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The Many-Eyed Detective is done, and not a day too soon.
Thanks to everyone involved in some way, everybody who contributed to it in one way or another during the last two and a half years:

Rebecca, Atelier Güterstrasse: Michael B., Ann-Sophie, Rebecca, Tobi, Philip, Michael R., Massimiliano, Michael K., Ivan, Early Readers of the Comic: Moritz G., Simon B., Philip, Stronzis, David, Ueli, Ivan, Benni, Lukas E., Christina K., Lukas S., Manuel K., Drink and Draw Bern: Eva, Ueli, Stronzo Strips: Andreas, Beni, Markus, Martin, Per Culturas, SfG:BB, Johnson / Kingston, Atelier Gravure Moutier, David, Julia, Alexandra T., Toni, Oli Pixel, Steve + Nina, Simon S, Boxer:innen of Denk:mal, my Family: Markus, Trudi, Beat, Susanne, Cédi, Kathrin, Benni.

Thanks also to Berner Design Stiftung and Burgergemeinde Bern. Both supported the project in an early stage. Berner Design Stiftung is also hosting the BESTFORM Exhibition where the Comic is visible for the first time.

23. March 2022

Some weeks ago I stumbled across the Podcast Comic Sans by Mikael Ross and Jakob Hoffmann. The two Hosts were discussing different approaches to first pages of comic books. It is a very interesting topic to think about and they dug up a couple of inspiring ones which are on display in this episode.

So here’s the first page of the upcoming comic The Many-Eyed Detective. It was not the first page i drew,
but it’s the first page of the final comic.

It was drawn on paper and it shows the layout i came up with while developing the digital frame for the story. In the digital display, the four separate lines are merged into one. That one line can be scrolled through by you, the reader.

5. March 2022

I’m very happy to announce that The Many-Eyed Detective will be shown in a primal flickering state at the Bestform 2022 in Bern. The vernissage will take place on the 24th of march, fingers crossed. A big thanks to the Berner Design Stiftung for supporting my proposal in the very beginning and being patient enough to let the project develop at it’s own chosen speed.

27. December 2021

It’s been a while since I announced a preview of the comic The Many-Eyed Detective for the Bestform 2020, which sadly got cancelled like many other events, due to the pandemic. The cancellation left me sitting on a pile of beginnings. Luckily one of the thoughts that floated my boat was to just keep going. I managed to eventually settle on that thought. While i tried to come to terms with the story and its frame, 2020 went by without anything to show publicly.
Everything took a little longer.

Somewhere along the way I decided that I wanted to have the detective grounded in real-world paper. It felt like it made possible some sort of precision that I couldn’t bring up on screen. So I spent much of 2021 trying to grow the right stacks of paper. The first stack was a storyboard. I used that storyboard to come up with a scrollable prototype of the comic. The second stack of paper was another storyboard that became necessary as i tried to mold the story into readable shape. And the final stack consists of finished black and white pages, drawn with the feeblest of pens. Today I put the last sheet on that last stack of paper. Hooray!

I will be spending the beginning of 2022 with embedding the images into the digital sphere and adding sprinkles of color along the way. There’s also questions concerning the publication of the comic that need to be adressed. Of course the comic will eventually be published online. But there’s still a ways to go, so don’t hold your breath.

When I started working on the comic I set up a newsletter. Next time i looked it was riddled with spambots, so here’s this little blog instead. If time allows, there will be blips and pieces posted along the way towards the publication of The Many-Eyed Detective.

Here’s to the future and thank you for your interest in my movements, despite the snail’s pace.

18. December 2021

During a little Kuraufenthalt at Gravure Moutier in the noisy days of 2020, i put two prints on paper. One of the prints acts as a preliminary panel for The Many-Eyed Detective. The image depicts a captains view onto the ships front deck while navigating troubled waters.

One copy of the print was sold at the expo-vente organised by BD SCAA in support of SOS Méditerranée Switzerland in Geneva. Another one was exhibited at pilzwellelust in Basel. And a third one sits with the resourceful Velomech.

11. December 2021

The Many-Eyed Detective will be my first Longplay Comic. I came up with the character while working on abwaesser and there’s a little story about him that you can read online if you’re so inclined.

3. December 2021