Mecki

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Mecki is a fictional character who originally came from a puppet film by the Diehl brothers and later became the mascot of the magazine Hörzu as a comic figure . The hedgehog owes its name to the former editor-in-chief of Hörzu , Eduard Rhein . The editorial sigil was the namesake of the Mecki hairstyle .

development

Origins of the figure

The hedgehog celebrates his victory over the hare , illustration by Gustav Süs

Mecki's origins go back to the 19th century when the Brothers Grimm created their fairy tale collection. In 1843 the animal fairy tale from the race between the hare and the hedgehog was included in the fifth edition of the Brothers Grimm's “house fairy tales” as number 187. Wilhelm Schröder had previously presented this story to the readers of the Hannoversche Volksblatt in 1840 .

In 1938/39 the fairy tale was filmed on behalf of the Reich Office for Educational Films (RfdU), which in 1940 was renamed the Reich Institute for Film and Image in Science and Education ( RWU ). The Diehl brothers were responsible for this. They are therefore considered to be the fathers of the hedgehog figure from which Mecki would later emerge. The three brothers Paul , Ferdinand and Hermann Diehl have been producing animated films in the family business since 1929 . First they made a silhouette film with Kalif Storch and then turned to puppet films. Here there was a division of labor. Ferdinand acted as a puppeteer and animation technician, Hermann as a designer of puppets and sets and Paul was a screenwriter. The race between the hare and the hedgehog was shot on 16 mm as a silent film and subtitled . A total of 1,600 copies of the film were made and used in lessons. He was also used in the Second World War to entertain the soldiers at the front. The film was very popular. In order to take advantage of this, the Diehl brothers had postcards of the still nameless hedgehog produced.

After the war Hermann and Paul Diehl left the joint company. Ferdinand Diehl started his animation production in 1948. When he discovered that his hedgehog was the mascot of the young magazine Hörzu , he filed a lawsuit against the magazine. After clarifying the same, he issued further licenses. From 1951 onwards, Mecki puppet films were produced in the company's own company and new postcards were issued.

Career as a cartoon character

The program magazine Hörzu was launched on December 11, 1946 with an initial circulation of 250,000 copies. Editor-in-chief of the magazine was Eduard Rhein . His picture editor introduced him to the hedgehog figure as a possible mascot. According to his autobiography , Rhein was taken with the idea and wanted to buy the nameless figure with all rights, but despite intensive searches, he was unable to find the rights holder. In his autobiography, he explained the naming of the hedgehog by saying that he should complain extensively on the website of Hörzu . Years before, Eduard Rhein had explained to the readers of the Hörzu in his article “15 years of Mecki” that the name Mecki was derived from that of its editor Hans Mecklenburg . In 1947 he worked for a few months at Hörzu and was nicknamed "Mecki".

Mecki made his first appearance on the front page of Hörzu 43/1949. His job should be to comment critically on the radio program. At first, motifs from Diehl postcards were used. In order to have new image material available, Rhein commissioned his colleague Reinhold Escher to produce single-image illustrations and then later full-page stories with Mecki.

Ferdinand Diehl soon learned that the copyright on his figure had been infringed. He registered his rights, and after a lengthy legal dispute, the parties reached a settlement stating that the Hörzu Mecki was only allowed to use it for comics and picture books . The illustrations and comic strips have been published since then with the note “Drawings of the Mecki figure after Diehl film”. After this comparison, Diehl granted different exploitation rights. The license to manufacture a doll figure was assigned to the Steiff company. In 1951 the first Meckifigur was produced, which was quickly followed by other and a. Mecki's wife Micki and the children Macki and Mucki also followed.

Drawing development 1949–1978

In the early years, Mecki was implemented in drawings by Reinhold Escher. From 1948 to 1976 he worked as a freelancer at Hörzu and developed the Meckifigur on Eduard Rhein's order, which initially had a commentary function in individual illustrations .

