Algorithms define what reaches us–which news items, which disastrous event, which social movements, which images, which gossip, which cute animal. Our relationship to reality is increasingly mediated by our phones. Keeping up and staying with the trouble the world is experiencing is demanding. We scroll in an increasingly stressful and increasingly passive state, isolated in our digital filter bubbles. We invite comics that reflect on this algorithmic life. WHAT ARE OUR STRATEGIES TO EASE OUR MINDS, TO COPE, TO CONNECT, TO BUILD HOPE, TO FOSTER CHANGE?
Send your comics on MENTAL UNLOAD until 25 April 2026.
Use this link to submit your work:
https://forms.gle/fintbeQUfoB5GQUb8
Only comics submitted via this link will be considered.
• Page size is A4 (vertical).
• The works may be in colour or black/white.
• Exclusive piece is a plus but not a necessity.
• We can not pay you but all the artists published will get free adspace.
• The magazine contains ca. 38 pages of works.
• Target language is Finnish, with English subtitles. We’ll handle the lettering into Finnish.
The issue is edited by Eszter Szép, researcher of comics and wellbeing.
If you have questions, email kutimagazine(a)gmail.com with the topic KUTI80.
Kuti#80 will be out in June, 2026.