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v.l.n.r.: Ralf Keiser (Carlsen Verlag), Daniela Winkler, Isabel Kreitz, Flix, Rossi Schreiber, Simon Schwartz, Luca Bartulovic, David Basler (Edition Moderne), Lorenzo Mattotti, Andreas Kiener, Jan Taussig, Dr. Dieter Rossmeissl, Hella von Sinnen, Christian Gasser Copyright: Internationaler Comic-Salon Erlangen – Foto: Erich Malter, 2012
So, just what is the “Max und Moritz Preis”?
The “Max und Moritz“ Gala in Erlangen’s baroque theatre on Friday, 8 June 2012, at 9 p.m., is the highlight of the Salon. The “Max und Moritz” Prize, endowed by “Bulls Press” and presented by the City of Erlangen, is the most important prize for graphic literature in the German-speaking countries. It is awarded in different categories by an independent jury of professionals and plays a decisive role in the recognition of comics art in the German-speaking countries. The work of outstanding artists is recognised, exemplary publishing encouraged and debate on graphic literature encouraged by the prize. Alberto Breccia, Will Eisner, André Franquin, Robert Crumb, Moebius / Jean Giraud, José Muñoz, Albert Uderzo, Jacques Tardi, Alan Moore and Pierre Christin have previously received the Lifetime Achievement Award.
It is named for the characters created by Wilhelm Busch, one of the early pioneers of comics, and known as the grandfather of German comics. (Heard of Töpffer? Busch is next. The Germans quote him almost as much as Goethe and Schiller.)
There is a DRM-free PDF e-book of all of the nominees with examples, but the file is 92MB. If you don’t mind registering, and can parse German, then click here. (They also have a comics section on that site!)
Otherwise, MyComics.de has a special site where the nominees can be seen. It is Flash-based, but there are links to the actual publisher sites.
For the second time, there was an audience award. Three subject-specific websites handled the voting (German, American, Manga), and the three finalists were included among the nominees. A full list (in German) can be found here.
There are ancillary awards for independent comics, webcomics (long list, short list), and something called “Comic Clash” which seems to be a vote-based tournament. There is also an award selected by students:
The prize of the “Francomics!” competit
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