Two new comic books!

Good news, everyone! I just finished not one but two comic books! I’ll self-publish them later this month and The Lonely Organ #1 and Speiserest in Peace are now available for pre-order in my store (please note they’re in German language!). Here are the covers:

14,8x21cm, 36 pages, full colour, German language

14,8x21cm, 52 pages, b/w, German language

Both stories started during 24-Hour Comics Day in Vienna back in 2023 and 2024. I failed finishing either story within 24 hours but I decided to continue nonetheless. So one and a half years later I’ll finally be able to show you the finished books!

I will present them on May 28 at Vienna Underground Comix Day & Night at Literaturhaus Wien where I will talk about my process and my experience with 24-Hour Comics Day. There’ll be a comic market that starts at 4 PM and my presentation begins at 7 PM. There will be more talks by Janne Marie Dauer, Franz Suess, Potatoe Publishing, TONTO! and more. I will also attend Vienna Comix on May 31 & June 1 at Marx Halle. If you happen to be in Vienna I hopefully see you there!

A big shout out to Monika Ernst for organising both 24-Hour Comics Days and Zeichenfabrik Wien and OeGeC for the support!

If you want to help me make more comic there’s also a Super Supporter Pack available with signed comics and a lots of goodies!

DR. KNACKER art show on March 7, 2025 @Pulverturm, Feldkirch

I’m happy to announce that I teamed up with my fellow poster artist Dr. Knoche to exhibit our gig posters (and more stuff) in my hometown of Feldkirch. Thanks to OKFK for hosting our art show at Pulverturm – what a fantastic location! If you happen to be in Feldkirch make sure to stop by! Here are all the details and the poster me and Dr. Knoche created…

DR. KNACKER – Gig Posters And More by Dr. Knoche & Michael Hacker
at Pulverturm, 6800 Feldkirch

Friday, 7 March 2025, 5-8PM: opening

Saturday, 8 March 2025, 4PM: live in concert UH! Batman And The Mighty Antiheroes

Opening times:
Friday, 7 March – 5-8PM
Saturday, 8 March – 2-10PM
Sunday, 9 March – 2-6PM
Tuesday, 11 March – 6-9PM

Original art for sale

Yay! Our Kickstarter campaign is 35% funded. There’s still quite a bit left but I’m staying optimistic.

I just added some affordable original drawings as a new reward level. They’re all about printing and drawing or they’re Vienna-themed. And yes, they feature cats and dogs.

You can get your hands on one of my original artworks and help me keep our Vienna International Gig Poster Show admission free. The campaign runs until Tuesday, October 24th. Thanks for your support!

Vienna International Gig Poster Show Kickstarter campaign is live!

Originally we wanted to have our Vienna International Gig Poster Show back in spring 2020. We invited all artists, rented a location and we even designed and printed flyers and posters. But due to known reasons we had to cancel our festival… 

But we’re back!

In 2023 we want to realize the original idea of showing the European gig poster scene with free entrance and in a central location in Vienna, Austria.

For this year’s Vienna International Gig Poster Show we invited 14 artists and collectives from seven different countries to present their concert posters for bands like Foo Fighters, Melvins, Pixies, Iggy Pop, Sonic Youth, Mando Diao, Pixies, blink-182, Beatsteaks, Motorpsycho, Kreisky, Voodoo Jürgens, Green Day and many more.

14 European artists will come to Vienna to show their posters at our gig poster show.

What can you expect?

The gig posters on display are independent artistic works created for concerts or tours. Most of them are screen-printed in limited editions. These concert posters are authorized by the bands or their managements and made for concerts all over the world.

The festival aims to show how diverse the European poster scene is. Among the exhibitors are both trained and self-taught artists. As well as people who come from a totally different working background. The common element is the love of music and a do-it-yourself mentality, which is reflected (among other things) in the medium of screen printing.

Each day we will have two artist talks to give visitors an understanding of the creation and printing process and to show all the steps from the initial idea to the finished artwork. In addition, there will be a live screen printing presentation during which our festival poster will be printed on site (using a very simple DIY setup). With this we want to show the audience the craft and labour involved. And hopefully we can encourage aspiring artists to try screen printing and start creating gig posters for themselves.

Why a crowdfunding campaign?

To make a festival with free admission possible we need your support and that’s why we decided to launch a Kickstarter campaign. From October 3 – 24, 2023 we try to raise €3.500 to pay for rental fees and (technical) equipment on site. Furthermore we want to cover the printing costs to print for a few promotional posters and a small amount of flyers/brochures as well as the materials we need for our live screen printing session. And of course for producing all the rewards 🙂

You can find all details and rewards on our Kickstarter page.

Thanks for your time and support!