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:Max und Moritz-Preis), also known as the Max & Moritz Prize , is a prize for

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s, and other similar materials. It has been awarded at each of the biennial International Comics Shows of

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since 1984, and is awarded in several categories, including an audience award and lifetime achievement award. It is open to all material published in Germany.

1984

* Best German-language Comic Artist: * Best Comic Strip: ''

Hägar the Horrible ''Hägar the Horrible'' is the title and main character of an American comic strip created by cartoonist Dik Browne and syndicated by King Features Syndicate. It first appeared on February 4, 1973 (in Sunday papers) and the next day in daily ne ...

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Dik Browne Richard Arthur Allan Browne (August 11, 1917 – June 4, 1989) was an American cartoonist, best known for writing and drawing ''Hägar the Horrible'' and ''Hi and Lois''. Early life and education Dik Browne was born on August 11, 1917, in Manhat ...

* Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication: ''Edition Comic Art'' (series) (

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1986

* Best German-language Comic Artist: Matthias Schultheiss * Best Comic Strip: ''

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'' by Rog Bollen * Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication: ** ''Macao - Internationale Comics'' (Macao Books,

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Jacques de Loustal Jacques de Loustal (born 10 April 1956) is a French comics artist who uses a painterly style reminiscent of David Hockney. Biography In combination with a career as an illustrator, Loustal began working in comics in the late 1970s publishing shor ...

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Peter and the Wolf ''Peter and the Wolf'' ( rus, Петя и волк, Pétya i volk, p=ˈpʲetʲə i volk) Op. 67, a "symphonic tale for children", is a Program music , programmatic musical composition written by Sergei Prokofiev in 1936. The narrator tells a ...

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Jörg Müller Jörg Müller (, ; born 3 September 1969) is a Dutch-born German BMW factory driver. Racing career Born in Kerkrade, Netherlands, Müller won the titles in 1989 German Formula Opel Lotus Challenge and in 1989 European Formula Ford 1600. Th ...

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1988

* Best German-language Comic Artist: Franziska Becker * Best Comic Strip: ''

Mafalda ''Mafalda'' () is an Argentina, Argentine Argentine comics, comic strip written and drawn by cartoonist Quino. The strip features a six-year-old girl named Mafalda, who reflects the Argentine middle class and progressive youth, is concerned abou ...

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Quino Joaquín Salvador Lavado Tejón (17 July 193230 September 2020), better known by his pen name Quino (), was an Argentina, Argentine cartoonist. His comic strip ''Mafalda'' (which ran from 1964 to 1973) is popular in many parts of the Americas ...

* Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication: ''A la recherche de Peter Pan'', by (

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1990

* Best German-language Comic Artist: Gerhard Seyfried * Best Comic Strip: ''

Calvin and Hobbes ''Calvin and Hobbes'' is a daily American comic strip created by cartoonist Bill Watterson that was Print syndication, syndicated from November 18, 1985, to December 31, 1995. Commonly described as "the last great newspaper comic", ''Calvin a ...

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Bill Watterson William Boyd Watterson II (born July 5, 1958) is an American cartoonist who authored the comic strip ''Calvin and Hobbes''. The strip was syndicated from 1985 to 1995. Watterson concluded ''Calvin and Hobbes'' with a short statement to newspa ...

* Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication: ** ', by

Miguelanxo Prado Miguelanxo Prado () is a Galician people, Galician comic book creator. He was born in A Coruña, Spain in 1958. Biography Prado studied architecture, wrote novels and painted before his career in comics. He worked for several magazines and wro ...

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Watchmen ''Watchmen'' is a comic book Limited series (comics), limited series by the British creative team of writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons, and colorist John Higgins (comics), John Higgins. It was published monthly by DC Comics in 1986 and 19 ...

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Alan Moore Alan Moore (born 18 November 1953) is an English author known primarily for his work in comic books including ''Watchmen'', ''V for Vendetta'', ''The Ballad of Halo Jones'', Swamp Thing (comic book), ''Swamp Thing'', ''Batman: The Killing Joke' ...

Dave Gibbons David Chester Gibbons (born 14 April 1949) is an English comics artist, writer and sometimes letterer. He is best known for his collaborations with writer Alan Moore, which include the miniseries ''Watchmen'' and the Superman story " For the M ...

