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Jaja Verlag @jajaverlag.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Unser "IRRLÄUFER - Was macht der weiße Wal im Rhein" von Sheree Domingo und Patrick Spät ist in der Produktion! Ganz umweltbewusst, Blauer Engel zertifiziert, bei UMWELTDRUCK BERLIN mit CoffeeCup Paper® 100% Recyclingpapier (ca. 25% recycelte Einweg-Papierbecher) www.jajaverlag.com/irrl%C3%A4ufer

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Joris Bas Backer @jorisbasbacker.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I have started drawing for the amazing script by @patrickspaet.bsky.social . It's a vampire tale dealing with the true horrors of chronic pain, gaslighting doctors, lost dreams amidst delicious queer love, buff female skaters, years old vampires and Berlin nights. So excited for the new adventure!

A detail from a page on a lighttable, a pencil lies on the paper. The detail shows a comic panel in which a female vampire in highrise jeans, cowboy boots and sophia loren hair flies through the air attacking a vampire with paul weller hair, trench coat and beatle boots. They are in a cellar with persian carpets and a coffin. The latter things are still uninked and only vaguely visible.

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Joris Bas Backer @jorisbasbacker.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Hi there, an update on upcoming events. Hope to see you there.

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Jan Jupiter @janjupiter.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

mooie lieve trans mensen, we zoeken jouw creatieve bijdrages voor de komende editie van trans magazine! vul het formulier in en laat ons weten wat je wilt maken ❤️🏳️‍⚧️ tr.ee/6CsLlkQkDh (repost wordt gewaardeerd!)

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Joris Bas Backer @jorisbasbacker.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Curly trees I drew a few days ago, while I was in the countryside.

A page of a finished drawing in a sketchbook. In the foreground colorful rooftops and bushes. Behind them, against a hillside with dry grass, multiple trees stand with wavy and curly branches with tufts of green.

A page of an unfinished drawing in a sketchbook. In the foreground colorful rooftops and bushes. Behind them, in black and white lines, against a hillside, multiple trees stand with wavy and curly branches with tufts of leaves. The sketchbook is held up, in the background is a riverbed with lillies.

A page of an unfinished drawing in a sketchbook. All in black and white lines, the foreground rooftops and bushes. Behind them, against a hillside, multiple trees stand with wavy and curly branches with tufts of leaves. The sketchbook lies on a table in a garden.

A page of an unfinished pencil drawing in a sketchbook. In the foreground rooftops and bushes. Behind them, against a hillside, beginnings of drawings of multiple trees stand with wavy and curly branches. The sketchbook is held up, in the background is a garden.

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Joris Bas Backer @jorisbasbacker.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I draw very little and quite slowly in my sketchbooks. This is from a small travel book I draw mostly trees in during summer time. This is a tree near my house in Berlin. I drew it summer 2024.

A page in a sketchbook showing a tree. The top part has bushy light green leaves. The entire trunk is covered in darker green ivy leaves. The shadows are done in purple which is not the natural color. At the base of the tree low metal fenceposts stick out among the ivy.

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Joris Bas Backer @jorisbasbacker.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Der Anthologie Down By Law ist jetzt auch auf Deutsch erschienen: www.galerie-der-abseitigen-kuenste.de/publikation/...

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Joris Bas Backer @jorisbasbacker.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Comic Salon Erlangen 2026 is behind us and it was a lovely time as always. I appreciated every little chat, acknowledgement and hello! Thank you ♡. A short update: My reading on June 18th is canceled and my exhibition in Die Gute Seite still runs till July 4th.

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Broken Frontier @brokenfrontier.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Last week at Broken Frontier... Dogs on Dates – Luke Healy’s Graphic Novel is a Charming, Funny Reminder About What Successful Relationships Are Built Upon. www.brokenfrontier.com/dogs-on-dates/

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Dogs on Dates - Luke Healy’s Graphic Novel is a Charming, Funny Reminder About What Successful Relationships Are Built Upon – Broken Frontier

Luke Healy's new graphic novel 'Dogs on Dates' is published by Drawn & Quarterly in North America and Faber in the UK.

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Joris Bas Backer @jorisbasbacker.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Sonntag um 14u und für umme lese ich aus Baumschatten während die Linke Buchtage in Berlin. Anschliesend Zeit für Bilder aus der Arbeitprozess und Diskussion. linkebuchtage.de/home/sonntag...

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Graphic Novel: Baumschatten | Linke Buchtage Berlin

Linke Buchtage Berlin 29-31. Mai 2026

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Joris Bas Backer @jorisbasbacker.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Gerahmte Diskurse, die Comic Ausstellung, auf die Linke Buchtage, in Berlin, ab Freitag. Mein Baumschatten sind dabei! linkebuchtage.de/ausstellunge...

