Knight Runkel
Knight Runkel is one of the main characters invented by Hannes Hegen , alongside the Digedags in the comic series of the same name in the magazine Mosaik (issues 90 to 151).
Knight Runkel in the mosaic
In the series, the Digedags are miners of the knight Heino Runkel von Rübenstein in the 13th century and go with him on an adventure trip to southern Europe , Asia Minor and Arabia .
The belated crusader Runkel is characterized by humor, clumsiness, a golden heart and his indestructible, rhymed knight rules . At his side is always his loyal steed, Turkenschreck, who already belonged to his father and has been around for 35 years. With luck and the support of Digedags Runkel survives all dangers associated with the golden splendor armor of Alexander the Great its valuable treasure and may eventually have long adored that from him damsels Adelaide carrot field as the wife bring home. As the crowning glory, Runkel is appointed count by his liege, Duke Eberhard the Obese.
Ritter-Runkel novels
The author of the Digedags comics Lothar Dräger wrote four novels from 2002 on about the life of Ritter Runkel and his descendants.
literature
- Henry Böhm: A knight from shot and grain (encyclopedia), Berlin 1995, ISBN 3359007581
- Lothar Dräger , Ulf S. Graupner : Ritter Runkel and his time (novel), Berlin 2002, ISBN 3936908028
- Lothar Dräger, Ulf S. Graupner: Ritter Runkel the Diplomat (Roman), Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-932667-49-2
- Lothar Dräger, Ulf S. Graupner: Ritter Runkel the legend (novel), Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-937649-48-1
- Lothar Dräger, Ulf S. Graupner: In the name of the turnip (novel and comic about Ritter Runkel), Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-937649-35-1
- Matthias Friske : The story of the 'MOSAIK von Hannes Hegen'. A comic legend in the GDR , Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-86732-034-4 .
- Mark Lehmstedt: The secret history of the Digedags. The publication and censorship history of the mosaic by Hannes Hegen , Leipzig 2010, Lehmstedt Verlag , ISBN 978-3-937146-99-7 .
- Reiner Grünberg; Michael Hebestreit: MOSAIK-Handbuch. The world of Digedags. Lehmstedt Verlag, Leipzig 2012, ISBN 978-3-942473-22-4 .
- Wolfgang Eric Wagner (editor): Ritter Runkel in his time: Middle Ages and Contemporary History in the Mirror of a History Comics (anthology), be.bra Wissenschaft Verlag , Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-9541009-5-8 .