Aisha Franz (born 1984) is a German

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and

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artist based in Berlin. She is known for her internationally published

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s and

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Life and career

The daughter of Colombian- Chilean immigrants, she was born in

Fürth Fürth (; East Franconian German, East Franconian: ; ) is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in northern Bavaria, Germany, in the administrative division (''Regierungsbezirk'') of Middle Franconia. It is the Franconia#Towns and cities, s ...

, Germany. Franz originally wanted to be a figure skater and create animated drawings for Walt Disney. She went on to study illustration at the School of Art and Design in

Kassel Kassel (; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in North Hesse, northern Hesse, in Central Germany (geography), central Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Kassel (region), Kassel and the d ...

. She lives and works in

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. Franz is part of the German comic publishing collective The Treasure Fleet. Her first graphic novel ''Alien'' appeared in 2011; it was also published in France under the title ''Petite Terrienne'' by Éditions çà et là and in English as ''Earthling'' by

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. Her work has been published in Germany by and Reprodukt and has also been included in various anthologies. Her graphic novel ''Alien'' received an award for best foreign work at the 2013 . Her work lays in the convergence of daily life routine and the existential inquiries around them, highlighting the absurdity of human reality. She also taught at the

Kunsthochschule Kassel Kunsthochschule Kassel (German; "Kassel College of Art") is a college of fine arts in Kassel, Germany. Founded in 1777, it is a semi-autonomous department of the University of Kassel. History Kassel Art Academy After the Seven Years' War (17 ...

in the class for illustration and comic together with Hendrik Dorgathen.

Selected works

* ''Alien'' (2011) * ''Brigitte und der Perlenhort'' (2013), published in French as ''Brigitte et la perle cachée'' * ''Shit is Real'' (2016) * ''Work-Life-Balance''. Reprodukt, Berlin 2022, ISBN 978-3-95640-308-8.

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Franz, Aisha 1984 births Living people German comics artists German female comics artists German women illustrators People from Fürth