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) ** Volumes of Tardi's work () ** ''Boxer'' Comic Art Magazine (Edition Kunst der Comics) * Special Prize:

Art Spiegelman Itzhak Avraham ben Zeev Spiegelman ( ; born February 15, 1948), professionally known as Art Spiegelman, is an American cartoonist, editor, and comics advocate best known for his graphic novel ''Maus''. His work as co-editor on the comics magazin ...

, for ''

Maus ''Maus'', often published as ''Maus: A Survivor's Tale'', is a graphic novel by American cartoonist Art Spiegelman, serialized from 1980 to 1991. It depicts Spiegelman interviewing his father about his experiences as a History of the Jews in P ...

1992

* Best German-language Comic Artist: Ralf König * Best Comic Strip: '' B.C.'', by

Johnny Hart John Lewis Hart (February 18, 1931 – April 7, 2007) was an American cartoonist noted as the creator of the comic strips '' B.C.'' and '' The Wizard of Id''. Brant Parker co-produced and illustrated ''The Wizard of Id''. Hart was recogniz ...

* Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication: ** ''

Peter Pan Peter Pan is a fictional character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie. A free-spirited and mischievous young boy who can fly and never grows up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood having adventures on the mythical ...

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Théodore Poussin ''Théodore Poussin'' is a Franco-Belgian comics book series created by the French writer Frank Le Gall. Summary Dunkirk, 1927. Young Théodore Poussin, an office worker in a shipping company, dreams of going to sea and going on an adventure ...

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Frank Le Gall Frank Le Gall (born 23 September 1959 in Rouen), is a French author of comics. He was first published as a comic author at the age of 16 in ''Pistil''. He then went on to work for ''Spirou (magazine), Spirou'', creating "Valry Bonpain," a comic se ...

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) ** '' Les pionniers de l'aventure humaine'', by

François Boucq François Boucq (; born 28 November 1955 in Lille), is a French comic book artist. He is most famous for his satirical and surreal comics revolving around the main character . Career Boucq published cartoons in magazines like ''Le Point'' or '' ...

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Lorenzo Mattotti Lorenzo Mattotti (born 24 January 1954) is an Italian comics artist and illustrator. His illustrations have been published in magazines such as ''Cosmopolitan (magazine), Cosmopolitan'', ''Vogue (magazine), Vogue'', ''The New Yorker'', ''Le Monde ...

(Edition Kunst der Comics) * Special Prize for outstanding lifetime achievement:

Alberto Breccia Alberto Breccia (April 15, 1919 – November 10, 1993) was a Uruguayan-born Argentine artist and cartoonist. His son Enrique Breccia and daughter Patricia Breccia are also comic book artists. Comic book author Frank Miller considers Breccia a ...

1993 (in Hamburg)

* Best German-language Comic Artist:

Walter Moers Walter Moers (; born 24 May 1957) is a German comic artist, illustrator and writer. He is the creator of the character of Captain Bluebear and became a best-selling author in Europe with his Zamonia novels. Life Moers was born in Mönchengladb ...

* Best Comic Strip or Cartoon Series: ''

The Far Side ''The Far Side'' is a single-panel comic created by Gary Larson and syndicated by Chronicle Features and then Universal Press Syndicate, which ran from December 31, 1979, to January 1, 1995 (when Larson retired as a cartoonist). Its surrea ...

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Gary Larson Gary Larson (born August 14, 1950) is an American cartoonist who created ''The Far Side'', a single-panel cartoon series that was syndicated internationally to more than 1,900 newspapers for fifteen years. The series ended on January 1, 1995, ...

* Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication: ** Domestic: ''Es ist ein Arschloch, Maria!'', by

() ** Import: ''L'Uomo alla Finestra'', by

& Lilia Ambrosi (Edition Kunst der Comics) ** Humor: ', by (Feest Comics) ** For Children and Young People: ''

Jimmy Boy ''Jimmy Boy'' is a 1935 British comedy film directed by John Baxter and starring Jimmy O'Dea, Guy Middleton and Enid Stamp-Taylor. It was made at Cricklewood Studios Cricklewood Studios, also known as the Stoll Film Studios, were Britis ...

