Save the date! Friday 30 June: Wobby Club Night at De Nachtzuster Tilburg. Artist Jip Piet will host the always surprising and confusing Wobby Club Night. An evening full of performances, music, art, poetry, drawing sessions, the launch of Wobby #34 - Designer Dreams, and more!
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Workshops at Graphic days Torino (IT)
In the beginning of May, Wobby.club’s team members Marjolein Schalk & Bobbi Oskam were guests at Graphic Days Torino, Italy. They hosted a workshop, live printing demo’s and were speakers at the Mad for Print discussion. Graphic Days Torino is a festival to celebrate creativity, visual design, graphic experimentation and printmaking.
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Results Wobby Open Call 2023
We recently closed our 2023 Open Call for illustrators, comic & visual artists, which was was an overwhelming success! A staggering 900 artists from all over the world submitted their portfolio. Thank you to all participating artists!
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Spread by Giovanna Fabi for Wobby #33
Wobby’s graduates: Giovanna Fabi, Merlin Fels and Amber Pieren
“I found my own signature in the process of making illustrations“. In the newest Wobby #33 – Extreme, three recently graduated international illustrators show their work. Meet Giovanna Fabi (IT), Merlin Fels (FR) and Amber Pieren (NL), who were selected from the Open Call for Graduates 2022 and made brand new work for this edition.
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Cover by Laurent Impeduglia for Wobby #33
Wobby's Who & Why: Laurent Impeduglia
“I try to make work that people can read in several ways. It has to be accessible for everyone, playful but with depth. My work is the story of my life. It is a road full of bumps, from hell towards the light”, says painter Laurent Impeduglia, who made the art work for the cover of Wobby #33, Extreme.
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Graphic Days Torino (IT)
Graphic Days Torino (IT) is a festival to celebrate creativity, visual design and graphic experimentation. This year, Wobby.club’s team members Marjolein Schalk & Bobbi Oskam will be guests at the festival with a workshop, talk and live printing demo’s.
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7 April: Wobby Club Night!
Save the date! 7 April: Wobby Club Night! Hosted by Noa Zuidervaart with guests, performances by Kexin Hao, Hannah van der Heide, Mika Schalks, launch of Wobby #33 - Extreme, music and 🍻
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Graphic novels, who needs them?
For Wobby, Joost Pollmann wrote an article about graphic novels: “The ability to speak figuratively is one of the strongpoints of the graphic novelist, who has the freedom to invent his or her own rhetorical tricks and develop a new visual language with its own codes and meanings.“
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WOBBY OPEN CALL 2023
Wobby magazine is on the lookout for fresh figurative, experimental, and humorous work for its upcoming quarterlies. Our scope is very narrow this time: we are looking for artists that focus on visual, comic and absurd storytelling, the trademark of Wobby!
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OngeZine.fm and 'DRAWING ZINES' Drawing Centre Diepenheim
On Saturday 14 January 2023, Marjolein Schalk, artistic director of Wobby.club, is guest of the online radio show OngeZine.fm, organised as part of the ’Drawing Zines’ exhibition at Drawing Centre Diepenheim, which showcases self-published drawn zines by more than 80 artists.
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Cover Wobby #32 by María Medem
Wobby's Who & Why: María Medem and Dan Zhu
“The theme ‘Cozy Cosmos’ is well connected with my own work and life. I’m really interested in the way the body relates to the cosmos”, states visual artist Dan Zhu (CN), who made the centerfold for Wobby #32. We interviewed Dan about her way of working, along with illustrator María Medem (ES), who made the cover and a 6-page comic spread.
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Spread by Rania Esstafa for Wobby #32
Wobby’s Graduates: Arthur Devisscher and Rania Esstafa
“My illustrations become piece by piece a whole story”. The newest Wobby #32 – Cozy Cosmos includes the work of two recently graduated artists: Arthur Devisscher (BE) and Rania Esstafa (FR). They were selected from the Open Call for Graduates 2022 and made completely new work for this edition of Wobby.
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Wobby Wonderland throwback
On Saturday December 10, we hosted the first post-Covid edition of our DIY publishing & printed matter fair Wobby Wonderland at NS16 in Tilburg. We welcomed high-quality participants and many (new) visitors stopped by.
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Wobby Club Night - 9 December - Fussbal Edition
Come and meet us Friday 9 December at our second Wobby Club Night of this year! We will celebrate the launch of Wobby #32 - Cozy Cosmos. The Wobby Club Night will be hosted by C.V. De Gierboys!
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Risograph Workshop Wobby Wonderland
On Saturday 10 December we’ll be hosting a risograph workshop at our studio in NS16 Tilburg. We will give you a basic introduction about the risograph printer and its bright and shockingly vibrant colours. You will make your own design and print A5 cards on this machine, which creates tactile and vibrant prints with unique results!
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✏️ Design by Noa Zuidervaart
Participants of Wobby Wonderland 2022
Meet the participants of Wobby Wonderland – Saturday 10 December. Wobby Wonderland is a DIY publishing & printed matter fair. This year our cozy fair will take place in NS16 Tilburg. Besides the book fair, Wobby Wonderland will also offer a program with talks and workshops.
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Sprint Milano Art Book Fair
Wobby is selected to join the SPRINT Milano Art Book Fair on 26–27 Nov. The 10th edition of SPRINT Milano presents a selection of over 150 local and international artists and publishers from 22 different countries. We will be selling Wobby in Italy for the first time!
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Open studio & future workshops
On Saturday 12 November we hosted our Open Studio during the Kunstscene event. We gave two risoprint demonstrations, and we will also start giving workshops again at our studio!
Read MoreTo Riso or Not 2022 - Carlyn Westerink, Jiaojiao Li, Kasper van Moll
During Dutch Design Week, the presentation of the results of the fourth edition of “To Riso or Not 2022” could be seen at Make Eindhoven. In this video three participants talk about the work period: Carlyn Westerink, Jiaojiao Li and Kasper van Moll
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Save the date! Wobby Wonderland – Saturday 10 December
We are happy to announce the return of Wobby Wonderland! Wobby Wonderland is a DIY publishing & printed matter fair, where independent publishers, artists and collectives sell their publications, zines, art prints and other printed matter. Saturday 10 December. Location: NS16 Tilburg.
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