How do young artists learn to break the rules of comics? That’s the question at the heart of Lijnenspel, a new exhibition organised by Stripgids and de Warande in Turnhout, with the Rock Paper Pencil Festival as its closing highlight.
The idea is simple but lovely: five teachers of graphic storytelling show their work side by side with ten comic artists who graduated in recent years. They come from some of the best-known comics schools around, including LUCA School of Arts Brussels, ERG, ESA Saint-Luc, KASK and Sint Lucas Antwerp.
Today’s comics no longer stick to neat panels and clean lines. They can be poetic, strange, funny and sad at the same time, and they come in every shape and colour imaginable. This exhibition shows where that freedom comes from, who passes it on, and who will carry the medium forward. It’s a conversation in lines across generations, languages and styles.
Featured artists: Maarten Derous, Charlotte Dumortier, Dominique Goblet, Clément Guinguet, Léa Jarrin, Adèle Labo, Éric Lambé, Gaspard Le Roux, Dragana Radanovic, Fynn van der Ziel, Hannah Verbeke, Ilka Verhelst, Martha Verschaffel, Lotte Willemsen and Peiyang Xu.
My work is part of the exhibition and also features on its promotional material, so I’d love to see you there.
Lijnenspel
17 October – 11 November 2026
Canopy Hall, de Warande, Warandestraat 42, Turnhout
Open daily, 10:00–17:00
Free entry