In issue 32/1951, The Outsider was the first comic book story in Hörzu . Mecki was only a guest on the last panel in his function as a commentator . Five weeks later the story Charly penguin goes fishing appeared , which anticipated one of the most important characters of the later Mecki universe with the penguin Charly. In the next week, Mecki travels astral appeared in Hörzu 38/1951, the first comic story with the editorial sigil. In the following weeks more stories appeared at irregular intervals. The Mecki-Comics only appeared weekly from issue 43/1953, the first longer story began in the same issue with The Big Number . While the comics were previously independent of each other, the weekly sequels now built on each other.

Reinhold Escher gradually added new characters to the Mecki universe, for example Charly Pinguin, the Schrat or the seven golden hamsters, but also with villains such as the jungle magician Kokolastro, the witch Drule and the fly peter.

The first picture book with the hedgehog appeared as early as 1952 and thus before the longer comic stories that build on each other: Mecki in the land of plenty . Reinhold Escher was also the author of the book. Since he could not agree on a better fee for the books with Eduard Rhein , he concentrated on the comic stories in the Hörzu from now on . The design of the picture books was transferred to another draftsman.

During the planning phase of the first picture book, Eduard Rhein had his colleague Wilhelm Petersen Mecki prepare work samples. He worked for Hörzu since 1950 . As an artist who was a prominent figure in the Third Reich , it was difficult for him to find work after the Second World War . For him, the Mecki work was purely commissioned work. For Hörzu , Petersen initially designed illustrations for the editorial section and cover pages in the style of American magazines. From 1953 he designed the Mecki picture book series that had been started the year before.

In his first book, Mecki with the Seven Dwarfs , he added two new characters to the Mecki universe, the cat Murr and the duck Watsch. These were used exclusively in his Mecki picture books. Another popular character that Petersen introduced was his namesake, Captain Petersen, who was later included in the Mecki comic pages of Hörzu .

The form of publication of comics as serial stories, which had been practiced in Hörzu since 1953 , had proven to be a successful measure for customer loyalty. The target group of children was now increasingly presented with stories that Mecki and his friends - according to his adventures in the Mecki books - took to foreign countries and fairy tale worlds and introduced the readers to other cultures. While the comic pages initially appeared completely in sepia and later sporadically in color, the Mecki comic pages were now completely in color from 53/1957.

In 1958, when Reinhold Escher, the illustrator of the comics, was absent due to illness, Petersen took over the design of the comic stories in the Hörzu in addition to his work on the annual Mecki book . After Escher recovered from his illness, it was agreed that Petersen should draw a third of the stories from now on. In contrast to Escher, who wrote his own stories together with his wife Gretel Escher , the editorial team developed the text for the weekly comics for Petersen .

Other draftsmen who designed Mecki in the era under Eduard Rhein were the artists Bruno Hanich and Hans Held as well as the artist I. Wille. Although they did not create comic stories with Mecki, they were responsible for illustrations and posters with Mecki advertising. In particular, the around 150 well-known Mecki posters by Bruno Hanisch are very popular with collectors.

In 1963 Petersen was absent for a few weeks due to illness . In order not to endanger the weekly production of the Meckicomics, Eduard Rhein gave the draftsman Heinz Ludwig , who had been working as a press illustrator for Hörzu since 1952 , to create a Mecki story (over several episodes). In the following three years he also drew a Mecki story.

In 1965, Hans Bluhm replaced Eduard Rhein as editor-in-chief of Hörzu , the picture books were discontinued, the comic stories were initially continued unchanged, but Heinz Ludwig received no further orders for Mecki stories beyond 1966. A story that remained unpublished at the time was first published in 1993 in Stachelkopf 12–15, the magazine of the Mecki fan club .

When Petersen retired in 1969 , no new draftsman was hired to fill the void. Rather, it fell to Reinhold Escher to modernize the layout and the stories. Escher used the new conditions as an opportunity and experimented with the division of pages and the use of speech bubbles, among other things. From number 41/69 on, Mecki was no longer an acting comic figure, but only told the adventures of Charly Pinguin and the Schrat. In three years 1970 to 1972 only 4 stories appeared with a total of only 58 episodes. In the editions in between, other comics appeared, for example The Invincible by Hans Martin and Sherlock Holmes by Volker Ernsting.

With issue 34/1972 the Mecki characters disappeared completely from the Hörzu and gave way to other comic characters, for example: The invincible (by Hans Martin), Mike Macke (by Volker Ernsting ), Ramses (by Reinhold Escher ) and Götz Lichtenfäls & Co (by Hans Martin).

