studied visual communication with Hendrik...

The author and illustrator was born in Stuttgart in 1964. His most important comic albums include "Gregor Ka", "Asanghia", “Lanternjack” and "Kommissar Eisele...

Bernd Frenz (born 1964) conducted his first interview with an artist in 1990 for the Bremen-based comic magazine *Panel*. Since then, he has written numerous articles for specialist magazines such as...

Sonja Frenzel actually studied food technology. After a bit of a journey, she now works as a freelance artist in beautiful Franconia. Her work focuses on animal portraits, working with pastels, ink...

Fronke Feronke is an illustrator from Dresden whose work intertwines punk, Halloween aesthetics, and pop-cultural elements with socially critical themes. Her visual worlds balance irony and...

Lisa Frühbeis, born in 1987, studied in Paris, Urbino, and Augsburg. In her work, she explores power and privilege from a feminist perspective. Her first book, the feminist comic strip collection...

FuFu Frauenwahl lives in Berlin, where he works as an illustrator and comic artist. Apart from his personal surreal detective series "Unwelt", he is also one of the principal artists for...

David Füleki, who was born in the Ore Mountains, had actually wanted to become a footballer, but had to study media studies instead due to a knee injury. At the same time, he began to pursue his...

Rita Fürstenau is an illustrator, author and publisher of the award-winning Rotopol publishing house for graphic storytelling. Since co-founding the company in 2007, she has published high quality...

Born in Halle/Saale in 1977, he devoted himself to graphic novels and illustration after completing his studies in art and film in Münster. Since 2017, he has been illustrating the horror-western...

Tim Gaedke was born 1988 in Berlin, lives and works there. Comic artist, illustrator, art director and game designer. Publications: "Punchdrunk" (Zwerchfell), "Tesserakt" (...

Melanie Garanin lives near Berlin with her family, two greyhounds, a cat, two ponies, and a knight's steed. Born in 1972, she studied animation in Potsdam-Babelsberg and has illustrated numerous...

Born in 1976, he grew up in Scotland and now lives with his family in London. His comic strips appear regularly in The Guardian, The New Yorker and New Scientist. He has received numerous awards for...

Andreas Gefe was born in 1966 in Küssnacht and studied at the Lucerne School of Art and Design from 1987 to 1993, where he graduated with a diploma in Visual Design and Illustration. He was one of...

Jürgen Speh is a veteran of the German comic scene and caused a sensation with his sophisticated drawing style in the 1980s in the comic magazine "Menschenblut". He remained loyal to this...

Marie Geissler lives in Berlin with her family and works as a freelance illustrator. She studied Visual Communication, specialising in illustration, at the Bauhaus University in Weimar and in...

Although he is a superb comic artist, Franz Gerg has remained largely unknown in the scene. This may be because he draws almost exclusively advertising comics, but at an internationally competitive...

Yvonne Glöckler is a freelance illustrator and animator living near Augsburg. Between cats and dragons, risograph-prints, stickers and comics are created.

Gordon Goh is part of the Independent Hoschies, an artistic collective comprised of diverse talents. Their most important titles include "Interstellar Insects," "Count Car," and...

Daniel Gramsch, born in 1975, worked for the German edition of "MAD Magazine" for almost 20 years and contributed a large number of monster galleries and covers for the "...

Born in 1987, Stefan is an independent comic book author from Graz, Austria, where he works on the “Team 4Pac” series and leads the regulars' table of graphic novelists. He studied...

Jonas Greulich is a comic artist and a notorious multiprofessional. His activities range from drawings, illustrations, comics, and animations to scriptwriting and directing. He lives and works in...

Katharina Greve, born in 1972 in Hamburg, Germany, studied architecture at TU Berlin and has since switched to full-time cartoonist, comic strip artist, creator of graphic novels, and, last but not...

Thomas Gronle (Legron) was born in 1970 near Stuttgart, Germany. He studied at the University of Fine Arts in Saarbrücken and at the comic institute St. Luc in Brussels, Belgium. After completing his...

Stefan Große Halbuer aka Plastic Pen is a designer, illustrator and artist from Münster, Germany. For more than 12 years, he's been working as a freelancer for international brands like Adidas,...

Béla Großlaub is a trans and queer comic artist and illustrator based in Berlin. His comic "Obscurus", published in 2020 by Schwarzer Turm Verlag, won the GINCO Award. When he's not...

Timo Grubing, born in 1981, lives in Bochum and earns his daily bread and weekend beer mainly with the cheerful illustration of children's and youth books for a variety of German publishers. But...

Tamara Gruenwald, aka TammyKaos, is a freelance artist from Bamberg, Germany. Currently she's mostly working on indie game projects but is still making her own art in her spare time. Her work...

Karolina Gruschka, also known as Kinka, is a Vienna-based media artist. For her webtoon "Yay, a Webcomic", she creates humorous episodes drawn from everyday life, published on her blog and...

From 1975 to 1980, Fernando Güell attended the Sant Jordi University of Fine Arts (Barcelona). In 1984, he drew his first comic strips featuring Donald Duck and his friends for Egmont Publishing. In...

Steffen Gumpert was born on a Wednesday in Höxter and moved to Berlin on a Tuesday. However, there were a few years in between. He earns his daily bread as an illustrator, author, comic artist and...

Nina Hable is an illustrator, comic-strip artist and writer who combines language and image and loves to share her knowledge. Her comics and drawings combine fiction, fairy tales and fables with a...

Michael Hacker is an illustrator and comic artist based in Vienna, Austria. Since 2007 he has been designing gig posters for bands like Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day, Pixies, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur...

Living in Rennes, Ismaël Hadour studied graphic design in the Fine Arts school of this same city. Today, he is a graphic designer/illustrator passionate about the strange and horror stories. For...

Haggi aka Jehrum aka Der Bub was born in 1961 under the pseudonym Hartmut Klotzbücher in the Swabian Alb. He has been lettering, editing, translating and drawing comics for over 40 years. His best-...

I'm Stefan Hahn, born in 1996 in Regensburg, Germany. I studied visual communication in the comics department at the Kassel Art Academy until 2023. My work is humorous, subtle and absurd. My...

The co-founder of the publishing house Schwarzer Turm is a jack of all trades. Whether as a scenarist for comics, actor, director or even wrestler, the subscribed permanent guest of the Comic Salon...

Anna Haifisch was born in Leipzig in 1986 and studied illustration at the Academy of Visual Arts there. In 2015 her first comic "Von Spatz" was published by Rotopol with a simultaneous...

77finelinerart, also known as Andreas Handgruber, was born in 1977 in Erlangen and lives in Langenzenn. In his spare time, he creates miniature worlds and small "joy-bringers" as a form of...

Hanna and Anna, also known as Quichecat and Skeletonbread, are two queer artists from Heidelberg. They love bold colours, fun storytelling and most importantly: cats. Their two furry friends Tofu and...

HappyComplicaty made her debut as an exhibiting artist at the Comic-Salon in 2022. She is looking forward to welcoming you to her stand again this year. HappyComplicaty is an artist from the...

Jens Harder, born in 1970, studied graphic design at the arts college of Berlin-Weißensee and is now working as a freelancing graphic artist and illustrator in Berlin. His first published work - the...

Hanna Harms, born in 1994, was awarded the 2020 Ginco Award in the category “Best Non-Fiction Comic” for Milk Without Honey.

Hailing from the beautiful state of Baden-Württemberg, "Haertel_Comics" works in various areas of the creative industry. However, his passion lies in comics! For a long time, you have been able to...

Born 1997 in Rostock. I love drawing, writing, composing and theatre since early age. I finished my Master in Angicism in Regensburg this year. The univerities library did publish my english graphic...

Ray Henderson is a comic artist of Hungarian origin. Since 2019, he has been working on and publishing "The Devil's Daughter", a story about a young witch who can communicate with the...

Radio producer, comic artist, electronic musician from beautiful Offenbach at the sea.

Claus Daniel Herrmann, born in Cologne in 1981, is a freelance designer, animator, illustrator, photographer, and comic artist. His comic story “In our garden” is published by Jaja Verlag...

Karen Hertfelder (*1996, Bonn) lives and works in Kassel, Germany, as a comic author and illustrator. Currently, she is also working as the lead organizer for the Turning Pages Comicfestival in...

Maximilian studies graphic design at the HGB Leipzig. He made a lot of comic strips for Jazam! and Mondo and his own daily blog "Hillerkillers Zeugblog". In 2015 he won the ICOM independent...

