February 2012
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Max und Moritz-Preis 2012
Quote from http://comic-salon.de:
15. Internationaler Comic-Salon Erlangen 2012
Der Max und Moritz-Publikumspreis
Zum zweiten Mal nach 2010 wird in diesem Jahr ein Max und Moritz-Publikumspreis vergeben. Die Abstimmung, die in drei Phasen erfolgt und am Abend des 7. Juni 2012 um 19:00 Uhr endet, wird in Zusammenarbeit mit Tageszeitungen und Comic-Magazinen, sowie im Internet mit den...
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Carolin Walch: Roxanne & George →
Carolin Walch, known e.g. for her Manga-piece “Magic Mütze” (as part of “the royal Walchs”, printed in the Paper Theater anthology by Schwarzer Turm), will release her new graphic novel “Roxanne & George” at Reprodukt in March. Follow the link to the book for more information.
Isn’t it interesting and fascinating to see how German artist develop?!...
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delayed & cancelled 2012 episode 1
Catching up with the recent news on German Manga, the following titles have been delayed:
According the Tokyopop board, the 3rd volume of Anna Hollmann’s Stupid Story is not done yet. A new release date will be announced.
As announced by Cursed Side, the Manga Be mine has been cancelled.
The 2012 release list has been updated accordingly.
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"Subway to Sally - Storybook 2"-Preview in COMIX... →
The February issue of the Comix magazine will feature a preview of the upcoming 2nd volume of the Subway to Sally - Storybook (which will be released by Schwarzer Turm in March).
If you want to order a copy of the issue, ask your German, Austrian or Swiss comic book dealer or order it online e.g. at the freibeutershop (you can buy back runs there, too).
January 2012
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Schwarzer Turm sets release date for Subway to...
The 2nd Subway to Sally Storybook will be released at this year’s Leipzig Bookfair in March. The book contains short comics based on the band’s lyrics, interpreted and drawn by several German speaking artists who will be revealed here ( http://www.schwarzerturm.de/subway.html) as the release draws nearer.
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Germanga in progress: Crash'n'Burn →
Mikiko Ponczeck is currently working on a new project, “Crash’n’Burn”, that is to be published by Tokyopop in late 2012. Check out Mikiko’s progress on the English Crash’n’Burn-blog.
Crash’n’Burn-synopsis - quoted from the blog:
Kyle and Tyler are two very different men that hate each other, but by chance end up playing in the same band. ...
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New Daisuki Short Manga
Carlsen has announced that the February issue of the Daisuki magazine (released on January 27th) features the short manga “Turn around” written by André Linke and illustrated by Simone Xie.
Go catch it! :)
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Germangaka signing
Happy New Year!
Tokyopop’s just announced some signing events of its artists Natalie Wormsbecher and David Füleki. Go meet your favourite German Mangaka!
Natalie Wormsbecher (Life Tree’s Guardian) will be signing in Hamburg on February 2nd at 4 pm: Thalia Buchhandlung Shopping-Center Hamburger Meile Hamburger Straße 25 22083 Hamburg
David Füleki (Entoman,...
December 2011
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Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year!
Go tell your loved ones how much you love them, will you?! :) And get to 2012 savely and healthy!
Best wishes,
Anne
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Yonen Buzz in COMIX
The upcoming 12/2011-issue of the COMIX-Magazine will contain the first 17 pages of the 5th volume of Christina Plaka’s “Yonen Buzz”. Further pages will pe pre-published in the following issues 1-2/2012. The complete volume will be released by Tokyopop in February 2012.
Click here for the COMIX-cover featureing “Yonen Buzz”.
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Germangaka's Webcomics
An unfinished list of webcomics by German speaking Mangaka. Feel free to submit new links here, sumission guidelines are there, too. Sorted by Mangaka’s name. Webcomics are usually in German, I will add English versions if available.