1975, when Peter Bachér was the new editor-in-chief of Hörzu for about a year , Mecki experienced his first comeback . Wilhelm Petersen had been retired in 1969 and Reinhold Escher was only able to take over part of the work due to health problems. For this reason, the editor responsible for Mecki, Rainer Schwarz, hired the draftsman Jürgen Alexander Heß . Schwarz as a copywriter and Hess as a draftsman modernized the familiar Mecki universe and added parodic elements and time references to the stories. After a little more than 3 years, Mecki's comeback had failed. In Hörzu 2/1978 the last Mecki comics page for the time being appeared for more than 6 years, instead other comics were printed, such as Captain Future .

Drawing development after 1978

Mecki's second comeback began in 1983 with individual illustrations in which the editorial sigil commented on what was happening on TV. Editor-in-chief of Hörzu was still Peter Bachér, under whom Mecki had already experienced his first comeback and the subsequent temporary retirement. From issue 27/1984 new Mecki comics appeared. Again Rainer Schwarz as copywriter and Alexander Hess as draftsman were responsible for the design, but the format had changed, the now half-page comic strips in black and white were designed to end with a gag .

In 1985 Felix Schmidt replaced Peter Bachér as editor-in-chief of Hörzu . Schmidt wanted to reform Hörzu's comics page and was interested in winning Brösels Werner for Hörzu . But Brösel was not interested and put the Hörzu editorial team in touch with his artist colleagues Bernd Pfarr and Volker Reiche .

Bernd Pfarr created the comic strips Die Tiere aus dem Eichenwald for Hörzu , which appeared in issues 19–36 / 1985 parallel to the Mecki gag strips by Heß. Volker Reiche, on the other hand, suggested to Hörzu that they want to take over Mecki and prepared a test page. He got the job with the stipulation that it should be a one- pager , one-sided, self-contained comics. The first Mecki episode of Volker Reich appeared in the Hörzu edition 23/1985, who always wrote his own texts for the series. Another requirement was that Reiche should limit himself to the characters Mecki, Charly and Schrat as much as possible. Empire modernization confronted Mecki and his friends with the world of the 1980s. After a little over two years, Reiche integrated his character Willi Wiedhopf into the Mecki universe. Shortly afterwards, when Helmut Reinke had replaced Felix Schmidt as editor-in-chief of Hörzu , Reiche began to conceptualize and design the Mecki sequel stories, which seamlessly followed the one-pager.

In 1989 Klaus Stampfuss replaced the previous editor-in-chief Helmut Reinke and had the Mecki comic reduced to a third page from issue 42/1989, and Mafalda von Quino and the dragon Siegfried by Peter Butschkow also appeared . For the rich, this meant a change from the long story arcs to short gagstrips.

In 1997, Andreas Petzold took over from Klaus Stampfuss as editor-in-chief and Mecki changed positions in the newspaper. In 1999 Petzold hired the Ully Arndt studio to design a new Mecki version. The first publication of the same fell during the term of office of Petzold's successor Michael Lohmann . The main draftsman of the Mecki comic strips, based on character drafts by Ully Arndt, was Wittek , the texts came from Calle Claus .

In 2001 Jörg Walberer took over the position of editor-in-chief and replaced Michael Lohmann. Walberer had the task and the claim to change the overall picture of the Hörzu . Kolja Wilcke became the new Mecki draftsman . He had to adhere to Hörzu's stipulation that Mecki, as a reporter, should have contact with real people and comment on current events. So he met Angela Merkel and Edmund Stoiber in the first episode and sneaked into the second as Harald Schmidt to be awarded the Golden Camera . Due to negative readers' opinions, the editorial team decided, after only two episodes, to break off the collaboration with the artist, to publish an already finished episode in the Mecki from Salt Lake City by the XIX. Report on the Olympic Winter Games and interview Sven Hannawald remained unpublished. Two more episodes were already available as a scribble .

