Volker Sponholz

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Volker Sponholz (* 1966 in Hanover ) is a German illustrator and comic artist .

life and work

Sponholz studied theater studies from 1988 to 1994 at the University of Erlangen and from 1994 to 2000 fine arts at the Muthesius Kunsthochschule Kiel . From 2003 to 2004 he trained as an animation designer at the private animation school in Hamburg. Sponholz has been working as a freelance writer, cartoonist and illustrator since 1994. In collaboration with the copywriter Lutz Mathesdorf , he published several football comics (including Bertis Buben and ... Ruuudi! ) In Rowohlt Verlag . Together with the comic artist and author Patrick Wirbeleit , Sponholz is the editor of the Herrimans comicedition . He received honorable mentions at the award of the ICOM Independent Comic Prize in 2003 and 2004 for the comics and pneumatic tubes published by Herrimans . In collaboration with the author Arne Sommer , Sponholz draws the comic adaptation of his radio play series Peter Lundt .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Authority record in the catalog of the German National Library
  2. ↑ a b c Brief portrait of Volker Sponholz on firststeps.de , accessed on July 27, 2011
  3. ↑ a b Short portrait of Volker Sponholz on carlsen.de , accessed on July 27, 2011
  4. ↑ Honorable mentions on comic-i.com , accessed July 27, 2011
  5. ↑ Special mention "Rohrpost" by Volker Sponholz (Herrimans) on comic-i.com , accessed on July 27, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Sponholz, Volker
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German illustrator and comic artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover