Nominations

The 25 nominated titles for the "Max und Moritz" Award 2020
in alphabetical order:

Am liebsten mag ich MonsterbyEmil Ferris

Translation: Torsten Hempelt

Panini Comics

In the basement apartment of a building in Chicago in the 1960s, Karen lives with her cancer-stricken mother and her big brother – and a family secret. Her world is full of broken bodies and...

Andy – A Factual Fairytale. Leben und Werk von Andy WarholbyTypex

Translation: Cornelia Holfelder-von der Tann

Carlsen

Andy Warhol – the complete works! How do you tell the story of a mysterious, complex and contradictory artist? Dutch illustrator Typex does it best: in alternating styles and various allusions...

Ariol. Wo ist Petula?byEmmanuel Guibert und Marc Boutavant

Translation: Annette von der Weppen

Reprodukt

Little donkey Ariol lives with Mama and Papa and spends his normal childhood with school, friends, enemies and a big, unrequited love for Petula. However, things seem to take a decisive turn one day...

ASH – Austrian Superheroes byHarald Havas u. a.

> nominated by the audience

Indiekator / Cross Cult

Donauweibchen, Captain Austria, Lady Heumarkt and the Bürokrat – these are the superheroes of the alpine republic. Saving the world from within Austria, is that even possible? It is. And how!...

Busengewunder. Meine feministischen KolumnenbyLisa Frühbeis

First published as "My 100 Days of Strangelife" in Berliner Tagesspiegel.

Carlsen

"Why don't you do something about menstruation!" came the suggestion of an editor of the Berliner Tagesspiegel, for which Lisa Frühbeis drew a monthly column titled, "My 100 Days...

Cassandra DarkebyPosy Simmonds

Translation: Sven Scheer

Reprodukt

It's about time! A fat and ugly lady on the other side of menopause as the main character of a comic! Cassandra Darke is egocentric, criminal and she walks over dead bodies. The unscrupulous...

Das Licht, das Schatten leertbyTina Brenneisen

Edition Moderne

A baby is stillborn and its parents' world falls apart. How does one come to terms with something so incomprehensible? A baby's body is carefully taken from refrigeration in the pathology lab...

Der große IndienschwindelbyAlain Ayroles und Juanjo Guarnido

Translation: Harald Sachse

Splitter Verlag

No adventure has ever had to wait longer for its finale. Alain Ayroles' idea to take up where Francisco de Quevedos' picaresque 1626 best-seller “El Buscon” left off, is truly a...

Der MagnetbyLucas Harari

Translation: Christoph Schuler

Edition Moderne

Thermal baths are places at which, if you let go, time seems to dissolve. Reading the graphic novel “Der Magnet”, in which Lucas Harari tells the story of a gloomy secret, offers a...

Der SchwindlerbyPascal Rabaté

after „Ibykus“ by Aleksey Tolstoy Translation: Resel Rebiersch

Verlag Schreiber&Leser

The saying “easy come, easy go” could have easily been invented for the hero of this graphic novel! Bookkeeper Semjon Newsorow, born under the sign of Ibykus, friend of the Gods, lives in...

Der UmfallbyMikaël Ross

avant-verlag

Fate strikes, of all times, on his birthday. Noel can't even tell you which birthday. But luckily he can ask “Mumsi”. His mother knows everything and has everything under control. And...

Die dicke Prinzessin PetroniabyKatharina Greve

First published in Das Magazin.

avant-verlag

It's so frustrating to stand in the shadow of your cousin, the Little Prince. He always gets preferential treatment, that little goody two shoes. Of course, her planet is smaller and more boring...

Die Farbe der DingebyMartin Panchaud

Translation: Christoph Schuler

Edition Moderne

“Die Farbe der Dinge”, the debut of Swiss illustrator Martin Panchaud stands out for aesthetic reasons. It is told from a bird's eye view. People are reduced to circles,...

EislichtbyAnike Hage

altraverse

This is the story of young Peruna. As servant in the home of the venerable Master Halvard in the secretive village of Winterthal, she is witness to intrigue, witchcraft and feuds. With the help of...

Happy PlacebyMax Baitinger

Rotopol

The body of Max Baitinger's alter ego is elongated and as pliable as a playdough sausage. And indeed, flexibility is demanded of this character, who works in the creative industry. Be it client...

Hexen hexenbyPénélope Bagieu

after Roald Dahl Translation: Silv Bannenberg

Reprodukt

For a boy who's just lost his parents, travelling to a luxury hotel by the sea with his beloved Grandmother is a decent distraction. Even if nobody lets you play by yourself and you don't...

Ich fühl’s nichtbyLiv Strömquist

Translation: Katharina Erben

avant-verlag

The scientist's precision, the punk musician's rough edges, the stand-up comedian's cheekiness and the feminist attitude - these define Liv Strömquist's comic essays. In “Ich...

LootboybyMarvin Clifford und Maurice Alain

> nominated by the audience

www.lootboy.de

One day, Lootboy finds himself pulled into his video game and suddenly finds himself in the middle of his gaming universe. And so begins a journey that both fascinates and rattles him. He is torn...

Lucky Luke sattelt umbyMawil

Egmont Comic Collection

One could not have come up with a better title than “Lucky Luke sattelt um”. This Lonesome Cowboy, created by the Belgian Morris, dates back to 1946. In over 80 issues he rides across the...

Manno! Alles genau so in echt passiertbyAnke Kuhl

Klett Kinderbuch

“Manno! Alles genau so in echt passiert” is Anke Kuhl's charming account of her childhood. The true to life retelling becomes evident when “Frau Kuhl” is called into the...

SalzhungerbyMatthias Gnehm

Edition Moderne

Commodities trading, NGO's and heartache. These are the ingredients Matthias Gnehm adds to a currently highly relevant political graphic novel. Documentary filmmaker Arno Beder and environmental...

Schweres Geknitterby@kriegundfreitag

> nominated by the audience

Lappan

Tobias Vogel needs only a few lines and a few words to make his point. Under his pen name @kriegundfreitag he has been publishing short comic sequences and cartoons in which he deals with...

Tante NonNonbyShigeru Mizuki

Translation: Daniel Büchner

Reprodukt

Shigeru Mizuki has shaped modern Manga like no one else. Central to his works are memories of his childhood in rural Japan of the 1930s. Now for the first time, “Tante NonNon” appears in...

Trubel mit TedbyÉmilie Gleason

Translation: Christoph Schuler

Edition Moderne

Ted knows the production years of all movie classics. Without thinking about it, he knows the exact location of each book at the library where he works. Every day, he spends his lunch hour at the...

Über Spanien lacht die SonnebyKathrin Klingner

Reprodukt

"Über Spanien lacht die Sonne" is emblazoned on the cover, with a sweet bunny face. One rarely comes across such a slippery title. For the continuation of this sentence results in one of...