CBK Comics

19/04/2026

CBA vol 73: BUGS is out soon! Official release date is May 4, when it’ll be available at hybriden.se and the usual retailers and online bookstores. If you order it now from Hybriden (link in bio), you will get it around the release date.

One day, Gregor Samsa woke up and found himself transformed into an insect. Do you think that bugged him?

Puns aside, insects are fascinating. Many people find them disgusting and associate them with filth and decay, but without them we wouldn’t have anything to eat, considering they’re also the main pollinators of our plants. How could we survive in a world with no bugs? Then again, fleas were quite significant in spreading the plague.

Insects are hailed as the protein of the future and shunned as vectors of disease. They’re pests, pets and objects of fear and fascination. But they aren’t the only kind of bug out there. If you’re sick, you’ve caught a bug. If your computer program doesn’t run as intended, it’s due to a bug. If you experience a glitch in the matrix, there might be a bug in the very fabric of our reality. If something is bugging you, you can’t stop thinking about it. And remember: shrimp are also bugs.

Comics by: Aiden Kvarnström [SE], The Chemical Jam [IT], Matteo Galasso [IT], Angela Schmold [CA], Monica Nielsen [SE], Sandra G [RS], Adrián A. Astorgano [ES], Jon Högman [SE], Susanne Johansson [SE], Vlad

24/02/2026

BOKREA @ Hybriden!
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21/02/2026

CBA vol 72: WEIRD FOREST is out soon! Official release date is March 3, when it’ll be available at hybriden.se and the usual retailers and online bookstores. If you order it now from Hybriden, you will get it around the release date.
https://www.hybriden.se/product/cba-vol-72-9789187825453/

You have entered into the weird forest. You are one of its creatures now. Welcome. You will never leave. The only path laid out before you, your only choice, is to go deeper, deeper, until you are completely and utterly lost. Not until then can you find who you are and where you’re going.

If you’re lucky.

Comics by: Tomasz Kontny [PL] & Tomxyz [PL], Mattias Elftorp [SE], Michael Elton Crye [US], Athanasía Aarniosuo [FI], Knut Larsson [SE], Susanne Johansson [SE], Svalan Sörblom [SE], Xico Santos [PT/SE]. Text & illustration by: Mattias Elftorp [SE]. Cover & main editor: Mattias Elftorp [SE]

16/12/2025

Kulturkanonen 2026 calendar

We just released a calendar for 2026, in protest against the recently introduced official Swedish cultural canon. We think it’s not only unnecessary but also a nationalist attempt at building a national identity and therefore counter to the very evolution of humanity.

Since it’s aimed at a specifically Swedish context, it’s written in Swedish and illustrated by Oskar Aspman, Jakob Dittmar, Mattias Elftorp and Caroline Ulvros. Printed in 2-color risoprint. Cover by Oskar Aspman.

Read more in the blog post and buy it from our webshop Hybriden (link to both in bio)!

15/12/2025

UTE NU:
Kulturkanonen 2026 (kalender)

Många är säkert överens om att den officiella svenska kulturkanon var ett onödigt projekt, ett försök att bygga en nationell identitet genom att lyfta upp ett antal verk och företeelser som skulle sammanfatta den svenska folksjälen. Efter att ha hånat projektet (både dess syfte och urval) över en middag i Ystad, satte sig fyra illustratörer och valde ut 12 saker som också format Sverige men som inte direkt bidrar till nationell stolthet. Resultatet blev denna kalender för 2026. Köp den som julklapp till den som behöver påminnas om hur landets historia också är fylld av mindre smickrande element, eller den som vill gotta sig lite åt hur värdelöst det är med nationalism. Från skotten i Ådalen till Vipeholmsexperimentet, Boforsaffären och Rasbiologiska Instotutet.

Tryckt i tvåfärgsriso för en grafisk upplevelse som varar hela året!
Av Oskar Aspman, Jakob Dittmar, Mattias Elftorp, Caroline Ulvros.

Många är säkert överens om att den officiella svenska kulturkanon var ett onödigt projekt, ett försök att bygga en nationell identitet genom att lyfta upp ett antal verk och företeelser som skulle sammanfatta den svenska folksjälen. Efter att ha hånat projektet (både dess syfte och urval)...

11/12/2025

CBK and the rest of Hybriden (Tusen Serier & Wormgod) will be at CUTZINEfest at Tomrummet (Kopparbergsgatan 15) next Saturday (13/12) between 12-17!

You’ll find all the info about the event at their website: CUTZINE.org, or .malmo

More info and proper links in our latest blog post (link in bio)!

