UTOPIA – Breakthrough or Collapse?

Bela Sobottke (born in 1975) studied communication design and works as a freelance graphic designer and comic artist in Berlin. He has published various gritty genre comics such as *The Legend of Kronos Rocco* and *Terror 3000*. His new ten-page comic, *Beth Reeves & Old Man Rocco*, is currently being published in *Cozmic 11*.

The image on display is a double splash page from Bela’s comic “Terror 3000.” It depicts a scene from the life of one of the main characters: Yun looks back on his time on Mars, when he fought against the Cohaagen militias in the Mars Wars and had to detonate the Fat Boy. No more is revealed about this period of his life; the comic’s readers, just like the visitors to this exhibition, must use their imagination to fill in the rest. “Terror 3000” was published in 2024 by Gringo Comics, caused quite a stir in the press, and is currently available in its second edition at comic book stores or directly from the publisher’s shop. More about the comic: https://www.gringo-logbuch.de/?p=11723

Artist's Page: Bela Sobottke

Bernd Frenz conducted his first interview with a comic artist in 1990 for the Bremen-based comic magazine “Panel.” Since then, he has written numerous articles for trade magazines such as “Alfonz – der Comicreporter,” “Phantastisch!,” and “Reddition,” and his expertise is also incorporated into the accompanying texts for many comic anthologies. For the website “europecomics.com,” he wrote an English-language article on the “History of German Comics,” and he also authored the catalog text for the exhibition “30 Years of GRINGO COMICS” at the Comic Museum in Erlangen.

As a comic book writer, he contributes to well-known franchises such as “Vic the Viking,” “DreamWorks Dragons,” and “Eldrador Creatures,” as well as for the classic crime and adventure series “Phantom,” which is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year. Bernd Frenz’s comics are published in countries such as Australia, Germany, France, Italy, Poland, Sweden, and the United States. He is also a sought-after writer of non-fiction comics on economic and historical topics.

Georg Graf von Westphalen, born in Cologne in 1971, is a physician by training and has been working for the medical network DocCheck.com since 2000. As a freelancer, he draws comics and cartoons, develops character designs (including Bernd das Brot), and designs card and board games. For him, comics serve both as a diary and as a way to think things through to their conclusion and open them up for discussion. Mostly satirical, he often tackles politics, medicine, society, and the big questions. His work has been exhibited in Cologne, Aachen, Berlin, Leipzig, and at the Erlangen Comic Salon, among other places.

Together with his cousin Andreas, he wrote and illustrated “Hilfe, ich bin ein Mensch!,” a graphic exploration of human nature, which he promptly cut up after its publication. From this, he developed “KayfaBizarro Cut & Play Comics”: comics to print out, cut up, and play with, including the “MedKayfab” variant as a medical educational game. He shares his brushes and digital tools on GeorgBrush.club. On CancelThisComic.Substack.com, he experiments with AI tools, co-creation, and non-linear storytelling.

Artist's Page: Georg von Westphalen

Hannah is a 28-year-old freelance illustrator from Münster. She sees illustration as a kind of puzzle-solving: racking her brains, tinkering, failing, and drawing until an idea becomes the best possible visual solution. She is currently working on a science comic for master’s-level lectures in chemical engineering; inspired by graphic novels of all kinds, historical fiction, nettle tea with matching pastries, and audiobooks by Walter Moers.

Rust-Bucket Ride to Babel (RB2) is a sci-fi comic with a utopian theme: living together despite radical differences.

The protagonist, Beta, is an interplanetary bus driver, built like a tank, all thumbs, and with her heart on her sleeve.

- She gets fired and is attacked by space pirates during her last shift → bus crash on a volcanic planet.
- Here, a translation implant malfunctions → Passengers of different species can no longer communicate with one another
- Beta must mediate and in doing so discovers her true strength
- Humorous, quirky characters, adventure, and light social commentary
- Goal: an optimistic alternative to dystopias; a story about improvisation and hope for a more united future

Artist's Page: Hannah Kronen

Hatiye is a disabled illustrator and comic artist from Istanbul, now based in Cologne. She likes to draw birds, flowers, and ordinary moments. She is the founder and creative producer of the Accessible Lines project, which connects illustrators from the UK and Turkey to make their work accessible.

