In collaboration with Malmö Seriefest, Fanzineverkstaden, Malmö University Comics Hub and Bildvärld Gränsland, CBK were behind this new award at Seriefest 2025, where we selected the winner of the festival’s best zine.
So I was part of the jury, which was nice. It gave me the opportunity to read a lot of zines I’d’ve missed otherwise, since I’m not made of zine money… In the end, we agreed on a winner and 5 honorary mentions. The winner was:
Lovisa Prage – Saltvatten
Ett fanzine som samlar alla aspekter: en stark historia, uttrycksfullt tecknat, genomtänkta materialval och papperskvalitet. Ett helhetsverk som en enig jury valde som vinnare.
instagram: @lovisa.prage
Go to the blog post at CBK to see the whole list.
Seriefest was also the release for a new book from CBK: Julia Nascimento‘s A Perfect Place to Call Home, which you should check out.
A Perfect Place to Call Home is Julia Nascimento’s first collection of visual narratives about her experiences and reflections of life in different places as a foreigner. Stories about living everywhere and living nowhere.
Julia Nascimento is a Brazilian illustrator and cartoonist. While living in Japan she pursued postgraduate studies in fashion and worked in different sectors of the fashion industry. In 2017, she launched her career in illustration and comics, which solidified after her relocation to Sweden. Julia Nascimento’s work has been published in books and periodicals in Japan, Sweden, USA, and in the UK.
Available at Hybriden and other places…