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Award Winner
Packeis by Simon Schwartz
avant-verlag
Laudatio: This year, the best comic by a German-speaking comics artist comes from the cold. From the terrors of ice and darkness, to quote Christoph Ransmayr. In his second book, “Packeis”, Simon Schwartz leads us to the North Pole – just as Commander Peary leads the protagonist of the story there, the young black ship’s boy Matthew Henson. There is good reason to believe that Henson was the first person at the Pole, but no one was allowed to know that in 1909, since Peary was white and there was no way that a black person could be allowed to have beaten him in the perpetual whiteness. Henson was definitely one of Peary’s most important aides and even that seemed defamatory at the time. To this day, more than 100 years after the then groundbreaking event, the concealment of Henson’s achievement continues.
Therefore “Packeis” is a doubly deserving winner: in terms of quality in any case, because the ingenuity with which Simon Schwartz combines American reality and the mythology of the Inuit narratively as well as aesthetically is admirable. But also because he has chosen a topic that is, sadly, still of undiminished interest: selfishness and arrogance. Simon Schwartz brings all of this together in an adventure story in the classical sense that you don’t want to put down. At the end, you sit there, educated, and don’t know what happened to you. Now, Simon Schwartz stands here, bestowed. But he knows why.
Lifetime Achievement Award
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Best German comic book
Packeis by Simon Schwartz avant-verlag
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Best international comic book
Gaza by Joe Sacco Translation: Christoph Schuler
Edition Moderne
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Best comic strip
Schöne Töchter by Flix Der Tagesspiegel
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Best comic book for children
Das tapfere Prinzlein und die sieben Zwergbären by Émile Bravo Translation: Ulrich Pröfrock
Carlsen Verlag
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Best student comic publication
Ampel Magazin by Anja Wicki, Luca Bartulovic and Andreas Kiener
Hochschule Luzern – Design & Kunst
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Special jury prize
Rossi Schreiber for her pioneering work and a great adventure as a comics publisher
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Audience Award
Grablicht by Daniela Winkler Droemer Knaur
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The 25 titles nominated for the “Max und Moritz“-Award 2012
Alois Nebel by Jaroslav Rudiš and Jaromír 99 Translation: Eva Profousová
Verlag Voland & Quist
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Alte Meister by Nicolas Mahler adapted from Thomas Bernhard
Suhrkamp Verlag
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Annas Paradies by Daniel Schreiber Splitter Verlag
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Asterios Polyp by David Mazzucchelli Translation: Thomas Pletzinger
Eichborn Verlag
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Aufzeichnungen aus Jerusalem by Guy Delisle Translation: Martin Budde
Reprodukt
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Baby Blues by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott Translation: Michael Bregel
Bulls Press / Achterbahn im Lappan Verlag
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Castro by Reinhard Kleist Carlsen Verlag
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Das tapfere Prinzlein und die sieben Zwergbären by Émile Bravo Translation: Ulrich Pröfrock
Carlsen Verlag
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Dédé – Eriks Detektiv Deschamps by Erik Epsilon Verlag
> nominated by the audience
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Der Mann, der seinen Bart wachsen ließ by Olivier Schrauwen Translation: Helge Lethi
Reprodukt
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Der Staub der Ahnen by Felix Pestemer avant-verlag
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Die Ballade von Seemann und Albatros by Nick Hayes Translation: Henning Ahrens
mareverlag
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Essex County by Jeff Lemire Translation: Thomas Schützinger
Edition 52
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Fennek by Lewis Trondheim and Yoann Translation: Kai Wilksen
Reprodukt
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Fünftausend Kilometer in der Sekunde by Manuele Fior Translation: Maya della Pietra
avant-verlag
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Gaza by Joe Sacco Translation: Christoph Schuler
Edition Moderne
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Grablicht by Daniela Winkler Droemer Knaur
> nominated by the audience
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Haarmann by Peer Meter and Isabel Kreitz Carlsen Verlag
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Lou! by Julien Neel Translation: Thomas Schöner
Tokyopop
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Packeis by Simon Schwartz avant-verlag
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Pluto by Naoki Urasawa, adapted from Osamu Tezuka Co-author: Takashi Nagasaki, translation: Jürgen Seebeck Carlsen Verlag
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Riekes Notizen by Barbara Yelin Frankfurter Rundschau
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Schöne Töchter by Flix Der Tagesspiegel
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Summer Wars by Mamoru Hosoda, Iqura Sugimoto and Yoshiyuki Sadamoto Translation: Nadine Stutterheim
Carlsen Verlag
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The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard and Cliff Rathburn Translation: Marc-Oliver Frisch
Cross Cult
> nominated by the audience
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![Preview](2012/fotos/150Packeis_SchwartzAvantCover.jpg)
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