Aerni, Helen (Großstadtaugen, Knaur) Fragmente, Animexx.de
Bösch, Evelyne (Feed me poison, Carlsen) Panorama - Exodus, Animexx.de
Brandner, Stella (Idol,...
Donations
Okay, so I added a donation-button to the side. Feel free to donate if you like to support this blog. Let me know if I should also add flattr…? :)
Best wishes,
Anne
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Tokyopop: Germanga 2012
The Newsletter was just released and - wow! - Tokyopop has some aces up it’s sleeves when it comes to new Germanga titles:
2012 will clearly be a good year for David Füleki. After Blutrotkäppchen (coming up March 2012), Tokyopop is also going to publish the Sondermann 2011(best webcomic)-award winning Serial Sausage Slaughter (May 2012) and 78 Tage auf der Straße des Hasses (starting July...
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kokoroto - new web-tv-magazine →
There’s another youtube-channel dealing with Anime, Manga (& western comic cultures) and Japanese Lifestyle: kokoroto, produced by Gesamtkunstwerk.
In distinction from aufgezeichnet.tv, Kokoroto publishes single videos or series of videos that stand alone. The magazine is hosted by Anne Delseit and reporters Jojo and Sarah. The videos contain interviews, coverages, features et cetera.
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Update Germanga 2012 →
I started updating the list of original German language publications announced to be released in 2012. I also updated 2011’s list.
Habe die 2012-Liste und die 2011-Liste aktualisiert. Mehr, wenn ich die Kataloge vorliegen hab oder die Independent-Verlage mir weitere Veröffentlichungsdaten zuspielen … :)
November 2011
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Original German language Web-Manga - The...
Okay, so here’s tonight’s challenge:
I would like to add a list of current (!), at least semi-professional original German language web-Manga to the blog. I know, there’s animexx.de and you can really find a lot of web-Manga there, but you will have to dig through tons of half-baked doujinshi to find a certain quality. I’m looking for webcomics by German-speaking artists...
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YaYuCo livestream →
Can’t attend this year’s YaYuCo? Check out the convention’s livestream!
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"Grablicht" continues as "Emilys Grablicht" →
Months have passed since New Ground Publishing closed its gates and left the future of unfinished projects like Daniela Winkler’s Grablicht unresolved.
Now, Daniela Winkler has announced to continue working on the Manga. It will be pre-released as a webcomic on platforms like Animexx and Smackjeeves (English version) and printed by Delfinium Prints later on. The vampire love story about the...
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MangaMagie X Winners & COMIX
The winners of the 10th edition of the annual MangaMagie Contest have been announced on October 29th.
Top 10 in category 1 (aged 12-17) and 2 (aged 18+): category 1 #1: Anna Backhausen: “Auf Knopfdruck” #2: Andjani Gatzweiler: “Bis bald” #3: Doris Rastinger: “Kann Spuren von Zivilisation enthalten” #4: Jana Resch: “King Design” #5: Lea Cawelius:...
October 2011
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October Newsflash
Anike Hage’s adaption of Gudrun Pausewangs “Die Wolke” (Tokyopop) won this years Sondermann Award (Manga national)! Congratulations!
David Füleki’s webcomic “Entoman” won the Sondermann Award. Congratulations!
Egmont has cancelled two Germanga: Christina Bäumerich’s “Eine ewige Sekunde” won’t be released as well as...
August 2011
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Germanga 2012
The release of the following titles has been announced (titles first published in Germany but not prodruced by authors from a German speaking country are asterisked)… Note: Some titles may be released a few weeks earlier, so a February title may already be in stores by the end of January…
(a) = artist, (s) = scenario/writer
January
Blutrotkäppchen, David Füleki (alias Yeo alias Def), Tokyopop...
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Original German language Manga News
Tokyopop
Anike Hage’s Die Wolke won this years AnimaniA Award.
Tokyopop and David Füleki start Füleki’s new website-project: http://www.manga-madness.de.
