Jan Suski

Jan Suski (born October 28, 1964 in Wittenberg ) is a German graphic artist , comic artist and illustrator .

Life

Suski studied at the Konrad Wolf Academy of Film and Television in Potsdam-Babelsberg and after graduating in 1989 initially worked as a cartoon animator for East German television in the Sandmannstudio in Berlin-Mahlsdorf . He then worked briefly as a freelance animator in the DEFA - Trickfilmstudio Dresden under the direction of Lutz Stützner , before working as an animator and computer graphic artist at ILFO film, TV and music production in Bad Homburg from 1992 to 1995. In 1996 Jan Suski started working as an art director for an advertising agency. He also worked as a graphic designer and illustrator, for example. B. for Ferrero Frankfurt / M., GABA GmbH, Colgate and others.

Suski's repertoire is extremely varied. His drawing style is inspired by Franco-Belgian classics. He himself admits his fascination for comic artists like Binet, Jean-Claude Fournier and André Franquin .

Suski's work for the " Mosaik " fan scene and MosaPedia achieved great popularity .

Suski is currently working with Dirk Seliger on both comic projects Luzian Engelhardt and Gambert (since 2017).

Works

• 2011 Luzian Engelhardt 1 - Devilishly in a good mood , A4 hardcover, text: Dirk Seliger, drawings: Jan Suski, Epsilon Verlag , ISBN 978-3-86693-157-2
• 2012 Luzian Engelhardt 2 - Come on the devil , A4 hardcover, text: Dirk Seliger, drawings: Jan Suski, Epsilon Verlag, ISBN 978-3-86693-214-2
• 2013 Luzian Engelhardt 3 - Ridden by the Devil , A4 hardcover, text: Dirk Seliger, drawings: Jan Suski, Epsilon Verlag, ISBN 978-3-86693-221-0
• 2013 Luzian Engelhardt 4 - Hol's der Teufel , A4 hardcover, text: Dirk Seliger, drawings: Jan Suski, Epsilon Verlag, ISBN 978-3-86693-225-8
• 2013 (collaboration) Otto and Alwin's big party for Jürgen Günther , A4 softcover, editor: Guido Weißhahn, Holzhof Verlag , ISBN 978-3-939509-73-8
• 2014 Luzian Engelhardt 5 - Pfui Teufel , A4 hardcover, text: Dirk Seliger, drawings: Jan Suski, Epsilon Verlag, ISBN 978-3-86693-229-6
• 2015 Luzian Engelhardt 6 - With the devil in covenant , A4 hardcover, text: Dirk Seliger, drawings: Jan Suski, Epsilon Verlag, ISBN 978-3-86693-232-6
• 2016 Luzian Engelhardt 7 - The devil in the body , A4 hardcover, text: Dirk Seliger, drawings: Jan Suski, Epsilon Verlag, ISBN 978-3-86693-245-6
• 2017 Luzian Engelhardt 8 - Obsessed by the devil , A4 hardcover, text: Dirk Seliger, drawings: Jan Suski, Kult Comics , ISBN 978-3-946722-24-3
• 2017 Gambert 1 - Gambert and the Vitus Magic , A4 hardcover, text: Dirk Seliger, drawings: Jan Suski, Splitter , ISBN 978-3-95839-954-9
• 2018 Gambert 2 - Gambert and the Soul Dragon , A4 hardcover, text: Dirk Seliger, drawings: Jan Suski, Splitter , ISBN 978-3-95839-955-6 .
• 2018 The King of Jesters , Dirk Seliger (novel), Illustrations: Jan Suski, MosaPedia -Annual edition, without ISBN.
• 2019 Gambert 3 - Gambert and the Revenant , A4 hardcover, text: Dirk Seliger, drawings: Jan Suski, Splitter , ISBN 978-3-95839-956-3 .

Web links

• Jan Suski's homepage
• Jan Suski at Mosapedia
• Jan Suskis cartoons in the comic forum
• Biography and work samples at www.eierwiki.de
• Jan Suski in the German Comic Guide

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Jan Suski in an interview with Michael Hüster on the sales website about his professional career , accessed on February 4, 2014.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Burkhard Ihme : Devilishly good. Interview with Jan Suski , in: Burkhard Ihme (Ed.): COMIC! -Jahrbuch 2013 . Stuttgart 2012, pp. 102–111.
3. ↑ Work samples from Jan Suski on his homepage. Retrieved February 4, 2014.
4. ↑ Information about Jan Suski's publications on a website of the Kult Comics publishing house. ( Memento of the original from August 11, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 11, 2017. 
5. ↑ Information about Jan Suski's publications on the Splitter Verlag website. Retrieved August 11, 2017.