'', by Dominique David (

) ** Publication About Comics: ''Entretiens avec Moebius'', by

Numa Sadoul Numa Sadoul (born 7 May 1947, Brazzaville, French Equatorial Africa (now Republic of Congo) is a French writer, actor, and director, who has been a resident of France since 1966. Biography Numa Sadoul was born on May 7, 1947, in Brazzaville, ...

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) ** Self-published Comic: ''Artige Zeiten'', by * Special Prize for outstanding lifetime achievement:

Carl Barks Carl Barks (March 27, 1901 – August 25, 2000) was an American cartoonist, author, and painter. He is best known for his work in Disney comics, Disney comic books, as the writer and artist of the first Donald Duck stories and as the creator of ...

1994

* Best German-language Comic Artist: * Best Comic Strip or Cartoon Series: '' Captain Star'', by

Steven Appleby Steven Appleby (born 27 January 1956) is an absurdist cartoonist, illustrator and artist living in Britain. She is a dual citizen of the UK and Canada. Her publisher describes her humour as "observational or absurd, with a keen sense of the tur ...

* Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication: ** Domestic: ''Der unschuldige Passagier'', by (Arbeitskreis Stadtzeichner Alsfeld) ** Import: ''Foligatto'', by

Nicolas de Crécy Nicolas de Crécy (born 29 September 1966) is a French artist, cartoonist, and comic book writer. He was a co-author of ''Léon la Came'', a work that won the Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Best Album in 1998. Career Créc ...

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) ** Import: ''Jeux pour mourir'', by

Jacques Tardi Jacques Tardi (; born 30 August 1946) is a French comic artist. He is often credited solely as Tardi. Biography Tardi was born on 30 August 1946 in Valence, Drôme. After graduating from the École nationale des beaux-arts de Lyon and the Écol ...

() ** Import: '' Red Road'', by Derib (

) ** For Children and Young People: ''Full Moon Soup'', by Alastair Graham ( Bertelsmann Verlag) * Best International Writer:

Jean van Hamme Jean Van Hamme (born 16 January 1939) is a Belgian novelist and comic book writer. He has written scripts for a number of Belgian/French comic series, including ''Histoire sans héros'', '' Thorgal'', '' XIII'' and ''Largo Winch''. Biography ...

* Special Prize of the Jury: ''Mecki - Einer für alle'', by () * Special Prize for outstanding lifetime achievement:

Will Eisner William Erwin Eisner ( ; March 6, 1917 – January 3, 2005) was an American cartoonist, writer, and entrepreneur. He was one of the earliest cartoonists to work in the American comic book industry, and his series '' The Spirit'' (1940–1952) wa ...

1996

* Best German-language Comic Artist: Thomas Ott * Best Comic Strip or Cartoon Series: '' Mutts'', by

Patrick McDonnell Patrick McDonnell (born March 17, 1956) is a cartoonist, author, and playwright. He is the creator of the daily comic strip '' Mutts'', which follows the adventures of a dog and a cat, that has been syndicated since 1994. Prior to creating ''Mut ...

* Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication: ** Domestic: ''

Lovecraft Howard Phillips Lovecraft (, ; August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American writer of weird, science, fantasy, and horror fiction. He is best known for his creation of the Cthulhu Mythos. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Lovecraft ...

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Reinhard Kleist Reinhard Kleist (born 11 February 1970, Hürth, Germany) is a German graphic designer and cartoonist. Life Kleist studied graphic design at the Fachhochschule Münster. There he created his albums "Lovecraft," "Dorian" and as a thesis "Abenteu ...

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) ** Import: ''Saint-Exupéry - le dernier vol'', by

Hugo Pratt Ugo Eugenio Prat (15 June 1927 – 20 August 1995), better known as Hugo Pratt, was an Italian comic book creator who was known for combining strong storytelling with extensive historical research on works such as '' Corto Maltese''. He was indu ...

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Frank Pé Frank Pé, often signing solely as Frank (15 July 1956) is a Belgium, Belgian comic book artist, best known for ''Broussaille'' and ''Zoo''. Biography Frank Pé was born in Ixelles in 1956.De Weyer, Geert (2005). "Frank". In België gestript, pp ...