Carine Hinder is a french author and illustrator. Her colourful, dynamic, soft and joyful works have been awarded multiple prizes including the "Prix Renaudot" in 2013. She illustrated...

Since graduating in 2004 from the University of Arts Berlin, Jacob Hinrichs has been working as a freelance artist for almost 20 years. His work has been published internationally, amonst others by...

Gregor Hinz couldn't even draw noses back then. Now he draws entire elephants. He was born in Rostock, started school in Vienna, graduated from high school and earned his degree in Berlin, and is...

Sarah-Lisa is a freelance illustrator specializing in fun characters and colorful illustrations for a variety of fields, including children's books, comics, mascot designs, and animation. As a...

Sascha Hommer was born in 1979 and lives in Hamburg. He studied illustration and communication design at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW Hamburg) under Anke Feuchtenberger and ATAK...

Born 1984, Haiko Hörnig spent his childhood in his parents’ comic bookstore, where he developed a love for sequential art at an early age. After a stint as copywriter for various international...

Josef Hölzl alias Huawa Sepp, born in 1963, lives mainly as a freelance artist in Chiemgau and is also involved in comic drawing. Because this is the ideal medium to tell stories pictorially and,...

Sarah Hübner, who grew up in a small village in Schleswig-Holstein, now lives in Wismar on the Baltic Sea. She has been the best customer of the comics section at the mobile library since 2004. From...

Antje Hubold, born in 1978, is a freelance illustrator, comic book writer, graphic designer and mother. She lives and works in Mecklenburg and is a member of the artists’ collective POPPY Field...

Hufi is a concept and storyboard artist from Bavaria. He works on animated formats such as "Mali – Abenteuer am Riff" and "Fieps – Ein Spatz in der Großstadt" (both on...

Hugi, friends call him Marcel “Hugi” Hugenschütt, always remaind true to drawing. Instead his succesful career as foot model and as producer of music, which is meant to serve as defence...

Sonja Hugi was born in Switzerland, where she studied graphic design at the School of Design Bern and Biel before moving to Berlin in 2006. Even as a child, and especially as a teenager, she was...

Albert Hulm lives and works as a freelance illustrator and storyboard artist in Berlin. His publications include "Schleich Dinosaurs Comic", illustrations for short stories in c't...

Board member of the Interessenverband des Comic e. V. ICOM, publisher of "COMIC!-Jahrbuch", "Comiczeichner im Dialog", "Die vergessenen Fälle des Sherlock Holmes" (...

Frida began drawing and painting at the age of eleven. Her early works focused on animals and nature, but over time she developed a penchant for portraits and dark figures. As the daughter of an...

Jindřich Janíček was born in Znojmo in 1990. He is a graduate of Tomas Bata University in Zlín and the Studio of Illustration at UMPRUM. A sought-after book graphic artist and illustrator, he is a...

André lives and works in the Münsterland region. He works in training development and as a lecturer. He draws cartoons, illustrations and comics. On Toonsup, he can be found under the name andrejan.

Java lives in Munich and plays the banjo and nose flute in his spare time. He also enjoys drawing cartoons and comics, which then appear on his blog, on toonsUp and in Comicaze e. V. publications. He...

Robert "Jazze" Niederle, born in Vienna in 1964, has been publishing satirical comics in various styles since the 1980s, including three albums of "Privatdetektiv Elmer" and the...

Jenny Jinya's comics about the "Loving Reaper" have been making their way around the internet since 2019, and have now found their way into the benevolent hands of various publishers...

Joachim Guhde (Jo84) was born in Bad Oeynhausen in 1965. Since 1984, he has published several hundred widely distributed publications in the German fan scene as an author, illustrator, ink artist and...

JoDo Flamingo opens his colourful plumage for this year's Erlangen Comic Salon. In his nest, you'll find original illustrations, buttons, keychains, stickers, and prints. This year, his booth...

Sabine Jonas, also known as Bini, is a certified communication designer and illustrator from Munich. To combine her passion for creativity and art with her love of talking, she launched her YouTube...

Illustrator and comic artist Nele Jongeling, born in 1996, studied communication design in Düsseldorf and graphic storytelling in Brussels. Her work is mostly autobiographical and explores topics...

Born in 1972 in Erlangen, Germany. Lives and works as an illustration artist and graphic printer in Erlangen. Studied Media Illustration in Hamburg, followed by Printmaking at the University of...

Berrin Jost lives and works as a freelance communication designer and comic artist in Munich. Her most recently self-published major work “Somnium” is about nightmares from which you can...

What happens when you meet your own dinosaur and live a good life with it? This is a picture book series for dinosaur fans who want to delve deeper into the topic of psychology and how to master life...

Fay Linda Jussel is a comic artist and bookseller based in Zwettl/Austria. Since 2024, she has published five independent comics.

Kaethe Butcher is a German artist based in Leipzig. She did her BA in Fashion Design in Berlin and studied MA Illustration at UAL in London. Her signature style is a passionate pencil line,...

Kolja Kähler orginally comes from Berlin, but now lives in Munich as a freelance software developer, game developer and, for a few years now, comic artist. His stories usually revolve around cuddly...

Dark fantasy meets meme culture, and queer identity takes shape in vibrant, chaotic and unapologetically weird creations. Karashi celebrates the power of humour and imagination. Crafting creatures...

Since 2004 Sabine Karmazin works as graphic designer as "Sasin Design" - located in the southern area of Munich. Her personal brand originated from her own creation: the herbalism dragon...

Vanessa Karré is an illustrator, comic artist, and musician. Her illustrations have been published by various publishers (Tropen, Anette Betz, Obelisk) and magazines (Das Magazin, Jitter, Süddeutsche...

The artist works as a colorist alongside Thierry Capezzone at "Petzi" ensuring the right color scheme.

Raul C.O. Kauke (born 1970) is a versatile, multimedia artist who has been producing and publishing comics, novels, music, and short films since his youth. Since the early 1990s, he has been a member...

Kaydee Artistry (Kristina Stroh) is a comic artist, author, illustrator and lecturer from the Rhineland – and feels most at home somewhere between morbid fascination and a loss of narrative...

Regina Kehn is one of Germany’s most renowned children’s book illustrators. She has illustrated books by numerous acclaimed authors, including Kirsten Boie, Michael Ende, Cornelia Funke,...

Berlin-based Lara Keilbart is an author, journalist and producer (of podcasts). She also works as a speaker and sensitivity counselor (for queer/trans topics). Since 2019 she took on the role of...

Keizumi is a pink creature who is actually home to a goth. She loves dark, emotional, and bittersweet stories, yet she also has a soft spot for fluffy romances. Surrealistic and metaphor-rich works...

Keja Blank, also known as Kerstin Jans, is a part-time freelance illustrator and graphic designer from the beautiful Baroque town of Ludwigsburg, with a second home in the world of fantasy. For over...

Marita Kelbl (*1996) studied illustration at the Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Design and Art at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen. She gained artistic experience in Portugal, the Unites States,...

Verena Kern is a freelance illustrator and comic artist from Kassel, fascinated by life’s quiet (and sometimes absurd) moments and the chaotic, complex worlds inside our heads. Dragons often...

Jessica Kikisch is a manga artist born in Trier in 1993. In 2020, she self-published her comic "Glühbirnchen" (Little Lightbulb) as a book, and in 2022, she released the short stories...

Kin is a digital creator who specialises digital media and designs 2D artworks of fantasy creatures and original characters. She combines unique animals with magical colours and draws inspiration...

Born in 1960. Children’s books or animated films, long-running comic series or quick cartoons, World War II with anthropomorphic animal characters or Fix and Foxi, booklets for young bank...

Ivo Kircheis works as an illustrator and comic artist in Dresden since 2005. His speciality are large-format wimmelpictures for enterprises, institutions and publishers. He also publishes humorous...

Kiri's Fisch Tisch offers a variety of handprinted linocuts and risoprints. You'll find anything from zines and mini comics (including poetry and eel love stories), to cards, prints, and...

kL52 aka Sebastian Lohmaier has been working as a graffiti artist and illustrator for more than 15 years now. At a very early stage in his career he already developed his own style by combining...

Reinhard Kleist (b. 1970) is one of Germany’s most renowned comic artists. He has published numerous comics, including works with publishers such as Egmont, Landpresse, Reprodukt, Edition 52,...

Katja Klengel, born in 1988, is a German comic artist and screenwriter from Berlin. She studied art at the HfbK Dresden and screenwriting at the DFFB in Berlin. On Instagram she posts...