Kolja Wilcke's successor as a Mecki draftsman was Harald Siepermann , who initially created some Mecki illustrations. His first Mecki-Strip appeared in issue 11/2002, but from the next issue the concept was changed in favor of a longer story. After only 23 episodes, this story ended in the late summer of 2002 in the middle of the action with the words "... and this is how our friends set off on their greatest adventure so far". In the following 6 weeks, Mecki was only present in Hörzu in individual illustrations . From issue 40/2002, Volker Reiche again presented the readers with a Mecki comic strip in which, in addition to Mecki, the three children Mucki (a little hedgehog), Pingi (a little penguin) and Clara (a girl with a resemblance to Schrat) and the dog Bobo were the main characters.

Shortly afterwards, Thomas Garms replaced the unsuccessful Jörg Walberer as editor-in-chief of Hörzu . For the Mecki comic strip, this change had only minor consequences in terms of format and placement in the magazine. At the turn of the year 2005/2006, however, Volker Reiche completely changed the Mecki universe at the request of editor-in-chief Thomas Garms. In these stories, Mecki is around 20 to 30 years younger, suddenly lives in Berlin and - like under Wilcke - is a reporter by profession. The story was designed for 47 episodes and a later publication as a comic album was planned. In the 48/2006 issue, Volker Reiche said goodbye to his readers, previously he had put his successor, Johann Kiefersauer , on the Hörzu .

Hörzu celebrated its sixtieth birthday in issue 49/2006 , and Johann Kiefersauer's first Mecki page appeared. Kiefersauer had left the editorial team to decide whether to continue the comic series in Reiches style or to choose a more classic style that came a little closer to that of Escher and Petersen from the 1950s and 1960s . The latter was preferred.

Kiefersauer develops the stories together with his wife Lilli Herschhorn. He draws with ink on cardboard. When coloring the computer he is supported by his wife. His stories appear weekly in the Hörzu .

He started with one-pagers, which he put in the overall context of a ski vacation, then one-pagers alternated with short sequel stories (six to eight pages) before he began longer sequels. For this he re-established some of the well-known characters who had hardly played a role at Mecki for decades, such as Captain Petersen or the Fly Peter.

The Mecki books

Between 1952 and 1964, a Mecki picture book was published every year for Christmas by the Hammerich & Lesser publishing house , which was part of the Springer Group.

The first book Mecki im Schlaraffenland was drawn by Reinhold Escher. All others by Wilhelm Petersen. Eduard Rhein was responsible for the text of all 13 books, supported by his chief secretary Hildegard Brandes and some editors. Reinhold Escher was originally interested in designing other books, but his request for a share in sales of 5% of the sales price was rejected by the editor-in-chief.

On the last page of the 13th volume, Mecki bei Frau Holle, there is an announcement for a next volume entitled Mecki bei Cschenputtel . This one has not appeared again.

When Eduard Rhein was replaced as editor-in-chief of Hörzu in 1965 , that marked the end of the successful book series, which by that time had reached a total circulation of 1.5 million copies. When he left, Rhein retained the Mecki exploitation rights for the books and comic pages that were produced until 1964.

The following picture books were published:

  1. Mecki in the land of plenty (1952)
  2. Mecki with the Seven Dwarfs (1953)
  3. Mecki with the Eskimos (1954)
  4. Mecki with the Chinese (1955)
  5. Mecki with the Indians (1956)
  6. Mecki with the Negroes (1957)
  7. Mecki with Prince Aladin (1958)
  8. Mecki on the moon (1959)
  9. Mecki and the 40 thieves (1960)
  10. Mecki with Harun Al Raschid (1961)
  11. Mecki near Sindbad (1962)
  12. Mecki with dwarf nose (1963)
  13. Mecki with Mrs. Holle (1964)

The book Mecki bei Cinderella was announced for 1965, but it did not appear.

From 1979 the thirteen MECKI books were published by Lingen-Verlag. Later partly also in other publishing houses. The Mecklenburg picture books have been published by Esslinger Verlag since 2007 .

The Mecki books have shaped public perception more than the comic strips. Bernhard Schmitz from the Troisdorf picture book museum commented on the Mecki picture books as follows: “The importance of the Mecki picture books results primarily from their unusually high popularity. It is certainly not an exaggeration to assume that almost every German citizen knew Mecki. The reason for this popularity was, in my opinion, the fact that protagonists and stories were ideally adapted to the circumstances of the time and social sensitivities. Text and image are emphatically “conservative”, borrowed from a world before NS and World War (s) - conservative-cozy, tried and tested. Often we have a mixture of fairy tales (1001 Nights, Cockaigne) and travel adventures (Wild West, China, Karl May without murder and manslaughter), which vary the familiar. I also notice a mixture of modesty (Mecki with patched trousers) and German foolishness (e.g. when children are taught in Africa). Non-European cultures are either common (Chinese) or very in need of learning (Africa) - perhaps the typical dichotomy between “German” arrogance and West German insight into the undesirable developments of the last decades is reflected here. It is this strong time-relatedness that makes “naive” reading impossible. Our attitudes towards foreign cultures and ethnic issues have changed as well as our view of gender roles, social hierarchies etc. Every 60 or 50 years we notice how strange the generations of our parents and grandparents have become. This includes misunderstandings and misinterpretations. However, such reservations are not always detrimental to the nostalgic charm - Mecki experiences z. Z. the dangers and opportunities of historicization. Whether he will survive it can only be decided by each subsequent generation. "

Current publications

A new episode of the Mecki Comics is currently being published weekly in the Hörzu magazine , designed by Johann Kiefersauer. The editorial seal no longer has a commenting function as it did in the 1950s, for example. Also from the website of the Hörzu he disappeared.

In Esslinger Verlag published since 2007 selected reprints of Mecki Picture Books. So far, three titles have been published, these follow the new spelling. The old comic stories have been published in the form of volumes since July 2009 by the same publisher. It started with the 1958 vintage, as all episodes appeared in color for the first time. Edited volumes for 1956 and 1957 were also published later. A motif by Hans Held was used for the cover. One episode was left out in the first volume. Furthermore, because of protests about the clichéd portrayal of “ Gypsies”, the volumes are accompanied by a sheet that classifies the comics as a “historical document of the times” “ which is to be understood in the context of the 1950s ”. The edition follows the innovations of the German spelling reform of 1996 .

characters

Charly penguin
is next to Mecki the second main character in the Mecki stories of the German program guide Hörzu . In some of the old Mecki books, Charly Pinguin was still almost at the intelligence level of his fellow animals (unclear whether he could speak at all at that time), but he was portrayed as a gifted inventor in the Hörzu continuation comics . In addition, he takes on the agile (as opposed to Schrat), sometimes excessive, sometimes slightly offended role. In today's stories (by the artist Volker Reiche ) about Mecki and his family, Charly Pinguin is more of an average guy who plays the good uncle for the children.
Chilly
Charly's (penguin) girlfriend Chilly (of the Daisy Duck type - just not so naive) was also a comic figure who did not play such a significant role in the classic Mecki stories, despite some spectacular appearances (see for example in the story The Pirate Ball ).
The Schrat
( Always mention the article first) in the Mecki comics, Hörzu is the most important main character after Mecki himself and Charly Pinguin. He was also represented in the classic Mecki books. The great popularity of the Schrat from the 1950s to especially the 1970s, i.e. in the heyday of the Mecki sequel stories, results from its great fatigue, with which it represented a kind of counter-figure to the bustling economic miracle citizen. Most of the time he lay around lazily in a state of half-light and was "dragged" through the adventures of the Mecki family as someone almost asleep . “Great moments” for the Mecki fan were of course the few moments when the Schrat suddenly woke up, for example due to the greatest danger , and cleverly took the initiative with wide open eyes. If the tired Schrat was at times a figure on the level of toddlers and hardly felt by the "great tiredness", he is allowed to sleep well again in the current long adventure stories.
Micki
Mecki's wife, who could already be seen on the very old pre-war postcards, always played a minor role in the Escher and Petersen stories. Quiet, good-natured and always in the background, she embodied the image of women in the 1950s, even if she was dragged into the realm of the demons or the Incas.
Micki was the only "winner" in the Mecki comics by Volker Reiche and has (become significantly slimmer and somehow bigger and younger) in almost every episode. In addition to Chilly, she still looks pretty home-made.
Captain Petersen
A tall sailor as strong as a bear who made his first appearance in the picture book Mecki bei den Negerlein . Originally, Captain Petersen was a character who only appeared in Eduard Rhein's picture books. Later he also had a few bigger roles in the comic stories, especially when they were set in the Hanseatic milieu.
Kokolastro
He is the very big adversary of Mecki and was introduced into the series by Reinhold Escher in 1957. Again and again he crosses the path of Mecki and his friends and tries to harm them with his magical power.
Other important figures
are among others: Charly's foster son Poppo, the crow Dora, the mouse Karolus, the seven real Syrian golden hamsters, the cat Murr and the duck Watsch. The latter were used exclusively by Professor Wilhelm Petersen in the Mecki picture books.