About the Artwork:
Finding the Dots is a nine-panel comic that tells the story of a ladybug discovering their dots hidden in the patterns and textures of everyday life. Each panel captures a moment of quiet observation and playful discovery, inviting the viewer to reflect on how a sense of self can emerge from small, ordinary details. The series is created using a paper cut-out technique, giving it a tactile, layered sense of curiosity and connection.https://HatiyeGarip.com/Finding-the-Dots

Artist's Page: Hatiye Garip

Jan Bintakies has lived and worked in Hanover for more than 20 years. He illustrates card games, school textbooks, and much more. In 2023, he and Matze Ross will publish their debut work, *Ein verdammter Handschlag*, with Splitter.
Photo: Simona Bednarek

News from Mangrovia
“Mangrovia” is a fictional treehouse city—the world’s last metropolis. While urban life pulsates in the treetops, martial machines on the lower levels extract the coveted resin that flows beneath the bark. The resulting pollution seeps all the way down into the root system, where unspeakable monstrosities lurk. Mangrovia is the world in which Jan Bintakies’ new story—which he is currently writing—will take place. The pages on display introduce the world-building and ask whether humanity is doomed to repeat its mistakes forever.

Artist's Page: Jan Bintakies

Jan Thüring is an artist and illustrator specializing in visual storytelling in film and comics. His short films have screened at international film festivals and have won numerous awards. He lives and works in Berlin.

Synopsis: The four-page short story RESET takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the rapid development of robots—and at a possible coexistence in a future that may be closer than we think.

Logline: New beginnings, upheaval, and repetition—RESET is a visual narrative about the coexistence of animals, humans, and robots.

RESET
Digital Painting, 4 pages, 2026
Keywords for the project
4-page story, created in 2026 | Inspired by robots in everyday urban life, from household to service. | Cinematic storytelling in images—entirely without words, pure and concise | Theme: Coexistence of animals, humans, and robots | Play with contrasts between nature, humans, and technology | RESET: Symbol of a turning point and realignment

Artist's Page: Jan Thüring

Jennifer Daniel, born in Germany in 1986, is an illustrator and comic artist with a passion for storytelling. She lives in Düsseldorf, where she worked as an art director from 2013 to 2016, seamlessly combining web design with illustration. In 2016, she co-founded Studio Rabotti, a studio specializing in illustration. Since then, Jennifer has been actively working as a comic artist and illustrator for print media, advertising, and online platforms. Since 2017, she has also been sharing her knowledge of comic art and storytelling with students at Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences. Her podcast “Art, Work & Progress,” which she co-hosts with Franziska Ruflair, offers deep insights into the creative career of an illustrator. Her comic debut, Earth Unplugged, was nominated for the Max und Moritz Prize in 2014. Her graphic novel Das Gutachten, published in 2022, also received a nomination for the same prize. It was published in France in 2024 under the title L'Expert and included in the “Sélection Officielle 2025” of the Angoulême International Comics Festival.

Artist's Page: Jennifer Daniel

Jörg Hartmann (born August 25, 1972, in Bad Driburg) is a German illustrator and comic artist best known for his graphic novels and children’s book illustrations.
He grew up in Bad Driburg and later studied graphic design, illustration, and printmaking in Münster. He has been working as an illustrator since the late 1990s, creating numerous works for publishers—initially for children’s books (over 50 books, translated into many languages worldwide) and later for graphic novels. He lives and works in Münster, where he runs his own studio and gallery.

