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A House with Many Windows - Comics & Graphic Novels from Germany

Current comics from Germany, Austria and Switzerland artfully tell of life crises, contemporary history and social challenges: They show the effects of historical events on people's lives. They analyze the relationship between the individual and their environment. And they find artistic images for the dramas of everyday life. Instead of fictional material, new German-language comic publications are increasingly focusing on factual themes, which are dealt with in the form of biographies, autobiographies, comic reportages or autofictional stories.

The current comic collection provides a comprehensive overview of the market. The 28 titles from different publishers not only show the whole range of topics, but also give a good impression of the different styles and approaches of the authors from Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

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Koma Cover

Coma

(Koma)

A graphic novel like a bewitching nightmare, with images that flit between ecstasy, drug trip and utopia. A man receives the...

A graphic novel like a bewitching nightmare, with images that flit between ecstasy, drug trip and utopia. A man receives the news that his brother has died in an accident. He breaks up with his overprotective partner and flies abroad to give a lecture. Upon arriving in the foreign city, he puts off his client and instead starts heading out from his empty flat to the city’s cruising spots: the darkroom of a gay bar, an almost forgotten part of a sculpture park, an abandoned car wash.With a determination verging on self-extirpation, he seeks to distance himself from his past. But the deeper he delves into the cruising scene, the more relentlessly he is haunted by memories of his brother.

Publisher:
Topic:
Graphic novel
ISBN:
978-3-7550-0027-3
Author:
Mazlum Nergiz
Illustrator:
Leonie Ott
Pages:
204
Price:
€ 28.00
Ein Haus mit vielen Fenstern Cover

A House with Many Windows

(Ein Haus mit vielen Fenstern)

The house with the many windows is an old people’s home with lots of floors and rooms. Behind every window...

The house with the many windows is an old people’s home with lots of floors and rooms. Behind every window lives a person with his or her unique story. All these people are different and so are the stories they recall as they approach the end of their lives. There are memories of love, moments of fun and things that made them proud, as well as memories of grief and loss and misfortunes. People shared these stories with Charlotte Müller when she was working as a carer at an old people’s home. Now she has written them down and illustrated them so they won’t fade into obscurity after the people who told them have died.Selected for the BRAW Amazing Bookshelf at the 2023 Bologna Children’s Book Fair.

Publisher:
Topic:
Graphic novel
ISBN:
978-3-948743-16-1
Author:
Charlotte Müller
Pages:
80
Price:
€ 24.00
Die zweite Entwicklung der Welt Cover

The second discovry of the world - Alexander Humboldt's Expedition to South-America

(Die zweite Entdeckung der Welt - Alexander von Humboldts Expedition nach Südamerika)

A vivid, insightful telling of the adventures of Alexander von Humboldt and a fantastic gift for anyone interested in nature...

A vivid, insightful telling of the adventures of Alexander von Humboldt and a fantastic gift for anyone interested in nature and science!The great German naturalist and polymath Alexander von Humboldt and the botanist Aimé Bonpland spent more than five years travelling round South America. During their expedition, they collected, measured and documented everything they came across: animals, plants, mountains. They travelled a total of 8,000 kilometres, passing through steppes, rivers and jungles, climbing volcanoes and sleeping in forests and caves. Bettina Schary deftly captures Humboldt’s accomplishments in this graphic novel and makes them accessible to modern readers in a way that is both humorous and educational.

Publisher:
Topic:
Graphic novel
ISBN:
978-3-95728-667-3
Author:
Bettina Schary
Pages:
96
Price:
€ 22.00
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Trip with a Drip

(Trip mit Tropf)

‘That’s not true!’ What fate has foisted upon him is an imposition even for the most laid-back wolf: after it...

