REPORT
Anna Haifisch isn’t an artist who’s new to the scene. We’ve loved her work for years, especially her comic The
Artist, first serialised on Vice’s site and now immortalised in a book that brings the sad, struggling “frail noodle
bird character”, as Anna puts it, on an international stage sold in places like MoMA. “I’m still asking myself how
did I get here?” she says.”It hasn’t felt wrong yet to keep drawing him.”
Alongside working on her own projects, Anna takes on a number of other illustration jobs that she says she “loves
just as much as drawing my own artwork and books. As long as I get to draw what I like I’m very happy, because
drawing is my life.”
Anna’s process hasn’t changed a great deal over the years. She still uses ink and paper and “I don’t think I’ll ever stop,”
she says. She’s recently rediscovered her “first love” – printmaking – and is working on some large screenprints for an
exhibition that Kasper König is curating for Art Basel. She’s also finishing “bird opera” The Artist 3, among other projects.
Her advice to young illustrators? “Make your work touchable, make books or zines... bring them to comic fairs, illustration
festivals and book shops you like. Don’t rely on social media too much.”
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MAKING WORK THAT’S TOUCHABLE IS KEY TO THIS ARTIST