Hannes Klesse: Self-taught artist—Hulk fan—full-time teacher of physiology and anatomy, among other things—has been drawing for as long as he can remember—has been publishing...

Ayşe Klinge, born in Berlin in 1990, works as a freelance illustrator in Hamburg. She illustrates children’s books such as the adventures of “Kami and Mika” (with Regina Feldmann,...

Chris Kloiber lives and works in Bad Mergentheim. He is the head and most prolific illustrator/writer at Plem Plem Productions. He has created titles such as “The Changer”, “Dopey...

Graphic artist Susanne Köhler from Frankfurt graduated from the Offenbach University of Art and Design. She has been drawing our lives here and now with a sharp pen since 2012. These are, for example...

Born 1976 in Erlangen, lives and works in Berlin now. She studied graphic design in Nuremberg and Berlin. 2006 founding of Musenstube, 2011 founding of Jaja Verlag. Publications: "U-Bahn Pupse...

Kolja has built up a reputation as a freelance illustrator with an artistic focus in recent years. He turned more strongly to art shortly after completing his design studies and mainly paints large-...

Hanco Kolk (born in 1957 in Den Helder, the Netherlands) is an award-winning comic artist and author who has been active since 1984. He studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, where he...

Born in 1976, he is known for, among other things, the first two 24-hour comics in Vienna and the documentary film “Notes On Breakcore”. From 2016 to 2019, he worked on his first graphic...

Edea Kontio is a freelance manga artist from Finland. She has been enamoured with the topic since her childhood and found the love for comic making in 2016 with her debut project “Journey...

Ines Korth is a comic artist, illustrator and author from Langenfeld, Germany. In 2018, her first comic book, “Massu, Blacksmith's Daughter”, was published by Schwarzer Turm. In 2022...

Verena is a young illustrator from Stuttgart. She has enjoyed drawing and painting since childhood. Her other great passion is animals, including dogs, cows, giraffes and penguins. Through her...

Judith Kranz, born in Munich in 1989, studied art history in Vienna before moving to Hamburg in 2016 to study illustration at the University of Applied Sciences. Her comic debut, "Soma,”...

Marlene Krause was born in the Ruhr area in 1984. In 2010 she received her diploma from HAW Hamburg, class Feuchtenberger. In 2012 she completed her Masters at the UdK Berlin, class Wagenbreth. 2007-...

Josephine Kreischer has been living and working as a freelance artist and illustrator in Mannheim since 2018. Her artworks are characterised by her love and fascination for nature – its power,...

Isabel Kreitz, born in 1967, has published numerous comics in various formats over the past three decades. In addition to her graphic novels such as "Die Sache mit Sorge", "Haarmann...

Krel is a Swiss author and artist active in comics and teaching. After two self-published titles (ROI and Le prix du pignon), he published La Révolution des Fourmis (Pépites Club, 2022), a silent...

A little neon and a lot of black.

Noëlle Kröger (he/she), born in 1997, studied illustration at the University of Applied Sciences (HAW) in Hamburg. The stories they tell mostly revolve around gender, theater, and false dichotomies,...

Hannah is 28 and a freelance illustrator from Münster. For her, illustration is a bit like solving a puzzle: racking her brains, tinkering, failing, and drawing until an idea becomes the best...

“Give the boy a piece of paper and a few pencils and he will occupy himself all day.” In fact, this saying from his mother in the 1960s makes a pretty good life motto for an illustrator...

Born in 1954 in Rostock. Lives in Aachen. Main focus: hidden object pictures, postcards, cartoons and illustrations. Motifs of cities (including Aachen, Cologne, Munich, Rostock), vintage cars,...

Anke Kuhl, born in 1970 in Frankfurt am Main, is an illustrator, author and comic artist. With “Alle Kinder. Ein ABC der Schadenfreude” and “Alles Familie!” – the latter...

Susanne Kuhlendahl lives in Tönisvorst on the Lower Rhine. She is an illustrator and author of graphic novels. Some have been self-published: “Die Geigerin” (The Violinist), “Das...

Born in 1979, she studied communication design and fine arts at HAW Hamburg. Antonia Kühn lives in Hamburg, where she works as a freelance writer and illustrator. Her work has been exhibited on...

Katharina Kulenkampff studied Visual Communication at the Kunsthochschule Berlin Weißensee. Her clients include The New Yorker, The New York Times, Süddeutsche Zeitung, ZeitLeo, Maro Verlag and...

After graduating from design school in Munich with a diploma, Thomas joined the collaborative studio DIE ARTILLERIE in 1998. In 2019, he founded the collaborative studio REAKT · R in Munich...

Frieda Kunert is a comic artist and illustrator from Hanover. Working primarily with brush and ink or digitally, she has found her second home in the horror genre (with a preference for body horror...

Jonathan Kunz is a writer, illustrator, lecturer and publisher based in Saarbrücken, Germany. Over the course of nine years, he developed the Master's programme in Comics/Graphic Novels at the...

Jonathan Kunz is a German comic book author, illustrator, and lecturer. Since 2011, he has been working with Elizabeth Pich on the successful webcomic “War and Peas,” which has several...

Levin Kurio, born in 1977 in Steinburg, Germany, is not only the founder and publisher of Weissblech Comics, but also an author, illustrator and colourist. Series titles such as "Horrorschocker...

Falko Kutz von Carnap has been appearing with increasing frequency as a guest writer in "Horrorschocker" since 2015. He can’t quite explain why the publisher keeps accepting his...

Kynocy is an illustrator and comic artist with a heart for rats, dinosaurs and character design. Their work often consists of a mix between analogous ink drawings and digital colouring. At their...

The Catalan comic artist Jordi Lafebre is one of the defining voices of contemporary European comics. With his clear, elegant line and a sharp sense of timing, he crafts stories that effortlessly...

André Lammert is a cartoonist, comic artist, illustrator, animator, and freelance media designer from Osnabrück with a versatile drawing style. Among other things, he has left his artistic mark on...

Rinah Lang studied illustration in the Netherlands and Scotland and lived in Paris for a while before moving to Berlin, where she now lives with her family. "Peri Meno" is her first graphic...

Julian and Lea are on the road at comic conventions as speed artists. For €10 each, you can get a 5-minute sketch from them while browsing through Julian’s comics or digging through prints and...

Matthias Lehmann, born in Dresden in 1983, completed his studies and master's degree at the Dresden University of Fine Arts. He wrote and illustrated the comic "Claude Monet" (Prestel...

Till Lenecke (born 1972 in Hamburg) has gained professional experience as a printer, educator, postman and sailor. In 2011, Lenecke began studying design, which he successfully completed with a...

Doris is true Munich native and connects science and art. As an archaeologist, she works in heritage conservation and creates scientific graphics and illustrations for museums. Her short comics have...

- Born in 1940 in Lausanne - 1969-74 Lived in the USA with family - 1974 Moved to Germany and began a lifelong passion for needle and thread - Teaching children and adults in Germany and abroad -...

LICHIcus are drawings with stories—some fictional, many suspiciously autobiographical. As an artist, comedian, and certified “grown-up kid” with a rather impressive collection of...

Lilli Loge (born 1979 in a small town in East Germany) studied fine arts at the HfBK Dresden between 2004 and 2010, where she developed her distinctive black-and-white, psychologically driven drawing...

Victoria Lomasko’s practice of graphic reportage synthesizes image and text, taking the form of novels, journalism, comics and monumental murals. A renowned dissident voice in the highly...

As a lifelong fan of comics (as well as cartoons, animated features and stop-motion films), I can look back on a career as an art- and creative director here in Germany and in the USA. And the...

Stephan is a freelance illustrator from Hamburg. Commercially, he specialises in simple vector illustration, but in his private life he is passionate about drawing, character design and, of course,...

Lena enjoys drawing in her spare time. She has taught herself to draw in various techniques. She prefers to paint with watercolours, but also uses coloured pencils or alcohol markers. Her favourite...

Lucie Lučanská is an illustrator, author of children books and comic author, who lives in Prague, Czechia. She studied at the UMPRUM in Prague in the Illustration and Book Design Studio under the...

Surya Lüdcke, originally from Heidelberg, is 18 years old and grew up in Munich. Although she had an interest in drawing from an early age, she only began to pursue it seriously during the COVID-19...

Melanie Lüdtke (*1997) is a comic-author and illustrator. She spent her entire life in West-Berlin before moving to Kassel in 2015 to study Comic and Illustration under Hendrik Dorgathen at...

Viktor Ludvik is a storyteller. He writes and draws his own stories. Through them he invites us into far away worlds and distant timelines filled with curious problems and people that seem familiar...

Heiner Lünstedt is a comics journalist and author. He was born in Hamburg in 1960 and lives in Munich. He writes for Comixene and Die Sprechblase, among others, and has been running the website...

Ulli Lust, born in Vienna in 1967, is an Austrian comic artist and illustrator. Her comic "Today Is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life" (avant-verlag) received widespread international...

Ferdinand Lutz, born in 1987, is a comic artist and publisher. His series “Q-R-T” has been published monthly in “Dein SPIEGEL” since 2011. In 2021, he founded Péridot Verlag,...

Alex Mage's focus is on self-published comics and zines, illustrations and prints. The personal works are mostly oriented towards internet culture, pop culture and music scene, absurdities and...

Pandora Magri is a freelance illustrator and comic artist from the Ruhr area. She earned her bachelor's degree at Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts, and then moved to Münster for...

Nicolas Mahler, born in 1969, lives in Vienna, where he works as a comic artist and illustrator. His comic strips and cartoons have been published in newspapers and magazines in Germany, Switzerland...

Mandy, also known as Mähnds, is a true northerner. After studying to be a teacher, she decided to pursue a career in illustration. Since 2019, she has been living in Hamburg and studying for a degree...

Wauter Mannaert, born in 1978, is a Belgian illustrator and comic book author. He studied animated film at the LUCA School of Arts in Brussels. His work “Chef Yasmina and the Potato Panic...

Ever since he could hold a pen, Ralf has been drawing characters and creating stories. After a detour via an apprenticeship in printing, he studied communication design, specialising in graphic...

Josephine Mark studied cultural and media education in Merseburg, while also designing album covers, posters, and flyers for bands and student projects. She has been publishing comics and cartoons...

Mark and Draw was born Markus Androsch in Vienna in 1976 and began drawing his first comics at the age of 12. In his youth, the multi-talented artist worked as a web designer, rapper, sound engineer...

Wolf Matzl is an animator and illustrator from Vienna. Together with Moana Rom, he runs a small yet fine animation studio focusing on handcrafted techniques – from paper cut-outs and puppets to...

Markus Witzel, also known as Mawil, was born in Berlin in 1976, where he still lives today. Even while in school, he published his comics in fanzines and anthologies. After graduating from high...

Dominik Mayer is a German illustrator focused on dark fantasy art. Vibrant colors, dynamic compositions, and the use of geometric shapes make his art striking and unique. He studied illustration and...

A master student of Johannes Grützke. He studied fine art, served as Johannes Grützke’s teaching assistant at the art academy for several semesters, and won the class prize there twice. He...

Jörg Menge was born in Leipzig in 1960. From 1983 to 1988, he studied painting/graphics at the Berlin Weissensee School of Art and has been working as a freelance painter and graphic artist ever...

Dominik Merscheid makes music for children and adults. As a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, but also as a sound effects artist, voice impersonator and hospital clown, he is always on the...

Hi! I’m Maike, an illustrator, designer and comic artist from Münster. In 2025, I completed my master’s degree in design at Münster University of Applied Sciences. I’ve always had a...

Denis Metz, born in 1974 in Wipperfürth, draws cartoons for Titanic, Eulenspiegel, taz, Süddeutsche Zeitung, the Wadden Sea National Park and is the initiator of the annual cartoon festival "...

Mia's drawings are heavily inspired by her home, the Black Forest, with a little touch of Area 51. She is currently working on her own comic, “Granddaughter from Outer Space.” You’ll be able to grab...

Valérie Minelli is an illustrator and comic artist, best known for her webcomic "Mrs.Frollein". Her comics often touch on the ups and downs of her relationship, nostalgia, and the little...

Luise Mirdita, born in 1994 in Freilassing, studied illustration at HAW Hamburg with a focus on children’s books and comics. She currently lives and works in Munich. In 2023, her comic debut,...

Véro is a certified biologist and freelance comic artist. Her passion is to communicate science through images and stories. The question of what it actually takes for us to talk to each other,...

Albert Mitringer (born 1991) lives in Vienna, where he studied graphic design at the University of Applied Arts. He works with all forms of visual storytelling, but focuses mainly on comics,...

Moom Comics is a small independent comic publisher based in Berlin. Their stories revolve around queer characters – with their own voices, emotions, and realities. They explore love, identity,...

Lenz Mosbacher, born in 1993, works as a word and image artist and exhibition designer in Vienna. Collaborations with the Niederösterreichische Landesausstellung 2019 and the Museum of Lower Austria...

Lisa Schmidt is a scientific illustrator and comic artist from Nuremberg, Germany. She teaches Visual Storytelling at Ansbach University of Applied Sciences and Storyboarding at the Faber-Castell...

Clara is 27, a freelance illustrator, and lives in Münster. She completed her bachelor’s degree at the Münster School of Design in 2025. She has had a passion for comics all her life. In her...

Eva Müller lives and works in Hamburg as a comic artist and cultural worker. Her stories are published internationally and have received numerous awards. Her debut graphic novel, "Sterben ist...

The artist's great joy in storytelling, combined with a love of vibrant visual worlds, is evident in his publications. At Hirntot Comix, the artist presents his latest comic, "Terror in the...

With their hard-boiled stories featuring ex-policeman Alack Sinner, the Argentine duo Carlos Sampayo (script) and José Muñoz (artwork) have been enriching the world of comics since the 1970s! In...

Steff Murschetz works as a cartoonist and author.

Daniele Murtas is a comic artist and writer from Cagliari (Italy). He has contributed with comics and illustrations to various self-published zines and magazines, such as "Las Tres Plumas...

Michael H. Musal, born in Wiesbaden in 1957, is a prolific international artist and writer known for his contributions to comics, animation, games and literature. Trained at the Famous Artists School...

Claudia Schöne, also known as Nana, was born in Frankfurt am Main in 1967 and lives in Munich. She is a freelance set designer, curator, editorial board member and treasurer at Comicaze e. V., and...

Narr is an illustrator and comic artist from Germany. Her motifs vary depending on which worlds she is currently getting lost in, but can usually be united by antique, sacred, or classical symbolism...

Jens Natter, born in 1975, lives with his family in Hamburg. Since 2015, the originally qualified social education worker has worked exclusively as an illustrator and comic artist. His focus in the...

As a freelance illustrator, Neavaa's focus is on fantasy. Her work combines a detailed style with magical worlds, strong female protagonists, and cute animals. She collaborates with a variety of...

There is only so much merch from your favourite franchise you can collect before you run out of room. Therefore Nerd-Gilde decided to create a nerd crafting collective that aims to provide you with...

Born on 10 September 1963 in the Paul-Gerhard-Stift in Berlin-Wedding, which immediately closed its gynaecology department, Guido Neukamm lives and works in Berlin. At school he was known for his...

Lisa Neun was born in Vienna and has lived in Erlangen since 1988. She is actually a computer scientist, but has been drawing and loving comics since her youth. As one of the first webcomic artists...

Was born in 1985 in Offenbach am Main and studied communication design at Mainz University of Applied Sciences. After earning his degree, he moved to Hamburg, where he worked as a 2D animator in the...

Christoph Niemann (*1970) is an artist, author and animator. His illustrations are frequently featured on the covers of The New Yorker, and The New York Times Magazine. Niemann’s oeuvre has...

Whales are Noa's favorite animal. You'll find them in many of Noa's illustrations, slipping into various roles; be it puns or LGBTQ* activism. On stickers, prints and handmade linocut...

Jannes Nowak studied communication design in Kiel and has lived and drawn in Bremen for over 10 years. His comics appear in publications such as Pure Fruit Magazine.

*Born in Flawil in 1973. After training as a textile designer in Herisau, she studied illustration at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. She has been working as a freelance artist...

Born in 1995, is a comic artist and illustrator and has lived in Hamburg since 2015. She completed a Bachelor’s degree in Illustration and a Master’s degree in Graphic Narrative at the...

*Born in Thun in 1992, he is a freelance comic artist, butcher and musician. He is a co-founder of the organic butcher’s shop La Boulotte. In 2023, he received the comic grant from the German-...

Behind “Wimmel & Hölle” is Munich-based illustrator and comic book author Uli Oesterle (aka Der Ulistrator). At the 2026 Comic Salon, he will showcase his work as a hidden-object...