Film adaptations

Puppet cartoons

The first MECKI film was made in 1938/39 on behalf of the Reich Office for Education (RfdU). The puppet films after the Second World War were mostly produced for the Neue Deutsche Wochenschau (NDWS). However, some films were also made for the Federal Center for Homeland Service (BfH), today's Federal Center for Political Education , for Hörzu and for Steiff. With the exception of three episodes, these classic puppet films were released on DVD by Tacker Film under the title Mecki and his adventures .

For these films, Ferdinand Diehl expanded the character ensemble, which previously consisted of Mecki and his wife, to include the children Beppl and Susi.

  • 1939 The race between the hare and the hedgehog ( RfdU )
  • 1951 LISTEN TO! ( Listen )
  • 1952 Mecki introduces himself ( NDWS )
  • 1952 Mecki and the Accident ( NDWS )
  • 1952 Mecki celebrates Christmas ( NDWS )
  • 1952 Mecki fights the flu ( NDWS )
  • 1952 Mecki and the Easter Bunny ( NDWS )
  • 1952 Mecki at the Oktoberfest ( NDWS )
  • 1952 New Year's Wish ( NDWS )
  • 1953 Mecki speaks for the election ( BfH )
  • 1953 Animal Newsreel ( NDWS )
  • 1954 The cart in the dirt ( BfH )
  • 1954 after work ( NDWS )
  • 1954 Mecki the Just ( NDWS )
  • 1954 Mecki and the cactus blossom ( NDWS )
  • 1954 sleep child sleep ( BfH )
  • 1955 Paradise ( Steiff )
  • 1957 The love letter ( BfH )
  • 1958 The Works Concert ( NDWS )

Commercial cartoons for the Hörzu

In 1958, Hans Held Produktion produced twelve cartoons as advertisements for Hörzu , in which Mecki appeared. Two of these commercials are on the puppet film DVD " Mecki and his adventures ".

Mecki and his friends

In 1995 a cartoon series with 13 episodes of 25 minutes each was produced under the title " Mecki and his friends " on behalf of the Bavarian Radio in the Pannonia Studios Budapest , directed by Béla Ternovszky . This series has nothing in common with the book and comic stories, it just uses a few characters from the stories. As accompanying material to the series appeared u. a. several VHS and radio play - cassettes , figures from Bullyland, a coloring book and a book series, written by Claudia Weiland and Milada Krautmann and published by Unipart Verlag .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ see: Sackmann 1994, p. 8ff.
  2. ↑ Fleischer 2009, p. 28.
  3. ↑ see: Rhein 1992, pp. 402-403.
  4. ↑ see: Fleischer and Förster 2009a, pp. 8–9.
  5. ↑ see: Sackmann 1994, p. 22.
  6. ↑ later updated as: "Drawings of the Mecki figure after F. and H. Diehl"
  7. ↑ a b Fleischer and Förster 2009a, p. 15.
  8. ↑ Sackmann 1994, p. 55.
  9. ↑ Fleischer and Förster 2009a, p. 9.
  10. ↑ The first colored Mecki series appeared in Hörzu 14/1956.
  11. ↑ a b Sackmann 2009, p. 32.
  12. ↑ An anthology with stories of this character appeared in the Semmel Verlach in 1984 . - dates in the comic guide
  13. ↑ Editor-in-chief Jörg Walberer, who has been in office since the beginning of December 2001: “HÖRZU is a classic that has made you feel at home for years. But every living room has to be renovated every now and then ”[…] Mecki, HÖRZU's traditional mascot, has also been visually redesigned. In future, the comic star's adventures will be implemented by the illustrator Kolja Wilcke. - Quote from the press release of Axel Springer AG from February 5, 2002 - online version (accessed November 25, 2009)
  14. ↑ Sackmann 2009, p. 34.
  15. ↑ a b Sackmann 2009, p. 35.
  16. ^ Project and gallery page of the artist. Retrieved June 14, 2018 .
  17. ↑ see: Simon, Ulrike (2003): Back to the roots. The "Hörzu" has to get better. The boss of "Welt am Sonntag" should fix it : In: Tagesspiegel - July 25, 2003 - online version (accessed November 25, 2009)
  18. ↑ see: Sackmann 2009, p. 36.
  19. ↑ cf. Mühle, Joachim u. a. (2009): An interview with Johann Kiefersauer. In: Mühle, Joachim / Herchenbach, Uschi and Becker, Hartmut (ed.): Stachelkopf 19 , pp. 20-30.
  20. ↑ Fleischer and Förster 2009a, p. 17.
  21. ↑ see: Fleischer and Förster 2009a, p. 15ff.
  22. ↑ As of December 2009
  23. ↑ see: data in the comic guide
  24. ↑ It is the episode 29/1958.
  25. ↑ Mecki and the Gypsies. In: www.tagesspiegel.de. Retrieved July 19, 2016 .
  26. ↑ Fleischer and Förster 2009c, p. 27.
  27. ↑ a b c This film is not included on the DVD " Mecki and his adventures ".

literature

Series of publications

  • Stachelkopf - since 1981, changing editors in self-publishing, so far 19 issues (as of December 2009)

Individual publications

  • Daniela Dietrich (Ed.): Mecki. Fairy tales & purrs - The Diehl brothers' doll films. Exhibition, retrospective German Film Museum November 19, 1994 to January 15, 1995. German Film Museum, Frankfurt am Main 1994, ISBN 3-88799-048-X .
  • Werner Fleischer: The return of the editorial sigil - Mecki is back. In: Eckhardt Walter, Hans Simon (Eds.): Collector Heart 5 , self-published, Sulzbach-Rosenberg 2009.
  • Werner Fleischer, Gerhard Förster: Mecki: A legend returns. On the wondrous tracks of the editorial seal of HÖRZU (1949–1978). In: Gerhard Förster, Hans Stojetz (Eds.): Speech bubble 215. Pure adventure, Vienna 2009, pp. 5–24.
  • Werner Fleischer, Gerhard Förster: Stachelkopf - the magazine of the Mecki fan club. In: Gerhard Förster, Hans Stojetz (eds.): Speech bubble 215. Pure adventure, Vienna 2009, p. 24.
  • Werner Fleischer, Gerhard Förster: The Mecki checklist. In: Gerhard Förster, Hans Stojetz (Eds.): Speech bubble 215. Pure adventure, Vienna 2009, pp. 25–27.
  • Möbus, Frank : Mecki and the race teachers. The "[un] secret rogue" Wilhelm Petersen as an illustrator of German children's books of the post-war period. In: Michael Fritsche, Kathrin Schulze (Ed.): Open Sesame. Images from the Orient in children's and youth literature. BIS, Oldenburg 2006, ISBN 3-8142-2034-X .
  • Eduard Rhein: A man of the century. Hans-Ulrich Horster tells the story of his life and time. Ullstein, Frankfurt am Main, Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-548-22970-0 .
  • Eckart Sackmann: Mecki. One for all. Comicplus, Hamburg 1994, ISBN 3-89474-034-5 .
  • Eckart Sackmann: Mecki: Between tradition and modernity. The editorial seal in the post Escher era (1984–2009). In: Gerhard Förster, Hans Stojetz (Eds.): Speech bubble 215. Pure adventure, Vienna 2009, pp. 32–36.
  • Lu Seegers: The Hörzu Success Story (1946–1965). In: Lu Seegers: Eduard Rhein and the radio program magazines (1931-1965). Verlag für Berlin-Brandenburg, Potsdam 2001, pp. 151–232 ( online ; PDF; 691 kB).

Web links

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