CBK Comics

Örebro comics festival

CBK, together with Tusen Serier and Wormgod, will be at the Örebro comics festival, November 26-27!

The poster is made by one of the early crew members of CBK and one of the artists of the upcoming CBA vol 35: Bleed, Susanne Johansson (currently part of Wormgod and Tusen Serier and one of the founding members of Dotterbolaget), with some layout assistance from Mattias Elftorp.

Susanne’s exhibition Void (formerly shown at AltCom 2016) will also be presented at the Örebro festival, with prints from the book of the same name.

Here you can find all of Susanne Johansson’s publications currently available in our webshop.

October 14, 2016

CBK

Events and appearances

CBK is going to Bokmässan!

This Sunday, the 25^th of September, at 1 pm, one of CBK’s editors, Henrik Rogowski, will present CBK on “Seriescenen” (Showcase A02:40) on Bokmässan in Gothenburg! He will talk about our anthology, editorial staff and vision, but also about comics with more of an artistic approach. See you there!

September 22, 2016

Henrik Rogowski

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Dripping your way this fall…

New volume out in October/November…

Hand illustration by Kinga Dukaj, CBA cover by Rakel Stammer.

August 12, 2016

CBK

C'est Bon Anthology

AltCom is coming!

As you may know, we are organizing the AltCom 2016: WORK comics festival together with Tusen Serier on July 28-31 in Malmö.

You can find the program for the festival here.

One of our contributions will be the release/exhibition for the new CBA vol 34: Re: Creation & Idleness. @ Mitt Möllan, July 28-29, 17-23.

You can pre-order the book here.

Poster design: Mattias Elftorp. Original art: Alexander Robyn

It’s time to put on your leisure suit and get to work on whatever. Whatever you want. Whatever. Is it working? No! It’s not working at all. Maybe it’s a sci-fi utopia. Or is it a fantasy? It’s all the time in the world. Odd moments are even. Time is money and everyone’s a billionaire. Spare some time? Here: free time for everyone! High quality time! No work and all play.

Poster by Mattias Elftorp

CBK organized the first AltCom back in 2004 as a one-time event, then it was turned into a full-scale comics festival and run by the Swedish Comics Association in 2010, 2012 and 2014. And now it’s back with us and Tusen Serier.

There will be exhibitions, films and a comics fair. During all of the festival, we will also give out the AltCom 2016: WORK anthology for free.

The book features an assortment of international artists, many of whom have been published in CBA over the years. Cover illustration by Kinga Dukaj.

Special offer: Become a member now for half price!

We have a special summer offer from now until the end of july!

We really need new members (i.e subscribers). You might say we’re a bit desperate, even. It’s a long story. So now you can become a member (which means that you subscribe to CBA and get 4 issues delivered to your home, wherever you live) for one year at half the normal* price!

It only costs 160sek (Sweden) / 24eur (Europe) / 32usd (rest of the world) if you order your membership now!

* Disclaimer 1:
It’s half the former price. After this special offer expires the normal price will be a bit cheaper than it used to be.

* Disclaimer 2:
This offer is only valid for new members. Renewal will cost the same as the future normal price.

But never mind all these confusing details now. Just jump on the special offer train and enjoy the ride! You’re never gonna regret this and you’re gonna get som many great comics sent to your mailbox irregularly all over the year. Yaay!

May 29, 2016

CBK

C'est Bon Anthology

Repeat Offenders

Release exhibition for
CBA vol 33:
REPEAT OFFENDERS
by Julia Scott

Opening: May 14, 17-20 @ Biograf Panora (Friisgatan 19, Malmö)
The exhibition will remain until June 8.

REPEAT OFFENDERS
Everyone wants to feel connected to something bigger than themselves. When it comes to millennial ennui, however, things get complicated. Living the very American dichotomy of privilege and trouble, more often than not we gravitate towards anti-heroes and villains to break us out of our daily grind. But at what point do the troublemakers of American pop culture start resembling it’s youth more than the heroes? Diary essays paired with familiar faces create a dream landscape mirroring the millennial adolescent psyche.

