COMPLEX, is a collectively made choose-your-own-adventure comic by Anna Benczédi (Romania), Ivana Geček (Croatia), Anamarija Kvas (Croatia), and Eszter Szép (Hungary) that debuted at Ukmukfukk Festival, Budapest, in 2025.
COMPLEX has won an award! We are extremely happy to have won Honorable Mention at Supertoon International Animation and Comics Festival, Šibenik, Croatia.
In COMPLEX, you can navigate between many storylines. It starts out at an art exhibition, and depending on your choices, you can test gravity on various space objects, challenge patriarchy with cats, or can help our heroes survive their poor life choices. This is THE choose your own adventure comic from the Balkans that you would not want to miss!
Festival Appearances:
- Sābrs Zine and Small Press Festival, Riga, 4-5 July 2026
- Stockholm International Comics Festival, (SIS), 16-17 May 2026
- Helsinki Zine Festival, 20-21 September, 2025
- OHOHO Festival of Comics and Street Art, September 2025
- International Comics Festival Budapest, 11 May, 2025
- Ukmukfukk Zine Festival, Budapest, 26-17 April, 2025
📕The Random Factor Comics Collective📕
The Random Factor Comics Collective is a formation of 4 comics artists from Eastern Europe and the Balkans. We are: Anna Júlia Benczédi (Romania), Ivana Geček (Croatia), Anamarija Kvas (Croatia), and Eszter Szép (Hungary). Our projects happen on an irregular basis, but whatever we do, we draw great inspiration from each other and from the feminist creative spirit and humor we all represent.
You can find COMPLEX at numerous festivals and cons in Hungary, Croatia, Romania, Austria, and Finland. Alternatively, reach out in email.
Eszter Szép 