Projects and Events
Spotlight Comics / Turkish Comics – Türk çizgi romanı
A short history of Turkish comics, from the beginnings to the present day, told by Oky. Followed by drawing! Oky is one of the most successful Turkish comic artists. He has worked for Gırgır, Fırt, Lombak and Penguen and is…
Work grants in the field of comics for 2025
In 2025, the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion will award working grants – subject to available budget funds – to comic artists who have their main place of residence in Berlin (with a proven main place of residence).…
Comics exhibition “Soul Spaces. Mental illness and crises in graphic narratives”
In the LVR Düren (NRW) May 8th – September 30th 2024. With works by Aike Arndt, Eva Brittner, Tina Brenneisen, Sheree Domingo, Markus Färber/Christine Färber, Tine Fetz, Stefan Haller, Regina Hofer/Leopold Maurer, Rina Jost, Nel, Uli Oesterle, Moa Romanova, Ingrid…
Berlin Comics Scholarship 2024 at the CIB: Scholarship talk and exhibition
The Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion has awarded seven scholarships to Berlin comic artists for 2024. The scholarship holders are: Arinda Crăciun, Beatrice Naomi Davies, Joris Bas Backer, Marc Hennes, Lutz Marx, Dirk Schwieger and Hannes Stummvoll. The…
At a foreign drawing table. Insights into the Turkish comics scene
An event organized by the Literary Colloquium at Wannsee and the German Comics Association on Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. in the LCB Wannsee. Özlem Gençer, Oky, Memo Tembelçizer, Barış Uygur. Slide show and discussion. Moderation: Axel Halling.…
Save the Date: Comicexpansion 2
The location and date have been set: On September 27 and 28, 2024, the second specialist conference COMICEXPANSION 2 will take place in the Bochum City Library, where a wide variety of comic topics will be presented and discussed. EXPANSION…
Comictalks at Leipzig Bookfair 2024
The topic of manga is certainly not new in Leipzig: The Manga Convention celebrated its 10th anniversary this year, and the halls were well filled with fans and cosplayers. The booth of the Federal Commissioner for Culture and Media, State…
Angoulême 2024
The largest European comic festival in southwest France took place in 2024 from January 25th to 28th. The German-language comic stand, which, as in previous years, was a cooperation between the German Comic Association e.V. and the Erlangen Comic Salon…
Funding luck at the end of the year: The results of the awarding of the three major comics funding in Germany
Berlin made it exciting again: But on December 20, 2023, the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion of the State of Berlin also announced the results of its grant awarding of scholarships for comic creators in 2024. After the…
The Berlin Comics scholarships 2023 – the exhibition
The Berlin Senate Administration has awarded comic scholarships to 18 comic artists for 2023. These work grants serve as support for the development or completion of comic projects. Marlene Krause and Xueh Magrini Troll received two annual scholarships. The twelve…
The Comic Expansion 2022’s reader online
You can read everything here: All texts written for the comics conference, including the minutes and documentation of the event, which was organized last year with and in the Literary Colloquium, in a digital booklet! Funded by the Federal Commissioner…
Angoulême 2023
It is a first highlight in every comic year. As the largest comics festival in Europe, the Festival International BD in Angoulême attracts over 200,000 visitors to the Charente. Since 2014, there has been a regular presence here for German-language…