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Gerahmte Diskurse - Die Comic-Ausstellung 2026 | Linke Buchtage Berlin

Linke Buchtage Berlin 29-31. Mai 2026

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Joris Bas Backer @jorisbasbacker.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Hello, here is a flyer with my current and upcoming presentations of my new book Baumschatten. #EditionModerne

In the middle is a drawing of myself sitting in a cantilever chair, reading with a microphone from a laptop on my lap. From my mouth comes, instead of a speechbubble, a whirling treetrunk, ending in small bushy canopies. Surrounding the drawing is the following text:
Current and upcoming events 2026:
May 2-June 13, Baumschatten Exhibition in Berlin Bookshop Die Gute Seite (Satelite-exhibition of the festival Comic Invasion Berlin)
May 31, 2 pm, Baumschatten Reading and exhibition at the Linke Buchtage Berlin
June 6, 1-2pm, Comic Salon Erlangen: Lesung von Joris Bas Backer und Gespräch mit Markus Pfalzgraf
June 7, 11am-1pm, Comic Salon Erlangen: Edition Moderne präsentiert: Der Lesemarathon
June 18, 6:30-8pm, Baumschatten Reading Kultursommer am Mehringplatz, Berlin

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Carlos @carlostheorie.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Super Format: Comic-Lesemarathon mit 14 Beiträgen in 2h. Veranstaltet von der Werkstatt für Comics mit der Comic Invasion.

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Carina Taylor 🌻 @shecallsmecdawg.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

MAJOR UPDATE for all INDESIGN USERS. Adobe has screwed us again. If you are using the latest version (any 21.x), indesign will automatically generate AI alt text for ALL IMAGES. Instructions to change your defaults in the screenshot and linked here: helpx.adobe.com/indesign/usi...

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Drawn & Quarterly @dandq.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Spring is here, which means so is bike season! Be careful getting back on though... #MoominMonday

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Joris Bas Backer @jorisbasbacker.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

I'm showing bits and bobs from my new book Baumschatten during the @comicinvasion.bsky.social at the loveliest of bookstores called Die Gute Seite in Neukölln, near my studio. Opening May 2nd at 12! #editionmoderne

Ausstellung: Baumschatten / Exhibition: Baumschatten

In der Ausstellung in der Buchhandlung Die gute Seite zeigt Joris Bas Backer Bilder aus seiner neuen Graphic Novel Baumschatten, erschienen bei Edition Moderne. Aus einem kleinen Kiezkonflikt – das Für und Wider des Erhalts einer so genannten „Nazi-Eiche“ auf einem Berliner Schulhof – destilliert Bas Backer ein soziales Panorama und ein ganzes Netzwerk persönlicher und sozialer Beziehungen, Meinungen und Spannungen.

In the exhibition at Die gute Seite bookstore, Joris Bas Backer presents images from his new graphic novel Baumschatten, published by Edition Moderne. From a minor neighborhood conflict – the pros and cons of preserving a so-called “Nazi oak” in a Berlin schoolyard – Bas Backer distills a social panorama and an entire network of personal and social relationships, opinions and tensions.
https://www.jorisbasbacker.net/

Datum und Uhrzeit / Date and time:

Vernissage / opening:
2. Mai 12:00 / 2 May 12:00

Ausstellung / Exhibition:
2. Mai - 4. Juli / 2 May to 4 July

Veranstaltungsort / Venue:
Buchhandlung Die gute Seite
Richardplatz 16
12055 Berlin

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Joris Bas Backer @jorisbasbacker.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

The Berlin festival @comicinvasion.bsky.social is underway. In 2 weeks I'm excited to present a marathon by artists part of the 'Comic Werkstatt', a course at @vhsberlin.bsky.social coördinated by @dirk.mastodon.art.ap.brid.gy , @steinercomix.bsky.social and me. Come to Aquarium on May 3rd!

Poster presenting a Berlin comic festival event called, Comic-Lese-Marathon to be held at Aquarium Narrativ. There are drawings of people speaking at a microphone and a table with paper and drawing material lying about. The date of the event reads May 3rd, 3-5pm and the event address reads Skalitzer Strasse 6, Berlin Kreuzberg.

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Holly Casio @hollycasio.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Imagine being a punk or an activist and not using your local public library on the reg. How embarrassing for you.

Illustration with coloured pencils. Two people are sitting round a campfire at night in the dark telling spooky stories. The first person says "It's your turn to tell a scary story." The second person holds a torch under their face for spooky effect and says "Most people you know don't have library cards. But they love to tell you about mutual aid and community. And they fucking love free little libraries." The first person replies "Nooooooo!"

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Joris Bas Backer @jorisbasbacker.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Preparing a little for an exhibition coming up in 3 weeks.

