Cross Comix
@crosscomix.nl
Festival for Visual Storytelling. Sept 11 & 12 2026, De Doelen Rotterdam. https://crosscomix.eu
Take a look back at Cross Comix 2026! Huge thanks to our artists, speakers, volunteers, Berlin crew, market makers, DJs, researchers, De Doelen, SWAP, Studio Maky, Rotterdam CS and our audience! Photos by Michelle Urbiztondo.
More pictures at:
crosscomix.eu/event/cross-comix-2026-photo-gallery
More pictures at:
crosscomix.eu/event/cross-comix-2026-photo-gallery
September 30, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Take a look back at Cross Comix 2026! Huge thanks to our artists, speakers, volunteers, Berlin crew, market makers, DJs, researchers, De Doelen, SWAP, Studio Maky, Rotterdam CS and our audience! Photos by Michelle Urbiztondo.
More pictures at:
crosscomix.eu/event/cross-comix-2026-photo-gallery
More pictures at:
crosscomix.eu/event/cross-comix-2026-photo-gallery
Watch the Cross Comix 2026 aftermovie by Xmaarten! 🎥 Huge thanks to everyone who made it happen. Spot yourself or someone you know? Tag them! 👀
Save the date: Cross Comix 2027
📅 11–12 Sept
📍 De Doelen, Rotterdam
Save the date: Cross Comix 2027
📅 11–12 Sept
📍 De Doelen, Rotterdam
September 25, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Watch the Cross Comix 2026 aftermovie by Xmaarten! 🎥 Huge thanks to everyone who made it happen. Spot yourself or someone you know? Tag them! 👀
Save the date: Cross Comix 2027
📅 11–12 Sept
📍 De Doelen, Rotterdam
Save the date: Cross Comix 2027
📅 11–12 Sept
📍 De Doelen, Rotterdam
Not the Cross Comix aftermovie — that’s coming soon! 🎬 For now: THANK YOU to our audience, artists, participants, volunteers, DJs, De Doelen, Rotterdam Central Station, the team & everyone else! ❤️
Brace yourself for the aftermovie by xmaarten
Cross Comix 2027! -> 10–11 Sept 📍De Doelen
Brace yourself for the aftermovie by xmaarten
Cross Comix 2027! -> 10–11 Sept 📍De Doelen
September 15, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Not the Cross Comix aftermovie — that’s coming soon! 🎬 For now: THANK YOU to our audience, artists, participants, volunteers, DJs, De Doelen, Rotterdam Central Station, the team & everyone else! ❤️
Brace yourself for the aftermovie by xmaarten
Cross Comix 2027! -> 10–11 Sept 📍De Doelen
Brace yourself for the aftermovie by xmaarten
Cross Comix 2027! -> 10–11 Sept 📍De Doelen
This is the Cross Comix programme for Saturday September 11! With talks, exhibitions, the massive makers market, an much much more!
➤ Cross Comix 2026, 11-12 September
📍De Doelen, Rotterdam @dedoelenrotterdam
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
➤ Cross Comix 2026, 11-12 September
📍De Doelen, Rotterdam @dedoelenrotterdam
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
September 12, 2026 at 7:01 AM
This is the Cross Comix programme for Saturday September 11! With talks, exhibitions, the massive makers market, an much much more!
