Richard Hambach
Richard Hambach (born October 2, 1917 in Berlin ; † September 5, 2011 there ) was a German author and cartoonist .
Life
Richard Hambach came from a family with modest backgrounds. His father died in World War I , so he grew up as a half-orphan , which made the family's situation even worse. Because of his interest in drawing, he decided to train as a decorator . This professional training also included the basics of painting and nude painting. Due to the Second World War , he lost his job in the post-war period. Based on an advertisement from the private institute of the cartoonist A. S. Skid , he applied to his school for press illustrators in Halensee . The caricaturists Aribert Neßlinger , Erich Schmitt and Harri Parschau were among the other students at the private institute during this period .
Career
During his apprenticeship as a press draftsman , Hambach received an offer from the then advertising manager of the Neues Leben publishing house to produce some “picture strips with verses” about pioneering life . After founding other newer children's and youth magazines in the GDR , he got new fields of activity. Richard Hambach's best known comic series was Mäxchen Pfiffig's adventure in FRÖSI . He also drew many comics , picture stories and illustrations , including for the children's magazines Atze , Der Junge Pionier , Drum and Bummi . He was also on the editorial board of the children's magazines Bummi and Frösi for some time . He invented the Kundi character as a mascot for the German Hygiene Museum , which he also made a serial figure in the magazine FÜR DICH , and developed the characters Mäxchen Pfiffig and Tüte for Frösi . Furthermore, he designed the first issues of the fire protection primer in the GDR in comic style and created the now very rare and sought-after handicraft sheets , which were then sold as an insert in children's magazines. According to the Mosaik Steinchen für Steinchen Verlag in anthology 1 (1976/1) - Aufruhr in Ragusa , Hambach and some other illustrators (e.g. Harry Schlegel ) asked after Hannes Hegen's resignation from the Junge Welt publishing house whether they were with could contribute to the design and development of a new concept for the comic magazine Mosaik . But Hambach was not interested in it. At the DEFA studio for animated films in Dresden , he was involved in some animated film productions in the 1960s, and his stories and characters were also used for corresponding films. As an author, he wrote a large number of articles in various magazines, some of which were popular science and entertaining. Some of his works, such as the first 25 episodes of Mäxchen Pfiffig's adventures , have meanwhile been reprinted in the series "Classics of GDR Picture History" by Holzhof Verlag .
Hambach died on September 5, 2011 at the age of 93 in Berlin.
literature
- Michael F. Scholz : Richard Hambach , in: Deutsche Comicforschung Vol. 1 (2005), ed. by Eckart Sackmann, Hildesheim 2004, pp. 92-105.
- Michael F. Scholz: Hambach, Richard . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Web links
- Richard Hambach in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Richard Hambach on lambiek.net
- Richard Hambach homage with many pictures
- Richard Hambach at www.ddr-comics.de
- Obituary by Frank Frenzel at www.ddr-comics.de
- Information about Richard Hambach at comicmuseum-neubrandenburg.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Biographical data from Richard Hambach at Orlandos Wörld
- ↑ Mosaik Steinchen for Steinchen Verlag : Anthology 1 (1976/1) - Aufruhr in Ragusa ISBN 3-932667-61-1
- ↑ http://www.holzhof-verlag.de/shop/klass06.htm
- ↑ http://www.ddr-comics.de/froesiffx.htm
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hambach, Richard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German author and comic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 2, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 5, 2011 |
| Place of death | Berlin |