4x came about when John Andersson was invited to exhibit at Gallery Etc and due to the large size of the gallery decided to invite some friends: Peter Bigestans, Joakim Hansén and Niklas Nenzén. They soon found out that working together was not only possible but also inspiring and several projects developed. Among them the conceptual expansion of the third issue of Diabolik, the surrealistic comic paper. The pursuit of 4x in general is to participate in the liberation of imagination.