Best German-Speaking Comic-Artist

Birgit Weyhe

Laudatio by Andrea Heinze: The way Birgit Weyhe draws birds alone is an art in itself: some soar into the air as if they were the embodiment of freedom. Others cower on the ground as if they had not...

Best German-language Comic

Cover Work-Life-Balance

Work-Life-BalancebyAisha Franz

Reprodukt

Welcome to the unattractive new work world of shoe-free offices, in which people toil creatively but earn poorly, of ghastly-chic art galleries, pizza couriers and trendy therapies (also offered...

Best International Comic in German

Cover von Dragman

DragmanbySteven Appleby

Translation: Ruth Keen

Schaltzeit Verlag

August Crimp alias Dragman is a very unusual kind of superhero. On the surface he is a bland husband and father, but he has a secret identity. He loves women's clothes, and women's clothes...

Best Non-Fiction Comic

Cover im Im Spiegelsaal

Im SpiegelsaalbyLiv Strömquist

Translation: Katharina Erben

avant-verlag

Why do so many people spend so much time looking at Kylie Jenner? Why is Kylie Jenner considered so desirable and worthy of imitation, and what is the connection between her looks and her wealth?...

Best Comic for Children

Cover Trip mit Tropf

Trip mit TropfbyJosephine Mark

Kibitz Verlag

Chance and a bit of luck help the wolf code to bring the wolf and the rabbit together. Thus begins this crazy road trip of these two, who could not be more different from eachother. Despite fleeing...

Best German-language Comic Debut 1

Cover von Melek + ich

Melek + ichbyLina Ehrentraut

Edition Moderne

Rarely has a debut been presented that is so lively and, for all its unfinishedness, as strong as "Melek + I" by Lina Ehrentraut. Scientist Nici has built a machine that can be used to...

Best German-language Comic Debut 2

PfostenlochbyDaniela Heller

Kunsthochschule Kassel / avant-verlag

In rain and heat, armed with small shovels, rakes and brushes, they sit or kneel in their holes, the young archaeologists. The dreams are big, but the actual yield is comparatively modest. The...

Best German-language Comic Debut 3

Cover Who's the Scatman?

Who's the Scatman?byJeff Chi

Zwerchfell

Who is John Larkin? A stuttering jazz pianist with a drinking problem who hides behind the piano to avoid having to speak. He keeps his head above water with gigs in bars and clubs, the fee is often...

Audience Award

Cover Lisa und Lio

Lisa und LiobyDaniela Schreiter

> nominated by the audience

Panini Comics

Special Jury Award

Alexander Braun

Laudation by Andrea Heinze: It is breathtaking how Alexander Braun, in his books and exhibitions, puts classics of comic history into the context of visual art: the stalking beds with the elongated...

Lifetime Achievement Award

Naoki Urasawa

Naoki Urasawa

"Monster", "20th Century Boys", "Pluto", "Billy Bat" - Naoki Urasawa's bibliography reads like a list of the best, most racy and successful manga epics of...