Hairspray Magazine / Fanatic Female Frustration

Hairspray is published by Karla Paloma (Berlin) and aims to connect international FLINTA* artists and alternative comic scenes and help them gain more visibility.

Fanatic Female Frustration is a project by Elsa Klee and Lucille Ourvouai (Marseille) dedicated to Aline Kominsky Crumb, the pioneer of feminist autobiographical comics. The anthology celebrates comic zines and the analogue and subversive working methods and narrative styles that have shaped this queer-feminist subculture.


The foundation for the collaboration was laid by a collaborative exhibition in Bologna and joint appearances at international comic festivals. The joint group exhibition at Neurotitan presents the work of artists from the first and second issues of Hairspray Magazine and Fanatic Female Frustration; a diverse group of approximately 30 artists from Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Denmark, Great Britain, Canada, England, Poland, Cameroon, Brazil, the USA, Chile and Switzerland.

Artists

Jo Rüßmann (UK), Martina Sarrizu (IT), Simone F. Baumann (CH), Vera Bekema (NL), Elsa Klee (FR), Rikke Villadsen (DK), Esther Samuels-Davis (US), Karla Paloma (DK) Alice Bienassis (FR), Morgane Somville (BE), Valentine Gallardo (FR), Elsa Klée (FR), Claire Malissen (FR), Caroline Sury (FR), Mélanie Utzmann-North (FR), Lucile Ourvouai (FR), Mireille Nyangono Ebene (CM), Marthe Pequignot (FR), Margot Preham (BE), JWebster Sharp (UK), Yerrie Choo (US), Emilly Bonne (BR), Zavka (PL), Heather Loase (US), Ángela Efe (ES), Lucile Ouvourai (FR), Maria PezKaos (CL), Sara Bipede (IT), Andrea Ganuza (ES), Bridget Trout (CA)

Opening weekend programme

• Saturday, 11 April 2026
  

4–10 p.m. Vernissage
Panel talk • Comic readings • Concert/live drawing

6–6:45 p.m., PANEL TALK
Rikke Villadsen, Andrea Ganuza and Mireille Nyangono Ebene
Moderator: Lucile Ourvouai

7–8:30 p.m., COMIC READINGS
Martina Sarrizu, Esther Samuels-Davis, Yerrie Choo, Caroline Sury, Vera Bekema, Mireille Nyangono Ebene, Karla Paloma

9–9:30 p.m., CONCERT/LIVE DRAWING
Mireille Nyangono Ebene & Marthe Pequignot

• Sunday, 12 April 2026
  

1-9:30 p.m.
Workshop • Talk/Live Drawing • Comic Readings • Concert

1-3 p.m., WORKSHOP
Simone F. Baumann
(registration required at: 17karlapaloma@gmail.com )

4–4:45 p.m., TALK/LIVE DRAWING
Elsa Klee & Lucile Ourvouai:
‘Performance tribute to the mothers of underground comics’

5–6:30 p.m., COMIC READINGS
Simone F. Baumann, Claire Malissen, Jo Rüßmann, Rikke Villadsen,
Marthe Pequignot, Sara Bipede, Elsa Klee

8–8.30 p.m., concert
Caroline Sury