Andrea Olberding, also known as Lascah, is a self-taught illustrator from the Würzburg area who loves to conjure up cute, magical, whimsical, and lively characters on paper using the brightest...

Sole Otero, born in 1985 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, graduated with a degree in textile design from the University of Buenos Aires in 2010. For her comic “Naphthalin” (published in German...

Oliver Ottitsch has been drawing and entertaining those around him since his school days with wicked punchlines and cheeky jokes, as an antidote to the impositions of a merciless existence. Instead...

Outlines e.V. brings together creatives from and around Bremen through comics, drawing, printing and similar projects. Outlines wants to support its members in realising their own ideas, while...

Melisa Ozkul, born in 1997, is a Swiss comic author. She graduated in visual communication from ESBDI Geneva and holds a Bachelor's degree from HEAD, and works as a freelance illustrator and...

Paul Paetzel was born in Berlin. He studied illustration at the UdK Berlin and graduated as a master student in 2012. In 2008, he founded his own publishing house, Edition Biografiktion, with Till...

Sarah, also known as PALÄA, is an illustrator and tattoo artist from Ostfildern near Stuttgart. She specialises in paleoart (dinosaurs & co.), flora & fauna, and horror/gore. At her booth,...

Panels is an ongoing, self-published comic magazine. Since 2024, new volumes are released twice per year and home comics by various authors and illustrators. Thematically and stylistically open,...

Paralilac is an artist and graphic designer based in Germany. She loves to create ever new shapes inspired by the beautiful and sometimes bizzare forms of nature. Her art is deeply influenced by...

Anna Paßlick is a cartoonist and social anthropologist (M.A.) based in Berlin. In her work, she combines visual storytelling with a desire to make knowledge more accessible to a wide range of...

Lorenzo Pastrovicchio (born February 15, 1971, in Trieste) is an Italian comic book artist who works primarily for Walt Disney Italia. He has been drawing Disney characters since 1993. His brother,...

Marius Pawlitza, born in 1984, has always had the urge to express himself artistically and has been drawing practically since he could hold a pencil. After studying communication design, Marius...

Pere Pérez draws exclusively for Marvel and is currently weaving his way through the Spider-Verse. Spider-Man, Spider-Gwen... Spider-whatever—no matter which friendly neighborhood spiderweb-...

Rudolph Perez is a comic book writer and artist, illustrator, and cartoonist. He is a co-founder and regular contributor to “ZEBRA, the sophisticated German comic magazine,” which is...

Giada Perissinotto (born May 4, 1974) is an Italian comic artist. She was a big comic fan even as a child and used to draw her own stories with friends. She has been working for Disney since 2001,...

Mike Perkins has worked for all the major U.S. publishers and put his artistic talent into all the major superheroes. Whether it’s Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, or the Hulk, Perkins has brought...

Raised between Germany and Sweden Studied in Frankfurt am Main Since 2011, freelance illustrator and author specializing in editorial, print, books, and comics 2013-15 Illustration projects and...

Elizabeth Pich is a German-American comic artist who lives and works in Saarbrücken. She grew up in the US before returning to Germany. She studied computer science at Saarland University and...

Nicolino Picone was born in 1988 in Campobasso, where he attended art high school. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna with a degree in Comics and Illustration. He made his debut as...

Jutta Pilgram grew up in Trier and studied sociology and literature in Hamburg, Aachen, Granada, and St. Louis. Before becoming a comic artist, she worked for many years as an editor at the...

Cynthia Campanario Pineda (born 1993) is a Spanish comic artist. From 2009 to 2011, she attended the Escola d'Art Pau Gargallo in Badalona (Barcelona). Later, she graduated in Fine Arts from the...

Pirate.Queen.Arts stands for anime art combined with storytelling. That's why you'll recognize them immediately. Besides many OCs (original characters), you'll also find some fan art from your...

Pizzadragons offers zines, prints, stickers, postcards and, of course, a comic. Also, feel free to talk to Pizzadragons if you want to have a conversation about about mushrooms, mythical creatures or...

Mara Placinta studies Visual Communication in Braunschweig. She loves illustration, great fonts, and the color green. She's also perhaps a little too enthusiastic about paper textures and good...

Christina Plaka is one of the first generation of German mangaka. Back in 2002, at the age of 19, she took part in the “Manga Talente” drawing competition at the Leipzig Book Fair, where...

PLOP is an independent comic zine that has been published for over 40 years as a platform for up-and-coming artists. Several artists who later became professional comic artists, such as Stefan Dinter...

Mikuláš Podprocký is originally from Slovakia; he lives and works in Prague. Born in 1978, he studied at the Studio of Free 3D Creativity under Prof. Juraj Bartusz at the Technical University of...

Moni Port, born in 1968 on the Moselle, is an illustrator, graphic designer, and author. She has published numerous books, both on her own – such as her most recent work, "Mein tröstliches...

Hello, I'm Tim Posem. I enjoy painting, drawing and crafting. I'm always open for any lucrative tasks. Feel free to have a look at my work on my website.

Lina is a fashion designer with a passion for comics, manga, and anime. She has made it her mission to create unique jewelry and accessories. Her handmade products are crafted with great attention to...

Ella makes art using the vector brush. She creates comics, zines, stickers, and whatever she feels like making. She just loves creating things.

The creator of the character Rudi, Peter Puck, was born in 1960 in Heidenheim / Brenz. Later he studied Empirical Cultural Studies and Modern German Literature in Tübingen. His first "Rudi...

Freelance author and illustrator Sara Pütter combines language, drawing, and art to create multifaceted visual worlds. Sometimes humorous, sometimes contemplative, her work is characterised by a...

Ingeborg Rabiata storms through the world with a neon-coloured mane, cyberpunk vibes, and an unwavering “Love Music – Hate Fascism” heart. Between Zelda sessions, everyday...

Radacs is a cyberpunk concept artist and storyteller creating dark, emotionally charged worlds where technology and humanity collide. Her work blends neon-lit aesthetics with subtle vulnerability,...

Filip Raif (*1973) is a Czech illustrator and graphic designer. In his own works, he playfully incorporates elements of mystification to explore the history of his native region – "Jak...

Marina Ramoska is a Brazilian illustrator and comic artist. Since moving to Germany to study Visual Communication four years ago, Marina now lives in Bochum, where she is working on her first graphic...

Ville Ranta, born in 1978 in Oulu, Finland, is one of the most creative minds in Finland’s vibrant comics scene. Together with several colleagues, he founded the publishing house Asema; his...

Lisa Rau's self-published books and comics (manga "Magical Girl Indigo", ICOM award winner "Waldgeflüster", picture book "Hael und die Spiegeltore") enchant with...

Rautie is a comic artist, illustrator, painter, and animator. His work appears in a wide range of media, from photocopied underground comics in limited editions to mainstream magazines, books, films...

Rebel Sprout is a game artist and illustrator who loves creating original characters and worlds. She enjoys telling stories through her art, mixing cute with creepy, and drawing inspiration from the...

Nadine Redlich lives and works as a cartoonist in Düsseldorf. The publication of her style-defining "Ambient Comics" by Rotopol was followed by many more books: after her soulful...

Andrea Reich, born in 1977 in Henstedt-Ulzburg, studied communication design, art direction and 2D animation in Hamburg. In 2003, she won the Hamburg Animation Award for the animated short film...

Carolin Reich draws what she herself would have liked to read as a teenager. She is a comic artist and illustrator from Berlin, specialising in colourful illustrations of confident girls and women,...

(*1978) is a Munich based Comic-Artist and Illustrator for Childrens' Books and Advertisement. He debuted in 2006 with the two Albums "Sticks & Fingers" (Ehapa) and "The Story...

Martina Reißig, aka Tinschx3, loves drawing manga so much! She is a huge fan of manga and anime, and also creates fan art. Furthermore, she is currently working on her very own series, "Hikari...

Robert "Roboto" Rennwanz was born in 1980 in Moers, on the Lower Rhine. He has been active in the German indie comic scene for many years, driven by his passion for the medium. As well as...

Marcus Repp (born 1968) lives and works as a freelance illustrator in Aschaffenburg. He designs and creates illustrations for private and commercial clients. His specialty is cartoons, comic strips,...

Alessandra, also known as Ale, Miramundo or Alegria, is a cartoonist and comic author living and working in Neuchâtel. This plurality of names is her way of playing with reality, which is itself...

Rhyfu likes to create fun, colourful art that jumps right out at you. Her work features big shapes, bright colours and a joyful roughness inspired by graffiti, comics, animation, hyperpop and figures...