Important: you need to become a member of Tomrummet to get in at CUTZINEfest. You can do that (for free) here: tomrummet.xyz/register, make sure to register by the end of today Dec 11!

10/12/2025

Lördag: CUTZINEfest!
Tomrummet, Malmö.
Vi har bord med Hybriden.
Missa inte att du måste registrera medlemskap (gratis) senast imorgon(?) för att komma in!
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Info in English in our blogpost (and link to their site):

CBK and the rest of Hybriden (Tusen Serier & Wormgod) will be at CUTZINEfest at Tomrummet (Kopparbergsgatan 15) next Saturday (13/12) between 12-17! You’ll find all the info about the event at their website: CUTZINE.org or: Mastodon Pixelfed Facebook-event Instagram Here’s the full list...

23/11/2025

Drop by Malmö University tomorrow! At 15:00 on November 24th, the latest number of CBA is released together with an exhibition at Niagara, the Malmö University building on Norra Neptunigatan 1.
This issue of CBA offers new insights through voices of resistance from a neighbor who affects us all: Russia. How were its dreams of democracy shattered? How did it go from flaunting extravagant Eurovision stunts to prisoners dying at the frontline in Ukraine? Is it possible to steer into other pathways? Through the stories of Russian and ex-Russian artists, these comics share rarely heard perspectives on what it means to live within these changes, reflections that are normally out of reach for Western readers.
At the opening of the exhibition, drop by at 15:10 and listen to further perspectives presented by:
-Bo Petersson, Professor of Political Science and IMER at Malmö University, and director of the research platform RUCARR - Russia, Ukraine and the Caucasus Regional Research
and later on
-an artist who has contributed to the anthology, but wishes to remain anonymous.
During this day, you can also see a recorded interview with the artist Victoria Lomasko, known for her work on contemporary Russian society.

Comics by: Criminaliza, Olesya Gonserovskaya , Victoria Lomasko, Max Estropov, Ole Guacamole, Raisa Doloto, manifestophilus , Dmitry Pakhomov, La Blum, Åsa Harvard Maare, Oskar Aspman

Event link in bio!

11/09/2025

NEW BOOK OUT NOW!

A PERFECT PLACE TO CALL HOME
by Julia NascimentoJulia

Offial release at the Seriefest anniversary party at Rum för Serier tomorrow (Friday) between 19-21 and at Malmö Seriefest this weekend!

NEW BOOK OUT NOW! Offial release at the Seriefest anniversary party at Rum för Serier tomorrow (Friday) between 19-21 and at Malmö Seriefest this weekend! Also available for orders at Hybriden and (soon!) at the internet bookstore of your choice. A Perfect Place To Call...

02/06/2025

CBA vol 68 - Stories from the Future/Space
is now officially released!
Available from Hybriden, the Swedish internet bookstores etc.

"No theme, just more stories. Let’s all go to the stars! Or maybe the future, if there is such a thing? These are stories to take you away and to bring you back, possibly changed. You just have to try it!"

Comics by: Shko Askari [IQ/SE], Felipe Kolb Bernardes [PT/SE], Layal Safieddine [LB/SE], Maja Perak [HR], Gareth A Hopkins [UK], Daniel Gizicki [PL], Grzegorz Pawlak [PL], Aiden Kvarnström [SE], Josef Norén [SE], Predrag Stamenković [RS], Korin Hunjak [HR], Petra Lilla Marjai [HU], David Liljemark [SE], Jimmy Wallin Lager [SE], Pavol Bratský [SK], Marcin Bałczewski [PL], Artur Biernacki [PL]. Main editor, cover, text & illustrations by: Mattias Elftorp [SE].

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20/05/2025

Just came from the printer: CBA vol 68 - Stories from the Future/Space

"No theme, just more stories. Let’s all go to the stars! Or maybe the future, if there is such a thing? These are stories to take you away and to bring you back, possibly changed. You just have to try it!"

Comics by: Shko Askari [IQ/SE], Felipe Kolb Bernardes [PT/SE], Layal Safieddine [LB/SE], Maja Perak [HR], Gareth A Hopkins [UK], Daniel Gizicki [PL], Grzegorz Pawlak [PL], Aiden Kvarnström [SE], Josef Norén [SE], Predrag Stamenković [RS], Korin Hunjak [HR], Petra Lilla Marjai [HU], David Liljemark [SE], Jimmy Wallin Lager [SE], Pavol Bratský [SK], Marcin Bałczewski [PL], Artur Biernacki [PL]. Main editor, cover, text & illustrations by: Mattias Elftorp [SE].

Officially released Juna 2, but we will have copies at SIS this weekend!

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