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A colourful illustration across two pages shows a crowded, bustling scene filled with stylised figures. The composition uses a bold palette of red, yellow, blue and green to depict people in a busy public space.

Awesome tales of a strange spirit world from Jeremie Fischer

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Date
6 March 2015

Jeremie Fischer is an extraordinary illustrator hailing from Strasbourg in France. He’s four prolific years out of university and has filled his time since graduation with the slavish production of illustrated books – for himself, for Nowbrow and for Nyctalope.

I had planned to introduce him on the site with some new paper cutouts produced on a three month residency in Manosque, but then I rediscovered some of his graduate work and wanted to focus on that instead.

Wilkommen In Hausland is a 32-page screen-printed book that perfectly demonstrates Jeremie’s expertise in colour, composition and traditional print techniques as it chronicles a young boy’s journey through a strange spirit world. It’s hardcore proof of an awesome imagination at work not to mention enviable mastery of the print process. Plus he did this at university. What a dude!

An illustration on a book cover shows a crowded, colourful scene with stylised figures. People gather around a red structure, while others look on from a yellow balcony above.
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Jeremie Fischer: Wilkommen in Hausland

An open book featuring a colourful illustration of a city skyline contained within a red, bowl-shaped dome. On the left page, a vertical column of abstract, geometric shapes in red, yellow and blue mimics the form of letters.
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Jeremie Fischer: Wilkommen in Hausland

An open book showing two contrasting illustrations. The left page features a black and white linocut of a jagged, abstract city. The right page is a colourful illustration of a person looking through a telescope at a landscape, with the text “Willkommen in Hausland”.
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Jeremie Fischer: Wilkommen in Hausland

An open book showing two orange and blue illustrations of surreal, stylised figures. The left page shows a close-up group of figures, while the right page depicts a crowded, high-ceilinged hall.
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Jeremie Fischer: Wilkommen in Hausland

An open book showing two contrasting illustrations. On the left, a black and white drawing depicts figures in space suits and striped clothing. On the right, a purple and blue illustration shows a close-up of a person with a bob haircut and a figure in a space suit.
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Jeremie Fischer: Wilkommen in Hausland

An open book showing two contrasting pages of illustration. The left page is a dense, colourful composition of figures on stairs, while the right page features a four-panel black and white comic of a person facing a volcano.
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Jeremie Fischer: Wilkommen in Hausland

A colourful illustration of a chaotic city scene filled with small, stylised figures. A giant white figure looms over the crowd, while a striped chimney emits a thick plume of white smoke.
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Jeremie Fischer: Wilkommen in Hausland

An open book showing two contrasting illustrations. The left page is a black and white linocut of figures in a cluttered room with a ladder and swirling smoke. The right page features two panels in red and blue, depicting figures in uniforms with dogs.
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Jeremie Fischer: Wilkommen in Hausland

An open book showing two contrasting illustrations. On the left, a black and white drawing of a figure holding a globe, with smoke curling from their head. On the right, a blue and red illustration of a person looking towards a group of figures in a brightly lit circle.
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Jeremie Fischer: Wilkommen in Hausland

An illustration of a city being engulfed by a river of orange lava flowing from a volcano. Several figures in white suits react in panic as the lava floods the streets and buildings.
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Jeremie Fischer: Wilkommen in Hausland

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About the Author

James Cartwright

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James started out as an intern in 2011 and came back in summer of 2012 to work online and latterly as Print Editor, before leaving in May 2015.

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