Released Germanga: Hommage an Grimms Manga by Anike Hage, Anna Hollmann, Misaho Kujiradou, Mikiko Ponczeck, Inga Steinmetz, Luisa Velontrova, Nina Werner and Reyhan Yildirim.
Egmont Manga & Anime
Piratebay by Diana Liesaus...
July 2011
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June 2011
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Awards, awards!
I came back from the Munich Comic Festival on Sunday night and finally present you the Germanga related winners of the PENG! Award and the ICOM Award 2011:
PENG! Award 2011, Best Manga (National): Anna Hollmann - Stupid Story The PENG! is awarded by the readers (voting on Animexx.de et al). Stupid Story has already received two Sondermann Awards (volume 1 in 2008, volume 2 in 2009) and an...
May 2011
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New Germanga 2012 2.0
Tokyopop Germanga Winter 2011/2012:
Lost and Found by Mikiko Ponczeck (alias Zombiesmile, October 2011)
Blue - A Lost and Found Artbook by Mikiko Ponczeck (alias Zombiesmile, October 2011)
Blutrotkäppchen by David Füleki (alias Yeo alias Def, January 2012)
Lost and Found and its artbook Blue were originally published by The Wild Side (now: Cursed Side) in 2007. Tokyopop also announced that...
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New Germanga 2012
Recently, Egmont has announced its program for Winter 2011/2012. We will have two new Germanga for 2012 so far:
Eine ewige Sekunde by Christina Bäumerich (March 2012)
Soul Sanctum #1-2 by Kim Liersch (alias Tamasaburo, a) & René Paulesich (s) (volume 1: October 2011; volume 2: March 2012)
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Comicstars.de - the end?
For all of you who are wondering what is going to happen to New Ground Publishing’s Comicstars.de: There is news that the website will shut down completely if they haven’t found a buyer by the end of June. So if you uploaded or bought comics there, you better go save your files - just in case…
April 2011
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Carlsen saves Mangaka.de
According to a posting on the Mangaka.de-board, Carlsen has acquired the online community from its former owner New Ground Publishing.
About three months ago, NGPub announced that they would offer their two communities, Mangaka.de and the digital comic platform Comicstars.de, for sale.
The posting doesn’t tell us anything about Comicstars.de - so lets wait for further information on that...
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Germanga 2011 →
I updated the release list of Germanga titles (2011).
I added all independent publisher and self-publisher titles released at Leipzig Bookfair, plus the following notes:
rescheduled release dates:
Schwarzer Turm’s 4th and final volume of Blütenträume anthology will be released in September (at the Connichi 2011, thanks AnimaniA!)
Fahr Sindram’s Cave Canem will be released at the...
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NGPub closes official discussion board
New Ground Publishing (NGPub, Comicstars) has closed its official discussion board on comics-in-leipzig.de. The important entries have been transfered to the general Manga-Fan-Board.
March 2011
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Comics in Deutschland | Germanga on Facebook →
There’s a new discussion page about Comics in Germany / Germanga on Facebook (in German). Click on the link above to get to the page.
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Independent Germanga at Leipzig Bookfair 2011
The following Germanga titles were released by Independent & small publishing houses or self-published at the Leipzig Bookfair 2011 (list isn’t complete yet):
78 Tage auf der Straße des Hasses #8-10, David Füleki, Delfinium Prints
Baito Oh! #4, DJG Berlin (German-Japanese Association Berlin)
Beware of the dog (Yaoi Hearts #1), Kamineo, Schwarzer Turm Verlag
Blutrotkäppchen, David...
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Personal Leipzig Bookfair Pictures →
While I’m still busy working on the German Mangaka list and collecting the recent German language Independent books, here’s a link to my personal blog and my days at Leipzig Bookfair 2011.
February 2011
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http://www.mangamagie.com/ →
10th Anniversary!
This year, it’s the 10th annual Manga Magie Contest. Entries can be handed in until August 31th, the prize giving ceremony is scheduled for October 29th.
