Text & illustration by: Mattias Elftorp [SE].
Cover & main editor: Aiden Kvarnström [SE].

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 Gaast [PT], Jason Song Quinn [US], Mattias Elftorp [SE].

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.

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.

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.

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, you will get it around the release date.

BOOK SALE 2026 - CBK Comics Feb 24 – Mar 31 is the official BOOK SALE period in Sweden. This year we’re participating, with 50% off on books from CBK, TUSEN SERIER, and WORMGOD!

BOOK SALE @ Hybriden!
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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 editors: Mattias Elftorp [SE].

If you're lucky.

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.

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.

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CBA vol 72: WEIRD FOREST release date: March 3! - CBK Comics 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 wil...

New CBA out very soon and available for orders now!
Check out samples here:
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ONE MONTH LEFT!! Call for submissions for:
CBA vol 73: BUGS
Main editor: Aiden Kvarnström
Deadline: February 15, 2026

Submission guidelines:
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Facebook event:
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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.

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.

Kulturkanonen 2026 calendar

We just released a calendar for 2026, in protest against the recently introduced official Swedish cultural canon.

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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!

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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 and more info in our linked blog post!

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

During this day, you can also see a recorded interview with the artist Victoria Lomasko, known for her work on contemporary Russian society.

and later on
-an artist who has contributed to the anthology, but wishes to remain anonymous.

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

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.

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?

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.

Reminder that we have an exhibition opening tomorrow!

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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.

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?