CBA vol 33:REPEAT OFFENDERS is Julia Scott’s solo debut about growing up weird, growing up other, and taking courage from the seemingly innocuous cartoon villains that populated the childhood of a generation.

Julia Scott is an American working artist based out of the very raucous Baltimore, Maryland. Some of her clients include Warner Bros, Archaia Entertainment, and Lion Forge Comics. She draws the comic The Telepath Generation with writers Josh Tierney and Bobby Myers, and considers herself an animated pop culture connoisseur.

The exhibition is supported by Malmö Kulturstöd.

May 9, 2016

CBK

Events and appearances, Exhibitions

SIS16!

The weekend is coming towards us like some kind of train. We will have a table at SIS16 (May 7-8 at Kulturhuset in Stockholm). As usual, we’ll be with Tusen Serier & Wormgod + Anna Ehrlemark (one of the artists of the brand new CBA vol 32).

You will find us in the same place as last year (F8-F10). We also take part in the programming, with a talk about Hybriden & AltCom on Saturday at 13.
See the entire program here

We will of course bring our latest issue and an assortment of back issues that we will sell with some generous special offers (look us up to find out more)!

And speaking of festival, now there’s a Facebook event (and poster) for AltCom!

May 3, 2016

CBK

AltCom, Events and appearances

Saturday: Seriefest & Seriefestfest!

Hybriden and Seriefest present Seriefestfesten!

This weekend (Sat-Sun) we will be at Seriefest at the Malmö City Library. We’ll be sharing a table with Tusen Serier and Wormgod (as usual).

Then, on Saturday evening, starting at 18, we invite you to the official Seriefestfesten (Comicspartyparty) at Hybriden, our comics store/library/exhibition space at Mitt Möllan (Claesgatan 8, Malmö). Fest!

Seriefest may be over for the day, but the night is still young. Come and hang out with us, see the ongoing comics exhibition and of course you can buy lots and lots of comics in our store if that’s the way you prefer to spend your evening. We won’t mind.

Bring your own booze or have a taste of our exhibition wine. We’ll bring some snacks and sodas.

Naturally, you are also very welcome even if you have had nothing to do with Seriefest during the day, but we recommend a visit at the zine fest as well.

April 1, 2016

CBK

Events, Hybriden

Release: CBA vol 32

Friday, April 29, 18-22 @ Hybriden (Mitt Möllan, Claesgatan 8, Malmö):
Release party & exhibition for the all-new CBA vol 32: BLUE BEGINNINGS!

Blue isn’t just a color. Mostly you’d associate it with depression, moodiness, full moons and break-ups. But, have you ever spent a cloudy afternoon on an old jetty by the sea, staring into the depths? Watching the intricate patterns fold and unfold into new and recurring shapes… Remember the feeling of liquid calm spreading through your scattered brain? Hypnotizing and invigorating. Like pouring fresh, wet, blue paint on a white canvas.

New beginnings can be blue.

Facebook event

After the opening, the exhibition will stay up until May 18. Opening hours: Mon/Wed: 16-20, Sat: 12-16

Artists in this issue:

Artists in this issue (+shown in the exhibition):
Hanna Alfredsson
Anna Krztoń
Alexander Robyn
Nicolas Krizan
Mauro Trotta
Anna Ehrlemark
DZAIZKU
Ylva Oknelid
Marie Tillman
Cover by Inés Estrada

Get your 1 year (4 volumes) subscription here.

March 28, 2016

CBK

C'est Bon Anthology, Events and appearances, Exhibitions

Opening hours + photos from the opening

Last Friday we opened our new space, Hybriden, with exhibition, workshop and party (see previous blog post). We had a great time!

The exhibition will be up until the end of this month, possibly longer, and the opening hours are:

Monday/Wednesday/Friday: 16–20

So come on in and have a look at the combined release exhibition for CBAvol30 (with guest appearances from Tusen Serier) and samples from upcoming Tusen Serier books, look through our comics library and buy our books in the shop section!

We got some media coverage for the opening:
Skånska Dagbladet: Serier med utblick
Sydsvenskan/Dygnet Runt: Nytt galleri och butik för serier öppnar i Malmö

And here are some photos:

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