Some winners of past Manga Magie contest made it to the major publishing houses. Did you know that 2008’s contest winner Nana Kyere is currently creating her Manga “Patina” for New Ground Publishing / Droemer Knaur?...
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myComics.de veranstaltet Anzeigenwettbewerb... →
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Leipzig Bookfair 2011
Today, the programm of the Leipzig Bookfair 2011 was announced on Leipzig-liest.de.
The following Germanga authors and artists have been announced to attend the fair with their publishers:
Tokyopop: Anike Hage (Gothic Sports), Natalie Wormsbecher (Life Tree’s Guardian), David Füleki (Struwwelpeter)
Carlsen Manga: Judith Park (Ysquare, Dystopia), Melanie Schober (Personal Paradise),...
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Schwarzer Turm: New Germanga by Kamineo
As announced today, the independent publisher Schwarzer Turm will have a new title released at this year’s Leipzig Bookfair: Hentai Hearts #2 - Beware of the Dog is the debut of Kamineo alias Jessica Latsch, who has already worked as an assistant to Mangaka Martina Peters (Lilientod). Visit Kamineo’s tumblr-log for previews (Cover, illustrations).
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New edition of "Summer Rain" with new Cover
As announced on the Tokyopop board, there will be a new edition of Natalie Wormsbecher’s early Romance-project Summer Rain. Summer Rain, originally published in February 2007, was Wormsbecher’s first single volume Manga; she debuted at Tokyopop with her short Manga Robin (which was part of the Manga Fieber-Anthology’s second issue) in 2006.
The new edition will have a new cover...
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Read "Versprich!" online
As announced by the Daisuki magazine’s twitter account, you can now read Inga Steinmetz’ short Manga “Versprich!” online at the magazine’s website (it’s free).
http://www.daisuki-online.de
Inga Steinmetz’ profile
Versprich!
“Versprich!” was originally published in the 2/2010 issue of the magazine.
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Original German language Boys Love titles
Ever since the big publishing houses have started publishing original German language Boys Love titles, some people have been complaining about a tsunami of German Boys Love productions (and Boys Love in general) flooding the market. Which inspired me to list them.
This list attempts to contain all titles published (or announced to be published in 2011) in paperback and anthologies (or volumes of...
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“~roschu Jan 20, 2011
hi ^^
nur ne schnelle frage. kommt der zweite band...”
– According to a statement of Robert Labs on his deviantart profile (which was quotet at the Comics in Leipzig-board), Domicile #2 has not been canceled and will be released “soon”. The release of Domicile had been postponed until further notice due to communication issues between Labs and...
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AnimaniA Award 2011
In its current February & March issue, the AnimaniA magazine has announced the nominees for this year’s 6th AnimaniA Award. Nominated for the AnimaniA Award 2011 in the category of “Manga National” are:
A Kiss from the Dark by Michael Waaler & Nadine Büttner (Carlsen)
Dark Magic by Alexandra Völker (Egmont Manga & Anime)
Die Wolke by Anike Hage (Toykopop)
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January 2011
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January 2011
The following titles have been or will be released in January 2011:
Natalie Wormsbecher: Life Tree’s Guardian #5 (Tokyopop) With the 5th volume, Wormsbecher concludes her first longer series (currently the longest German Manga series published in paperback format) about 15-year-old May, her best friend June and their mysterious adventure with Wolf, the Guardian of the Life Tree.
Nina...
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release schedule changes (Carlsen)
The following release dates of Carlsen titles’ have been changed:
Odessa Twins: Sacrifice, Twintime & Stefan Brönneke (s), Tamasaburo (a) February 2011 June 2011
Killing Iago #3: Russian Roulette, Zofia Garden March 2011 July 2011
Mein untotes Herz, Rebecca Jeltsch (a) & Anne Delseit (s) March 2011 September 2011
Personal Paradise: Killer Kid #2, Melanie Schober Mai 2011 June...