Sascha Hommer, Verena Braun and I will be in Helsinki from the 21st until the 26st of October. We were invited by the Goethe Institut Finnland to present our latest issue of our magazine Orang. The Orang exhibition in the Finnish comic center Sarjakuvakeskus will be shown from the 6th until the 31st of October.
The picture above though is not going to be exhibited there. It’s my most recent illustration for a text by the author Jochen Schmidt. In this context it actually just describes my liking for cliches. This time obviously one about Finnland.

At this years Illustrative in Berlin a few of my pictures are shown at the Villa Elisabeth from the 16th of October to the 1st of November. Open daily from 11am - 8pm.

Last week I spent a few days in Reykjavík, Iceland. I was invited by the Goethe Institute to exhibit my work in the Borgarbókasafn Reykjavíkur (Reykjavik City Library) among other German comic artists. Here are some pictures of my two workshops (one at the library and one at the Menntaskólinn við Sund.) where I tought the students how to make scratchboard pictures. Some of them were really talented!

Tomorrow evening (06/26/09) we are going to celebrate the release of the new Orang #8 at the “Vorwerkstift” in Hamburg. Be sure to purchase an issue! You can order it on our publisher’s website: Reprodukt.
There is also going to be a release party in Berlin on the 24th of July. For further information visit our brand new Orang website.

I am very excited to announce that my book is being published by Coconino Press in Italy within the next days. It has a new cover and of course an Italian title: “L’amore guarda da un’altra parte”.