Wolfgang J. Fuchs

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Wolfgang J. Fuchs (born September 16, 1945 in Unsleben ; † January 20, 2020 in Munich ) was a German non-fiction author , freelance journalist , comic author , translator , film expert and is considered Germany's first comic book researcher. He is also known for his editorial contributions in The Greatest Stories by Donald Duck - special issue . He also wrote forewords for the German editions of Barks Comics & Stories and other Disney titles from Ehapa- Verlag; for this he also translated editorial contributions from English. Fuchs was involved in the compilation and editorial support of the Ehapa comic series Disneys Heimliche Helden (2005–2009) and partially in the series Disneys Hall of Fame (2004–2011) (including volume 4 and volume 13).

Career

Fuchs, born in 1945 in Lower Franconia , studied civil engineering for one semester, newspaper studies with a minor in American and English . He was one of the first authors in German-speaking countries who seriously dealt with the medium of "comics". Together with Reinhold C. Reitberger , he put together the basic standard works of comics. Anatomy of a Mass Medium (1971) and Comics Handbook (1978). He also worked on Maurice Horn's The World Encyclopedia of Comics , The Who's Who of American Comic Books (Jerry Bales / Hames Ware, 1973–1976, four volumes) and the 1978/79 film notebook . 1974/75 he was part of the editorial team of Peanuts magazine . He wrote countless articles for funk and magazines.

Fuchs translated Prince Eisenherz and Garfield , among others , as well as Brian Fies ' autobiographical story Mom’s Cancer , originally published as a web comic , which won the Eisner Award in 2005 (after the comic was published in book form, the online publication was taken off the Internet ). In a translation by Fuchs, the volume received the 2007 German Youth Literature Prize under the title Mutter hat Krebs .

He also applied his theoretical knowledge about comics also practical, in which he himself Comics texted and recorded. So he created u. a. again in collaboration with Reitenberger the comic series Berry of Plantagenbär , free advertising comic for Kaba , of the instant - cocoa drink came with packings 1985-1990. With Günter Mayrhofer as a draftsman, Fuchs wrote the comic Quark , which started in autumn 1987 both as a magazine series and as an animated series on television .

In addition to his preoccupation with comics, he also wrote non-fiction books on German-American and film topics, such as Humphrey Bogart , James Dean and Woody Allen .

In 2015 he directed the Munich Comic Festival together with Heiner Lünstedt .

He lived in Munich from 1946 until his death in January 2020 .

He was not related to the translator Erika Fuchs , who also translated Disney comics.

Works

  • with Reinhold C. Reitberger: Panel 1. Heinz Moos, Munich 1971.
  • with Reinhold C. Reitberger: Comics. Anatomy of a mass medium. Graefelfing before Munich 1971 (with record supplement ; ISBN 3-7879-0054-3 ; until 1983 several, partly shortened editions; also under the title The big book of comics. Anatomy of a mass medium ).
  • Comics - harmless picture stories 1974.
  • as editor: Comics in the media market - in analysis - in the classroom (VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 1977), ISBN 978-3-8100-0170-2 .
  • with Reinhold C. Reitberger: Comics Handbook. Reinbek near Hamburg 1978 ISBN 3-499-16215-6 .
  • The many faces of Woody Allen. Taschen, 1988, ISBN 978-3-8228-0028-7 .
  • James Dean. Traces of a giant. Taschen, 1988, ISBN 978-3-8228-0034-8 .
  • Humphrey Bogart. Cult star. Taschen, 1988, ISBN 978-3-8228-0032-4 .
  • Mickey Mouse - this is my life. Unipart-Vlg., Remseck (January 1991), ISBN 978-3-8122-3086-5 .
  • with Peter Reichelt , Harald Havas and an introduction by Ina Brockmann : Drawn Walt Disney? : Donald, Mickey and their fathers Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, Al Taliaferro and Walt Disney; the catalog for the exhibition "Donald, Micky and Their Fathers". Reichelt and Brockmann, Mannheim 2013, ISBN 978-3-923801-58-9 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Fuchs, Reitberger: Comics-Handbuch. Rowohlt, 1978, p. 2.
  2. ↑ a b c Martin Frenzel: Germany's comic pioneer researcher, translator and journalist in a COMICOSKOP conversation on his 70th birthday. Comicoskop.com. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
  3. ↑ a b Comixene 19, edition Lehner & Knigge, 1978
  4. ↑ a b c Jury reasoning for the youth literature award
  5. ↑ Homepage of the Erika-Fuchs-Haus. Accessed on January 21, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Fuchs, Wolfgang J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German non-fiction author, journalist, translator and film expert
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Unsleben , Lower Franconia
DATE OF DEATH January 20, 2020