Was gibt’s denn da zu lachen?
Die komische Kunst des WALTER MOERS. Vom Käpt‘n Blaubär, dem Kleinen Arschloch und dem fantastischen Kontinent Zamonien
A brilliant dual talent—an author who draws and an illustrator who writes—Walter Moers has created well-known characters and told their stories with humor and depth like no other in Germany. Be it the yarn-spinning ‘Captain Bluebear’, whose tall tales amuse young and old alike; or the jet-black humor of cult comic figure of the 1990s, the utterly politically incorrect ‘Kleine Arschloch’, (literally ‘Little Asshole’); or the wondrous continent of Zamonia, which Moers builds with ease and bizarre wit around his alter ego, ‘Hildegunst von Mythenmetz’, Moers’ work is a truly unique cosmos of comic art.
With numerous original drawings, this volume takes the reader on a fantastical voyage of discovery, offering both familiar and fresh insights into the artist’s colorful world of characters.
September 2024
ISBN 978-3-7356-1004-1
22 × 28 cm
288 pages
118 colored and 231 b/w illustrations
Hardcover, with dust jacket
Languages: German
Editor
Christine Vogt, LUDWIGGALERIE Schloss Oberhausen
Text by
Lena Elster, Sarah Hülsewig, Gerrit Lungershausen, Leonie Neidert, Daniel Schranz, Martin Sonntag, Apostolos Tsalastras, Christine Vogt
Design by
Uwe Eichholz, Eichholz Architektur Gestaltung, Aachen
Events
Exhibition: Was gibt’s denn da zu lachen? Die komische Kunst des WALTER MOERS. Von Käpt´n Blaubär, dem Kleinen Arschloch und dem fantastischen Kontinent Zamonien, LUDWIGGALERIE Schloss Oberhausen, September 22, 2024 to January 19, 2025 | Caricatura Museum Frankfurt. Museum für komische Kunst, February 1 to June 15, 2025
The 7½ Lives of Walter Moers
From the Little Asshole via Captain Bluebear to Zamonia
Christoph Montebelli
Plattenbau Promenades. Berlin | Havana | Hong Kong | Zanzibar
José Giribás Marambio
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Mongolei – Die Post-Nomadische Erfahrung
Natur, Kunst, Nachhaltigkeit, Gender Relations, Metaphysik
