Max and Moritz Prize

The German Comic Prize Max and Moritz was launched on the occasion of the first Erlangen Comic Salon in 1984 . Since then it has been awarded every two years in Erlangen in the historic Markgrafentheater . The name pays homage to the picture story of the same name by Wilhelm Busch . The award for the best German-speaking comic artist is associated with a sum of money. Until 2012 the price was donated by Bulls Press ( Frankfurt am Main ).

Award winners

1984

• Best German-speaking comic artist: Chris Scheuer
• Best international comic strip artist :: Dik Browne with Hägar
• Best German-language comic book: The Edition Comic Art album series by Carlsen Verlag

1986

• Best German-speaking comic artist: Matthias Schultheiss
• Best international comic strip artist :: Roger Bollen with Knallfroschs Freunde (Animal Crackers)
• Best German-language comic publications:
  • Macau - International Comics
  • Strapazin comic magazine
  • Devastated hearts of Loustal / Paringaux , writers & readers
  • Peter and the Wolf by Jörg Müller / Loriot , ISBN 3-7941-2724-2 .

1988

• Best German-speaking comic artist: Franziska Becker
• Best international comic strip: Mafalda from Quino
• Best German-language comic book: In Search of Peter Pan von Cosey , Carlsen Verlag

1990

• Best German-speaking comic artist: Gerhard Seyfried
• Best International Comic Strip: Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
• Best German-language comic publications:
  • The Daily Madness by Miguelanxo Prado , Ehapa Verlag
  • Watchmen by Alan Moore / Dave Gibbons , Carlsen Verlag
  • the Modern Edition with the Tardi editions
  • the Edition Art of Comics with the comic magazine Boxer
• Special jury prize: Art Spiegelman for the Holocaust story Maus - The story of a survivor

1992

• Best German-speaking comic artist: Ralf König
• Best international comic strip: BC (Neander from the Valley) by Johnny Hart
• Best German-language comic publications:
  • Peter Pan by Régis Loisel , Ehapa Verlag
  • Theodor Pussel by Frank Le Gall , Carlsen Verlag
  • The pioneers of the human adventure by François Boucq , Alpha Comic Verlag
  • Carlsen Verlag with the series The Library of Great Comic Classics
  • Fire by Lorenzo Mattotti , Edition Art of Comics
• Special award for an outstanding life's work: Alberto Breccia

1993 (in Hamburg)

• Best German-speaking comic artist: Walter Moers
• Best comic strip or cartoon series: The Far Side by Gary Larson
• Best German-language comic publications:
  • In-house production: It's an asshole, Maria! by Walter Moers , Eichborn Verlag
  • Import: The man at the window by Lorenzo Mattotti / Lilia Ambrosi , Edition Art of Comics
  • Humor: Myrtil Mistletoe from Riff Reb’s , Feest Comics
  • for children and adolescents: Jimmy Boy by Dominique David , Carlsen Verlag
  • Secondary literature: The large Moebius book by Numa Sadoul, Carlsen Verlag
  • Fanzine: Nice times by Andreas Michalke
• Special award for an outstanding life's work: Carl Barks

1994

• Best German-speaking comic artist: Hendrik Dorgathen
• Best comic strip or cartoon series: The Memoirs of Captain J. Star by Steven Appleby
• Best German-language comic publications:
  • In-house production: The Innocent Passenger by Martin tom Dieck , Alsfeld urban draftsman group
  • Import: Foligatto by Nicolas de Crécy / Alexios Tjoyas , Ehapa Verlag
  • Import: Deadly Games by Jacques Tardi , Edition Moderne
  • Import: Red Road - Land of the Buffalo by Derib , Carlsen Verlag
  • For children and adolescents: Voll Mond Soup by Alastair Graham, Bertelsmann Verlag
• Best international scenario writer: Jean van Hamme
• Special prize of the jury: Mecki - One for all by Eckart Sackmann , comicplus +
• Special prize for an outstanding life's work: Will Eisner

1996

• Best German-speaking comic artist: Thomas Ott
• Best comic strip or cartoon series: Mutts by Patrick McDonnell
• Best German-language comic publications:
  • Own production: Lovecraft by Reinhard Kleist / Roland Hüve , Ehapa Verlag
  • Import: Saint Exupéry - His last flight by Hugo Pratt , Ehapa Verlag
  • Import: Zoo by Frank / Philippe Bonifay , Splitter Verlag
  • for children and young people: Detective John Chatterton by Yvan Pommaux , Moritz Verlag
  • Secondary literature: 100 years of comic strips by Bill Blackbeard et al. a., Carlsen Verlag
• Best international scenario writer: Pierre Christin
• Special prize from the jury: Dietmar Hahlweg , Former Mayor of Erlangen
• Special prize for an outstanding life's work: André Franquin

1998

• Best German-speaking comic artist: Bernd Pfarr
• Best comic strip or cartoon series: Dilbert by Scott Adams
• Best German-language comic publications:
  • In-house production: Wüttner by Haimo Kinzler , Zwerchfell Verlag
  • Import: Paul Auster's City of Glass by David Mazzucchelli / Paul Karasik , rororo
  • For children and teenagers: Illustrated children's classics by Prado , Mazan , Eisner , Ehapa Verlag
• Best international scriptwriter: Neil Gaiman
• Special prize of the jury: Guide through the mysterious cities by François Schuiten / Benoît Peeters , Ehapa Verlag
• Special award for an outstanding life's work: Robert Crumb

2000

• Best German-speaking comic artist: Martin tom Dieck
• Best comic strip or cartoon series:
  • International: Zits by Jerry Scott / Jim Borgman
  • In German: Touché by © TOM
• Best German-language comic publications:
  • In-house production: Shared dream by Daniel Bosshart , Edition Moderne
  • Import: Approximate Continuum Comics by Lewis Trondheim , reproduced
  • for children and young people: The Wind in the Pastures by Michel Plessix , Carlsen Verlag
  • Secondary literature: The German language comic trade press from Eckart Sackmann , comic plus +
• Best international scriptwriter: Alan Moore
• Special prize of the jury: The long unskilled life of Roland Gethers by Shane Simmons , Maro Verlag
• Special prize for an outstanding life's work: Moebius ( Jean Giraud )

2002

• Best German-speaking comic artist: Peter Puck
• Best comic strip or cartoon series:
  • International: Liberty Meadows by Frank Cho
  • In German: Perscheid's abysses by Martin Perscheid
• Best German-language comic publications:
  • In-house production: Moga Mobo - 100 masterpieces of world literature
  • Import: Lost Girl by Nabiel Kanan , Lost Comix
  • for children: Doctor Dodo writes a book by Ole Könnecke , Carlsen Verlag
  • For teenagers: Just like in real life: Herzstolpern by Carlos Trillo / Laura Scarpa , Edition Schwarzer Klecks
  • Secondary literature: Reddition , Zeitschrift für Graphische Literatur, Volker Hamann (Ed.), Edition Alfons
• Best international scriptwriter: Frank Giroud
• Special prize of the jury: Karl Manfred Fischer , creator and director of the Erlangen Comic Salon
• Special prize for an outstanding life's work: José Antonio Muñoz

2004

• Best German-speaking comic artist: Ulf K.
• Best comic strip: Strizz by Volker Reiche
• Best German-language comic publications:
  • In-house production: Held von Flix , Carlsen Verlag
  • In-house production: Leviathan by Jens Harder , Editions de l'An 2
  • Import: Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi , Edition Moderne
  • Children and young people: WITCH by Elisabetta Gnone u. a.:, Egmont Ehapa Verlag
• Best international scenario writer: Joann Sfar
• Special Jury Prize: 36 Views of the Eiffel Tower by André Juillard , Salleck Publications
• Special award for an outstanding life's work: Albert Uderzo

2006

• Best German-speaking comic artist: Volker Reiche
• Best comic strip: Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau
• Best German-language comic publications:
  • In-house production: The Uneasiness of Nicolas Mahler , Edition Moderne
  • Import: The innocents of Gipi , avant-verlag
  • Japan: Barefoot through Hiroshima by Keiji Nakazawa , Carlsen Verlag
  • for children and teenagers: Jónas Blondal by Jens F. Ehrenreich , Epsilon Verlag
• Best international scenario writer: Max Goldt
• Special prize of the jury: Ralf König , for his artistic position in the dispute over the "Mohammed caricatures"
• Special award for an outstanding life's work: Jacques Tardi

2008

• Best German-speaking comic artist: Anke Feuchtenberger
• Best comic strip: Flaschko - The man in the electric blanket by Nicolas Mahler
• Best German-language comic publications:
  • In-house production: Cash - I See a Darkness by Reinhard Kleist , Carlsen Verlag
  • Import: The Holy Disease by David B. , Modern Edition
  • Japan: Confidante Strangers by Jirō Taniguchi , Carlsen Verlag
  • for children and young people: May 35th by Isabel Kreitz , Cecilie Dressler Verlag
  • student publication: PlusPlus, At home with plus plus
• Best international scriptwriter: Olivier Ka
• Special prizes from the jury:
  • Hannes Hegen
  • Hansrudi Washer
• Special award for an outstanding life's work: Alan Moore