‘That’s not true!’ What fate has foisted upon him is an imposition even for the most laid-back wolf: after it accidentally saves his life, he suddenly has a RABBIT on his hands! And the wolf code obliges him to take care of the little rodent’s well-being. The rabbit can tell you a thing or two about impositions. After all, it has to drag an annoying drip and a metre-long medication schedule through life. Constant infusions, constant nausea. And now a wolf! But this wolf is so … different. And, you have to hand it to him, he knows what’s what.Josephine Mark sends this unlikely duo on a fast-paced road trip, complete with trigger-happy hunters, cheap motels, bears and freezing IV bags. The big question: is it really just the wolf code that binds them together?

Publisher:
Topic:
Graphic novel
ISBN:
978-3-948690-14-4
Author:
Josephine Mark
Pages:
192
Price:
€ 20.00
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The Pool

(Freibad)

Based on the film of the same name by Doris DörrieIt’s a very hot summer at Germany’s only outdoor pool...

Based on the film of the same name by Doris DörrieIt’s a very hot summer at Germany’s only outdoor pool for women. Some of them bathe topless, others wear bikinis, swimming costumes or burkinis. Everyone follows different rules. That creates tensions which the pool attendant struggles to deal with. Sparks really fly when a group of fully veiled women discover the pool with great enthusiasm: who does the pool belong to and who sets the rules? Who owns women’s bodies? And what exactly makes a woman a woman? Exasperated, the pool attendant quits. But when a man is hired as her replacement, the situation escalates in unpredictable ways …

Publisher:
Topic:
Graphic novel
ISBN:
978-3-948904-38-8
Author:
Paulina Stulin
Pages:
296
Price:
€ 29.00
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Kafka for Wicked People

(Kafka für Boshafte)

He is considered the great sufferer of modern literature, a brooding existential author. But that is just one side of...

He is considered the great sufferer of modern literature, a brooding existential author. But that is just one side of Franz Kafka; few know that he was struck by legendary fits of laughter, loved slapstick and integrated many comedic elements in his texts. His friend Max Brod reported how Kafka had laughed so hard while reading the first chapter of The Trial aloud that ‘he couldn’t carry on reading at times’, ‘indeed, he liked to laugh and did so lustily and knew how to make his friends laugh too’.It is high time then to honour Kafka’s funny side. And who better to do that than Nicolas Mahler, who has turned so many classics into graphic novels? 

Publisher:
Topic:
Graphic novel
ISBN:
978-3-458-68319-3
Author:
Nicolas Mahler
Pages:
127
Price:
€ 12.00
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Alone in the Unknown

(Allein in der Fremde)

Three 15 to 16-year-olds from Afghanistan, Iran and Eritrea arrive in Geneva and are left to fend for themselves. It’s...

Three 15 to 16-year-olds from Afghanistan, Iran and Eritrea arrive in Geneva and are left to fend for themselves. It’s a clean, wealthy city, but they’re not welcome there. Living in a shelter for unaccompanied young migrants and traumatised by their experiences, they try to get by and find their place.Alone in the Unknown is the result of an encounter between three young migrants and three artists, who tell these true stories from their subjects’ own point of view. The illustrators have immersed themselves in the refugees’ world and explored their questions and feelings: how do you fit in and process your trauma while living in a place where you’re not welcome?

Publisher:
Topic:
Graphic novel
ISBN:
978-3-03964-005-8
Author:
JP Kalonji, Fabian Menor, Yrgane Ramon
Pages:
88
Price:
€ 19.90
Jovantore Cover

Jovantore

(Jovantore)

At first glance, Rita looks like a completely normal young woman. What nobody can see is that ever since she...

At first glance, Rita looks like a completely normal young woman. What nobody can see is that ever since she was a child, she’s been plagued by an intrusive ticking that seems to come from right inside her head. Even doctors are at a loss. But after she’s already given up hope of a cure, she meets a mysterious old witch who gives her a watch … 

Publisher:
Topic:
Graphic novel
ISBN:
978-3-7555-0245-6
Author:
Daniel Eichinger
Pages:
336
Price:
€ 20.00

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