Michael Holtschulte

Michael Holtschulte (2012)

Michael Holtschulte (born April 19, 1979 in Herne ) is a German cartoonist , caricaturist and illustrator . Holtschulte is best known for the cartoons in the series Tot, but Funny , which are often characterized by cynical, black humor.

Life

Michael Holtschulte (left) with Oli Hilbring at Bochum Total 2016

After graduating from high school in Herten and the subsequent community service , Holtschulte studied modern German literature , social psychology and political science at the Ruhr University in Bochum , where he graduated in 2006.

At the age of 15, Holtschulte's first commercial publications appeared in the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (WAZ). In the following years, too, drawings appeared regularly in the various local editorial offices and in the weekend supplement to the publication. During his studies, Holtschulte also worked for various advertising agencies.

In 2007 Holtschulte started his own business as a cartoonist, caricaturist and illustrator. Cartoons from his pen have appeared in Bild am Sonntag (BamS), Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (WAZ), Financial Times Deutschland (FTD), Mac Life and other publications.

Today Holtschulte lives in Herten and records regularly for the national daily newspapers SZ and taz , the film magazine deadline , the video game magazine Return, the satirical magazine Titanic , the humor - and satire magazine Eulenspiegel , the Journal Star or comic magazine Yps .

Since 2015, Holtschulte has also been implementing his cartoons as a stage program, in a duo with Oliver Hilbring under the title "Zwei Stricher unpacken" or solo with the current program "The last comes to the end".

The project "Dead, but funny"

Logo of the series "Dead, but funny" by Michael Holtschulte

In 2004 Michael Holtschulte's first cartoon book was published by Toonster Verlag . Due to Holtschulte's penchant for black humor cartoons, in which the Grim Reaper often appears as the protagonist , Dead, but funny , soon emerged as the title-giving motto.

In early 2005 then went with totaberlustig.de the Cartoon Web page of the artist online. The website was technically and creatively created by Holtschulte himself and is still exclusively managed by him to this day. Since the online project was launched, Holtschulte has published a new cartoon there at least once a week. In 2010, the online service a was dead but-funny - Facebook page expanded, which is now more than 300,000 fans. At the beginning of 2015, Lappan Verlag published the book Tot, but Funny , on the tenth anniversary of the website , which went into its second edition just three weeks after publication. The follow-up volume was published in 2019, as well as regular calendars under the title.

Exhibitions (selection)

Solo exhibitions

• Holtschulte in the open-air gallery . 2014. Lana , South Tyrol
• Please resign! 2014. Göltzschtalgalerie Nicolaikirche , Auerbach / Vogtl.
• Dead but fun . 2015. Caricatura Bar, Kassel
• Rampage in the Waldorf school. 2017. Caricatura Gallery, Kassel
• 15 years "dead but funny". 2019. havengalerie, Bremen
• Rampage in the Waldorf school. 2019. Wandelhalle, Bad Wildungen
• Rampage in the Waldorf school. 2019. Museum Obere Saline , Bad Kissingen
• Rampage in the Waldorf school. 2019. Wedding house, Eschwege

Holdings

• Caricatura VI, the comic art - analog, digital, international . 2012. Caricatura - gallery for comical art in the KulturBahnhof Kassel
• Math is fun! 2012. Mathematikum , Giessen
• About thirst . 2013. Caricatura - gallery for comical art in the KulturBahnhof Kassel
• Energy in the mirror of the cartoon . 2014. EnBW Energie, Baden-Württemberg
• Cartoonair at the sea . 2012-2019. Kulturkaten, Prerow
• Best pictures: The cartoons of the year . 2010 to 2019. Caricatura - gallery for comical art in the KulturBahnhof Kassel
• Lichtenberg Reloaded . 2015. Wilhelm Busch - German Museum for Caricature and Drawing , Hanover
• One is still going . 2016. Museum for Sepulchral Culture , Kassel
• May the joke be with you. 2016. Göltzschtalgalerie Nicolaikirche , Auerbach / Vogtl.
• Best Best Pics - The Cartoons of the Decade. 2020. Caricatura Museum , Frankfurt

Publications

Bibliography (selection)

• Dead but fun . Toonster , 2004, ISBN 3-9809843-6-2 .
• iVolution: cartoons for Apple fans. Lappan , 2010, ISBN 978-3-8303-3260-2 .
• as publisher: A40 cartoons: cartoon capital 2010 . BoD , 2010, ISBN 978-3-8423-2708-5 .
• with Günter Schiller (author): Wirtschaft macchiato: Cartoon course on economics for pupils and students . Pearson Studies , 2011, ISBN 978-3-86894-018-3 .
• Today you can make a wish. Lappan, 2012, ISBN 978-3-8303-3300-5 .
• with Rudi Hurzlmeier (Ed.): Jesus! Lappan, 2012, ISBN 978-3-8303-3310-4 .
• iVolution 2.0: More cartoons for Apple fans. Lappan, 2013, ISBN 978-3-8303-6232-6 .
• with Peter Schäfer (author): Cost and performance accounting: cartoon course for (professional) pupils and students . Pearson Studies, 2014, ISBN 978-3-86894-178-4 .
• with Peter Schäfer (author): Buchführung macchiato: cartoon course for (professional) pupils and students . Pearson Studies, 2014, ISBN 978-3-86894-179-1 .
• as editor: Men - Women: A fight of laughter in pictures. Lappan, 2014, ISBN 978-3-8303-3374-6 .
• Dead but fun. Lappan, 2015, ISBN 978-3-8303-3382-1 .
• All veggie or what? Lappan, 2015, ISBN 978-3-8303-6258-6 .
• as Ed .: May the joke be with you. Lappan, 2015, ISBN 978-3-8303-3396-8 .
• as editor: To scream! Lappan, 2016, ISBN 978-3-8303-3415-6 .
• Do you collect points? Lappan, 2016, ISBN 978-3-8303-6266-1 .
• as editor: Not standing up !: Loads of cartoons for the toilet. Lappan, 2017, ISBN 978-3-8303-6299-9 .
• Rampage in the Waldorf school. Lappan, 2017, ISBN 978-3-8303-3458-3 .
• Coloring book of death. Lappan, 2017, ISBN 978-3-8303-3472-9 .
• There's no Santa Claus at all! Lappan , 2018, ISBN 978-3830335092
• as Ed .: May the joke be with you episode. Lappan , 2019, ISBN 978-3830334767
• Dead but funny - the last comes at the end. Lappan , 2019, ISBN 978-3830335405
• as publisher: JBO Who lets the pig out ?. Lappan, 2019, ISBN 978-3830335443
• as editor: cartoons for musicians: Am I too loud enough? Lappan , 2019, ISBN 978-3830363446

Participation in anthologies

• Tasteless gifts . Toonster, 2004, ISBN 3-9809843-5-4 .
• Zahnsch (m) ore . ad medien , 2006, ISBN 3-9810737-1-1 .
• Great cinema: a satirical cartoon book . BoD, 2006, ISBN 3-8334-5019-3 .
• Great cinema . Crazy Comic Company Ltd. , 2007, ISBN 978-3-940244-02-4 .
• The dear book . BoD, 2008, ISBN 978-3-8370-2528-6 .
• Fiese Bilder 2. Lappan, 2010, ISBN 978-3-8303-3250-3 .
• Best pictures. Lappan, 2010, ISBN 978-3-8303-3257-2 .
• SensenMan: The funniest last hour. Lappan, 2011, ISBN 978-3-8303-3273-2 .
• Nasty pictures 3. Lappan, 2011, ISBN 978-3-8303-3274-9 .
• Best images 2. Lappan, 2011, ISBN 978-3-8303-3281-7 .
• Fiese Bilder 4. Lappan, 2012, ISBN 978-3-8303-3296-1 .
• Cartoons for Loriot. Lappan, 2012, ISBN 978-3-8303-3305-0 .
• The comic art - analog, digital, international. Lappan, 2012, ISBN 978-3-8303-3319-7 .
• Gripping pictures: cartoons on vacation and traveling. Lappan, 2012, ISBN 978-3-8303-3304-3 .
• Best images 3. Lappan, 2012, ISBN 978-3-8303-3337-1 .
• Nasty festival: black humor at Christmas. Lappan, 2012, ISBN 978-3-8303-3307-4 .
• Cartoons about art . Holzbaum Verlag , 2013, ISBN 978-3-9503508-6-9 .
• Too late !: Black humor in pictures . Carlsen , 2013, ISBN 978-3-551-68198-0 .
• Hard pictures: cartoons at work. Lappan, 2013, ISBN 978-3-8303-3324-1 .
• Math is fun. Lappan, 2013, ISBN 978-3-8303-3320-3 .
• Best images 4. Lappan, 2013, ISBN 978-3-8303-3306-7 .
• Fiese Bilder 5. Lappan, 2014, ISBN 978-3-8303-3352-4 .
• All asparagus or what? Lappan, 2014, ISBN 978-3-8303-6247-0 .
• Soccer !: Cartoons. Lappan, 2014, ISBN 978-3-8303-4322-6 .
• Energy in the mirror of the cartoon Volume II . EnBW Service , 2014, ISBN 978-3-934510-47-0 .
• Cartoons about soccer . Holzbaum Verlag, 2014, ISBN 978-3-902980-03-8 .
• Teacher !: Cartoons. Lappan, 2014, ISBN 978-3-8303-4323-3 .
• Confused by the wind: cartoons between ebb and flow. Lappan, 2014, ISBN 978-3-8303-3308-1 .
• Prohibited !: Black humor in pictures . Carlsen, 2014, ISBN 978-3-551-68200-0 .
• Cool pictures: cartoons with a zeitgeist. Lappan, 2014, ISBN 978-3-8303-3353-1 .
• Children !: cartoons. Lappan, 2014, ISBN 978-3-8303-4342-4 .
• Cartoons about cats . Holzbaum Verlag, 2014, ISBN 978-3-902980-15-1 .
• Cartoons about Christmas . Holzbaum Verlag, 2014, ISBN 978-3-902980-17-5 .
• Best images 5. Lappan, 2014, ISBN 978-3-8303-3364-7 .
• Every year nastier: black humor at Christmas. Lappan, 2014, ISBN 978-3-8303-3365-4 .
• Vegan cartoons . Holzbaum Verlag, 2015, ISBN 978-3-902980-19-9 .
• Women and soccer! Cartoons. Lappan, 2015, ISBN 978-3-8303-4368-4 .
• Heal pictures. Lappan, 2015, ISBN 978-3-8303-3381-4 .
• Doctors! Cartoons. Lappan, 2015, ISBN 978-3-8303-4353-0 .
• Hopefully nobody will see it !: Black humor in pictures Carlsen, 2015, ISBN 978-3-551-68359-5 .
• Best images 6. Lappan, 2015, ISBN 978-3-8303-3394-4 .
• Marry! Cartoons. Lappan, 2016, ISBN 978-3-8303-4376-9 .
• Fit pictures: cartoons to feel good. Lappan, 2016, ISBN 978-3-8303-3413-2 .
• Great cinema !: Cartoons about the film. Lappan, 2016, ISBN 978-3-8303-3432-3 .
• To life and death !: Cartoons and caricatures. Lappan, 2016, ISBN 978-3-8303-3453-8 .
• Best images 7. Lappan, 2016, ISBN 978-3-8303-3431-6 .
• Unholy images. Lappan, 2017, ISBN 978-3-8303-3463-7 .
• Nasty pictures 6. Lappan, 2017, ISBN 978-3-8303-3457-6 .