A photo of a few items strewn across a wooden floor. The items are a small poster advertising an exhibition, a frame with 2 comic pages in it, some tape, scissors, a cutter and in the corner of the photo a small pile of frames still in their packaging.

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Comic Invasion Berlin @comicinvasion.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Am 2.5. öffnet die Ausstellung BAUMSCHATTEN zur Graphic Novel von Joris Bas Backer Im Walt’s Comic Shop findet am 2.5. ein Comic(work)shop-Tag statt, von 10 bis 18 Uhr Die Berliner Werkstatt für Comics lädt zum Lesemarathon ein, am 3.5. im Aquarium von 15 bis 17 Uhr english / more check ALT

Comic-Lesemarathon / Comic reading marathon

Datum / Date: 3. Mai / 3 May

Uhrzeit / Time: 15:00 - 17:00

Die Berliner Werkstatt für Comics leitet die Comic Invasion mit einem Lesemarathon ein. In dreiminütigen Mini-Lesungen präsentieren Berliner Indie-Zeichner:innen Comics mit den unterschiedlichsten Stilen, Themen und Genres. Ein bunter Querschnitt durch die Berliner Comicszene und ein Feiern der Werkstatt für Comics, die seit acht Jahren Comiczeichner:innen unterrichtet, vernetzt und empowert.

The Berliner Werkstatt for Comics kicks off Comic Invasion with a reading marathon. In three-minute mini-readings, Berlin-based indie artists present comics in a wide variety of styles, themes, and genres. A colorful cross-section of the Berlin comics scene and a celebration of the Werkstatt for Comics, which has been teaching, networking, and empowering comic artists for eight years.
Veranstaltungsort / Venue:
Aquarium Narrativ e.V.
Skalitzer Str. 6
10999 Berlin

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Daniëlle @fadinggender.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

In het kader van transgender zichtbaarheidsdag. Een kort artikeltje van de man die het SRY gen heeft ontdekt. Dat gen dat het IOC nu gaat gebruiken als seksetest. Laten we zeggen dat deze geneticus niet veel vertrouwen in het IOC heeft. www.mcri.edu.au/news/insight...

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World Athletics’ mandatory genetic test for women athletes is misguided. I should know – I discovered the relevant gene in 1990 - Murdoch Children's Research Institute

MCRI's Professor Andrew Sinclair SRY gene identifier critiques World Athletics’ new gene testing rule. Read more.

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Joris Bas Backer @jorisbasbacker.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Good day, my short story "Wohin" (Where to) is out in Dutch. The Flemish website Pulp Deluxe has published it. The site has so many cool stories and interviews, also in English, check it out: www.pulpdeluxe.be/strips/waarh...

A drawing in red and black lines of a person on a bike packed with travel bags. The petson is wearing jeans shorts and a cap. The person is cycling with an old city wall on their left and a park and old lamppost on their right. Over the drawing, a title in bubble letters reads "Waarheen", which is Dutch for "Where to".

A square comic panel is divided in two panels. On the left is a bike ferry in the foreground. In it stand people with bikes. The main character leans on the side of the boat looking out over the water with some industrial cranes. A text in German reads, "Where do you want to go, young man?" In the second panel the main character cycles with their packed bike on a path through high trees. In the schade is a campground.

A drawing in red lines of a person biking on a packed bike next to bushes of reed, strugglung against hard wind. A factory is in the background. There are two text boxes. One reads, "There is static noise between me and the rest of the world". The second reads, "The only one who doesn't notice the wind, is the wind itself."

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Verbrecher Verlag @verbrecherverlag.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Tagestipp in der Stadtrevue: Heute liest Kuku Schrapnell im [ku:] Köln aus „Gender Punks. Über trans Pionier*innen und die Kunst, widerständig zu leben“, Desz Debreceni moderiert. Mehr: ku-koeln.de/events/ Zum Buch: www.verbrecherverlag.de/shop/gender-...

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Andy Oliver @andywpoliver.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Anyway, as this seems rather important today, if you want to support trans artists and hear their stories we have a massive 'trans and nb' comics resource list here at @brokenfrontier.bsky.social for your enjoyment. www.brokenfrontier.com/tag/trans-an... #transrightsarehumanrights

A montage of covers from graphic novels centring on trans and non-binary stories.

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Joris Bas Backer @jorisbasbacker.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Morgen presentieren the talented @noellekroeger.bsky.social und ich zusammen auf der Stuttgartecomictage aus unser neuste Projekten! Moderiert wird von @pfalzgraf.bsky.social . Ich freue mich schon sehr! #editionmoderne comicjuju.de/2026/joris-b...

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Joris Bas Backer & Noëlle Kröger

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Joris Bas Backer @jorisbasbacker.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Danke an die viele die gesternabend zur releasefeier von Baumschatten gekommen sind! Danke auch an @moderngraphics.bsky.social und @ingoroemling.bsky.social für die unterstützung Baumschatten ist bei #editionmoderne erschienen. Das besondere Buchfoto ist von #Maya&Daniele .

Autor Joris Bas Backer sitz am Tisch und signiert das frisch erschienen comic Baumschatten. Er trägt Brille, rote cordjacke und creeper schuhe. Er lächelt.

Autor Joris Bas Backer und Moderator Ingo Roemling sitzem am Tisch mit laptop und Mikrofon und sind im Gespräch. Hinter die beiden ist ein Leinwand mit das Coverbild vom Buch darauf projekziert.

Ein Foto von oben von das graphic novel Baumschatten. Das cover ist ein Zeichnung von eine Eiche in rot und braun. Da um herum stehen Figuren auf ein Schulhof. Der Foto ist überlegt mit blaues und rotes licht das künstlerischen schatten um das Buch wirft. Das Foto ist gemacht von das künstlerduo Maya & Daniele.

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Larre Bildeston @larreau.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Another thing people might do, is donate to the Queer Liberation Library. That way, young people without access to queer books in schools will still have access to a wide and flourishing digital library, so long as they have some unmonitored internet access of course.

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Joris Bas Backer @jorisbasbacker.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Es ist sehr schade das wir ohne @caroring.bsky.social sind Heuteabend, aber wir werden trotzdem der release feiern auf diesen stralender warmer Tag! Danke @ingoroemling.bsky.social das du so last-minute einspringst, fantastisch!

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Comic Invasion Berlin @comicinvasion.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

🌟ʕ•̫͡•* V O L U N T E E R - C A L L *ʔ-̫͡-ʔ 🌟 Wir suchen motivierte Volunteers für unsere Satellitenwoche und das Hauptfestival am 9./10. Mai Als Dankeschön gibt’s für alle tolle CIB-Goodies! 🔗 Mehr: comicinvasion.berlin/volunteers Fragen? Schreibt uns gern an: 📩 comicinvasionvolunteers@gmail.com

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Joris Bas Backer @jorisbasbacker.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Ich bin geschmeichelt und beeindruckt. Das erste wegen der Lob, das zweite weil sie mein 272 Seiten in ihr 6:22 Minuten so gut beschreiben konnte! Und es ist echt viel zum beschreiben 😅 www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/buchkritik-b...

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Buchkritik - "Baumschatten" von Joris Bas Backer

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Joris Bas Backer @jorisbasbacker.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

I have it in my haaaaands!!!! Next Friday I celebrate the release at @moderngraphics.bsky.social and would love to have you there ♡!

Me, holding up my new comic book called Baumschatten.

Flyer for the release event on Friday 27th of February 2026, at 7:30pm in the bookstore Modern Graphics Kastanienallee in Berlin. The flyer shows the cover and one character holding his hand over another characters mouth. He gestures with his other hand to be quiet.

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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 15/02/2026

Sex Matters raised more than £60,000 to bring a case seeking Trans+ exclusion from ponds. We're asking for just a fraction of that amount - to expose the lies, misinformation and dark money fuelling this movement's agenda. Support us: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/queeraf2026

“The anti-trans machine is co-ordinated and funded by dark money.” Highlighted words emphasise “co-ordinated” and “dark money.” Below, text reads: “We pledge to: investigate and expose them.”

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Joris Bas Backer @jorisbasbacker.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Wollen wir uns mal in echt sehen? Für die Frühplaner ein save-the-date:

Bookreleaseankündigung und Coverbild von der comic Baumschatten von Joris Bas Backer. Freitag 27e Februar um 19:30 bei Modern Graphics Kastanienallee 79 Berlin. Moderation Caroline Ring.

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doodlemancy ✨ @doodlemancy.com · 22/11/2025

hello fellow artists. google has fallen. pinterest/duckduckgo AI filters don't work. do not despair; here is a list i made of places to find reference images without having to sift through piles of worthless garbage: doodlemancy.dreamwidth.org/20757.html 🚯 #NoAI #HumanArtists #ArtistsOnBluesky

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Queer Global @queerglobal.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

We are building the world's largest archive of LGBTQ+ Global Majority & Migrant stories. We need YOUR voice to make history. ✅ Safe space & expenses covered ✅ Anonymity available Join the legacy. Apply here: forms.gle/ALgvoWj6QSY9... 🏳️‍🌈 #HeritageFund

A woman is being interviewed for an Oral History Project by Queer Global

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Joris Bas Backer @jorisbasbacker.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

FYI, This is the 2nd petition to the same issue. epetitionen.bundestag.de/petitionen/_...

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