Lukas Kummer (draftsman)

Lukas Kummer (born 1988 in Innsbruck ) has been a freelance Austrian comic artist , graphic novel author and illustrator since 2014 .

Life

Kummer comes from Pfons in Tyrol and grew up in Matrei am Brenner , where he went to school. From 2002 to 2006 he attended the Bundesoberstufenrealgymnasium , in whose artistic department he passed his Matura . From 2007 he studied at the University of Kassel , the Department of Visual Communication with emphasis on illustration and comics. He financed his studies with a job as an illustrator and designer for the Mechanical Institute of the University of Kassel . After graduating with honors in 2013, he continued for a year as a master class student with Hendrik Dorgathen . After completing his studies, he worked as a freelance cartoonist and illustrator. He also gave workshops at home and abroad. At first he published a lot in various magazines. Since 2015 he has published graphic novels regularly. His work on Thomas Bernhard's Die Cause even got a small exhibition from the publisher in Leipzig's Moritzbastei in 2019 with preparatory work, sketches and drawings as well as a speech by graphic novel expert Andreas Platthaus (FAZ). The festival of graphic storytelling opened in the Kunsttempel in Kassel in 2015 with an exhibition of preparatory work, original drawings and sketches for his debut work The Rejection .

In his innovative project Prinz Gigahertz , which has been financed through Kickstarter.com since 2019 , the illustrator-narrator places a high fantasy knight in a post-apocalyptic sci-fi world of ruins full of mutants and misery. The demon chasing the hero through the desert is in itself an intelligent combat robot, the trap and combat magic is based on technologies that are no longer mastered. On the title can be seen that it is a present-day Prince Valiant - tribute acts. The chosen graphic aesthetic is loosely based on “Head Lopper” by the US draftsman Andrew MacLean , but appears quite independent.

Lukas Kummer lives and works in Kassel . He is a member of the professional association Illustrators Organization .

Works

Graphic novels

• 2015: The Rejection , Travel and Survival History from the Thirty Years War , Zwerchfell Verlag , Stuttgart, ISBN 978-3-943547-25-2 .
• 2017: Gotteskrieger - A true story from the time of the Reformation , text: Alexander Hogh, drawing: Lukas Kummer, Tintentrinker Verlag, Cologne, ISBN 978-3-946401-08-7 .
• 2018: The cause , to autobiographical texts by Thomas Bernhard, Residenz Verlag , Vienna, ISBN 978-3-701716-93-7 .
• 2019: Der Keller , on autobiographical texts by Thomas Bernhard, Residenz, Vienna, ISBN 978-3-701717-16-3 .
• 2020: Prinz Gigahertz , Crossover Science Fiction / High Fantasy, Zwerchfell, Stuttgart, ISBN 978-3-943547-52-8 .

Awards

• 2016: ICOM Independent Comic Prize in the Outstanding Scenario category for The Warping
• 2017: Nomination for the Serafina Young Talent Award for Illustrators at the Frankfurt Book Fair

Web links

• Lukas Kummer's website
• Author profile including photo portrait published by Zwerchfell Verlag, Stuttgart

supporting documents

1. ↑ Author biography in Residenzverlag, accessed May 20, 2020
2. ↑ Exhibition opening by and with Lukas Kummer , residenzverlag.com January 2019, accessed May 20, 2020
3. ↑ Mark-Christian von Busse: Lukas Kummer: Horror of War as a graphic novel , review in the Hessisch / Niedersächsische Allgemeine from January 13, 2015, accessed May 20, 2020
4. ↑ Christian Endres: Prince Gigahertz and the post-apocalypse. Of knights and robots: A science fantasy comic by Lukas Kummer , review on diezukunft.de from May 16, 2020, accessed May 21, 2020
5. ↑ Draftsman profile in the Illustrators Organization , io-home.org, accessed May 20, 2020
6. ↑ Michael Brake: Krieg und Klarkommen , Review in Fluter from March 2, 2016, accessed May 20, 2020
7. ↑ Andreas Platthaus : When language dictates the rhythm of the picture , review of The Cause in the FAZ of January 3, 2019, accessed May 20, 2020
8. ↑ Serafina 2017 - Young Talent Award for Illustration , German Academy for Children's and Youth Literature / wayback Archive 2017-11-11, accessed May 20, 2020