& () ** for Children and Young People: ''John Chatterton détective'', by (Moritz Verlag) ** Publication About Comics: ''100 Jahre Comic Strips'', by

Bill Blackbeard William Elsworth Blackbeard (April 28, 1926 – March 10, 2011), better known as Bill Blackbeard, was a writer-editor and the founder-director of the San Francisco Academy of Comic Art, a comprehensive collection of comic strips and cartoon art fr ...

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) * Best International Writer:

Pierre Christin Pierre Christin (; 27 July 1938 – 3 October 2024) was a French comics creator and writer. Biography Christin was born at Saint-Mandé on 27 July 1938. After graduating from the Sorbonne, Christin pursued graduate studies in political scie ...

* Special Prize of the Jury: Dietmar Hahlweg, prior

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of Erlangen * Special Prize for outstanding lifetime achievement:

André Franquin André Franquin (; 3 January 1924 – 5 January 1997) was an influential Belgian comics artist, whose best-known creations are ''Gaston (comics), Gaston'' and ''Marsupilami''. He also produced the ''Spirou et Fantasio'' comic strip from 1946 to ...

1998

* Best German-language Comic Artist: * Best Comic Strip or Cartoon Series: ''

Dilbert ''Dilbert'' is an American comic strip written and illustrated by Scott Adams, first published on April 16, 1989. It is known for its satire, satirical office humor about a White-collar worker, white-collar, micromanagement, micromanaged offic ...

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Scott Adams Scott Raymond Adams (born June 8, 1957) is an American author and cartoonist. He is the creator of the ''Dilbert'' comic strip and the author of several nonfiction works of business, commentary, and satire. Adams worked in various corporate r ...

* Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication: ** Domestic: ''Wüttner'', by () ** Import: '' City of Glass'', by

David Mazzucchelli David John Mazzucchelli (; born September 21, 1960) is an American comics artist and writer, known for his work on seminal superhero comic book storylines ''Born Again (comics), Daredevil: Born Again'' and ''Batman: Year One'', as well as for gra ...

Paul Karasik Paul Karasik ( ; born 1956)Kartalopoulos, Bill''Indy'' magazine (Spring 2004). is an American cartoonist, editor, and teacher, notable for his contributions to such works as '' City of Glass: The Graphic Novel'', ''The Ride Together: A Memoir of ...

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Rowohlt Verlag Rowohlt Verlag is a German publishing house based in Hamburg, with offices in Reinbek and Berlin. It has been part of the Georg von Holtzbrinck Group since 1982. The company has been dissolved and restarted twice since its creation in 1908. Hi ...

) ** for Children and Young People: ''Illustrierte Kinderklassiker'' (series) (

) * Best International Writer:

Neil Gaiman Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman (; born Neil Richard Gaiman; 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, audio theatre, and screenplays. His works include the comic series ''The Sandman (comic book), The Sandma ...

* Special Prize of the Jury: '' Le Guide des cités'', by

François Schuiten François Schuiten (; born 26 April 1956) is a Franco-Belgian comics, Belgian comic book artist. He is best known for drawing the series ''Les Cités Obscures''. Biography François Schuiten was born in Brussels, Belgium, in 1956.De Weyer, Geert ...

Benoît Peeters Benoît Peeters (; born 28 August 1956) is a French comics writer, novelist, and comics scholar. Biography After a degree in Philosophy at Université de Paris I, Peeters prepared his Master's at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences So ...

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) * Special Prize for outstanding lifetime achievement:

Robert Crumb Robert Dennis Crumb (; born August 30, 1943) is an American artist who often signs his work R. Crumb. His work displays a nostalgia for American folk culture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and satire of contemporary American c ...

2000

* Best German-language Comic Artist: * Best Comic Strip or Cartoon Series: ** International: '' Zits'', by Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman ** Domestic: '' Touché'', by ©TOM * Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication: ** Domestic: ''Geteilter Traum'', by Daniel Bosshart () ** Import: ''Approximate Continuum Comics'', by

Lewis Trondheim Laurent Chabosy (; born 11 December 1964), better known as Lewis Trondheim (), is a French cartoonist and one of the founders (in 1990) of the independent publisher L'Association. Both his silent comic ''La Mouche'' and Kaput and Zösky have been ...

