Martin Perscheid

Martin Perscheid (2019)

Martin Perscheid (born February 16, 1966 in Wesseling ; † July 31, 2021 there ) was a German cartoonist .

life and work

Perscheids parents owned a Zweiradhandel for scooters from Piaggio in his hometown Wesseling near Cologne, continues his younger brother in 1999. Perscheid drew caricatures of teachers and classmates while he was still at school. After graduating from high school, he completed an apprenticeship as a print template manufacturer and then did his community service . Subsequently, Perscheid initially worked in an advertising agency in Cologne and finally worked as a commercial graphic designer for fashion in Düsseldorf until 1993 . He sent on advice from an editor of the newspaperExpress drawings to the press service Bulls Press and was accepted as a cartoonist.

Perscheid's cartoons were published in newspapers and magazines from 1994 onwards, from 1996 under the title “Perscheid's abysses”. He drew six cartoons a week alternately for two weeks and then took on part-time jobs for a week because the income as a cartoonist was not enough to cover the cost of living. He created over 4,300 cartoons under the title “Perscheid's abysses”.

In addition to other awards, in 2002 he was the recipient of the renowned Max and Moritz Prize for the best German-language cartoon series and the culture plaque in his hometown of Wesseling. In 2014 he received the special prize for cultural originality from the Rhein-Erft-Kreis Culture Prize . In 2016 the Caricatura in Kassel dedicated the monument to the unknown idiot to him . He received a bronze medal at the German Cartoon Prize 2018.

Perscheid lived and worked in Wesseling, where he died of cancer at the age of 55 . He was married; the marriage resulted in two sons.

Reception and obituaries

"All cartoonists know Perscheid's cartoons because Perscheid had drawn all the good ideas that all other German cartoonists have drawn before them."

- Til Mette : Foreword to Perscheid's Abysses , 2021

"His fearlessness of looking into the human abyss of sexism, racism, ignorance, corruption and stupidity and how he captured all of this with biting mockery and pitch-black humor in cartoons was unique."

- Obituary of the Carlsen publishing house

“He didn't just want to play with his cartoons, he wanted to take a bite. Where it hurts and where others prefer to duck away because it is almost unbearable. "

- Antje Haubner, program manager at Lappan Verlag

“Perscheid demonstrated how bold people can be, how inconsiderate, stupid or even just clumsy. But he did not expose them and never became moral. "

- Alexander Kühn, Der Spiegel

Exhibitions

• 2017: Martin Perscheid "Abfalls" , Museum of the Lower Rhine Soul Grevenbroich

Books

• Geese strip show . Lappan Verlag , 1995, ISBN 3-89082-548-6 .
• Well, I want to accept that . Lappan Verlag, 1997, ISBN 3-89082-752-7 .
• When idiots take a shower . Lappan Verlag, 1999, ISBN 3-89082-847-7 .
• If ..., the true story of the world (together with Jens-Oliver Haas ). Rake-Verlag, 1999, ISBN 3-931476-25-1 .
• Floradomy . Rake-Verlag, 2000, ISBN 3-931476-29-4 .
• First-date disasters . Lappan Verlag, 2000, ISBN 3-8303-3003-0 .
• Women on the edge . Lappan Verlag, 2001, ISBN 3-8303-4029-X .
• Motorists on the precipice . Lappan Verlag, 2001, ISBN 3-8303-4032-X .
• Men on the precipice . Lappan Verlag, 2001, ISBN 3-8303-4030-3 .
• Relationships on the brink . Lappan Verlag, 2001, ISBN 3-8303-4031-1 .
• Someone sent me a text message! Lappan Verlag, 2002, ISBN 3-8303-3028-6 .
• Parents on the brink . Lappan Verlag, 2003, ISBN 3-8303-4109-1 .
• Dogs on the precipice . Lappan Verlag, 2003, ISBN 3-8303-4108-3 .
• Men can also empty dishwashers! . Lappan Verlag, 2004, ISBN 3-8303-3089-8 .
• So personally that says something to me! . Lappan Verlag, 2006, ISBN 3-8303-3127-4 .
• Little Perscheid . Lappan Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8303-6157-2 .
• Perscheid for screwdrivers . Lappan Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-8303-6161-9 .
• The fat Perscheid . Lappan Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-8303-3187-2 .
• Lose weight with the moon . Lappan Verlag, 2009, ISBN 978-3-8303-3232-9 .
• The cartoon book for fathers . Lappan Verlag, 2010, ISBN 978-3-8303-6200-5 .
• Show off the Caribbean . Lappan Verlag, 2012, ISBN 978-3-8303-3298-5 .
• Women . Lappan Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-8303-3345-6 .
• I would report you, but I can't see anything! , Lappan Verlag, 2014, ISBN 978-3-8303-3354-8 .
• Why did Facebook delete our profile picture? , Lappan Verlag, 2016, ISBN 978-3-8303-3414-9 .
• I'm so sorry, but a tiny penis doesn't count as a disability! , Lappan Verlag, 2017, ISBN 978-3-8303-3481-1 .
• The fat Perscheid . Lappan Verlag, 2018, ISBN 978-3-8303-3502-3 .
• Leading YouTubers found that airplanes can't fly at all . Lappan Verlag, 2019, ISBN 978-3-8303-3550-4 .
• Perscheid's abysses . Lappan Verlag, 2021, ISBN 978-3-8303-3599-3 .

Web links

Commons : Martin Perscheid  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Martin Perscheid in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literature by and about Martin Perscheid in the bibliographic database WorldCat
• Martin Perscheid's website
• Interview in the ComicRadioShow (2012)
• Interview on "Why did Facebook delete our profile picture?" (2016)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Martin Perscheid: The biking draftsman Martin Perscheid , Motorrad Classic on motorradonline.de, February 15, 2011
2. ↑ Cartoonist martin perscheid is dead. In: NDR Kultur Journal on ndr.de . August 5, 2021, accessed August 5, 2021 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Martin Perscheid, the cartoonist from Wesseling. Interview. In: Kölnische Rundschau . April 16, 2016, accessed August 6, 2021 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Jasmin Klein: Attention, now comes a box! , meinuedstadt.de, June 11, 2018
5. ↑ ^{a b} Obituary by Lappan Verlag. Lappan Verlag Facebook page , August 5, 2021, accessed on August 5, 2021 . 
6. ↑ Hanna Styre: Distinguished choir director, cartoonist and Carsten Henn. In: ksta.de. September 2, 2014, accessed on August 6, 2021 : "The" Special Prize for Special Originality "of 500 euros went to Martin Perscheid, one of the great cartoonists in Germany." 
7. ↑ His "unknown idiot" looks over Kassel mourning caricaturist Martin Perscheid. In: hessenschau.de . August 5, 2021, accessed August 5, 2021 . 
8. ↑ German Cartoon Prize 2018: From child poverty to pork knuckle , stern.de from October 30, 2018, accessed November 17, 2020
9. ↑ Bernd Schöneck: Avg: The idiot in us. Exhibition with cartoons by Martin Perscheid, the master of subtle humor. In: ksta.de . September 18, 2018, accessed June 13, 2021 . 
10. ↑ ^{a b} The cartoonist Martin Perscheid is dead. In: deutschlandfunkkultur.de . August 5, 2021, accessed August 5, 2021 . 
11. ↑ Alexander Kühn: Obituary , in: Der Spiegel , August 6, 2021, online , accessed on August 8, 2021
12. ^ Grevenbroich: New exhibition shows the cartoonist Martin Perscheid's "abysses". In: rp-online.de . January 21, 2017, accessed August 6, 2021 .