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
👁 2026 Baumschatten
👁 2021 Kisses For Jet
👁 2020 Küsse für Jet
👁 2018 Familienjuwelen
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new episode is in your podfeed! @timbrookes.bsky.social of #EndangeredAlphabetsProject takes us on a delightful journey of handwriting. Listen/read via theallusionist.org/scribe and find Tim's book By Hand at endangeredalphabets.com
Allusionist 221. Scribe — The Allusionist
"I have never felt so naked. That's how exposed I felt at the idea that my handwriting was going to be seen by the world," says Tim Brookes, founder of the Endangered Alphabets Project and author of t...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
new episode is in your podfeed! @timbrookes.bsky.social of #EndangeredAlphabetsProject takes us on a delightful journey of handwriting. Listen/read via theallusionist.org/scribe and find Tim's book By Hand at endangeredalphabets.com
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I wil never take ozempic, because what if the time finally comes to eat the rich and I have no appetite?
December 13, 2025 at 8:21 AM
I wil never take ozempic, because what if the time finally comes to eat the rich and I have no appetite?
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I'm excited to announce that I've accepted a comics co-editor position at @therumpus.net
We're looking for original literary fiction and non-fiction comics that feel personal. Bonus if it's hand-lettered (the path to my heart) 😘
No AI
Pays $100
therumpus.submittable.com/submit
Pass it on!
We're looking for original literary fiction and non-fiction comics that feel personal. Bonus if it's hand-lettered (the path to my heart) 😘
No AI
Pays $100
therumpus.submittable.com/submit
Pass it on!
December 12, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I'm excited to announce that I've accepted a comics co-editor position at @therumpus.net
We're looking for original literary fiction and non-fiction comics that feel personal. Bonus if it's hand-lettered (the path to my heart) 😘
No AI
Pays $100
therumpus.submittable.com/submit
Pass it on!
We're looking for original literary fiction and non-fiction comics that feel personal. Bonus if it's hand-lettered (the path to my heart) 😘
No AI
Pays $100
therumpus.submittable.com/submit
Pass it on!
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Here are a few examples of the new line of conversation starter Holiday designs that I'm launching on sophielabelle.dashery.com . To mark the occasion, there's a big sitewide sale for only two days. Just so you know, the cutoff date for receiving orders before Christmas in the US is next Monday!
December 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Here are a few examples of the new line of conversation starter Holiday designs that I'm launching on sophielabelle.dashery.com . To mark the occasion, there's a big sitewide sale for only two days. Just so you know, the cutoff date for receiving orders before Christmas in the US is next Monday!
If you are in Zürich next week:
literaturhaus.ch/veranstaltun...
literaturhaus.ch/veranstaltun...
Down by Law – mit Joris Bas Backer und Todd Sekuler, Agata Dziuban und Aleksandra «Sasza» Stachowska
Der Band «Down by Law: Criminalization, Solidarity and Survival in Europe» zeigt, wie Menschen in kriminalisierten Lebenswelten handeln, Widerstand leisten und Solidarität aufbauen. Jeweils eine*
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December 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
If you are in Zürich next week:
literaturhaus.ch/veranstaltun...
literaturhaus.ch/veranstaltun...
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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
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.
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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
modern-graphics.de/Double-Featu...
#Comic #Event #Berlin #Paläontologie
November 17, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Knochen-Comics im Doppelpack am 26.11. bei uns mit Tine Steen und Richard Cowdry!
modern-graphics.de/Double-Featu...
#Comic #Event #Berlin #Paläontologie
modern-graphics.de/Double-Featu...
#Comic #Event #Berlin #Paläontologie
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Now for some sports news...
(this week's cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages)
(this week's cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages)
November 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Now for some sports news...
(this week's cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages)
(this week's cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages)
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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
Update zum Eklat bei Europas wichtigstem Comic-Festival: Auch deutsche Verlage erwägen Angoulême-Boykott www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/comic... via @tagesspiegel.de
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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 👇
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
🏳️⚧️ 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 👇
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 👇
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Alan Moore knows the score
November 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Alan Moore knows the score
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The first page of the very last scene!!!
October 20, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The first page of the very last scene!!!
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
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!
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
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...
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September 28, 2025 at 2:15 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
lavenderpages.substack.com/about
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The Groyper Wars
September 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
The Groyper Wars
Last chapters work.
September 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Last chapters work.
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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
Joepie! De regelingen van het Letterenfonds zijn verbreedt en toegankelijker gemaakt voor o.a. graphic novels. www.letterenfonds.nl/actueel/lett...
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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
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
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
Get your tickets now!
📅 Sat 13 Sep, 12:00 - 17:00
📍 De Doelen, Rotterdam, NL
🔗 www.crosscomix.eu
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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?
Wer hat weitere Tipps?
August 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Unsere Liste mit empfehlenswerten Comicveranstaltungen in den kommenden Wochen ist heute noch mal etwas gewachsen: www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/comic...
Wer hat weitere Tipps?
Wer hat weitere Tipps?
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
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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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
They deal with topics that resonate with older adults, like divorce, graphic violence, and owning a car