( Reprodukt) ** for Children and Young People: ''

The Wind in the Willows ''The Wind in the Willows'' is a children's novel by the British novelist Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. It details the story of Mole, Ratty, and Badger as they try to help Mr. Toad, after he becomes obsessed with motorcars and get ...

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) ** Publication About Comics: ''Die deutschsprachige Comic-Fachpresse'', by () * Best International Writer:

* Special Prize of the Jury: ''The Long and Unlearned Life of Roland Gethers'', b
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() * Special Prize for outstanding lifetime achievement: Moebius/Jean Giraud

2002

* Best German-language Comic Artist: * Best Comic Strip or Cartoon Series: ** International: '' Liberty Meadows'', by

Frank Cho Frank Cho (born Duk Hyun Cho; 1971) is a Korean-American comic strip and comic book writer and illustrator, known for his series '' Liberty Meadows'', as well as for books such as '' Shanna the She-Devil'', '' Mighty Avengers'' and ''Hulk'' for M ...

** Domestic: ''Perscheids Abgründe'', by Martin Perscheid * Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication: ** Domestic: '' Moga Mobo - 100 Meisterwerke der Weltliteratur'' ** Import: ''Lost Girl'', by Nabiel Kanan (Lost Comix) ** For Children: ''Doktor Dodo schreibt ein Buch'', by (

) ** For Young People: ''Come la vita - Cuori imbranati'', by

Carlos Trillo Carlos Trillo (May 1, 1943 – May 8, 2011) was an Argentine comic book writer, best known worldwide as the co-creator and writer of the '' Cybersix'' comics. With a long and prolific career in the '' Historieta'' medium, he is considered as one ...

& (Edition Schwarzer Klecks) ** Publication About Comics: ''Lexikon der Comics'', by Marcus Czerwionka (ed.) (Corian-Verlag) * Best International Writer:

Frank Giroud Frank Giroud (3 May 1956 – 13 July 2018) was a French comics writer. Early life Giroud was born on May 3, 1956, in Toulouse, France. He graduated from the École Nationale des Chartes, and he passed the agrégation in History. Career Giroud ta ...

* Special Prize of the Jury: Karl Manfred Fischer, creator & director of the Erlangen Comics Show * Special Prize for outstanding lifetime achievement: José Muñoz

2004

* Best German-language Comic Artist: * Best Comic Strip: ', by * Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication: ** Domestic: ''Held'', by Flix (

) ** Domestic: ''Leviathan'', by () ** Import: ''

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Marjane Satrapi Marjane Satrapi (; ; born 22 November 1969) is a French-Iranian graphic novelist, cartoonist, illustrator, film director, and children's book author. Her best-known works include the graphic novel ''Persepolis (comics), Persepolis'' and Persepo ...

() ** For Children and Young People: ''

W.I.T.C.H. ''W.I.T.C.H.'' (stylised as ''W.i.t.c.h.'') is an Italian fantasy Disney comics series created by Elisabetta Gnone, Alessandro Barbucci, and Barbara Canepa. The series features a group of five teenage girls who become the guardians of the classi ...

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Elisabetta Gnone Elisabetta Gnone (born 13 November 1965) is an Italian writer. She's best known as the co-creator of the Italian comic series ''W.I.T.C.H.''. Biography Gnone became a journalist Weekly in 1992. This was only the beginning of a career that woul ...

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Joann Sfar Joann Sfar (; born 28 August 1971) is a French comics artist, comic book creator, novelist, and film director. Life and career Sfar was born in Nice, the son of Lilou, a pop singer, who died when he was three, and André Sfar, a lawyer well know ...

* Special Prize of the Jury: ''36 vues de la Tour Eiffel'', by

André Juillard André Juillard (9 June 1948 – 31 July 2024) was a French comics artist. Biography Born in Paris, Juillard was one of the most prolific artists of historical comics in France. His career began in 1974. After studies in the School of Decorativ ...

