Paul Paetzel is an illustrator and comics artist who lives and works in Berlin, where he was also born in 1984. He studied visual communication at the University of Arts in Berlin. In 2025 he founded the small press studio NPC „NO PRESSURE COMICS“ together with Sophie Meyerhoff.
Instagram: paul.paetzel
The object Paul selected for his comic is a ceramic puma.
Comics partners: Keren Katz and Hever Perelmuter from Israel.
Short summary: An alien cat is floating through space inside a spaceship. It finds an old book in the ship’s library, in which trees are depicted. Because of loneliness and the need to climb on trees it does what needs to be done, it mutates the inhabitants of the nearby planet into trees so that it can land there and enjoy nature.
Paul’s arrival at the festival is made possible thanks to the support and courtesy of the Goethe-Institut.
Keren Katz is part of the Tel Aviv based Humdrum Comics Collective, Pathos Mathos theatre Company, The Train Puppet Theatre and one of the founders of Gnat Micro Press for comics and poetry. She combines comics with performance, visual theatre and dance. Her award-winning graphic novels, published by Secret Acres; „The Academic Hour” and „The Backstage of a Dishwashing Webshow” both involve unrequited love and architectural challenges. Her short stories have been published internationally by Fantagraphics, kuš! ,Ley Lines and many others.
Instagram: thekatzsisters
bio-photo credit: Lilach Raz
The object Keren and Hever selected for their comic is the map of the Hundred Acre Wood from the Winnie-the-Pooh book
Comics partner: Paul Paetzel from Germany.
