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Rolf Kauka (9 April 1917 in
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,
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– 13 September 2000 in
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) was a German
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artist, most famous for the series '' Fix and Foxi''. In 1951, Rolf Kauka founded Kauka Publishing. Aside from Rolf Kauka's original comic characters, Kauka Publishing introduced to German audiences such international series as ''
Asterix ''Asterix'' ( or , "Asterix the Gauls, Gaul"; also known as ''Asterix and Obelix'' in some adaptations or ''The Adventures of Asterix'') is a Franco-Belgian comics, French comic album book series, series about a Gaulish village which, thanks ...
'' and ''
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'' from
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and
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. Some characters received Germanized names, for instance, ''
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'' / ''Pit & Pikkolo'', ''
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'' / ''Jojo'', etc. Kauka's translation of Asterix, called ''Siggi und Barbarras'', controversially included far-right and Nazi revisionist subtexts, such as
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and
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. In 1973, Kauka sold his publishing house to the English publisher
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and the Dutch publishing group
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. He maintained his right of
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, but removed himself from the active publishing world. In 1975, he founded the Kauka Comic Academy in
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, where he concentrated on the training and continuing education of young writers and illustrators. At the end of the 1970s the publishing consortium was dissolved and Bauer/VPM began publishing ''Fix & Foxi''. Kauka characters/series outside the Fuxholzen (Fix und Foxi) universe: *''The Pichelsteiner'' - prehistoric adventure series *''
Dagobert Dagobert or Taginbert is a Germanic male given name, possibly from Old Frankish ''Dag'' "day" and '' beraht'' "bright". Alternatively, it has been identified as Gaulish ''dago'' "good" ''berxto'' "bright". Animals * Roi Dagobert (born 1964), ...
'' - an early character by Rolf Kauka *''Diabolino'' - an imp character *'' Mischa'' - adventure series based in the future and in outer space. *''Tom and Biberherz'' - Old West adventure series. *''Peppercorn Family'' - the last series created by Rolf Kauka. Rolf Kauka also directed the animated film '' Maria d'Oro und Bello Blue'', which contains characters created by him.


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* * Fedor Bochow
''Kauka, Rolf''.
In: Institut für Sächsische Geschichte und Volkskunde (Hrsg.): ''
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''. December 9, 2008 * * 1917 births 2000 deaths People from Markranstädt People from the Kingdom of Saxony German comics artists German humorists German animated film producers German animated film directors Film directors from Saxony Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 20th-century German publishers (people) German emigrants to the United States {{comics-artist-stub