Max und Moritz Award 2022

Erlangen, 28 April 2022

20th Erlangen International Comic Salon – 16 to 19 June 2022
Jury nominates 25 titles for the 2022 Max und Moritz Award
Lifetime Achievement Award goes to Naoki Urasawa

As part of the 20th International Comic Salon Erlangen, which will take place from 16 to 19 June 2022, the Max and Moritz Award, the most important accolade for graphic literature and comic art in the German-speaking world, will be presented for the 20th time. 25 titles were nominated by the jury, three additional titles by the audience. Eight of the nine award winners will be announced at the Max and Moritz Gala on 17 June, 2022. The lifetime achievement award goes to Naoki Urasawa, one of the most influential living manga artists with a worldwide circulation of 100 million books.

On the evening of 17 June, the award winners in the categories "Best German-language Comic", "Best International Comic in German", "Best Non-fiction Comic", "Best Comic for Children" and "Best German-language Comic Debut / Best Student Publication" will be presented at the Max and Moritz Gala, as well as the Best German-language Comic Artist, the Special Jury Prize - without prior nomination - and the Max and Moritz Audience Award. For the latter, the 25 books nominated by the jury as well as three additional titles chosen by the audience in internet polls are up for selection.

The Max and Moritz Award is presented by an independent jury of experts appointed by the City of Erlangen and has been instrumental in securing artistic and social recognition for comics for more than 30 years. It honours outstanding artists, highlights the commendable work of publishers, directs attention to up-and-coming talent, and promotes high-quality appraisals of graphic literature.

This year’s Max and Moritz jury members are Christian Gasser, author, lecturer in art and design at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts; Andreas C. Knigge, journalist and publisher, Hamburg; Katinka Kornacker, managing director of COMIX Comicbuchhandlung, Hannover; Isabel Kreitz, comic book artist, Hamburg; Lars von Törne, journalist, Berlin; Christine Vogt, director of Ludwiggalerie Schloss Oberhausen; and Bodo Birk, director of the Erlangen International Comic Salon.

Max und Moritz Award 2022

The 25 titles nominated by the jury
in alphabetical order:

Bei mir zuhause by Paulina Stulin. Jaja Verlag
Chartwell Manor by Glenn Head (Translation: Ronald Gutberlet). Carlsen
Contrapaso. Die Kinder der Anderen by Teresa Valero (Translation: Harald Sachse). Splitter Verlag
Das Gutachten by Jennifer Daniel. Carlsen
Der nutzlose Mann by Yoshiharu Tsuge (Translation: Nora Bierich). Reprodukt
Die geheimnisvollen Akten by Margo Maloo by Drew Weing (Translation: Matthias Wieland). Reprodukt
Dragman by Steven Appleby (Translation: Ruth Keen). Schaltzeit Verlag
Dreimal Spucken by Davide Reviati (Translation: Myriam Alfano). avant-verlag
Erdoğan by Can Dündar und Anwar (Translation: Sabine Adatepe). Correctiv / ÖZGÜRÜZ Press
Fürchtetal by Christine und Markus Färber. Rotopol
Im Spiegelsaal by Liv Strömquist (Translation: Katharina Erben). avant-verlag
Melek + ich by Lina Ehrentraut. Edition Moderne
Nachtgestalten by Jaroslav Rudiš und Nicolas Mahler. Luchterhand
Parallel by Matthias Lehmann. Reprodukt
Penelopes zwei Leben by Judith Vanistendael (Translation: Andrea Kluitmann). Reprodukt
Regenbogentage by Nora Dåsnes (Translation: Katharina Erben). Klett Kinderbuch
Rude Girl by Birgit Weyhe. avant-verlag
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari, Daniel Casanave und David Vandermeulen (Translation: Andreas Wirthensohn). Verlag C. H. Beck
Sunny by Taiyō Matsumoto (Translation: Martin Gericke). Carlsen
Trip mit Tropf by Josephine Mark. Kibitz
Tunnel by Rutu Modan (Translation: Markus Lemke). Carlsen
Unschlagbar! by Pascal Jousselin (Translation: Marcel Le Comte). Carlsen
Who's the Scatman? by Jeff Chi. Zwerchfell
Work-Life-Balance by Aisha Franz. Reprodukt
Zarter Schmelz. Lucky Luke Hommage by Ralf König. Egmont

Reading samples in German of the nominated titles are available at www.comic-salon.de/de/nominierungen, videos (German) on the individual nomination's detail page from mid-May.

Max und Moritz Award 2022

The 3 titles nominated by the audience
in alphabetical order:

erzaehlmirnix. Leben mit Menschen by Nadja Hermann, riva Verlag / erzaehlmirnix.wordpress.com
Kplx by Kplx, https://www.kplx.de/blog
Lisa und Lio by Daniela Schreiter, Panini Comics

Audiences can vote online at www.comic-salon.de. Voting opens on 2 May and closes at 7 p.m. on 16 June (first day of the 20th International Comic Salon). The winner of the Audience Award will be announced at the Max und Moritz Gala. For more information, visit www.comic-salon.de/en/max-und-moritz-publikumspreis.

Max und Moritz Gala

Presented by Hella von Sinnen und Christian Gasser
Friday, 17 June 2022, 8:30 pm
Markgrafentheater, Theaterplatz 2, 91054 Erlangen

Touring exhibition "The Best German Comics”

For the fifth time in 2022, the German-language Max und Moritz award winners will go on tour for two years in a specially designed touring exhibition entitled "The Best German Comics".

This year marks the third time that DATEV eG is the title sponsor of the Erlangen International Comic Salon. As IT service provider for tax consultants, auditors and lawyers and their clients including medium-sized companies and municipal administrations, the cooperative is one of the largest private employers in the Nuremberg metropolitan region and also one of the most important software houses in Europe.

In the downloadable PDF you will find the complete version with information on Lifetime Achievement Award winner Naoki Urasawa as well as texts by the jury on all nominated titles.

Royalty-free images of the Lifetime Achievement Award winner, the Comic Book Debut Award winner and the nominated titles in printable resolution can be found on the website at www.comic-salon.de/de/pressebilder. If you have any questions, need further information or pictures, we are at your disposal at any time.

Organiser

City of Erlangen – Cultural Office
Department Festivals and Programmes
Gebbertstraße 1, 91052 Erlangen – Germany
Tel. +49 (0)9131 86-1408, Fax: +49 (0)9131 86-1411
E-Mail: info@comic-salon.de
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