About Tobias Aeschbacher

Artist

Suisse

Author’s Graphic Novel, Humour

Teen, Adult

Tobias Aeschbacher was born in Switzerland. Tobi discovered his passion for drawing comics at an early age. He drew his first fanzines at the age of ten. After his apprenticeship as a graphic designer, he moved to Biel/Bienne, a bilingual city in Switzerland, and drew various comics for online blogs, newspapers, fanzines and comic anthologies. Together with friends, he published the annual comic magazine Kosmos Vertikal from 2012 to 2021. With a comic for the rapper Greis and a hidden object book about Biel/Bienne, the collective also publishes a wide variety of projects. After a trip around the world, Tobias deepened his graphic and illustrative activities and founded the Hyperraum KLG, where he still works as a freelance graphic designer, illustrator and comic artist. His first graphic novel In the End We All Die was published by Helvetiq in February 2024. "

Participation at the 2025 MCAF made possible thanks to the support of Présence Suisse and Pro Helvetia

Books

Der Letzte löscht das Licht | On va tous crever – Helvetiq, 2024
In the End We All Die – Helvetiq, 2025

Awards

Max and Moritz Prize for the best German-language comic debut 2024
Delémont'BD Prize for the best debut work 2024
Literature Prize of the Canton of Bern 2024