The freelance consultant and lecturer discovered drawing relatively late in life – but has been pursuing all the more ambitious plans ever since. She is currently working on reimagining her...

Lisa Rock was born in Berlin, where she lives and works today. After finishing school, she first moved to Paris and then to Dublin, where she studied Fine Art at the National College of Art and...

Kathrin Rödl ist Illustratorin, Comiczeichnerin und Autorin. Sie studierte Illustration und Informationsdesign in Nürnberg, London und Würzburg. Seitdem entwickelt sie eigene Buchkonzepte oder...

Arnulf Rödler is a freelance comic book writer, illustrator of album covers for various bands, and lead singer of the noise band STIRB. His comic projects include the graphic novel “Falso: The...

Paco Rodriguez Peinado has been working as a professional comic artist since 1989 and is originally from Barcelona; he has been drawing Disney comics since 1991. He began his career at studios such...

German comic artist Ingo Römling is one of the distinctive voices of contemporary genre comics. After studying communication design, he worked as an illustrator and art director before focusing...

RON is the founder of the comic community toonsUp.com and has published, among others, "Animal Athletics", toonsUp campaigns (BODO, OSWM, LEO), "Miss Alien - Sexy Girls aus Deiner...

The name Roqpools is inspired by “Rockpools” – small, self-contained underwater worlds revealed at low tide. Similar worlds emerge in his work: nerdy, weird, and slighty dreamlike...

Mikael Ross has been an avid reader and drawer of comics from an early age and only came to the ninth art via detours. Born in Munich in 1984, he initially trained as a theatre cutter at the Bavarian...

Piero Ruggeri is an Italian architect, illustrator and comic artist born in Bologna. For his comics he collaborates with Filippo Neri for the black & white and does the coloring himself. He...

Ingrid Sabisch was born in Nuremberg in 1972 and currently lives there, too. She's a free illustrator and drawer of comics and graphic novels. Her main focus lies on historical themes and...

Alongside her studies in Media Studies, Merve Şahin writes her own stories. She is currently working on her graduation comic project: a fantasy story about a witch set in the Celtic era. Merve is the...

Julia Heinemann will be reading "Heimlich, Still und leise" with Anna Backhausen on stage at Comic Solidarity (kubic, 1st floor).

Sainab Sakhizada is a member of the Online Design Class, where she has developed her knowledge and skills in the field of comics. She wants to work as a comic book writer and artist. She has a...

Sakimake is a traditional illustrator from Germany. Her work primarily consists of pieces rooted in botany and biology, ranging from naturalistic and almost whimsical to darker aesthetics. Her...

Özge Samancı, a media artist and graphic novelist, is an associate professor at Northwestern University’s School of Communication. Her interactive installations have been exhibited...

Sami.art is an artist from Dresden, who draws in the traditional way. She creates realistic portraits, fan art and prefers futuristic landscapes with attractive men. She stays true to her realistic...

It's wonderful that you're visiting me here. "I soak up the humor from everyday life," the line reminds me that I had the privilege of studying the great cartoonists for many years...

Sarisnek is an artist with a passion for horror, dark vibes and queer couples (sometimes sweet, sometimes cursed, often both at the same time). In 2018, she graduated with a diploma in Comics and...

Florian Satzinger is an Austrian author and character designer working in the fields of animated film, computer games and comics, among others, for Warner Bros., Disney and Zanuck Family...

Born and raised in Berlin. After studying visual communication at the UdK Berlin, she worked as a freelance illustrator for publishing houses, editorial offices and agencies. Numerous works in the...

Matt Schäfer, also known as Matthias Schäfer, was born in 1970 in Kaufbeuren in the Allgäu region and has lived in Munich since 1994. He has been drawing comics since early childhood. The first...

Following his own work for the American market and projects such as “The Witcher” and “Avengers”, the Nuremberg-based artist is currently taking on the “Dark X-Men...

Manon Scharstein grew up in Berlin and initially studied film and theatre studies at the Free University of Berlin. After graduating, she moved to Saarbrücken to undertake further studies, this time...

Aaron is a freelance illustrator and comic book artist. He specialises in animal illustrations with storytelling through detailed backgrounds. For the past year, he's been attending conventions...

Bettina Schipping was born in Düsseldorf in 1967. After studying Visual Communication at Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences, she worked as a graphic designer and illustrator for various...

Johanna "Schlogger" Baumann is a freelance visual artist who supports change processes in companies. She's the editor of the award-winning "Fuck Yeah" calendar. Her diploma...

Sabrina Schmatz, also known online as Sabu - employee at day but artist at night. From a young age, she developed the ambition and drive to improve her skills and soon began creating her own stories...

Claudya Schmidt is a comic artist, creature designer, and fantasy illustrator with a strong focus on worldbuilding. She is the creator of "MYRE – The Chronicles of Yria" and "...

From 1983 to 2015, Kim Schmidt wrote and illustrated the comic strip "Öde" for the Flensburg paper Moin Moin, which has been available since 2017 as the complete edition "Das war Öde...

Marius Schmidt was born in Braunschweig in 1983, grew up in the Hamburg suburbs and has lived in Berlin since 2002. He studied Fine Arts at the UDK Berlin. Since then, he has been writing and...

The award-winning author and illustrator Christian Schmiedbauer lives in Augsburg on the banks of the River Lech. He is the creator of the honored graphic novel „Menschen am Fluss“ (...

Volker Schmitt is a screenwriter and director. In addition to working on his own feature film projects, he develops material for commissioned TV productions. He also teaches dramaturgy, film analysis...

HI, I am Jonas! I started out as an engineer but just couldn’t stop drawing. So after studying Illustration I have now the fortune to work as an Illustrator and Concept Artist. My work is...

My name is Kevin Schneider, I was born in 1990, and I’ve published a comic under the title KEvinsKAmmerKUnst! This comic is a story set within the FERNE STERNE universe, which originated as a...

Christoph Schöne was born in Munich in 1967, where he still lives today. He is a freelance illustrator and comic artist, co-founder of Comicaze, editor of the free magazines, first board member of...

Sylvia Schörner, also known as “Schörnchen,” studied design in nearby Nuremberg and now lives in Munich. She loves witches and believes that glitter makes everything better. In her day...

Ulrich Schröder (born April 4, 1964, in Aachen) has been working as a comic artist and commercial graphic designer since 1983. From 1989 to 2006, he served as art director at “Disney Publishing...

Samuel Schuhmacher lives and works as a freelance illustrator and comic artist in Zurich. He enjoys everything related to images and stories and has already published several “search-and-find...

Linda Schwalbe is an illustrator and graphic designer from Leipzig, Germany. She studied illustration at University of Art and Design Burg Giebichenstein Halle (BA) and Univerity of Arts in Berlin (...

Author of the comic “Blue Evolution,” published by TheNextArt, and founder of TheNextArt, established in 2004.

Madita Schwenke, born in 1996, studied communication design in Potsdam and illustration in Hamburg, where she currently works as a designer and comic artist alongside her studies. With her loose,...

Shevek K. Selbert was born in Worms in 1981. He studied educational science and philosophy, obtaining a Master’s degree in Mainz, and was awarded a PhD in 2024 from the University of Freiburg...

SeNaeke is a German independent comic artist. At his stand, you can buy many of his self-published comics, such as "HEADLESS" and "Bad Luck Boyz". You can buy whole series, art...

Marianna Serocka is a painter, comic artist and detail-obsessive. From major gallery exhibitions to underground zines, her work bridges the gap between high art and raw expression. Based in Poland,...

Jonas Seufert, born in Würzburg in 1989, worked for ten years as a freelance reporter for publications and broadcasters including DIE ZEIT, Süddeutsche Zeitung, ARD, ZDF, and CORRECTIV. He has been a...

Jiaqi Shen was born and raised in Shanghai. After studying in Tokio, she studies illustration at Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam, Netherlands. In her works, she is mainly interested in...

Siliartist is an aspiring comic and convention artist from Germany. She works part-time as a book and comic illustrator and attends various conventions, where she displays and sells her artwork. Her...

Born in Berkshire, England, in 1945, Posy Simmonds studied art in Paris and then graphic design in London. In 1969, she received her first commission for a serialized comic strip in the newspaper...

Ralf Singh decided to drop out of university in 2015 to pursue his greatest passion: drawing comics. Since then, he has published comics for numerous publishers in Germany, the USA and Italy. Among...

