Tag Archive | "Mawil"

The Germans are coming to London

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

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November sees a visit to Gosh! Comics in London from new Blank Slate artist Uli Oesterle and now veteran Slater Mawil, with both German comics creators coming to Gosh as part of Comica (there’s a talk afterwards too) on November 18th from 6 to 7pm. I’ve not had the pleasure of meeting Uli yet but [...]

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The Band …. Mawil wants to be a rock and roll star

Monday, July 25, 2011

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The Band By Mawil Blank Slate Books Oh, to be young and to be in a band…… As much as I love music, I have an absolute inability to play any instrument, young experiences with a recorder proved that. So I never went through the “lets form a band” phase so many teens go through. [...]

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Home and Away – a Mawil short story collection

Thursday, July 21, 2011

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Home And Away By Mawil Blank Slate Books Mawil is, quite rightly, considered a star in his native Germany, winner of numerous awards, his books sell extremely well, his fans are passionate and committed. But, as is the way with these things, huge success in Europe just doesn’t translate to sales in English. Blank Slate [...]

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TCAF this weekend in Toronto!

Thursday, May 5, 2011

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This Saturday and Sunday is the annual TCAF, the Toronto Comic Arts Festival in the Toronto Reference Library, a bash that everyone we know who has been before has absolutely loved, so we are jealous of anyone who is heading there over this weekend, of course. And among the people who will be juggling selling [...]

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Mawil goes 3D

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

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Warwick Johnson Cadwell points us to some pretty cool-looking ’3D’ art by top German comics creator (and very nice chap), Mawil, in Der Taggespiegel, which I’m really liking the look of -  puts me in mind of a basic cut-out style animation, especially if you read through the panel sequence quickly: While the excellent German [...]

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Basically it all comes down to being relaxed

Thursday, March 10, 2011

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Top German comics creator Mawil offers us up this fun strip with his fellow Blank Slaters on the book racks behind him: (art by and (c) Mawil; Mawil’s next English language book, Home and Away, will be published by Blank Slate this autumn, you can read a little more about it here)

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New from Blank Slate

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

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Gather round, my friends, and feast on some of the upcoming comics goodness from British and European artists that we may gaze upon later this year as Uncle Kenny shares some of the upcoming Blank Slate Books release info with us. As we’ve mentioned previously Kenny is bringing in a new imprint to BSB – [...]

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‘Hello, Zitty’ – Kleist, Mawil, Fil and Fearn animation

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

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Leading German comics artist and creator of one of my favourite works of last year, Reinhard Kleist, has created an animated promotion for Zitty, a Berlin events magazine (“always know what’s happening”), guessing a bit like Time Out in London or The List in Edinburgh and Glasgow. The short animation also includes contributions from Mawil [...]

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Mawil and Trondheim at the Goethe

Monday, November 30, 2009

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(Lewis Trondheim, Mawil and Marc Baines at the Goethe in Glasgow, overseen by Mr O and Mr I) Okay, when I posted up the report of last week’s wonderful European comics night with Germany’s Mawil and France’s Lewis Trondheim organised by the Goethe Institut and the Alliance Français in Glasgow I teased you by alluding [...]

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Mawil and Trondheim in Glasgow

Friday, November 27, 2009

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‘Twas a dark and stormy night as I set off for Glasgow; howling wind and driving, slushy rain falling out of the dark night. I’m glad to say the dreadful weather didn’t dampen spirits though and any fears that it might put off people from venturing out to Glasgow’s Goethe Institut were put to rest; [...]

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Mawil and Trondheim in Glasgow this Wednesday

Monday, November 23, 2009

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This week in Glasgow there’s a rare chance to see and hear two highly acclaimed comics creators from the European scene, with Mawil and Lewis Trondheim appearing in the city’s Goethe Institut (in conjunction with the Alliance Français) on Wednesday 25th November at 7pm. The evening will be chaired by cartoonist, publisher and lecturer Marc [...]

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Sparky O’Hare – Tiny comedy, big laughs.

Monday, August 10, 2009

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Sparky O’Hare by Mawil Blank Slate This is the second book from Mawil to be released by Blank Slate (the first; his very impressive look at young life and relationships; We Can Still Be Friends was reviewed here). But Sparky O’Hare is a completely different book; a cute, charming and ever so funny series of [...]

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