Jakob Dittmar
@jakobdittmar.bsky.social
Visual Communication and Comics researcher, artistic research into text-image interweavings / interactions, also working on and in character design with focus on Puppetry (yes, this leads into theatre and film)
Located in the very South of Sweden
Located in the very South of Sweden
Early bird catches train ; )
November 13, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Early bird catches train ; )
Student puts bag on desk. I see the logo and am off down memory lane. Funny that...
November 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Student puts bag on desk. I see the logo and am off down memory lane. Funny that...
Another reason to learn German ; )
October 31, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Another reason to learn German ; )
In einer deutschen Universität entdeckt. Ich suche jetzt den Fremdlernraum...
October 16, 2025 at 10:10 AM
In einer deutschen Universität entdeckt. Ich suche jetzt den Fremdlernraum...
A sure sign for autumn: they take the boats in here now...
October 10, 2025 at 9:10 AM
A sure sign for autumn: they take the boats in here now...
Bryan Talbot's epiphany from "Alice in Sunderland" (starring St Scott McCloud, of course) - now properly hung in the drawing and comics-studio at Malmö university. The frame is assembled from the Peder Damborg (Copenhagen) catalogue. May it inspire our comics studies : )
October 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Bryan Talbot's epiphany from "Alice in Sunderland" (starring St Scott McCloud, of course) - now properly hung in the drawing and comics-studio at Malmö university. The frame is assembled from the Peder Damborg (Copenhagen) catalogue. May it inspire our comics studies : )
Ben Jennings' Manchester heart: good solid symbolism
--> today's Guardian
--> today's Guardian
October 3, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Ben Jennings' Manchester heart: good solid symbolism
--> today's Guardian
--> today's Guardian
About that telecoms thing the US Secret Service discovered: these are all plugged into one wall-socket? How much power is needed when they all are active? What terror network was testing the fuses in NY? It looks dodgy to me...
September 23, 2025 at 6:44 PM
About that telecoms thing the US Secret Service discovered: these are all plugged into one wall-socket? How much power is needed when they all are active? What terror network was testing the fuses in NY? It looks dodgy to me...
There were times when Disney took a stand against dictators...
now they do not even try.
now they do not even try.
September 21, 2025 at 7:42 AM
There were times when Disney took a stand against dictators...
now they do not even try.
now they do not even try.
In the corner of our classroom at Malmö University: the revelation of St Scott according to Brian Talbot! May it inspire the comics students : )
September 10, 2025 at 11:07 AM
In the corner of our classroom at Malmö University: the revelation of St Scott according to Brian Talbot! May it inspire the comics students : )
Another lovely morning at Malmö harbour : )
Today's guest: Atlantis from Amsterdam : )
Today's guest: Atlantis from Amsterdam : )
September 10, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Another lovely morning at Malmö harbour : )
Today's guest: Atlantis from Amsterdam : )
Today's guest: Atlantis from Amsterdam : )
Malmö fick finbesök...
September 9, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Malmö fick finbesök...
Endlich wieder n Buch, das mit dem Ende anfängt - der Flix auf neuen (Ab?)Wegen, grosser Spass!!!
#Immerland
#Immerland
July 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Endlich wieder n Buch, das mit dem Ende anfängt - der Flix auf neuen (Ab?)Wegen, grosser Spass!!!
#Immerland
#Immerland
Ben Jennings in today's guardian. Everybody gets it but our governments. We need to explain to them. Quick. In easy and clear language. Food into Gaza now!
July 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Ben Jennings in today's guardian. Everybody gets it but our governments. We need to explain to them. Quick. In easy and clear language. Food into Gaza now!
Have a real-life superman instead: saving school meals for the many in need was not a small thing - snd he did no do it alone, but no need for kryptonite or other drugs there ; )
July 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Have a real-life superman instead: saving school meals for the many in need was not a small thing - snd he did no do it alone, but no need for kryptonite or other drugs there ; )
Reminder: Comics research can be about inconvenient truths. A painted plastic cow can be a reference to a comic, same with a photo of it - neither is a comic.
July 19, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Reminder: Comics research can be about inconvenient truths. A painted plastic cow can be a reference to a comic, same with a photo of it - neither is a comic.
Ah yeah!
New issue of IJoCA arrived!
Thanks to John A. Lent who kindly sponsored the US postal services again 🤣
New issue of IJoCA arrived!
Thanks to John A. Lent who kindly sponsored the US postal services again 🤣
July 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Ah yeah!
New issue of IJoCA arrived!
Thanks to John A. Lent who kindly sponsored the US postal services again 🤣
New issue of IJoCA arrived!
Thanks to John A. Lent who kindly sponsored the US postal services again 🤣
Maybe Fox should run the pictures of Saigon's evacuation more...
June 23, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Maybe Fox should run the pictures of Saigon's evacuation more...
Sequential pictorial storytelling it is. Drawn it is not. Story of my great-grandfather's part in WW1. Same madness back then... Illustrated with old fotos and objects from the family archive.
June 19, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Sequential pictorial storytelling it is. Drawn it is not. Story of my great-grandfather's part in WW1. Same madness back then... Illustrated with old fotos and objects from the family archive.
Yes.
That is part and parcel of being the author and illustrator who gives voice to whatever narrator(s) appearing implicitly and obviously in a narrative ; )
I attach Jamiri's "oeyn returns": even god is subject to the artist's decision and changed into a duck to prove the author's creative might 😁
That is part and parcel of being the author and illustrator who gives voice to whatever narrator(s) appearing implicitly and obviously in a narrative ; )
I attach Jamiri's "oeyn returns": even god is subject to the artist's decision and changed into a duck to prove the author's creative might 😁
June 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Yes.
That is part and parcel of being the author and illustrator who gives voice to whatever narrator(s) appearing implicitly and obviously in a narrative ; )
I attach Jamiri's "oeyn returns": even god is subject to the artist's decision and changed into a duck to prove the author's creative might 😁
That is part and parcel of being the author and illustrator who gives voice to whatever narrator(s) appearing implicitly and obviously in a narrative ; )
I attach Jamiri's "oeyn returns": even god is subject to the artist's decision and changed into a duck to prove the author's creative might 😁
Check out Imbattable, too! They play on these sequence / space oddities all the time : )
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June 1, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Check out Imbattable, too! They play on these sequence / space oddities all the time : )
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Independent publishing sometimes turns into full-scale cottage industry. Assembling a little anthology of Weary Willie & Tired Tim-pages from mostly 1907...
May 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Independent publishing sometimes turns into full-scale cottage industry. Assembling a little anthology of Weary Willie & Tired Tim-pages from mostly 1907...