Well-Known Works

• Nostradamus (2007)
• Wilsberg – In alter Freundschaft (2012)
• Wilsberg – Um Kopf und Kragen (2017)
• Wer bin ich – und wenn ja, wie viele? (2023)
• Liberty (2024), his most extensive work to date, which has been published internationally in several countries (Germany, France, England, the Netherlands, and the U.S.). This was followed by several invitations to New York, events at the Society of Illustrators, and an event held right at the Statue of Liberty.

Style and Distinctive Features

Hartmann is particularly known for his detailed watercolors and his semi-realistic drawing style. His work combines historical research with atmospheric illustrations.
Hartmann draws nearly every page of his graphic novels using traditional watercolors. “Liberty,” in particular, has been praised for its detailed cityscapes of Paris and New York, as well as its historical accuracy. His work combines comic art, illustration, and classical painting in an unusual way.
Anyone interested in original drawings or signed books can visit his gallery in Münster or find more information on the official website: www.atelier-hartmann.de

Seite des Künstlers Jörg Hartmann

Julia Briemle, born on June 3, 1986, in Friedrichshafen, has been working primarily as a freelancer in the Lüneburg area since graduating from the Animation School Hamburg (2008), serving as an illustrator, storyboard artist, character designer, or director in the international animation industry.

SEEYA SEEDLING - Graphic Novel
When a mysterious, incurable disease spreads not only through the forest of MagicWood but across the entire planet, transforming every living creature into an apathetic, zombie-like parasite, the young villager Seeya Seedling sets out in search of the one legendary, yet unknown seed, said to be so powerful that it can literally heal anything, in order to save not only her beloved, ailing grandmother, but all life on Earth.

Julia Briem depicts the challenges and needs of our defining centuries through SEEYA SEEDLING, a young forest dweller from a fantasy world who is unwittingly drawn into a classic hero’s journey to save not only her village but the entire world from an unknown, incurable disease that is mysteriously spreading across the entire planet, affecting all its creatures and transforming them into emotionless, zombie-like parasites.

Artist's Page: Julia Briemle

Jürgen Speh is a veteran of the German comic book scene and made a splash with his sophisticated drawing style as early as the 1980s in the comic magazine *Menschenblut*. He remained loyal to this magazine for a long time, even as he published graphic novels. Later, he drew *Horst* for Schwarzer Turm and Panini. He is also the artist behind the third series of “Nick, Pioneer of Space.” Gringo Comics has published, among others, “Kriegsfunnies” and “Eiszeit,” as well as the recent “Der fabelhafte Doktor Breslau.” Furthermore, he has published in so many other magazines and books that he has likely lost track of them himself. His mastery of all styles is impressive. Recently, he has self-published several comics, including “Doktor Wer” and “Picture Stories for Mature Youth.” With his self-published work “The Most Dangerous Game,” he won his fourth ICOM Independent Award in 2022.

“Alpha Mods P.D.” was a six-part comic series for the children’s magazine “Five!”, published by Blue Ocean Entertainment in Stuttgart. The plot was based on a ride at Europa-Park in Rust that had a science-fiction backstory: On a distant planet, the police are searching for the best drivers in the galaxy to assist them in their fight against crime. To this end, they distribute a computer game across all inhabited worlds, in which four children from Earth achieve the best scores. From there, Ian, Spike, MJ, and Zoe are repeatedly summoned via dimensional jumps to help when futuristic speeders go too far.

Along with the comics, toy cars and audio plays based on “Alpha Mods P.D.” also hit the market. The content for these diverse products was based on a story bible that laid out the background of this thematic universe.   https://alpha-mods.com/

Artist's Page: Jürgen Speh (Geier)

Known simply as “Mamei” in his comics, Marian Meinhardt-Schönfeld is a trained window dresser who worked for many years as a graphic designer and art director for various agencies in Germany and Switzerland. He lives and works in the Wachwitz district of Dresden. His specialty is hidden object illustrations, of which he has drawn over 150, mostly for advertising purposes for a wide variety of companies.