➤ Cross Comix 2026, 11-12 September
📍De Doelen, Rotterdam @dedoelenrotterdam
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
➤ Cross Comix 2026, 11-12 September
📍De Doelen, Rotterdam @dedoelenrotterdam
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
So what is Graphic Medicine? Academic researcher Erin La Cour explains it so well! This year we're the host of the International scientific conference ‘Imagination, Mediation & Manifestation’
➤ Cross Comix 2026, 11-12 September
📍De Doelen, Rotterdam @dedoelenrotterdam
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
➤ Cross Comix 2026, 11-12 September
📍De Doelen, Rotterdam @dedoelenrotterdam
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
September 11, 2026 at 8:53 PM
So what is Graphic Medicine? Academic researcher Erin La Cour explains it so well! This year we're the host of the International scientific conference ‘Imagination, Mediation & Manifestation’
➤ Cross Comix 2026, 11-12 September
📍De Doelen, Rotterdam @dedoelenrotterdam
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
➤ Cross Comix 2026, 11-12 September
📍De Doelen, Rotterdam @dedoelenrotterdam
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
This is the Cross Comix programme for Friday September 11! With talks, exhibitions, the massive makers market, an much much more
➤ Cross Comix 2026, 11-12 September
📍De Doelen, Rotterdam @dedoelenrotterdam
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
➤ Cross Comix 2026, 11-12 September
📍De Doelen, Rotterdam @dedoelenrotterdam
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
September 11, 2026 at 7:02 AM
This is the Cross Comix programme for Friday September 11! With talks, exhibitions, the massive makers market, an much much more
➤ Cross Comix 2026, 11-12 September
📍De Doelen, Rotterdam @dedoelenrotterdam
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
➤ Cross Comix 2026, 11-12 September
📍De Doelen, Rotterdam @dedoelenrotterdam
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
Cross Comix takes over Rotterdam Central Station! 🚉 From 8–12 Sept. On 11 September, Ibrahim R. Ineke & Bruno Ferro Xavier da Silva and will create live art in the central hall. It’s free!
📅 Open Studio: Rotterdam CS, 8–12 Sept
📅 Cross Comix: 11–12 Sept
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
📅 Open Studio: Rotterdam CS, 8–12 Sept
📅 Cross Comix: 11–12 Sept
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
September 10, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Cross Comix takes over Rotterdam Central Station! 🚉 From 8–12 Sept. On 11 September, Ibrahim R. Ineke & Bruno Ferro Xavier da Silva and will create live art in the central hall. It’s free!
📅 Open Studio: Rotterdam CS, 8–12 Sept
📅 Cross Comix: 11–12 Sept
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
📅 Open Studio: Rotterdam CS, 8–12 Sept
📅 Cross Comix: 11–12 Sept
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
We invite you to the free Cross Comix opening party on Thursday September 10 in De Doelen! Doors open at 19:00. With a wonderful Art Swap organised by Baschz Leeft, and DJs DROOM & DD.
📅 Opening on thursday sept 10
📍De Doelen, Rotterdam, Entrance Jurriaanse Zaal
📅 Opening on thursday sept 10
📍De Doelen, Rotterdam, Entrance Jurriaanse Zaal
September 9, 2026 at 6:09 PM
We invite you to the free Cross Comix opening party on Thursday September 10 in De Doelen! Doors open at 19:00. With a wonderful Art Swap organised by Baschz Leeft, and DJs DROOM & DD.
📅 Opening on thursday sept 10
📍De Doelen, Rotterdam, Entrance Jurriaanse Zaal
📅 Opening on thursday sept 10
📍De Doelen, Rotterdam, Entrance Jurriaanse Zaal
On Tuesday Gwen Stok was the first guest artist creating live art at our Open Studio at Rotterdam Central Station.
📅 Open Studio: Rotterdam CS, 8–12 Sept
📅 Cross Comix: 11–12 Sept
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
📅 Open Studio: Rotterdam CS, 8–12 Sept
📅 Cross Comix: 11–12 Sept
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
September 9, 2026 at 5:27 PM
On Tuesday Gwen Stok was the first guest artist creating live art at our Open Studio at Rotterdam Central Station.
📅 Open Studio: Rotterdam CS, 8–12 Sept
📅 Cross Comix: 11–12 Sept
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
📅 Open Studio: Rotterdam CS, 8–12 Sept
📅 Cross Comix: 11–12 Sept
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
And here it is! The Berlin Comic Exchange 2.0 zine is finished! In this 60 page publication you'll read and see the 5 different comics made by the 10 participating artists during this exchange.
