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In 2012, avant Verlag issued not one, but two comic books that take place in Germany’s boonies. In Hühner, Porno, Schlägerei, Sophia Martineck narrates disreputable tales from the fictional village of Niederböhna. Paula Bulling’s Im Land der Frühaufsteher (i.e. in the land of early risers) tells about African refugees compelled to live in centres for asylum applicants on the margins of eastern German villages.More ...

Im Ausland zu arbeiten ist für viele Comiczeichner, Illustratoren und Künstler ein Traum, der nur selten in Erfüllung geht. Wer es geschafft hat, möchte diese Erfahrung aber meist nicht missen.More ...

Impacted by the growing popularity of graphic novels, the unassuming Austrian comic scene has also been experiencing an impressive upswing.More ...

Even though Switzerland’s French-language comic scene with its international francophone connections is far more advanced – the German Swiss comic scene functions on a professional level, and a few artists are also gaining international recognition.More ...

Munich’s comic scene has been very much a part of the city’s cultural life since the 1970’s – with the 2011 Comic Festival, serious competition even for Erlangen’s Comic Salon is now emerging.More ...

At first glance, Germany isn’t the Promised Land of comic artists. Nonetheless, in the course of years a considerable number of international comic artists have been drawn there.More ...

Mayor Klaus Wowereit says Berlin is “poor, but sexy.” A description that also fits the essence of the comics scene in the German capital very well.More ...

Hamburg is considered Germany’s unofficial capital city of comics. Even though this description sounds like civic marketing, a decidedly lively and diverse comics scene has in fact come together on the banks of the Elbe.More ...