Mamei is also one of Germany’s first hip-hop artists/rappers and, during the GDR era, toured the country with his band THREE M-MEN for concert performances and appeared on music shows such as “Vibrationen” on DT64. Die Fantastischen Vier mention THREE M-MEN in their autobiography *Die letzte Besatzermusik*—named after the British music magazine *Soul Underground*, 1988.

In the late 1980s, while training as a commercial artist in Görlitz, Mamei studied classical drawing under comic artist Günter Hain (GDR youth magazine Atze) and, in the 1990s, 2D and 3D animation under Günter Rätz at the DEFA animation studio. Until 1998, he took private drawing lessons from the Dresden-based painter Siegfried Adam. Starting in 1997, he participated for several years in the German-French comic artist seminar organized by the Cultural Office of the City of Erlangen and led by Paul Derouet. His instructors at that time included Jean-Claude Denis, Riff Reb’s, Mazan, and Isabel Kreitz.

Since the September 2023 issue, Mamei has been a permanent member of the artist collective of the Swiss satirical magazine Nebelspalter. His hidden-object illustration “From the Life of a Civil Servant” graced the cover of the December 2024 issue.

Artist's Page: Mamei

"Matthias Lehmann, born in Dresden in 1983, is a comic artist and illustrator. His graphic novel debut, *Parallel*, made him a finalist for the Berthold Leibinger Foundation’s Comic Book Award in 2018. Following the book’s publication, he was also nominated for the Max und Moritz Prize in 2022. Kibitz published the young adult mystery Ich und Tod Detektei (with author Patrick Wirbeleit).

Matthias Lehmann completed his undergraduate and master’s studies at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. He illustrated the art comic Claude Monet (Prestel Verlag), published zines, and regularly contributed to the anthology Jazam. In 2019, Matthias Lehmann was awarded the Ginco Award for “Best Short Comic.” His critically acclaimed debut book Parallel (2021, Reprodukt) not only placed him among the finalists for the Berthold Leibinger Foundation’s Comic Book Prize but was also nominated for the prestigious Max und Moritz Prize. The book was also published in the comic-loving nations of the USA and France. In 2023, he followed up with Zur Sonne (Reprodukt), a meticulously crafted episodic comic.
Matthias Lehmann lives with his family in Leipzig."

Is a digitized consciousness still truly human?

After a serious car accident, there is no hope left for Mara’s boyfriend Joshua—his organs are on the verge of failing at any moment. In this difficult moment, a representative from “Mensana” approaches the young woman: The neuroscientific research program promises to preserve the consciousness of a terminally ill person by means of a digital copy of their brain. How wonderful it is to talk to Joshua via video simulation on a tablet, to remain together, and to share everyday life! But soon, Mara’s need for physical experiences and Joshua’s realization that, in a state of eternal consciousness, he is losing sight of the meaning of all things lead to rapidly growing tensions…
In their compelling and highly topical science fiction story, Julia Zejn and Matthias Lehmann explore the question of what defines a human being, the consequences of the fusion of humans and AI, and the limits of medicine.

Artist's Page: Matthias Lehmann

Matthias Vogel (b. 1967), artist and cultural organizer in Hanover. For several years now, he has been creating very short visual stories at irregular intervals (usually one page long, and recently consisting of just a single image). They are brief reflections, comments, and observations. I call this series “Schnipsel.”

Artist's Page: Matthias Vogel

OLAF BRILL (Author)

Olaf Brill writes comics (“Little Perry”), pulp novels (“Perry Rhodan”), and film-based books (“The Caligari Complex”). For over ten years, he has been collaborating with comic artist Michael Vogt. Together they created the whimsical fantasy comic series “Ein seltsamer Tag” published by Panini and the children’s comic “Der kleine Perry” published by Carlsen.

