Reinhold Reitberger

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Reinhold C. Reitenberger (* 25. December 1946 in Munich ) is a German comic - artist - and expert and non-fiction author . He is best known for his biography Walt Disney .

Reitberger studied American Studies and Communication Sciences . He was one of the first authors in German-speaking countries who seriously dealt with the medium of "comics". Together with Wolfgang J. Fuchs , he put together the basic standard works of comics. Anatomy of a Mass Medium (1971) and Comics Handbook (1978). He achieved great fame with the biographical portrayal of Walt Disney in personal reports and pictorial documents , which appeared for the first time in 1979 in the renowned Rowohlt Monographs series. It was the first biography of the film producer that appeared in German-speaking countries after his death in 1966 and shaped the Disney image for many years.

In addition to his work as a non-fiction author, Reitberger also created a number of comics as a copywriter and illustrator. Again in collaboration with Fuchs - - resulting series of particularly known is the berry of Plantagenbär , free advertising comic for Kaba , of the instant - cocoa drink packings 1985 came with to the 1990th Reitberger was also a translator , including for Disney comics. Since 1986 he has worked as an author and illustrator of books for young people . He had great success with a series of books he had compiled with jokes and joke questions , the publication of which he has concentrated on since 1993.

Reinhold Reitberger is married and has one daughter. He lives in Munich .

Fonts (selection)

  • with Wolfgang J. Fuchs: Panel 1 , Munich: Heinz Moos, (1971)
  • together with Wolfgang J. Fuchs: Comics. Anatomie einer Massenmediums , Graefelfing before Munich 1971 (with record supplement ; ISBN 3-7879-0054-3 ; several, partly shortened editions up to 1983; also under the title Das Großes Buch der Comics. Anatomie einer Massenmediums )
  • together with Wolfgang J. Fuchs: Comics-Handbuch , Reinbek bei Hamburg 1978 ( ISBN 3-499-16215-6 )
  • Walt Disney in personal testimonies and image documents , Rowohlt's monographs (No. 226), Reinbek bei Hamburg 1979 (5th edition Reinbek bei Hamburg 2002; ISBN 3-499-50226-7 )
  • The laugh bomb. Jokes about bursting loose , Munich 1993 ( ISBN 3-505-04993-X )
  • The laughter parade. Jokes churning! , Munich 1994 ( ISBN 3-505-08148-5 )
  • The book of 1000 joke questions , Bindlach 1998 ( ISBN 3-7855-3219-9 )
  • as editor: student jokes. 1000 Things to Laugh , Bindlach 2003 ( ISBN 3-7855-4681-5 ; abridged edition, previously published under the title 1000 brand new student jokes )
  • The mega-thick book of super jokes , Bindlach 2004 ( ISBN 3-7855-5209-2 )
  • Jokes for the school bag , Bindlach 2006 ( ISBN 978-3-7855-4526-3 or ISBN 3-7855-4526-6 )

In addition, Reitberger worked as a translator for numerous Disney comics and some parts of the comic series Der Wind der Götter (from 1998).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fuchs / Reitberger: Comics-Handbuch, Rowohlt, 1978, p. 2
personal data
SURNAME Reitberger, Reinhold
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reitberger, Reinhold C.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German comic creator and non-fiction author
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich