Patrick Wirbeleit

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Patrick Wirbeleit (born October 31, 1971 in Lüneburg ) is a German illustrator , comic book author and draftsman.

life and work

Wirbeleit grew up in Ruschwedel and completed an apprenticeship as a retail salesman , he broke off a subsequent apprenticeship as an interior decorator . Wirbeleit has been a freelance artist since 1995 and an illustrator and comic artist since 2001.

In 2004 Wirbeleit illustrated his first Pixi book . Since then, he has created more than 60 illustrated or written books for children. 17 “Pixi books” alone.

In collaboration with the illustrator Kim Schmidt , he created the comic Störtebeker , published by Carlsen Verlag in 2004, and the comics Kleiner Thor , published by Tokyopop in 2007 and 2008 . Together with the comic artist Volker Sponholz , Wirbeleit was editor of the Herrimans comicedition . In 2002 he received the ICOM special award for the comic book Das Baumhaus published by Herrimans . In addition, Wirbeleit illustrated the culture column for the business newspaper Brand eins for over six years . In 2016, Patrick Wirbeleit and Uwe Heidschötter received the Max and Moritz Prize in the category “Best Comic for Children” for the Comic Kiste at the 17th Comic Salon in Erlangen , but let it be read that he would not accept the award.

In 2010 Patrick Wirbeleit initiated the “primeval robot”. The prize for the funniest children's book of the year. However, he finished work on it in 2013 in order to establish the Carl Buch Prize in 2015. This is awarded annually as part of the Seiteneinsteiger Reading Festival for the best children's book cover illustration. The prize is endowed with 2000 euros. The prize is donated by Carl Buch Elektrotechnik Hamburg.

Wirbeleit is the father of two children and lives with his family in a village near Buxtehude.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Interview with Patrick Wirbeleit on comic-i.com , accessed on July 26, 2011
  2. ↑ a b c Short biography on bilderzaehlen.de ( Memento of the original dated August 7, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 26, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bilderzaehlen.de
  3. ↑ a b Short portrait of Patrick Wirbeleit on carlsen.de , accessed on July 26, 2011
  4. ↑ Patrick Wirbeleit: "A giant who draws dwarfs" - Land in Sight - Kulturforum am Hafen eV Buxtehude. Retrieved November 25, 2019 (German).
  5. ↑ Special prize: "Das Baumhaus" by Patrick Wirbeleit on comic-i.com , accessed on July 26, 2011
  6. ↑ Prize winners. comic Salon Erlangen, accessed October 23, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Primeval Robots. Retrieved November 25, 2019 (German).
  8. ↑ Carl Buch Prize | Award for the best children's book cover illustration. Retrieved November 25, 2019 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Eddy, Patrick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German illustrator, comic author and draftsman
DATE OF BIRTH October 31, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Luneburg