From February 4 to 8, 2026, the Literaturhaus Kassel invites you to the 7th edition of the Festival Grafisches Erzählen. Under the motto "Geschichte(n)! Draw!", outstanding comic authors will once again come to Kassel to provide insights into their latest, award-winning works. Over five festival days, the audience can look forward to readings and discussions about storytelling with pictures.
On the second evening of the festival, the Comic and Illustration class at the Kunsthochschule Kassel will present its own work. The students will show current works and projects. Participants are: Lis Walter, Edda Rumpel, Anso Bonne, Juno, Anke Wellmeier and Carolin Pysalski
Marie Pohl and Sascha Hommer in conversation (start: 20:30)
Marie Pohl and Sascha Hommer have taken over from Hendrik Dorgathen at the Kunsthochschule Kassel. In conversation with Christiane Hamacher and Andreas Gebhardt, they introduce themselves, talk about comics, teaching, personal and professional challenges, and the present and future of graphic storytelling.
Marie Pohl who publishes under the name Marijpol, works at the interface of comics, illustration and design. Her pictorial narratives combine social issues with speculative fiction - in visual languages that alternate between analog drawing and digital collage. One focus of her work is the graphic reflection of body images and gender roles as well as the development of visual narrative formats between book, installation and digital image spaces. She has been publishing graphic novels since 2011, including Hort (Edition Moderne, 2022) - a narrative about care, the body and alternative family forms. The French edition was nominated for the Official Selection of the International Comic Festival in Angoulême in 2025. She studied Visual Communication at the HFBK and Illustration at the HAW Hamburg.
Sascha Hommers Sascha Hommer's comic stories can be assigned to various narrative genres, such as magical realism, autobiography, literary adaptation, travel reportage or fantasy story. Since 2006, he has published eight books with the Berlin publishing house Reprodukt, most recently the literary adaptation "Das kalte Herz" (2024). His applied projects focus on knowledge transfer and documentary storytelling for children and adults. In addition to his artistic work as an illustrator, curator and publisher, he has also worked as an editor and mediator. From 2016 to 2025 he was a lecturer at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences.
Date
05.02.2026, 19-22 h
Palais Bellevue
Schöne Aussicht 2
34117 Kassel
Admission is free, donations are welcome
Further information about the festival:
literaturhauskassel.de