() * Special Prize for outstanding lifetime achievement:

Albert Uderzo Alberto Aleandro Uderzo (; 25 April 1927 – 24 March 2020), better known as Albert Uderzo (), was a French comic book artist and scriptwriter. He is best known as the co-creator and illustrator of the '' Astérix'' series in collaboration wit ...

2006

* Best German-language Comic Artist: * Best Comic Strip: ''

Doonesbury ''Doonesbury'' is a comic strip by American cartoonist Garry Trudeau that chronicles the adventures and lives of an array of characters of various ages, professions, and backgrounds, from the President of the United States to the title character, ...

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Garry Trudeau Garretson Beekman Trudeau (born July 21, 1948) is an American cartoonist best known for creating the ''Doonesbury'' comic strip. Trudeau won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning in 1975, making him the first comic strip artist to win a ...

* Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication: ** Domestic: ''Das Unbehagen'', by

Nicolas Mahler Nicolas Mahler (born 1969) is an Austrian cartoonist and illustrator. ''Die Zeit'', ''NZZ am Sonntag'', ''Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung'' and ''Titanic (magazine), Titanic'' print his comics. He is known for his comics ''Flaschko'' and ...

() ** Import: ''Gli Innocenti'', by

Gipi Gia Alfonso Pacinotti, better known by the pseudonym of Gipi, is an Italian cartoonist, filmmaker, and author. Biography Born in Pisa in 1963, he began his career illustrating for the publishing and advertising industries. He began illustrating ...

(avant-verlag) ** Manga: ''

Barefoot Gen is a Japanese historical manga series by Keiji Nakazawa, loosely based on Nakazawa's experiences as a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bombing. The series begins in 1945 in and around Hiroshima, Japan, where six-year-old Gen Nakaok ...

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) ** For Children and Young People: ''Jónas Blondal'', by Jens F. Ehrenreich (Epsilon Verlag) * Best International Writer:

Max Goldt Max Goldt (pseudonym of Matthias Ernst) (born 23 November 1958) is a German writer, columnist and musician. Early life Goldt was born in the town of Weende, now Göttingen, to working-class parents originally from Silesia. In 1977, he moved to ...

* Special Prize of the Jury: Ralf König, for his cartoons and commitment to the conflict revolving around the Danish Mohammed cartoons. * Special Prize for outstanding lifetime achievement:

2008

* Best German-language Comic Artist: Anke Feuchtenberger * Best Comic Strip: ''Flaschko – Der Mann in der Heizdecke'', by

* Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication: ** Domestic: '' Cash – I see a darkness'', by

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'', by David B. () ** Manga: '' A Distant Neighborhood'', by

Jiro Taniguchi was a Japanese mangaka, manga writer/artist. His works belong to the gekiga, or "dramatic pictures", genre of manga. In France he was knighted a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2011. Career Taniguchi began his career as an ...

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) ** For Children and Young People: '' Der 35. Mai'', by Isabel Kreitz () ** Art school project: ''Plusplus'' * Best International Writer: * Special Prizes of the Jury: **

Hannes Hegen Hannes Hegen (real name ''Johannes Eduard Hegenbarth''; 16 May 1925 – 8 November 2014) was a German illustrator and caricaturist and is most famous for creating the East Germany, East German comic book Mosaik and its original protagonists, ...

Hansrudi Wäscher Hansrudi Wäscher (5 April 1928, in St. Gallen, Switzerland – 7 January 2016, in Freiburg im Breisgau) was a Swiss-German comics artist and comics author. Life Background and education Wäscher was the son of a German father and a Swiss m ...

* Special Prize for outstanding lifetime achievement:

2010

* Best German-language Comic Artist:

* Best Comic Strip: ''Prototyp'' and ''Archetyp'', by Ralf König * Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication: ** Domestic: ''Alpha. Directions'', by (

) ** Import: ''

Pinocchio Pinocchio ( , ) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the children's novel, ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' (1883) by Italian writer Carlo Collodi of Florence, Tuscany. Pinocchio was carved by a poor man named Geppetto in a Tuscan vil ...

'', by Winshluss (avant-verlag) ** For Children and Young People: ''Such dir was aus, aber beeil dich'', by (

S. Fischer Verlag S. Fischer Verlag is a major German publishing house, which has operated as a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Group since 1962. The publishing house was founded in 1881 by Samuel Fischer in Berlin, but is currently based in Frankfurt am Mai ...