➤ Cross Comix 2026
📅 11-12 September
📍De Doelen, Rotterdam @dedoelenrotterdam
🔗 linkinbio | crosscomix.eu
➤ Cross Comix 2026
📅 11-12 September
📍De Doelen, Rotterdam @dedoelenrotterdam
🔗 linkinbio | crosscomix.eu
September 8, 2026 at 3:03 PM
And here it is! The Berlin Comic Exchange 2.0 zine is finished! In this 60 page publication you'll read and see the 5 different comics made by the 10 participating artists during this exchange.
➤ Cross Comix 2026
📅 11-12 September
📍De Doelen, Rotterdam @dedoelenrotterdam
🔗 linkinbio | crosscomix.eu
➤ Cross Comix 2026
📅 11-12 September
📍De Doelen, Rotterdam @dedoelenrotterdam
🔗 linkinbio | crosscomix.eu
From Sept 8–12, Cross Comix takes over Rotterdam Central Station! On Wednesday 9 sept (during a Dutch public transport strike!) Berlin-based artist alea rodriguez will occupy the central hall.
📅 Open Studio: Rotterdam CS, 8-12 september
➤ Cross Comix 2026, 11-12 September
📍De Doelen, Rotterdam
📅 Open Studio: Rotterdam CS, 8-12 september
➤ Cross Comix 2026, 11-12 September
📍De Doelen, Rotterdam
September 8, 2026 at 10:03 AM
From Sept 8–12, Cross Comix takes over Rotterdam Central Station! On Wednesday 9 sept (during a Dutch public transport strike!) Berlin-based artist alea rodriguez will occupy the central hall.
📅 Open Studio: Rotterdam CS, 8-12 september
➤ Cross Comix 2026, 11-12 September
📍De Doelen, Rotterdam
📅 Open Studio: Rotterdam CS, 8-12 september
➤ Cross Comix 2026, 11-12 September
📍De Doelen, Rotterdam
Saturday is packed with book signings! . With Judith van Istendael, Hasse van Leeuwen, Thijs Koole , Nigel van Roijen, Ibrahim Ineke, Desmond Dorival and Jihae Choe.
➤ Cross Comix 2026
11 + 12 sept
📍 De Doelen, Rotterdam
🔗 crosscomix.eu
➤ Cross Comix 2026
11 + 12 sept
📍 De Doelen, Rotterdam
🔗 crosscomix.eu
September 7, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Saturday is packed with book signings! . With Judith van Istendael, Hasse van Leeuwen, Thijs Koole , Nigel van Roijen, Ibrahim Ineke, Desmond Dorival and Jihae Choe.
➤ Cross Comix 2026
11 + 12 sept
📍 De Doelen, Rotterdam
🔗 crosscomix.eu
➤ Cross Comix 2026
11 + 12 sept
📍 De Doelen, Rotterdam
🔗 crosscomix.eu
Cross Comix takes over Rotterdam Central Station! On September 12, Project GRIPI gives a hybrid of live music and sculptural performance. Open your ears and eyes, and GRIPI will open your mind!
📅 Open Studio: Rotterdam CS, 8-12 september
📅 Open Studio: Rotterdam CS, 8-12 september
September 7, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Cross Comix takes over Rotterdam Central Station! On September 12, Project GRIPI gives a hybrid of live music and sculptural performance. Open your ears and eyes, and GRIPI will open your mind!
📅 Open Studio: Rotterdam CS, 8-12 september
📅 Open Studio: Rotterdam CS, 8-12 september
Meet the team that makes Cross Comix! Top row, L->R: Marijn van der Waa, Saskia van Amstel, Roos Huijskes. Bottom row, L->R, Diede van Ommen, Christian Jongeneel and Dasha Starostin. (Shoutout to J, who (understandably) doesn’t want to be on social media).
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
September 6, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Meet the team that makes Cross Comix! Top row, L->R: Marijn van der Waa, Saskia van Amstel, Roos Huijskes. Bottom row, L->R, Diede van Ommen, Christian Jongeneel and Dasha Starostin. (Shoutout to J, who (understandably) doesn’t want to be on social media).
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
Guido van Driel & Julia Roeselers are creating sets for a stop-motion documentary. In Across Generations, they explore how artists from different generations collaborate, exchange perspectives & find common ground.
