Ladislaus Kmoch
Ladislaus Kmoch (born June 14, 1897 in Vienna ; † March 10, 1971 in Bisamberg ) alias Ludwig Kmoch was an Austrian caricaturist and comic artist. He became known through the comic figure Tobias Seicherl, who he invented .
Life
Kmoch grew up in the Ottakring district of Vienna , where he was born. He learned the trade of leather fancy goods manufacturer. After completing his training, he got by with odd jobs.
Kmoch, which the drawing alongside autodidact had taught, worked after the First World War for various satire leaves, for Simplicissimus and the musket . In the musket he published his drawings as Ludwig Kmoch. Before he started working for the Austrian tabloid Das Kleine Blatt of the Vorwärts printing and publishing company in 1929 , Kmoch worked for the satirical magazine Götz von Berlichingen . For Das Kleine Blatt he developed the character of Tobias Seicherl , which appeared as a regular comic strip from October 5, 1930.
The figure of Seicherl was designed as a philistine who followed the dull national slogans all too willingly. Initially he sympathized with the Heimwehr movement and later with Hitler . To complete the Seicherl , Kmoch created the dog Struppi , who, in contrast to his master, spoke with the voice of reason. Tobias Seicherl was published until July 30, 1939, although the content became apolitical due to the changed political climate.
Kmoch served in the Wehrmacht, among other things, as a cartographer and was taken prisoner by the English towards the end of the war . He then worked briefly in a Viennese porcelain factory and had Tobias Seicherl resurrected from 1958 to 1961 for several Viennese newspapers .
When he retired in 1961, Kmoch devoted himself increasingly to his local history interests. He mainly researched the history of the Bisamberg mountain. As curator for prehistory , he was also in charge of the Korneuburg Museum. He died in his home after a heart attack. His son Manfred carried on the spiritual legacy.
Works (selection)
- Tobias Seicherl's world tour. In the small sheet narrated and drawn by L. Kmoch. Vienna, Vorwärts AG, 1930
- The Bisamberg through the ages . Around the Bisamberg 1, 1957.
- A mesolith station on the Bisamberg near Vienna. Archaeologia Austriaca 40, 1966.
literature
- Harald Havas , Eckart Sackmann : Ladislaus Kmoch. In: Eckart Sackmann (ed.): Deutsche Comicforschung 2010 . Hildesheim 2009, ISBN 978-3-89474-199-0 , pp. 46-60.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ladislaus Kmoch at lambiek.net
- ^ Gerhard Habarta, Harald Havas: Comic worlds. History and structure of the ninth art. Edition Comic Forum Vienna, 1992
- ↑ a b c d e N.N .: Tobias Seicherl , RRAAH! Magazin, No. 54, Volume 15, February 2001, pp. 44–45
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kmoch, Ladislaus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kmoch, Ludwig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian caricaturist and comic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 14, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 10, 1971 |
| Place of death | Bisamberg |