) ** Art school project: ''Strichnin'' ** Prize Awarded by the Audience: '' Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life'', by Ulli Lust (avant-verlag) * Special Prize of the Jury: German Edition of Will Eisner's ''

A Contract with God ''A Contract with God and Other Tenement Stories'' is a graphic novel by American cartoonist Will Eisner published in 1978. The book's short story cycle revolves around poor Jewish characters who live in a tenement in New York City. Eisner p ...

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) and '' The Spirit'' () * Special Prize for outstanding lifetime achievement:

2012

* Best German-language Comic Artist: Isabel Kreitz * Best Comic Strip: ''Schöne Töchter'', by Flix * Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication: ** Domestic: ''Packeis'', by Simon Schwartz (avant-verlag) ** Import: ''

Footnotes in Gaza ''Footnotes in Gaza'' is a journalistic graphic narrative by Joe Sacco about bloody incidents between Israelis and Palestinians in Gaza during the Suez Crisis. It was published in 2009 by Henry Holt and Company in the U.S. and Jonathan Cape in t ...

'', by

Joe Sacco Joe Sacco (; born October 2, 1960) is a Maltese-American cartoonist and journalist. He is credited as the first artist to practice rigorous, investigative journalism using the comics form, also referred to as comics journalism. His groundbrea ...

() ** For Children and Young People: ''Boucle d'or et les Sept Ours nains'', by

Émile Bravo Émile Bravo (born 18 September 1964) is a French comics artist. Biography Émile Bravo was born in Paris in 1964 from Spanish parents (a Catalan father and a Valencian mother). Having grown up with the famous Franco-Belgian comics like '' Asté ...

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) ** Art school project: ''Ampel Magazin'' ** Prize Awarded by the Audience: ''Grablicht'', by Daniela Winkler (

Droemer Knaur Droemer Knaur is a publishing group based in Munich. The group consists of the book publishers Droemer, Knaur, the Pattloch Publisher and O.W. Barth. Droemer Knaur belongs to the Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. Program Droemer Knaur Pu ...

) * Special Prize of the Jury: Rossi Schreiber () * Special Prize for outstanding lifetime achievement:

2014

* Best German-language Comic Artist: Ulli Lust * Best Comic Strip: ''Totes Meer'', by 18 Metzger * Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication: ** Domestic: '' Kinderland'', by ( Reprodukt) ** Import: '' Billy Bat'', by

Naoki Urasawa is a Japanese manga artist and musician. He has been drawing manga since he was four years old, and for most of his professional career has created two series simultaneously. The stories to many of these were co-written in collaboration with hi ...

Takashi Nagasaki is a Japanese author, manga writer and former editor of manga. He started his professional career at Shogakukan in 1980 and worked as an editor on the publisher's various manga magazines, including as editor-in-chief of ''Big Comic Spirits'' f ...

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) ** For Children and Young People: ''Hilda and the Midnight Giant'', by

Luke Pearson Luke Pearson (born 12 October 1987) is a British illustrator, cartoonist, and comic book writer best known for the '' Hilda'' series of comics for Nobrow Press, and '' Hilda'', the Netflix series based on the comics. He has also storyboarded ...

( Reprodukt) ** Art school project: ''Triebwerk'' ** Prize Awarded by the Audience: ''Schisslaweng'', by Marvin Clifford * Special Prize of the Jury: Tina Hohl and Heinrich Anders, for the German translation of ''

Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth ''Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth'' is a graphic novel by American cartoonist Chris Ware. Pantheon Books released the book in 2000 following its serialization in the newspaper ''Newcity'' and Ware's ''Acme Novelty Library'' series. ...

'' ( Reprodukt) * Special Prize for outstanding lifetime achievement: Ralf König

2016

* Best German-language Comic Artist: Barbara Yelin * Best Comic Strip: ''Das Hochhaus'', by * Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication: ** Domestic: ''Madgermanes'', by

Birgit Weyhe Birgit Weyhe, born 1969 in Munich, is a German cartoonist and illustrator. Biography Weyhe was born in Munich and spent her childhood in Uganda and Kenya. After taking the German college entrance exams, known as the Abitur, she returned at the age ...

