Max und Moritz Award

The Max und Moritz Award is the most important award for graphic literature in the German-speaking area. It is awarded biannually in the course of the International Comic Salon by an independent jury of professionals, appointed by the city of Erlangen, and has played a decisive role for the artistic and social recognition of comic art for around 40 years. The award, which is conferred in the course of the Max und Moritz gala in Erlangen's Markgrafentheater, recognizes the work of outstanding artists acknowledges exemplary publishing and encourages the debate on graphic literature in general. In previous years the award for life­time achievement was presented to Albert Uderzo, Jacques Tardi, Alan Moore, Pierre Christin, Lorenzo Mattotti, Ralf König, Claire Bretécher, Jean-Claude Mézières and Anke Feuchtenberger.

In general the Max und Moritz Award is presented in the following categories:

"Best German-speaking Comic Artist" (7.500 Euro endowment), "Best German-language Comic", "Best International Comic in German", "Best German-language Comic Strip", "Best Comic for Children", "Best Student Comic Publication" (1000 Euro endowment), "Special Jury Award", "Audience Award", and "Lifetime Achievement Award". An audience prize will be awarded for the sixth time in 2020.

While in session, the jury however reserves the right to reconsider these categories. The winner of the "Lifetime Achievement Award" is already announced prior to the award ceremony.