MICHAEL VOGT (Artist)

Michael Vogt lives and works as an illustrator and comic artist in Berlin. In addition to numerous children’s books (Fischer KJB, Random House, etc.) and magazine illustrations, his work includes comics such as the “Mark Brandis” album series (Panini) and “Ein seltsamer Tag” (published in “phantastisch!” since 2011; album edition 2022 by Panini). He is currently working on the children’s comic series “Der kleine Perry” (Carlsen Verlag).

ABOUT THE SERIES “Der kleine Perry”
“Perry Rhodan” is the world’s largest science fiction series. But what if the famous space hero had plunged into his adventures as a little boy? That’s what Olaf Brill and Michael Vogt—who have both already made their mark in the Perry universe—thought, and they tell Perry Rhodan’s story from the very beginning and in a completely new way. In three volumes so far (published by Carlsen Verlag), the young space traveler journeys through space, visits other planets, and encounters many different beings. He and his friends must solve puzzles, uncover secrets, resolve conflicts, and discover ever-new wonders!
www.carlsen.de/comics/der-kleine-perry

ABOUT THE SCENE (Pages 66–69 from “Little Perry: The Master of Robots”)
After Perry and his friends have finally found the mystical Atlantis, they manage to penetrate the underwater dome where they suspect the namesake of the sunken island is hiding: Atlan, a prince of the extraterrestrial empire of Arkon!

Artist's Page: Michael Vogt and Olaf Brill

Miguel Fernandez was born in 1974 near Hanover. He initially pursued a career in business before studying communication design. In early 2005, he completed his final project with a comic book, and since then he has been working as an author, illustrator, and cartoonist. Fernandez is the writer and illustrator of the series Gegen den Strich, which has been published in newspapers and magazines in Germany and abroad since 2006. His work is published in book form by Lappan Verlag. In 2011 and 2012, he was a lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hanover, teaching graphic storytelling and storyboarding. The artist lives with his family in Hagenburg on Lake Steinhude.

Artist's Page: Miguel Fernandez

Moritz von Wolzogen – Born in 1984 in Frankfurt am Main, he studied communication design in Wiesbaden and has been working in his hometown since 2012 as a freelance illustrator for books and board games, as well as a graphic storyteller in his own right.
In addition to occasional contributions to the German comic anthology “Jazam,” he published his first graphic novel, “Totality – Flying Shadows,” in 2015—a strange tale of power, powerlessness, friendship, and dreams, as well as the graphic reportage “Die Aeroplane in Brescia” in 2022, based on a text by Franz Kafka, and most recently the short comic “Stripky” for the group exhibition “Wortlos” at the Klatovy-Klenova Gallery in the Czech Republic.

The comic shown in this exhibition first appeared in the science fiction anthology COZMIC Vol. 11.

Translux
“This is how you disappear / Out between Midnight.” – Scott Walker, Rawhide

The story of an escape, from early morning into the dead of night, somewhere in the no man’s land between past, present, and future. Every mode of transportation that such a world produces is utilized, from the horse-drawn carriage to the hovercraft. “We’re all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives” – Criswell, Plan 9 from Outer Space

Artist's Page: Moritz von Wolzogen

Born in 1966, Ralf Marczinczik lives and works as a comic artist and art director in a small town in East Frisia, Germany. His commitment to the German-language comics scene has enabled him to collaborate with fellow comic artists and publishers on exhibitions and book projects. Since 2019, he has been a co-organizer of the International Comics Seminar in Erlangen.

The Project: Valérian and Laureline

Ralf’s tribute to Valérian and Laureline was created for a Carlsen Verlag anthology published in 2022. With Valerian & Veronique, Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mézières created what is arguably the most influential science-fiction series in European comics.
The series first appeared in 1967 in the legendary French comics magazine Pilote and continues to enjoy great popularity to this day.
Valérian and Laureline have had a profound impact on 20th- and 21st-century popular culture, influencing numerous works, most notably the entire Star Wars saga and The Fifth Element.

