Ralph Niese

Ralph Niese (* 1983 in Leipzig ; † November 23, 2020 there ) was a German illustrator and comic artist .

Life

Through the contact at the exhibition stand, Niese was able to publish his first work Wolfmen in the magazine series Extrem Illustrated by the comic publisher Extrem Successful Enterprises (EEE) at the age of 16 . According to Bela B , the publisher of EEE , he was the youngest artist who was able to contribute to the issues but was not yet allowed to buy them. This was followed by other publications in German comic magazines aimed at an adult audience, such as Menschenblut and U-Comix . As an illustrator and colorist he wore between 2007 and 2010 to several editions of the series Perry - Our man in space ofAlligator Farm at. Ralph Niese also published numerous comic books himself, many of them in small format stapled by hand.

From 2008 to 2009 Niese was involved as an illustrator on publications for the US publisher Image Comics . He not only worked as an inker for two issues of the Noble Causes series , but also helped design the covers of the issues. During this time, Niese also published pages in the sixth issue of Madman Atomic Comics magazine and in two issues of the comic anthology Popgun . He contributed a variant cover for the first issue of the Space Riders series by Alexis Ziritt and Fabian Rangel Jr.

The Leipzig comic artist is described by his companions as a creative and sociable free spirit who often collaborated with other authors and artists. He was also counted as an integral part of the alternative comics scene internationally. In addition to his work as a pure comic strip artist, Niese was also artistically active in other areas. At the end of 2014 he published a calendar The Young Time Traveler , which also includes exclusive comic pages. In 2018, the artist contributed designs for various stickers for the eleventh issue of Kle glue Magazine .

Ralph Niese lived and worked as a freelance illustrator and cartoonist in Leipzig.

Publications (selection)

• Wolfmen . In Extrem Illustrated # 3 , Extrem Successful Enterprises 1999, ISBN 3-932552-39-3 .
• Bob and the zombies from Lake Balaton . In Human Blood # 36 , Eisenfresser Comics 2001.
• Dreamtime . In Popgun # 2 , Image Comics 2008, ISBN 978-1-58240-920-7 .
• Noble Causes # 37 and # 39 together with Jay Farber and Yildiray Cinar. Image Comics 2008 - 2009.
• Washer - pioneer of comics . Homage to Hansrudi Wäscher with contributions from over 40 German illustrators, Edition 52 2009, ISBN 978-3-935229-74-6 .
• Attic find together with Olaf Brill and Donald Hello. In Perry - Our Man in Space # 138 , Alligator Farm 2010, ISBN 978-3-86876-138-2 .
• Gondwana . Novel by Simon Urban with comics by Ralph Niese, Schöffling & Co. 2014, ISBN 978-3-89561-196-4 .
• Neavy Seamen together with Bela Sobottke, Bert Henning, Ralf Marczinczik and Christian Scharfenberg. In U-Comix # 189 , 2015.

Exhibitions

• The Young Time Traveller's Den as part of the Hamburg comic festival 2016

Web links

• Ralph Niese at DeviantArt
• Ralph Niese's blog on Tumblr
• Ralph Niese on Instagram
• Short story Wolf-Eagle by Ralph Niese at Buddelfisch

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Extremely Illustrated Volume 3. In: comicguide.de . Retrieved November 28, 2020 . 
2. ^ ^{A b c} Black : Leipzig artist Ralph Niese died surprisingly at the age of 37. In: lvz.de . November 27, 2020, accessed November 28, 2020 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Ralph Niese. In: comic-salon.de . 2018, accessed November 28, 2020 .  
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Bela Sobottke: comic artist Ralph Niese is dead - he had creativity for ten. In: tagesspiegel.de . November 26, 2020, accessed December 1, 2020 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} U-Comix No. 189 in stores! In: u-comix.de. February 26, 2015, accessed November 28, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Ralph Niese. In: alligatorfarm.de. Retrieved November 28, 2020 .  
7. ↑ Perry - Our Man in Space 135: Who is the monster here? In: dnb.de . Retrieved November 28, 2020 .  
8. ↑ Ralph Niese in Killer of Demons . In: comicvine.gamespot.com. Retrieved November 28, 2020 . 
9. ↑ ^{a b} Ralph Niese in Noble Causes . In: comicvine.gamespot.com. Retrieved November 28, 2020 . 
10. ↑ Madman Atomic Comics # 6. In: comics.org. Retrieved November 28, 2020 . 
11. ↑ ^{a b} Popgun # 2. In: comics.org. Retrieved November 28, 2020 . 
12. ^ Ralph Niese Issue Contributions. In: comicbook.com. Retrieved November 28, 2020 . 
13. ↑ ^{a b} Oliver Ristau: Comic Festival Hamburg - Genrefication between Schanze and Kiez. In: tagesspiegel.de . October 4, 2016, accessed December 1, 2020 . 
14. ↑ Hot goods in the webshop! “The Young Time Traveler” calendar and “Fieser Splatter # 1”. In: buddelfisch.de. December 3, 2014, accessed November 28, 2020 . 
15. ↑ Adhesive 11. In: stickermag.com. 2018, accessed November 28, 2020 . 
16. ↑ Wäscher - pioneer of comics. In: edition52.de . Retrieved November 28, 2020 . 
17. ↑ Ralph Niese. In: alligatorfarm.de. Retrieved November 28, 2020 . 
18. ↑ Simon Urban - Gondwana. In: schoeffling.de . Retrieved November 28, 2020 .