(avant-verlag) ** Import: ''

This One Summer ''This One Summer'' is a graphic novel written by Mariko Tamaki and illustrated by Jillian Tamaki published by First Second Books in 2014. It is a coming of age story about two teenage friends, Rose and Windy, during a summer in Awago, a small ...

'', by

Jillian Tamaki Jillian Tamaki (born April 17, 1980) is a Canadian American illustrator and comic artist known for her work in ''The New York Times'' and ''The New Yorker'' in addition to the graphic novels ''Boundless'', as well as ''Skim (comics), Skim'', ''T ...

Mariko Tamaki Mariko Tamaki (born 1975) is a Canadian artist and writer. She is known for her graphic novels '' Skim'', ''Emiko Superstar,'' and '' This One Summer''."Mariko Tamaki". CBC Radio, '' The Next Chapter'', 12 November 2012. In 2016 she began writing ...

( Reprodukt) ** For Children and Young People: ''Kiste'', by & ( Reprodukt) ** Art school project: ''Wunderfitz'' ** Prize Awarded by the Audience: '' Crash 'n' Burn'', by

Mikiko Ponczeck Mikiko Ponczeck (born February 2, 1984, in Tokyo) is a German- Japanese comic book and manga artist. Early life Due to her father's line of work, Mikiko has moved a lot in her childhood, which resulted in her growing up learning many languag ...

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Tokyopop Tokyopop (styled TOKYOPOP; formerly known as Mixx Entertainment) is an American distributor, licensor and publisher of anime, manga, manhwa and Western manga-style works. The German publishing division produces German translations of licens ...

) * Special Prize of the Jury: avant-verlag * Special Prize of the Jury: Luz, for ''Catharsis'' (

) * Special Prize for outstanding lifetime achievement:

Claire Bretécher Claire Bretécher (; 17 April 1940 – 10 February 2020)
on Lambiek Comiclopedia was a French

* Best Comic Strip: ''Das Leben ist kein Ponyhof'' by Sarah Burrini * Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication: ** Domestic: ''Wie ich versuchte, ein guter Mensch zu sein'' by Ulli Lust,

Suhrkamp Verlag Suhrkamp Verlag is a German publishing house, established in 1950 and is generally acknowledged as one of the leading European publishers of fine literature. Its roots go back to the "arianized" part of the S. Fischer Verlag. In January 2010, ...

** Import: ''Esthers Tagebücher'' (Esther's notebooks) by

Riad Sattouf Riad Sattouf (; born 5 May 1978) is a French cartoonist, comics, comic artist, and film director. Sattouf is best known for his graphic memoir ''L'Arabe du futur'' (''The Arab of the Future'') and for his film The French Kissers, ''Les Beaux Goss ...

, Reprodukt ** For Children and Young People: ''Die drei ??? – Das Dorf der Teufel'' (comic book adaptation of the

Three Investigators The Three Investigators is an American juvenile detective book series first published as "''Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators''". It was created by Robert Arthur Jr., who believed involving a famous person such as movie director Alfr ...

) by Ivar Leon Menger, John Beckmann and Christopher Tauber, Kosmos publishers ** Art school project: ''Paradies'' curated by Jonathan Kunz (

Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar The Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar or HBKsaar, (English: ''Saar College of Fine Arts'') is an art and design university in the German State of Saarland. The degree course offers a choice of different topics: Fine arts, communication desi ...

) ** Prize Awarded by the Audience: ''NiGuNeGu'' by Oliver Mielke and Hannes Radke, Pyramond * Special Prize of the Jury: Paul Derouet * Special Prize for outstanding lifetime achievement:

Jean-Claude Mézières Jean-Claude Mézières (; 23 September 1938 – 23 January 2022) was a French Bande dessinée, ''bandes dessinées'' artist and illustrator. Born in Paris and raised in nearby Saint-Mandé, he was introduced to drawing by his elder brother and ...

2022

* Best German-language Comic Artist:

* Lifetime Achievement Award:

References

External links

Max und Moritz Award, Erlangen International Comic Salon
{{DEFAULTSORT:Max and Moritz Prize Comics awards Erlangen Wilhelm Busch