2010

• Best German-speaking comic artist: Nicolas Mahler
• Best comic strip: prototype and archetype by Ralf König
• Best German-language comic publications:
  • In-house production: Alpha. Directions by Jens Harder , Carlsen Verlag
  • Import: Pinocchio von Winshluss , avant-verlag
  • for children and teenagers: choose something, but hurry up! Childhood in ten chapters by Nadia Budde , S. Fischer Verlag
  • student publication: Strichnin from the Augsburg University of Applied Sciences
• Audience Award: Today is the last day of the rest of your life by Ulli Lust , avant-verlag
• Special jury prize: Salleck Publications and Carlsen Verlag for their Will Eisner editions The Spirit Archive (Salleck) and A Contract with God. Tenement stories (Carlsen)
• Special prize for an outstanding life's work: Pierre Christin

2012

• Best German-speaking comic artist: Isabel Kreitz
• Best international comic: Gaza by Joe Sacco , Edition Moderne
• Best German-language comic: Packeis by Simon Schwartz , avant-verlag
• Best comic strip: Beautiful Daughters of Flix
• Best comic for children: The brave princess and the seven dwarf bears by Émile Bravo , Carlsen Verlag
• Best student publication: Ampel Magazin from the Lucerne School of Art and Design
• Audience award: Grave light by Daniela Winkler , Droemer Knaur
• Special prize from the jury: Rossi Schreiber for her pioneering work and a great adventure as a comic book publisher ( writer & reader )
• Special prize for an outstanding life's work: Lorenzo Mattotti

2014

• Best German-speaking comic artist: Ulli Lust
• Best international comic: Billy Bat by Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki , Carlsen Verlag
• Best German-language comic: Kinderland by Mawil , reproduction
• Best German-language comic strip: Dead Sea by 18 butchers
• Best Children's Comic: Hilda and the Midnight Giant by Luke Pearson , reproduced
• Best student publication: Triebwerk from the Kunsthochschule Kassel
• Audience Award: Schisslaweng by Marvin Clifford , www.schisslaweng.net
• Special prize of the jury: Tina Hohl and Heinrich Anders for their translation of Jimmy Corrigan (reproduction) into German
• Special award for an outstanding life's work: Ralf König

2016

• Best German-speaking comic artist: Barbara Yelin
• Best international comic: A summer by the lake by Mariko Tamaki and Jilian Tamaki , reproduced
• Best German-language comic: Madgermanes by Birgit Weyhe , avant-verlag
• Best German-language comic strip: Das Hochhaus. 102 floors of the life of Katharina Greve
• Best comic for children: box by Patrick Wirbeleit and Uwe Heidschötter , reproduction
• Best student publication: Wunderfitz from the Münster School of Design
• Audience Award: Crash 'n' Burn by Mikiko Ponczeck , Tokyopop
• Special prizes from the jury:
  • Rénald Luzier ("Luz") for the volume Katharsis , S. Fischer Verlag
  • avant-Verlag for its contribution to the preservation of the cultural heritage
• Special award for an outstanding life's work: Claire Bretécher

2018

• Best German-speaking comic artist: Reinhard Kleist
• Best international comic: Esther's diaries by Riad Sattouf , reproduced
• Best German-language comic: How I tried to be a good person by Ulli Lust , Suhrkamp
• Best German-language comic strip: Life is not a pony farm by Sarah Burrini
• Best comic for children: The three ??? - The Village of Devils by Ivar Leon Menger , John Beckmann and Christopher Tauber , Kosmos
• Best student publication: Paradies von der HBKsaar
• Audience award: NiGuNeGu by Oliver Mielke and Hannes Radke , Pyramond
• Special jury prize: Paul Derouet
• Special award for an outstanding life's work: Jean-Claude Mézières

2020 (digital)

• Best German-speaking comic artist: Anna Haifisch
• Best International Comic: Most of all I like Monster from Emil Ferris , translation: Torsten Hempelt , Panini Comics
• Best German-language comic: The fall of Mikaël Ross , avant-verlag
• Best German-language comic debut: How good that we talked about it by Julia Bernhard , avant-verlag
• Best German-language comic strip: Breast miracle. My feminist columns by Lisa Frühbeis
• Best comic for kids: Manno! Everything happens exactly as it is in real life by Anke Kuhl , Klett Children's Book
• Audience award: Schweres Geknitter from @kriegundfreitag , Lappan Verlag
• Special Jury Prize: David Basler ( Edition Moderne , Strapazin )
• Special award for an outstanding life's work: Anke Feuchtenberger

Web links

• Official website of the Erlangen Comic Salon
• The price on the website of the Comics Association (ICOM)
• Overview of the award winners since 1984 (with jury members)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Comic Salon honors French woman , Nürnberger Nachrichten , April 26, 2016