Arne Bellstorf

Arne Bellstorf (* 1979 in Dannenberg on the Elbe ) is a German comic artist . His works tell psychological and / or everyday chronological stories in an often melancholy atmosphere and in a clean Ligne Claire style .

Life

Bellstorf studied illustration in Hamburg from 2000 to 2006 . In 2004 he was honored with the "Bronze HRTN" at the Hamburg Comic Festival for his publication The Scorpions . In 2005 he submitted the comic album Eight, Nine, Ten as a diploma thesis , which the comic publisher Reprodukt presented at the Frankfurt Book Fair that same year . Bellstorf promptly received the Sondermann Prize for “Best Newcomer”. In 2006 Bellstorf's album was awarded the ICOM Independent Comic Prize at the Erlangen International Comic Salon .

Since then, various shorter works by the artist have appeared in the Berliner Zeitung , Berliner Tagesspiegel and Spiegel Online . Bellstorf also published his comics and illustrations between 2004 and 2013 in the comic anthology Orang , which he edited for some time together with Sascha Hommer . From 2004 to 2008 both operated the comic book publisher Kikipost . In 2010 Bellstorf published the comic novel Baby's in Black. The Story of Astrid Kirchherr & Stuart Sutcliffe , the third edition of which is successfully published by Reprodukt .

Bellstorf lives and works in Hamburg.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stefan Pannor: Arne Bellstorf - "Good evening, good night". In: Spiegel Online. May 12, 2006, accessed October 3, 2008 . 
2. ↑ www.babysinblack.bellstorf.com

literature

• Clemens Heydenreich: Best Independent Comic: "Eight, nine, ten" by Arne Bellstorf. A portrait. In: Comic! -Jahrbuch 2007, Stuttgart 2006, pp. 172–177. ISBN 9783888349379

Web links

• Work samples at the drawing agency "Comicstills" ( Memento from October 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
• Arne Bellstorf's website ( Memento from March 14, 2010 in the Internet Archive )