Earlier this week I’ve been part of an inspiring and intense comics conference (4-5 May 2026, Malmö, Sweden), where a most friendly and generous international community spent days and nights reflecting on the field. I was a respondent in the MATERIALITY section. As respondent, I could spend time with the smart and passonate position papers by Barbara Chamberlin and Hailey Austin. I felt it only appropriate to prepare a handout… but then my brain started overthinking the innocent idea and turning it into a two-week project. So I responded to the papers by making a zine in the risography studio of Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture (2 weeks, 3 colors).
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