📅 11–12 Sept | 📍 De Doelen
https://crosscomix.eu/event/talks-across-generations
📅 11–12 Sept | 📍 De Doelen
https://crosscomix.eu/event/talks-across-generations
September 6, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Guido van Driel & Julia Roeselers are creating sets for a stop-motion documentary. In Across Generations, they explore how artists from different generations collaborate, exchange perspectives & find common ground.
📅 11–12 Sept | 📍 De Doelen
https://crosscomix.eu/event/talks-across-generations
📅 11–12 Sept | 📍 De Doelen
https://crosscomix.eu/event/talks-across-generations
How do the stories we tell ourselves shape who we are? Explore comics as a tool for reflection and dialogue, create your own hero comic and help shape a collective story. With Elise Talgorn & Andy Dockett.
➤ Cross Comix 2026
📅 11–12 Sept 📍
De Doelen
🔗 crosscomix.eu
➤ Cross Comix 2026
📅 11–12 Sept 📍
De Doelen
🔗 crosscomix.eu
September 5, 2026 at 11:02 AM
How do the stories we tell ourselves shape who we are? Explore comics as a tool for reflection and dialogue, create your own hero comic and help shape a collective story. With Elise Talgorn & Andy Dockett.
➤ Cross Comix 2026
📅 11–12 Sept 📍
De Doelen
🔗 crosscomix.eu
➤ Cross Comix 2026
📅 11–12 Sept 📍
De Doelen
🔗 crosscomix.eu
Artist & researcher Octavia Roodt explores how drawing can open conversations that words alone cannot. On 11 Sept, she’ll talk about using comics to help people living with dementia share stories, memories & experiences.
📅 11 Sept | 📍 De Doelen
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
📅 11 Sept | 📍 De Doelen
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
September 4, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Artist & researcher Octavia Roodt explores how drawing can open conversations that words alone cannot. On 11 Sept, she’ll talk about using comics to help people living with dementia share stories, memories & experiences.
📅 11 Sept | 📍 De Doelen
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
📅 11 Sept | 📍 De Doelen
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
Floor de Goede (1980) and Hanco Kolk (1957) have known each other since the start of Flo’s career. How do two artists from two generations work together on a project?
➤ Cross Comix 2026
📅 11-12 September
📍De Doelen, Rotterdam
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
➤ Cross Comix 2026
📅 11-12 September
📍De Doelen, Rotterdam
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
September 4, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Floor de Goede (1980) and Hanco Kolk (1957) have known each other since the start of Flo’s career. How do two artists from two generations work together on a project?
➤ Cross Comix 2026
📅 11-12 September
📍De Doelen, Rotterdam
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
➤ Cross Comix 2026
📅 11-12 September
📍De Doelen, Rotterdam
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
Artist Fanja Bouts creates colourful, overwhelming works exploring ecology, the more-than-human & environmental destruction. From recycled textiles to print, paintings & large comics, her work combines dark humour, absurdity & joy.
📅 12 Sept | 📍 De Doelen
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
📅 12 Sept | 📍 De Doelen
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
September 3, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Artist Fanja Bouts creates colourful, overwhelming works exploring ecology, the more-than-human & environmental destruction. From recycled textiles to print, paintings & large comics, her work combines dark humour, absurdity & joy.
📅 12 Sept | 📍 De Doelen
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
📅 12 Sept | 📍 De Doelen
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
Cross Comix brings comics, illustration, graphic novels & visual storytelling to De Doelen, Rotterdam. Queer, diverse & independent, with workshops, talks, exhibitions, Makers Market & more.
📅 11–12 September
📍 De Doelen, Rotterdam
🔗 crosscomix.eu
📅 11–12 September
📍 De Doelen, Rotterdam
🔗 crosscomix.eu
September 3, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Cross Comix brings comics, illustration, graphic novels & visual storytelling to De Doelen, Rotterdam. Queer, diverse & independent, with workshops, talks, exhibitions, Makers Market & more.
