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Award Winner
Gaza by Joe Sacco
Translation: Christoph Schuler
Edition Moderne
Laudatio: Joe Sacco didn’t invent comics reportage, but he gave new life to this genre when he traveled to Palestine as a comics journalist for the first time twenty years ago. With “Gaza” (“Footnotes in Gaza”), his newest report after “Palestine” and “Bosnien” (“Safe Area Goražde”), Sacco, who was born in 1960, again impressively and emphatically demonstrates the documentary and journalistic potential of comics. In “Gaza”, Sacco examines a footnote in the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian territories, two massacres of Palestinian civilians during the Suez Crisis in 1965. 400 men were killed in Chan Younis and Rafah. Sacco’s interest was awakened when he couldn’t find any literature on the topic. He traveled to the Gaza Strip and interviewed numerous eyewitnesses. Sacco confronts his journey into the past with his observations on the current situation in present-day Gaza. More than once, he witnesses the arbitrariness of the Israeli occupiers who flatten houses and silence activists. Thanks to the juxtaposition of past events with the current bleak and hopeless everyday life, “Gaza” becomes a polyphonic and multilayered report that ultimately also examines the mechanisms of the endless conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.
Joe Sacco’s importance for the boom in documentary and journalistic comics cannot be overestimated – and “Gaza” impressively confirms his qualities as a dedicated journalist, a conscientious researcher, a great storyteller and a realistic artist.
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/150Gaza_SaccoEdModerneCover.jpg)
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