Calendar (selection)

• Holtschulte cartoon calendar 2015. Lappan, 2014, ISBN 978-3-8303-7503-6 .
• Holtschulte appointment planner 2015. Lappan, 2014, ISBN 978-3-8303-7504-3 .
• Last round 2015 . Calvendo , 2014, ISBN 978-3-664-09060-0 .
• Holtschulte weekly calendar 2016 . Heye , 2015, ISBN 978-3-8401-4031-0 .
• Holtschulte planner for two 2016 . Heye , 2015, ISBN 978-3-8401-4029-7 .
• Holtschulte weekly calendar 2017 . Heye , 2016, ISBN 978-3-8401-4462-2 .
• Holtschulte planner for two 2017 . Heye , 2016, ISBN 978-3-8401-4460-8 .
• Holtschulte weekly calendar 2018 . Heye , 2017, ISBN 978-3-8401-5160-6 .
• Holtschulte planner for two 2018 . Heye , 2017, ISBN 978-3-8401-5555-0 .
• as publisher: May the joke be with you 2018: Wall calendar . Lappan, 2017, ISBN 978-3-8303-7661-3 .
• Dead, but funny postcard calendar 2020. Lappan, 2019, ISBN 978-3830377900

Games

• Henning Poehl (author), Michael Holtschulte (illustrator): Dia de los muertos . Sphinx Spieleverlag, 2009.
• Henning Poehl (Author), Michael Holtschulte (Illustrator): Rolling Bones . Sphinx Spieleverlag, 2011.
• Henning Poehl (Author), Michael Holtschulte (Illustrator): Shark attacks! Sphinx Spieleverlag, 2012.
• Henning Poehl (author), Michael Holtschulte (illustrator): An eye for an eye . Sphinx Spieleverlag, 2014.

Prizes and awards

• 2012: Audience award with a pointed pen. German Prize for Political Caricature.
• 2013: Audience Award of the German Caricature Award
• 2014: Third Audience Award from Cartoonair
• 2015: Cartoonair's second audience award

Web links

Commons : Michael Holtschulte  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Dead but fun
• Facebook site
• Artist's illustration website
• The artist's YouTube animation channel
• All veggie or what? - Interview on book publication.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Michael Hüster: Humor is serious business - Interview with Michael Holtschulte , In: Interview in the COMIC! Yearbook 2012 of the association of comics e. V. (ICOM). Retrieved February 16, 2015.
2. ↑ Academy for Communication in Baden-Württemberg : Prize Winner 2012 . Retrieved February 16, 2015.
3. ^ Archive of the winners of the German Caricature Prize. . Retrieved February 16, 2015.