Artist's Page: Ralf Marczinczik

Ron Kruse (b. 1970) has written about comics in his master’s thesis, on the blog “Der Comic-Neurotiker,” and in the trade magazine “Comicgate.” And every now and then, he even draws himself. The Hamburg-based journalist also works as a freelance AI coach (ki-Kruse.de).

Exhibited projects:
“Did I tell you about the night Orson Welles came by?”, 2020, fineliner on drawing paper
“When AI gains consciousness in Germany”, 2026, digital (Procreate)

Artist's Page: Ron Kruse

Illustrator. Explorer. Entrepreneur.

“Drawing is like breathing to me. I work, live, and love through images, stories, and comics; I explore, discover, and create the new, the magnificent, and everything that can emerge from the creative process.”

Stephan Probst is a media entrepreneur, designer, and comic artist from Hanover. He is a participant in the International Comic Seminar Erlangen, published by Beatcomix, Panini, undergroundcomix, Moga Mobo, Edition Panel, and DRIVE, and co-revitalizer of U-Comix.

Projects: “Flapman,” “DRIVE Business Comics,” “Nibelungen 2227,” “Das 1te Album,” “Swift – BURN baby BURN,” “Der Comic-Killer,” and many more…

Stephan combines running a digital agency with his passion for illustration and graphic storytelling. He studied economics at Leibniz University Hanover and media and communication studies at the Institute for Journalism and Communication Research at HMTH. He received his artistic training from Heiner Gewecke, Nigel Packham, Helene Jahnke, and Peter Redeker, among others, in the Department of Fine Arts at Hanover University of Applied Sciences and Arts. Since January 2002, he has been managing partner, alongside his wife Monika, of the owner-managed digital agency DRIVE – Die Medienagentur in Hanover. The agency employs over 25 people and specializes in web development, e-commerce, UX design, and digital communication strategies. He was honored as Best Digital Communication Entrepreneur for his work in the digital industry. With the agency, he has won the iF Design Award, Red Dot Award, German Brand Award, German Design Award, and others. Collaborations & Exhibitions: His works have been featured in renowned magazines (such as Comixene) and exhibited in galleries (including the Ludwiggalerie Schloss Oberhausen), as well as in Frankfurt, Cologne, Milan, Hanover, and Erlangen.

Artist's Page: Stephan Probst

Susanne Kuhlendahl is an illustrator. She creates and writes graphic novels.
“Death in Venice,” based on Thomas Mann, and the biography “Virginia Woolf” were published by Knesebeck Verlag. Other books, such as “Novecento,” based on Alessandro Baricco, “The Bread,” based on Wolfgang Borchert, “The Violinist,” and “The Bogeyman,” were self-published.
In September 2025, her graphic novel “Orlando,” based on Virginia Woolf, was published. She is currently working on the feminist classic “A Room of One’s Own,” also based on Virginia Woolf.

Artist's Page: Susanne Kuhlendahl

Thilo Krapp brings history and stories to life as an illustrator of children’s books, comics, and non-fiction books on historical topics, as well as a book designer responsible for layout and typesetting. He also loves to research! For example, he incorporates the original appearance of historical objects and carefully researched, fact-based background information into his projects. And by “backgrounds” he means both landscape, space, and setting, as well as contemporary historical context—in other words, knowledge.

Thilo Krapp is one of Germany’s best-known comic artists, illustrators, and children’s book authors. He has made a name for himself particularly through his richly detailed graphic novel adaptations of major science fiction and literary classics. Krapp lives and works in Berlin with his husband.

Some of his best-known works and adaptations have been published by Carlsen Verlag and Knesebeck Verlag, among others: “The War of the Worlds”: His acclaimed graphic novel adaptation of the classic by H.G. Wells. “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea”: A comic adaptation of the famous novel by Jules Verne. “The Time Machine”: Another major adaptation of an H.G. Wells classic. “Émile in Berlin” & “The Lights of Paris”: Non-fiction picture books set in the 19th century for younger readers.

