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Joris Bas Backer
@jorisbasbacker.bsky.social
A He/him Dutch in Berlin. Author and artist of comics// 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️
👁 2026 Baumschatten
👁 2021 Kisses For Jet
👁 2020 Küsse für Jet
👁 2018 Familienjuwelen
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Zine Abend bei uns! Mit Vera Bekema, Clairikine, Vanessa Karré, Alea Rodriguez und Esther Samuels-Davis

Donnerstag, den 27. November, 19.30 Uhr
Eintritt frei
modern-graphics.de/Zine-Abend/

#Comic #Event #Berlin #Zine #Indie
November 24, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Knochen-Comics im Doppelpack am 26.11. bei uns mit Tine Steen und Richard Cowdry!
modern-graphics.de/Double-Featu...
#Comic #Event #Berlin #Paläontologie
November 17, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Now for some sports news...
(this week's cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages)
November 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Update zum Eklat bei Europas wichtigstem Comic-Festival: Auch deutsche Verlage erwägen Angoulême-Boykott www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/comic... via @tagesspiegel.de
Eklat bei Europas wichtigstem Comic-Festival: Auch deutsche Verlage erwägen Angoulême-Boykott
Undurchsichtige Buchführung, toxisches Management, Verdacht auf Vetternwirtschaft und ein Vergewaltigungsfall: Europas größtes und wichtigstes Comicfestival steckt in einer fundamentalen Krise.
www.tagesspiegel.de
November 13, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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🏳️‍⚧️ We’re back with paid opportunities for Trans+ creatives!

Writer? Illustrator? Audio producer? This is for you.

With @transhistoryweek.com we’re investing in 20 Trans+ creatives to make content for Trans+ History Week 2026.

Deadline 2nd Dec 2025, 11:59PM GMT 🗓️
🧵 Details 👇
November 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Alan Moore knows the score
November 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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3. Utter Horror!
October 31, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The first page of the very last scene!!!
October 20, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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!
September 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Lavender Pages, a UK solidarity project providing books for LGBTQIA+ prisoners, asked me to donate sone books and I glady did. If you are interested too, find out more here:
lavenderpages.substack.com/about
About - Lavender Pages’ Substack
News and Info about the Lavender Pages Project. We send reading material written by LGBTQIA+ authors to LGBTQIA+ incarcerated peoples in the UK. Click to read Lavender Pages’ Substack, by Lavender Pag...
lavenderpages.substack.com
September 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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The Groyper Wars
September 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Last chapters work.
September 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Sign here to save Berliner Atelierförderung:

innn.it/save-our-stu...
innn.it
September 11, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Joepie! De regelingen van het Letterenfonds zijn verbreedt en toegankelijker gemaakt voor o.a. graphic novels. www.letterenfonds.nl/actueel/lett...
Letterenfonds verbreedt grote regelingen
www.letterenfonds.nl
September 11, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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Create your own one-page comic with expert guidance. How do you tell a story in just a few images? How do you structure a page. Your guides are María Victoria Rodríguez. and Marcel Ruijters. 
Get your tickets now! 
📅 Sat 13 Sep, 12:00 - 17:00
📍 De Doelen, Rotterdam, NL
🔗 www.crosscomix.eu
August 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Unsere Liste mit empfehlenswerten Comicveranstaltungen in den kommenden Wochen ist heute noch mal etwas gewachsen: www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/comic...
Wer hat weitere Tipps?
August 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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!!
August 16, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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They deal with topics that resonate with older adults, like divorce, graphic violence, and owning a car
I’m inventing old adult comics
July 30, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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Die Syrerin Reem Helou ist 2015 mit zwei Freundinnen nach Berlin geflüchtet. Ihre Erfahrungen hat die Illustratorin in einem Comic verarbeitet, eine Startnext-Kampagne soll dessen Veröffentlichung ermöglichen: www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/horro...
Horror und Humor : Graphic Novel „Die Balkanroute“: Reem Helou hat ihre Flucht gezeichnet
Die Syrerin Reem Helou, 39, ist 2015 mit zwei Freundinnen nach Berlin geflüchtet. Die Illustratorin will mit einer Startnext-Kampagne ihren Comic-Lebenstraum realisieren.
www.tagesspiegel.de
July 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
In the thread there are some recommendations for alternatives.
WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.

Stop using WeTransfer.
July 15, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Here's a snippet of my drawing on my new book. #graphicnovelinprogress
July 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM