Nino Paula Bulling's comic reportages are always political and leave plenty of room for the perspectives of the interlocutors. Bulling remembers the month in Paris in 2012 primarily through the people and places she encountered.
While drawing, Alexandra Klobouk always tries, above all, to tell stories, and with humour. If drawing on the spot, she identifies a particular section or detail that she would like to capture and then try to further reduce the scene down to its essence – through comments, reduction or exaggeration. This artist from Regensburg has received several awards.
For Nino Paula Bulling, graphic journalism doesn’t mean neutral, objective reporting on a situation, but always empathy with the people being portrayed. Drawing becomes political involvement."
What does an illustrator like Mawil do when the Goethe-Institut sends him to Mexico City where he is not interested in narrating an action-packed story but would instead like to put his impressions of everyday life down on paper? In his illustrations, he displays his own subjective images of a country he has three weeks to discover. Mawil leaves the cliché of Mexico City as the chaotic megacity, of violence and unrest behind on the plane.
In the red and black book printed on a matt white paper, and in chapters with keywords such as ‘language', ‘slightly different’, or ‘lovely and heavy’, Klobouk depicts the special aspects of Turkish culture, as they appeared to her. All the observations are summed up with humour and affection. The figures, city views and interiors are stylised and sometimes exaggerated in the manner of cartoons.
Learn more about our well-known artists, including Barbara Yelin, Reinhard Kleist and Sarnath Banerjee. All with proven comic expertise and sometimes with more, sometimes with less travel experience in the respective country.
Graphic Travelogues presents travel experiences by comic artists from different countries, illuminates and identifies recurring topics. From sketches to graphic novels, graphic diaries and travel drawings, we collect treasures here and question concepts and motivations, techniques and experiences.
