Mattias Elftorp

Latest issue of the international comics anthology series asks the questions: What’s in THE BOX? Who wants to know? How big is it? Where is it? Is it on its way somewhere? Why does it matter? Why can’t you know what’s in it? Or do you know? This issue is a box filled with stories. But what is THE BOX if you think outside the box? Comics by: Mattias Elftorp, Miguel Santos, Susanne Johansson, Sara Alma Safije Sheikhi, Manuel Rodriguez Navarro, Josef Noren. Text & illustration by: Eileen Laurie. Cover & main editor: Mattias Elftorp.

Liminal space, a concept that deconstructs the notion of fixed boundaries and absolute realities. It is a space that challenges the dualities of self and other, inside and outside, past and future. A bridge to cross, a door to open. A place to question and transcend. Liminality has always been a part of humanity. Maybe not as a state of transition but rather as a state of constant becoming. It is a space that disrupts the linearity of time and questions the stability of identity. That area of blurred boundaries is very much an integral part of the creative process for us as humans and artists. A realm of ambiguity. A pause in time, a shift in state. A realm of potentiality. Where form and meaning await. Here (or in there) we can push the boundaries of the unexpected. With comics, the idea of the liminal space can be used to craft stories and narratives that exist between different realms of reality.

The City is firing sentient smart-missiles against terrorists hiding in the previously unknown desert. But who is this outer enemy? Using metamagic, Purple learns how to fly and takes Information and Erica on an expedition to find out, but the truth comes with unexpected dangers. Piracy is Liberation mixes classic cyberpunk elements in a dystopian future with a glimmer of postapocalyptic hope and a pinch of metamagic. Weighing in at 236 pages, this book continues the story started in Piracy is Liberation 012: Outer Enemy.

Few non-genital body parts are the object of nightmares and obsessions as much as fingers and teeth. Focusing on single body parts might seem hard when telling a story, or evoking feelings in art, but not regarding fingers and teeth. We all have some story connected to them. The human touch and the animal bite, desirable or dangerous. In this issue, we zoom in on the most bodily representations of anxiety and vulnerability.

Terror strikes the City, and Pirate seems to be the terrorist! Or is this finally the start of the revolution? As the City is gearing up for war, two girls walk its streets looking for action and trying to figure out what actually happened. How will our anarchist heroes deal with this situation as the equivalent to nationalist tendencies grip the population? What happens in a City where war has been an unknown concept, as its billboards are filling up with WANTED posters and military propaganda and the army recruitment centers are opening up for business? Who is the enemy? 10 year in the making, this 12th book in the Piracy is Liberation series finally takes us back to the City for 212 pages of a brand new story about a society on the brink of war.

Det här myntet har flera sidor, men oftast är det bara en som syns. Fanzine som innehåller två kapitel ur boken Jag & min Pappa & Zlatan. Tillsammans bildar de en fristående kommentar om ett sammanhang som vi ser omkring oss hela tiden men sällan som en enhet. En liten granskning av den svenska självbilden och hur den kan krocka med verkligheten.

New issue of the international comics anthology CBA: Have you ever had to just stop what you’re doing and go: “Wait, is this a dream?” When the unknown starts bleeding into reality and you are forced to question your sanity, if just a little bit. You know the sort of thing that happens in dreams that makes you sure it’s just a dream? How do you cope when it happens in the waking world?

No theme, no limits, only members of the current and former editorial crew of CBA celebrating this anniversary issue by doing whichever comics they want! Illustrated haiku poems! Vampires! Cyberpunk! Abstract patterns and ruminations on death! Working with the elderly and trying to find your husband in the realm of the dead! There’s also a seal.

New issue of the international comics anthology: Where were you born? Where are you from? When these questions are asked really what the person means often is, who are you? In the new volume of CBA we want you to ask yourselves some questions. Who are humanity as a collective consciousness? Where do we come from? All these little specks of life in this big dark space of nothing, and for what?

New issue of the international comics anthology: CBA vol 48 is about cats. Cats and the lifelong friendships we form with our furry friends. Bonds so strong and endearment so deep and ancient, it permeates our lives through time. You find cats in scary stories, in cute stories, they’re a sign of bad luck in some cultures and good luck in others, worshipped as deities or shunned like pests. Remnants of our relationships with the floofy furs are found not just all over the world, but all over the internet as well. Here’s our contribution to the Cat Library of Time.

Science and fiction rule our lives. The laws of physics seem set in stone while the laws of man are arbitrary mirrors of the morality of the times. Gods and spirits are creations of the mind but also the explanation when comprehension fails. What lies beyond our understanding? Is it more science or something else? What dark forces lurk outside our field of vision? What machineries of death and destruction are we yet to invent in the name of money (which used to be metal and paper but is now to a great extent nothing but speculation and expectations)? What (or who) else meet in the intersection between science fiction and real science? What came first? The egg or the hatching machine?

What do we find in the depths? What lies in the depths in the oceans? What hides in the deep darkness of the corner of your room when you’re about to fall asleep? What thoughts trickle through your mind when looking deeply inwards, what do we find when we look where we can’t see?

Once more, Wormgod explores the different ways the world ended. From a hindsight perspective we delve into various scenarios to pinpoint the details of the apocalypse. Comics and illustrated texts from the minds behind Wormgod, a roadmap of things to navigate to come out on the other side of the future. Also a furious description of the world we live and die in now, with all its horrors. Includes industrial/harsh noise soundtrack available for download upon purchase, featuring: SYSTEMET NIMAM SPREGLEDA FACTORY FARMING TRAUMA COMMAND FEBERDRÖM KOEFF

Folklore – it’s the stories our parents told us as children as well as a glimpse into another world, of fairies, trolls, and magic. But folklore is more than just stories about bad children who get eaten by witches; it’s our shared fears, hopes and dreams and they often share similar themes across the world. Folk tales have been told by an infinite number of people with equally infinite motives; some to warn, others to encourage and some who just try to make sense of the world around them. In volume 44 of CBA we want to dig deep into the roots of folklore from different cultures and explore what it has to say about ourselves as human beings regardless of nationality.

In this volume of CBA the focus is on superheroes, but instead of the conventional view we have instead subverted the genre, resulting in comics and texts that really explore something different within the superhero genre.

Om en irakisk läkare, en amerikansk soldat och en svensk student som får ett oväntat besök. Om hur deras vägar möts och deras livsöden sammanflätas. Boken är skriven från två håll, så den historia som börjar i Irak läses från höger till vänster och den som börjar i Sverige läses från vänster till höger. De två historierna bildar tillsammans en sammanhängande berättelse om plikt, flykt och självuppoffrande integritet i en svår situation.

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. Published to coincide with the AltCom 2016: WORK festival

First volume with comics by the new editorial crew! New design! New paper stock! New logos! New hope! This is a glimpse of an exciting future. We live in interesting times. See how we deal with it through our comics. Please do not be afraid. CBA (formerly known as C'est Bon Anthology) contains avant-garde comics from all over the world. What we’re looking for in the selection is comics with a will to experiment and a passion for storytelling, a mix of established artists and new talent, with unique creative voices and stories that matter.

Introducing the 5d memory complex theory of consciousness! Ten years in the making, this 5-dimensional family drama reaches catastrophic proportions on a planetary scale. What begins as a simple suicide and the accompanying outburst of emotions turns into something completely different. How would you handle finding out that you’re a changeling? The Troll in this story sets out on a journey that will take her further through time and space than she could have imagined. Or could she? After all, her imagination is dark and great... Partially in 3d to enhance your reading experience. Previously published by Komika förlag. 3D glasses included!