📅 11–12 September
📍 De Doelen, Rotterdam
🔗 crosscomix.eu
📅 11–12 September
📍 De Doelen, Rotterdam
🔗 crosscomix.eu
British architect & graphic novelist Sabba Khan joins Cross Comix! Her work combines visual art, architecture & storytelling. The Roles We Play won the Jhalak Prize and was a Guardian best book of 2021.
📅 11 Sept | 📍 De Doelen, Rotterdam
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
📅 11 Sept | 📍 De Doelen, Rotterdam
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
September 2, 2026 at 10:30 AM
British architect & graphic novelist Sabba Khan joins Cross Comix! Her work combines visual art, architecture & storytelling. The Roles We Play won the Jhalak Prize and was a Guardian best book of 2021.
📅 11 Sept | 📍 De Doelen, Rotterdam
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
📅 11 Sept | 📍 De Doelen, Rotterdam
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
Get to know fellow artists at Sketchy Speed Dating. You draw artists - and they will draw you. The prompts will guide you, and the answers your drawing partner gives you will inform your art!
➤ Cross Comix 2026
📅 11-12 September
📍De Doelen, Rotterdam @dedoelenrotterdam
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
➤ Cross Comix 2026
📅 11-12 September
📍De Doelen, Rotterdam @dedoelenrotterdam
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
September 1, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Get to know fellow artists at Sketchy Speed Dating. You draw artists - and they will draw you. The prompts will guide you, and the answers your drawing partner gives you will inform your art!
➤ Cross Comix 2026
📅 11-12 September
📍De Doelen, Rotterdam @dedoelenrotterdam
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
➤ Cross Comix 2026
📅 11-12 September
📍De Doelen, Rotterdam @dedoelenrotterdam
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
Make a short animation with AmberAmelia Kelly! Explore intuitive animation with just a whiteboard & pens. No experience needed. Discover animation as a tool for processing trauma & complex experiences.
📅 11–12 Sept | 📍 De Doelen, Rotterdam
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu/event/workshop-animation-and-trauma
📅 11–12 Sept | 📍 De Doelen, Rotterdam
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu/event/workshop-animation-and-trauma
September 1, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Make a short animation with AmberAmelia Kelly! Explore intuitive animation with just a whiteboard & pens. No experience needed. Discover animation as a tool for processing trauma & complex experiences.
📅 11–12 Sept | 📍 De Doelen, Rotterdam
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu/event/workshop-animation-and-trauma
📅 11–12 Sept | 📍 De Doelen, Rotterdam
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu/event/workshop-animation-and-trauma
Live art at Rotterdam Central! 🚉 On 10 Sept, Niels Vrijdag brings his colourful, surreal collages to the central hall. Come watch him work and have a chat — it’s free!
📅 Open Studio: Rotterdam CS, 8–12 Sept
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
📅 Open Studio: Rotterdam CS, 8–12 Sept
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
August 31, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Live art at Rotterdam Central! 🚉 On 10 Sept, Niels Vrijdag brings his colourful, surreal collages to the central hall. Come watch him work and have a chat — it’s free!
📅 Open Studio: Rotterdam CS, 8–12 Sept
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
📅 Open Studio: Rotterdam CS, 8–12 Sept
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
🖨️ Zine Kiosk Tip: ‘Queer Was a Slur’ by miron kon + 7 artists from across Europe. In EN/DE/RUS, the zine explores reclaiming queer slurs through stories, art & poetry.
📅 11–12 Sept | 📍 De Doelen, Rotterdam
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
📅 11–12 Sept | 📍 De Doelen, Rotterdam
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
August 31, 2026 at 11:30 AM
🖨️ Zine Kiosk Tip: ‘Queer Was a Slur’ by miron kon + 7 artists from across Europe. In EN/DE/RUS, the zine explores reclaiming queer slurs through stories, art & poetry.
📅 11–12 Sept | 📍 De Doelen, Rotterdam
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu
📅 11–12 Sept | 📍 De Doelen, Rotterdam
🔗 https://crosscomix.eu