Incubator

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Incubator presents a selection of the very best comics by art school students from around the world. In addition to over two hundred pages of comics, the book includes information on the art schools and teachers, which makes it an indispensable guide for everyone who wants to pursue a degree in comics. The extensive interview with James Sturm – renowned cartoonist and the cofounder of The Center for Cartoon Studies – completes the book.

The following teachers and their students are included in this first volume: Hendrik Dorgathen (Kunsthochschule Kassel, Germany), Hanco Kolk (ArtEZ, the Netherlands), Sam Peeters (Academie Minerva, the Netherlands), Johanna Schipper (L'École européenne supérieure de l'image, France), James Sturm (The Center for Cartoon Studies, USA), Johan Stuyck (Sint-Lukas Brussels, Belgium) and Martin tom Dieck (Folkwang Universität der Künste, Germany).

Hans Lijklema is a graphic designer, an avid reader of comic books and the author of various books on graphic design and illustration, including the highly successful Free Font Index series and Design for Music. Since 1996 he has been living in Warsaw, Poland, where he worked as the design director of Saatchi & Saatchi Design before starting his own design practice in 2001, together with Karolina Lijklema. Over the years they have designed mainly book covers, corporate identities and packaging for local as well as international clients. By teaching graphic design and Illustration, both have shared their experience with the students of several art schools. Hans and Karolina Lijklema are the authors of numerous children’s books, including pioneering educational books for different public institutions.