Slinga is an illustrator from Leipzig with an interest in apple spritzer, amphibians, and insects. She publishes books, postcards, and stationery about psychology, emotions, and funny animals.

Thomas Sluzalek is a one-man army of comics-making (artist, inker, writer, colorist, letterer, publisher, designer), known for his comics "Shaolin Grandmaster Killer," "Gorehaus,...

Steve Sluzalek is a comic artist, designer and illustrator who will be presenting his latest work, "BEAST BULLET", at the 2026 Comic Salon. His other works include "Gashapow" (...

Artist, writer, lover of fine comics (and some pretty trashy ones too). Niki Smith’s work is joyously queer, and she is the author of the Lambda Literary Award-nominated graphic novels "...

Bela Sobottke (born in 1975) studied communication design and graduated in June 2000 with a diploma, ranking first in his class. In addition to his four-year training as a graphic designer, he has...

Sofakitty is a freelance illustrator, versatile artist, and proud cat mom – and her love for cats is hard to miss. Her posters, postcards, and stickers are filled with cute and whimsical feline...

Natalia Soleil is an illustrator and designer based in Munich. Originally from St. Petersburg, she speaks German, Russian, and English. After years navigating the whirlwind of commercial freelance...

* Born in 1968 in Staffelbach (CH), she lives and works as a freelance comic artist and illustrator in Zurich. Her illustrations and graphic novels appear in various publications and are published by...

Roya Soraya enjoys telling stories from a feminist perspective and focuses on the diversity and humanity of her characters. Her comic work has been supported with grants from, among others, the...

SpacePoliceArt has made it his mission to create small everyday objects with his designs and colourful motifs. His creations range from stickers, sticker books, sparkling suncatchers, cute acrylic...

Daniel Speh, born 1973. Comic reader, occasional cartoonist and humorist.

Comic artist and illustrator Ika Sperling, born in Mainz in 1996, studied illustration at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences. In addition to her work as an illustrator and comic book writer,...

Johannes Stahl – aka jo1981991, aka goblin.inker, ex joemadethis, ex blockprintscum – has been publishing drawings, comics, graphics and experimental amateur ambient fantasy noise since...

Sebastian Stamm was born in Naila in Upper Frankonia in 1983. He works as an illustrator, game artist and professor for Game Art & Interactive Illustration at the Hochschule Ansbach. Stamm’...

starenflug draws sapphic motives, loves water colours, textures, and playing with colour. She illustrates her own short stories with romantic themes.

Claudio Stassi is a comic artist, illustrator, and comic teacher at Escola Joso in Barcelona. Throughout his career, he has drawn for the most important European publishers in the industry,...

Erik Staub was born in the 1970s with a passion for dinosaur toys and sculpting. As a teenager, he began to draw and paint. At the same time, he picked up photography, in order to create reference...

Tine Steen, born in 1965 in Darmstadt, studied painting in Paris, Rotterdam, and at the Städelschule in Frankfurt. She now lives in Berlin, where she works artistically with textile masks and busts,...

Lena Steffinger was born in 1989 in Stuttgart, Germany. She studied psychology in Heidelberg and then illustration and graphic storytelling with Anke Feuchtenberger in Hamburg and Bologna. She now...

"Tex und Bettina" is the story of country singer Tex Connelly, as told by journalist Bettina. Rather than a comic, it is a illustrated novel.

Elke Renate Steiner, born 1971 in Bremen, lives in Berlin. Studied Fine Arts and Visual Communication in Münster/ North Rhine-Westphalia, and several comic seminaries in Erlangen. Drawing live i.a...

Christopher Steininger is the artist on the best-selling "Silverwing" graphic novel series, written by Kenneth Oppel, published by Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, and Guppy Books...

Inga Steinmetz lives and works in Berlin. At the age of 15 she started writing stories and drawing comics, always striving to become a full-time artist one day. Inga is teaching Manga for the German...

Czech illustrator and comic book author. She graduated from the Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Design and Art in Pilsen and has published her short comic stories in a number of domestic (Aargh, Caves,...

I am Stefan Roth, also known as STERO, and I work as a cartoonist, illustrator, and draftsman. At the core of my work is drawing as an independent artistic form of expression—a connection of...

Since 2008, Moritz Stetter has worked freelance as an illustrator and author of graphic novels, as well as a portrait artist, illustrator, and workshop leader. His publications (Knesebeck Verlag,...

Timo Stoffregen is a state-certified animation and comic artist and has been working as a freelance comic artist, illustrator, and author based in Hanover since 2011. Since 2015, he has created his...

Born in 1985 in Wroclaw. Paulina studied communication design in Darmstadt and Krakow from 2007-2012. Besides making comics, she likes to instigate wild discussions about god and the world, works as...

Veronika Sudmann is a freelance illustrator and comic artist. Since graduating from the Münster School of Design with a Bachelor of Arts in 2020, she has worked on commissions and personal projects...

Franz Suess was born in 1961 in Linz and studied painting and graphic arts at the University of Arts Linz. He lives and works in Vienna as an illustrator and is the author and artist of graphic...

Viktoria is interested in granulating watercolours, civic engagement, fountain and dip pens, local democracy projects, turtles, owls, citizen science, science communication, the PRÜF initiative (...

Syjo Art is a German artist who tells stories through comics and short animations. Her comic "Kitty Kommando" follows four cats going on fun and exciting adventures together. Through her...

Tabearg aka Bear is an aspiring concept artist and illustrator for the video game industry. She particularly enjoys drawing fantasy, LGBTQ+ themes, and anything related to the anime- and nerdscene...

Christopher Tauber made a name for himself in the German comic scene in the 90s with self-copied, stapled comic books and fanzines. With unconventional works such as the coloring book "Mal döch...

Tawwy sells all kinds of kawaii-style items with cute animal designs, such as keychains, stickers, enamel pins, sticker books, caps, bookmarks, and much more! She also offers many items in an anime...

Ah! Uh! Team Ectoplasmic are two artists from outer space who are ready to do the timewarp … again!

The artist known as Theo is a prominent European comic illustrator working primarily in the field of historical and narrative-driven genre series. His work is distinguished by a strong realistic...

After studying graphic design and working for several years at an advertising agency, Matthia picked up her pen again, followed her passion, and has been working as an illustrator for children's...

He grew up on Lake Constance and now lives in Munich. Whether he was born with a pencil in his hand can no longer be established beyond doubt. What is certain is that he has always recorded his...

Last year, the “Benno Bonnet” series celebrated its 15th anniversary. To mark the occasion, the long-awaited sixth volume, “Trügerische Rochade,” is being released this year...

Martin tom Dieck was born in 1963 in Oldenburg. After completing his degree in illustration at the Fachhochschule für Gestaltung in Hamburg (Technical University of Design, Hamburg), he published his...

Tomppa lives and works in Potsdam. He has been drawing comics since 2006 and specializes in the American superhero genre. With his series “Der Engel” and “The Counselor” (both...

Frank Tönsing has been active as an artist for many years, among else for the U-Comix magazine. This year, he'll present the "Adventures of the Crew of the Spaceship Short Visit" at the...

Lewis Trondheim, born in Fontainebleau in 1964, is considered one of the pioneers of French comics. This multi-talented and enormously productive illustrator and writer, mostly known in German-...

Roland Trost, born in 1976, is a freelance artist and comic book illustrator. He is a graduate of the comic book programme at the Institut Saint-Luc in Brussels and the Hamburg University of Fine...

Torstn Kauke is a club operator, musician and freelance artist and lives with his family in Offenbach am Main. He started his artistic career in the late 1980s in the Hanau D.I.Y. scene with fanzines...

Ulf K. (that is Ulf Keyenburg), born in 1969 in Oberhausen, is a comic artist and illustrator. He has published comics for children—such as "Pelle & Bruno" (Reprodukt)—as...

Umberto Giampà is an Italian comic artist working in the field of international genre and series comics. His style is defined by dynamic character acting, clean linework, and a modern, action-driven...

Ekin is an independent comic artist. She enjoys creating stories, characters, and worlds, and is especially interested in comics, animation, and video games. She's currently working as a character...

Max Vähling is a comics artist and writer from Bremen. He has published in fanzines and online as well as self-published under his label Dreadful Gate Productions. Most of it is in German but a lot...

Peter van Dongen, born 1966 in Amsterdam, is a comic artist and illustrator. In 1990 Casterman published the comic novel "Muizentheater" and in 1998 the first volume of "Rampokan...

