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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 www.jorisbasbacker.net

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Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk · last wk.

150,000 march through London in world’s largest trans pride, organisers say

Protesters voiced anger at the new guidance on single sex-spaces and fears that trans people are being excluded from society.

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Joris Bas Backer @jorisbasbacker.bsky.social · 3w ago

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.

Joris Bas Backer @jorisbasbacker.bsky.social · 3w ago

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.

Joris Bas Backer @jorisbasbacker.bsky.social · 3w ago

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

Joris Bas Backer @jorisbasbacker.bsky.social · 2mo ago

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.

Broken Frontier @brokenfrontier.bsky.social · 2mo ago

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/

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 · 2mo ago

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...

Graphic Novel: Baumschatten | Linke Buchtage Berlin

Linke Buchtage Berlin 29-31. Mai 2026

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Joris Bas Backer @jorisbasbacker.bsky.social · 2mo ago

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

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 · 3mo ago

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

Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Carlos @carlostheorie.bsky.social · 3mo ago

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

Carina Taylor 🌻@shecallsmecdawg.bsky.social · 3mo ago

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...

Joris Bas Backer @jorisbasbacker.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Ich wurde zu der Podcast von @caroring.bsky.social und @ingoroemling.bsky.social eingeladen. Wir haben sehr schön gequatscht über Figuren denken und machen in mein neuen comic und in algemein. It was a pleasure! optisch-definiert.podigee.io/26-neue-epis...

Folge 26: Casting mit Joris Bas Backer

Joris Bas Backer erzählt in „Baumschatten“ von einer Eiche mit besonderer Historie, vor allem aber von Schuld und Verantwortung. Kein leichtes Thema, das er jedoch mit einer spannenden Geschichte und ...

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Drawn & Quarterly @dandq.bsky.social · 3mo ago

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

Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Joris Bas Backer @jorisbasbacker.bsky.social · 4mo ago

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

Joris Bas Backer @jorisbasbacker.bsky.social · 4mo ago

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.

Holly Casio @hollycasio.bsky.social · 4mo ago

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!"

Joris Bas Backer @jorisbasbacker.bsky.social · 4mo ago

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.

Carlos @carlostheorie.bsky.social · 4mo ago

COMIC INVASION BERLIN Satellites & Focus Program is online: comicinvasion.berlin

COMIC INVASION BERLIN – Das Comicfestival für alle und für umme!

Die COMIC INVASION BERLIN organisiert Comic-Events und -Aktionen und seit 2012 das bunteste Comicfestival der Hauptstadt.

comicinvasion.berlin

Comic Invasion Berlin @comicinvasion.bsky.social · 4mo ago

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

Daniëlle @fadinggender.bsky.social · 4mo ago

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...

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 · 4mo ago

Only a few more days! My book Baumschatten was 'book of the month' this March at Radio 3. Thank you to Andrea Heinze for the really nice review. #baumschatten #editionmoderne www.radiodrei.de/themen/liter...

Joris Bas Backer: "Baumschatten"

Ein Baum soll auf einem Berliner Schulhof gefällt werden und schon gibt es Aktivisten, die sich für diesen Baum interessieren. Um diesen Grundkonflikt hat der Wahlberliner Joris Bas Backer einen Comic...

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Joris Bas Backer @jorisbasbacker.bsky.social · 4mo ago

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."

Verbrecher Verlag @verbrecherverlag.bsky.social · 4mo ago

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-...

Andy Oliver @andywpoliver.bsky.social · 4mo ago

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.

Joris Bas Backer @jorisbasbacker.bsky.social · 5mo ago

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...

Joris Bas Backer & Noëlle Kröger

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✨ Hamish Steele ✨ Pre-Order Go-Man 2!@hamishsteele.bsky.social · 5mo ago

A dog and man sitting on a bed. The man is throwing up a peace sign. The dog is a grey whippet. They both look to camera.

Joris Bas Backer @jorisbasbacker.bsky.social · 5mo ago

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.

Vincent is a pen name bro 🐸@v-e-tirado.com · 5mo ago

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Mythic 🦊@mythicalredfox.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads:

The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you.

And our governments are very much the same...

- Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist