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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Joris Bas Backer @jorisbasbacker.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

See you in 2026! I leave you with a panel from my new comic coming out very soon!

Comic panel of a woman drifting under grey water among small fish and weeds.

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Joris Bas Backer @jorisbasbacker.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

The first page of the very last scene!!!

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Joris Bas Backer @jorisbasbacker.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Tomorrow (and yesterday but I am slow) was the release party of the @bkberlin.bsky.social . Come by for the bands, murals and original drawings!

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Joris Bas Backer @jorisbasbacker.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

These 2 photos were thrown off, perhaps there is a 4 maximum.

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Joris Bas Backer @jorisbasbacker.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

A few days well spent in the beautiful Erzgebirge to focus on the last chapters of my new book. In between drawing and hiking we explored many empty buildings, much like my characters. Thank you @ullilust.bsky.social and Kai for everything!!

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Joris Bas Backer @jorisbasbacker.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

While I'm still working on my new book, it's been fun doing littler, lighter stuff on the side. Here a detail from a chapter for the next @bkberlin.bsky.social project. I think it's my first full animal cast!

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Joris Bas Backer @jorisbasbacker.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

The comic 'Happy Thoughts' I made together with Todd Sekuler, based on his research with CrimScapes Research Group, was published in Down by Law with @pmpress.bsky.social It's about the regulation of online hate by content moderators.

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Joris Bas Backer @jorisbasbacker.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Last year we were awarded a writing stipend from Stiftung Niedersachsen . Slide 2: Oliver Grajewski, Katia Fouquet , E.S. Glenn and me. We were invited to show what we're working on in the Wilhelm Busch Museum in Hannover. It opens April 5th. May you enjoy.

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Joris Bas Backer @jorisbasbacker.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Image 1-3: Preparation for a little group-show, where I am showing what I am working on now. I will follow up with when and where. Image 4: The sky over Berlin glows the hardest. Banner print is by the print collective Hinkelsteindruck.

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Joris Bas Backer @jorisbasbacker.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

This is the third translation to German in the animal fables by Toon Tellegen with my illustrations. In this one, a frog has no problems loving themselves and their own croaking. Rather, they struggle with how to get the animals of the forest to love the croaking as much too.

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Joris Bas Backer @jorisbasbacker.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

You might enjoy something light-hearted right now. Maybe propped up by some pillows with ice-cream, crusty-eyed after having read the news, and before going out to demonstrate... Ghost Writing Workshop is published on the awesome site Pulp Deluxe . Happy reading ♡ www.pulpdeluxe.be/strips/ghost...

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Joris Bas Backer @jorisbasbacker.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

I'm going to this year's Angouleme comic festival, just walking about. Here's to that you know to find me and I can find you in return. (During the moments I'm not backing into a bush. ) I'll be there Friday to Sunday roughly. I'm excited, it's my first time Angouleme during the festival.

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