Darcy Van Poelgeest is an award-winning writer and filmmaker living in Vancouver, B.C. He’s known for his poetic and thought-provoking narrative work in multiple mediums. His comics have been...

Among other things, I am interested in naive, unpretentious worlds, understated emotions, the sadness of everyday life, and oblique domesticity. My work ranges from comics, illustrations, animations...

Dirk is from the Netherlands and lives in Berlin, Germany. He makes comics and animations. Also a bit of music sometimes.

André Vieira-Auer, designer and illustrator from Nuremberg, combines traditional comic art with futuristic cyberpunk themes.

Olivia Vieweg was born in Jena in 1987 and studied visual communication at the Bauhaus University in Weimar. She published several books during her studies. She specialises in graphic novels and...

Michael Vogt, born in 1966, is a freelance comic artist and illustrator based in Berlin. He has already drawn for "Gespenster Geschichten", "Mad" and "Zack", illustrated...

Sabine Volkert is a 2D artist working in animation, illustration and design with a focus on anything drawn across different styles. Since 2015 she has been freelancing on a range of productions from...

Born in Munich (1985), freelance illustrator, comic artist, and author Adrian vom Baur lives and works in Berlin. In 2019, his graphic novel "Die Toten: Isar Palace" was published by...

David von Bassewitz, born in 1975, is one of the most influential German illustrators of his generation. In 2010 he was awarded Best Illustrator by the Art Directors Club Europe. His illustrations...

Gaby von Borstel is a German writer and scenarist who, together with artist Peter Eickmeyer, adapts major literary works into the medium of the graphic novel. Her work is characterized by careful...

Benjamin von Eckartsberg, author of “Gung Ho” and “Gung Ho. Tanaka”, works in Munich, Germany, as a freelance illustrator for publishers, film & tv, advertising, magazines...

Antje von Stemm, born in 1970, is a book designer, illustrator, author, and paper engineer. She studied illustration at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences and learned paper engineering in...

Moritz von Wolzogen, born in 1984 in Frankfurt am Main, studied communication design in Wiesbaden and has been working in his home town since 2012 as a freelance illustrator on books and board games...

Klara writes and illustrates graphic novels and picture books in her free time. She prefers to create her illustrations using coloured pencils, ink, and gouache, but also works digitally. In addition...

Philip Waechter, born in 1968 in Frankfurt am Main, studied communication design with a specialisation in illustration at the University of Applied Sciences in Mainz. He has been illustrating picture...

Andreas Wahl is a comic artist and illustrator from Erlangen. At this year's Comic Salon he will present his latest comic "Die KOsMISCHEN Comics des KARL EIMER ", a collection of comic...

Oska Wald is a comic artist, painter and musician (Chuckamuck / Die Verlierer) from Berlin and runs Krill Verlag. The publisher recently released the comic "Die Ausgrabung" by Max Andersson...

Elizabeth Pich (b. 1989) and Jonathan Kunz (b. 1988) work together as a duo in Saarbrücken. They met whilst studying art and began publishing weekly comic strips under the name War and Peas . Edition...

American comic writer living in Germany with over 30 years of experience working in nearly every aspect of the comic industry: collecting, retailing, publishing, and creating. Published works from...

Claudia Weikert is an illustrator, editor, and comic artist. She has illustrated numerous successful children’s and young adult books, including the stories about “Fuchs und Ferkel...

Beate Weirich was born in 1960 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein and lives in the Donnersberg district with her husband, comic artist Fern Weirich, three dogs, and four cats. When she isn’t writing...

Weirox is happy to welcome you to its first Comic Salon. It’s bringing along cheerful LGBTQ+ illustrations, cheeky stickers, cute capybaras and the odd tentacle or two.

Tori Weiss (she/her) is a comic artist and illustrator from Cologne, Germany. Her interests include LGBTQ+ issues, feminism, bad puns, role-playing games and fantasy. All of these interests are...

Author Sarah Weitnauer has over 10 years’ experience in the fields of psychology, conversion optimisation and executive coaching. She is known for her talks and keynote speeches at industry...

Thomas Wellmann, born in 1983, has been working as a freelance cartoonist since completing his communication design studies at the University of Applied Arts in Düsseldorf. He draws backgrounds,...

Cristin Wendt, born in Wildeshausen in 1985, has loved painting and inventing her own characters and stories since childhood. Initially, these were fantasy stories; later, a passion for technology...

Hanna Wenzel lives near Stuttgart and works as a freelance illustrator. In her illustrations, she loves nothing more than capturing ordinary moments, and she pursues daydreams with the same passion...

United by their love for comics and storytelling they have been publishing comic anthologies every year since 2019. Each anthology centers on a common theme that the members of our group select...

*Born in Winterthur in 1973, is a trained graphic designer, cartoonist, illustrator and columnist, and lives and works in Winterthur (CH). Since 2000, he has been a regular contributor to Swiss media...

David Wiechert (20 years old) has been drawing since he was three. His first adventure novel, "The Cat – The Beginning," was published in 2018, followed by his graphic novel "...

Matthias Wieland, born 1969, is a freelance editor and translator, presenter and comic reader. After studying in Hildesheim, he worked for Dino Verlag in Stuttgart, then returned to Hanover and...

You may already know Michael Wild from comics such as "Die Abenteuer von Apfel", "Apfel der Barbar", "Comic Chaos", "ELSE Where", "Guten Morgen, Piep-Hahn...

Lukas R. A. Wilde, born 1983, is a professor at Institutt for kunst- og medievitenskap. He is a member of the coordination team of the Comic Studies Board (AG Comicforschung) of the German Society of...

Wolfgang Wiler (he/they), born in 1991, lives and works in Lucerne, though always with one foot in Hamburg. Since the beginning of 2025, Wolfgang has been part of the Notbremse editorial team. As...

Lena Winkel is an illustrator and comic artist. In addition to numerous children’s books and picture books (including “Rico und die Tuchlaterne”, with Andreas Steinhöfel, Carlsen),...

Since 2001, Patrick Wirbeleit has written and/or illustrated more than 60 books for children: Picture books, first readers, Pixi books, novels and comics. His comic “Kiste” with...

Wittek’s real name is Thomas Wittke; he was born in 1964, grew up in Dinslaken and now lives in Hamburg-Altona, working as a comic artist and illustrator. He was the editor of the anthology...

Alexis Wolff first worked as a musician and composer in various rock bands. In 2023, he joined the La Vilaine collective as an artist and published his first story. His mix of music and drawing won...

Wolfriotsart is the project of freelance artist Charlie Blake, whose work is inspired by a fascination with wolves, dogs and punk aesthetics. The designs explore the wild side of our four-legged...

Melissa creates illustrations in the Halloween and fantasy genres – somewhere between playful, slightly dark, and with a wink. Her designs combine small spooky elements with a charming, often...

Daniel Andrew Wunderer is an author and (self-)publisher. Under the label Catyarn Comics, he releases the comic series “ACID” (with Revkin) and “Rain/Fall” (with A. Rödler)...

Born in 1957 in Glückstadt an der Elbe, he now lives in Hamburg. When their two children were young, his wife was the breadwinner and he took care of the household. On the side, he drew and painted...

Y'iunari is a digital artist who is renowned for her character designs and illustrations, particularly her stylised fantasy art.

Hiro, a Japanese-German translator and interpreter, grew up in both cultures. Known for his social media channel ‘Einfach Japanisch’, he talks about Japanese language and culture in short...

Yupiistar is a freelance 2D artist, illustrator, pixel artist and communication designer with around three years' experience in game development. In her free time, she is also a VTuber. She...

Christian Zanotelli, also known as “Zano,” works as a school assistant, illustrator, and comic artist. Following the publication of his two comics, *Jean-Paul Porneaux and the Lion’...

Born and raised in Berlin, Zapf went to university in South Germany and moved to Vienna to complain constantly about the hot summers and long winters.

Julia Zejn, born in 1985, lives and works in Leipzig. She studied communication design with a focus on illustration and animation. Since 2013, she has been working as a freelance illustrator,...

Katharina Zeuß, also known as Wurzelschrat, mainly works in watercolour and with mixed media techniques, as well as doing traditional printing with linocut and woodcut. Nature’s motifs are the...

Huang Tian Zhong's work explores the interplay between art and design, form and function. HTZ experiments with traditional drawing techniques and digital media. These also come into their own on...

Vinz is a Berlin-based cartoonist who co-organises the Bilderberg Underground Comic Conference. He publishes the zines Hup Peng Muh and Äh, with work available at the Underground Berlin booth, and is...