Artist's Page: Thilo Krapp

Thomas von Kummant (born March 27, 1972, in Munich) is a renowned German comic artist, illustrator, and concept artist. He is internationally recognized for his distinctive, digitally painted style, which is strongly reminiscent of cinematic concept art.

After earning his degree from a design college in Munich, Thomas joined the collaborative studio DIE ARTILLERIE in 1998. In 2019, he founded the collaborative studio REAKT · R in Munich. From his studios, Thomas has been working for over 25 years as a freelance illustrator, art director, concept artist, storyboard artist, character designer, and comic artist for advertising agencies, publishers, and production companies worldwide. He brings his passion for storytelling and his commitment to the synergy of aesthetics and narrative to both his own comic projects and film projects for studios large and small around the globe.

Many of his major comic successes were created in close collaboration with author and screenwriter Benjamin von Eckartsberg.

“GUNG HO”: This post-apocalyptic, five-volume coming-of-age saga is his most internationally renowned masterpiece. The series was produced specifically for the French market and has won several awards worldwide. GUNG HO has been exceptionally successful and has been published internationally in six languages: German, French, Spanish, English, Italian, and Polish.

Thomas is currently exploring how AI can enrich the early stages of visual development for animation and advertising projects—or how AI can be trained to develop its own style in order to use this technology in an ethically responsible manner.

Artist's Page: Thomas von Kummant

Timo Würz is an artist. An activist.

He has published more than 100 books and comics. He generally just does whatever he wants and remains grateful and humble to be paid for this freedom. He’s had the chance to let his creativity run wild for Adidas, Daimler, Disney, Marvel, DC Comics, McLaren, Porsche, and Roncalli, to name just a few. His works are on display in international galleries and several museums. He has also won international awards.

Most important to him is his commitment to nature and species conservation. He is an ambassador for the Captain Paul Watson Foundation and an “Honorary Mamba” with the South African anti-poaching unit Black Mambas. In 2024 alone, he donated over 100 paintings to organizations for sale and auction, using the proceeds to fund species conservation projects. Activism in color!

Artist's Page: Timo Würz

Born in Harbin, China in 1970, she graduated from Harbin Normal University. Now living in Shenzhen, she is a well-known artist and art therapist in Shenzhen.

• Famous cartoonist in China
• China senior painting therapist
• A Cross-border Scholar of Art and Psychology in China
• Director of China Shenzhen Psychological Service Association
• Secretary-General of China Expressive Art Therapy Association

Name of entry: Hand-painted cartoon map of Shenzhen This painting is displayed in Terminal T3 of Shenzhen Airport, and it is the only mural in Shenzhen Airport. The creation time is 2013. This painting is 54 meters long and 4 meters long. It is located directly opposite the airport where you are welcome to visit Shenzhen. It is colorful and full of stories. This cartoon map has also become a cultural highlight of Shenzhen Airport and a scenic spot that many people stop to enjoy.
At the invitation of Shenzhen Airport, cartoonist Xu Jingru spent a month mainly introducing Shenzhen's eating, playing, traveling and cultural attractions, depicting a number of scenic spots from Shenzhen Airport to Sha Tau Kok with rich and colorful colors, and creating two mascots, namely "Green Seed" and "Red Flower", which symbolize Shenzhen's ecological concept and also represent the style of Shenzhen Airport: green, environmental protection and modern. Throughout the map, they play the roles of drinking tea, shopping, reading and traveling, interspersed in the stories of each scenic spot.

Artist's Page: Xu Jingru

Zoe Tschöke, born in Hanover in 2002, is a student of Visual Communication at Hanover University of Applied Sciences and Arts. Her comic “Chichilas” (2025), which tells a story of flight, was exhibited in Osnabrück and Brussels by the State Office for the Reception of Refugees.

Project Name: Moments of Happiness

Project Description: The project was created as part of my studies. The storyline was determined by a fellow student’s moment of happiness. Combined with random elements, this resulted in a story with eels as the central motif.

Artist's Page: Zoe Tschöke