Marco 

Why Berlin? My name is Marco and I am a ‘Writer in Berlin’. I was living in my hometown in the Netherlands feeling restless, when I decided to go to Berlin.

Early in life I was already fond of drawing and later got interested in storytelling, it resulted in drawing comics. When it came into my mind that I had a chance to study it I went applying for art schools in the country. After my graduation as Technical Engineer in Building Science and being turned down a few times, the last try got me accepted at the Art Academy in Zwolle, Netherlands.

The department Stories & Design just started the new course called Comic Design. A choice had to be made between animation and comic design. It became Comic Design and I devoted most of my time in creating short comic stories. I graduated with a sketch of an 80-page comic with only 10 pages fully finished at that time.

Working on different Jobs I was struggling with my unfished graduation work. A self-published edition of the comic was finished and presented at comic-conventions in the Netherlands in 2017. This was the year when the idea came to move to Berlin.

Different study trips brought me to Berlin. These trips left a certain impression that probably played a part in my choice for the city. Finally, in a sunny August of 2017 I was leaving for Berlin.

While experiencing my new life in Berlin I am writing an animation-screenplay, drawing comics and adding reasons to the question, why Berlin?

Marco Kl. Nijenhuis

www.marbelsi.com