Max und Moritz Award
Appearance
Max & Moritz Prizes are prizes for comic books, comic strips, and other similar materials which have been awarded at each of the biennial International Comics Shows of Erlangen since 1984. They are open to all material published in Germany.
Best International Comic Strip
- 1984 – Hägar, by Dik Browne (USA)
- 1986 – Knallfroschs Freunde [Animal Crackers] by Roger Bollen (USA)
- 1988 – Mafalda, by Quino (Argentina)
- 1990 – Calvin und Hobbes {Calvin & Hobbes}, by Bill Watterson (USA)
- 1992 - Neander aus dem Tal {B.C.}, by Johnny Hart
- 1994 - Die Memoiren von Captain J. Star, {Captain Star}, by Steven Appleby
- 1996 – Mutts, by Patrick McDonnell (USA)
- 1998 – Dilbert, by Scott Adams (USA)
- 2000 – Zits, by Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman (USA)
- 2002 – Liberty Meadows, by Frank Cho (Salleck Publications) (USA)
- Doonesbury, by Garry Trudeau (USA),
- Sherman's Lagoon, by J.P. Toomey (USA);
- 2004 Nominees - Tom Breitenfeld, Der kleine König der großen Tiere, Carlsen Comics; Rick Kirkman & Jerry Scott, Baby Blues, Achterbahn; Volker Reiche, Strizz, C.H. Beck; J.P. Toomey, Sherman's Lagoon, Bulls Press
Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication
- 1984 - Comic-Art (series), (Carlsen Verlag)
- 1986 – (tie) Macao: Internationale Comics (Macao Books Wuppertal); Strapazin (Comic-Art-Magazin, Zürich); Verwüstete Herzen, by Loustal & Paringaux (Verlag Schreiber und Leser, München); Peter und der Wolf, by Loriot & Jörg Müller (Verlag Sauerländer, Aarau, Frankfurt, Salzburg);
- 1988 - Auf der Suche nach Peter Pan, by Cosey (Carlsen Verlag)
- 1990 – Winners - Der tägliche Wahn, by Miguelanxo Prado (Ehapa Verlag)
- Watchmen: Die Wächter, by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons (Carlsen Verlag)
- Volumes of Tardi's work (Edition Moderne) (Die Edition Moderne mit den Tardi-Ausgaben);
- Boxer (Edition Kunst der Comics)
- 1992 – Winners - Peter Pan, by Régis Loisel (Ehapa Verlag); Theodor Pussel (series), by Frank Le Gall (Carlsen Verlag); Die Pioniere des menschlichen Abenteuers, by François Boucq (Alpha Comic Verlag); Die Bibliothek der großen Comic-Klassiker (series), (Carlsen Verlag); Feuer, by Lorenzo Mattotti (Edition Kunst der Comics)
- 1994 – Winners: Der unschuldige Passagier, by Martin tom Dieck (AS Verlag, Alsfeld); Foligatto, by Nicolas de Crécy und Alexios Tjoyas (Ehapa Verlag); Red Road: Land der Büffel, by Derib (Carlsen Verlag); Tödliche Spiele, by Jacques Tardi (Edition Moderne); Voll Mond Suppe, by Alastair Graham (Bertelsmann|Bertelsmann Verlag);
- 1996 - Zoo, Band 1, by Philippe Bonifay & Frank (Splitter-Verlag)
Best German-language Comic—Domestic
- 1996 - Lovecraft, by Reinhard Kleist/Roland Hüve (Ehapa Verlag)
- 1998 - Wüttner, by Haimo Kinzler (Zwerchfell Verlag)
- 2000 - Winner - Geteilter Traum, by Daniel Bosshart (Edition Moderne)
- Nominees - Schläfenlappenphantasien, by Uli Oesterle (Zwerchfell); Viriconium, by Dieter Jüdt (comicplus+ contura); Kaktus, by Gerhard Schlegel & Elke Reinhart (Laska Comix); Schmetterlinge im Bauch, by OL (Reprodukt); Leicht beschädigte Tiere, by Nicolas Mahler (Edition Brunft);
- 2002 – Winner - 100 Meisterwerke der Weltliteratur, by Moga Mobo & various artists (Bostel Produktion);
- Nominees - Alltagsspionage: Comicreportagen aus Berlin, by Tim Dinter, Jens Harder, Ulli Lust, Kathi Käppel, Mawil, & Kai Pfeiffer (Monogatari); Alte Frauen, by Tim Dinter & Kai Pfeiffer (Zwerchfell Verlag); Mein Bruder Flo, by José-Luis Bocquet & Andreas Gefe (Arrache Coeur); Tango de la mort, by Ulf K. (Edition 52); WonderTüte 5/6: Hunde über Berlin, by Atak (Reprodukt);
- 2004 – Nominees - diverse, PLAQUE 01, avant; Flix, Held, Carlsen Comics; Jens Harder, Leviathan, éditions de l'An 2; Nicolas Mahler, Kunsttheorie versus Frau Goldgruber, edition selene; Mawil, Wir können ja Freunde bleiben, Reprodukt;
Best German-language Comic—Import
- 1996 – Saint Exupéry: Sein letzter Flug [The Last Flight of the Little Prince], by Hugo Pratt & Umberto Eco (Ehapa Verlag)
- 1998 - Paul Auster’s City of Glass, by Paul Auster, Paul Karasik, & David Mazzucchelli (Rowohlt Verlag)
- 2000 - Winner - Approximate Continuum Comics, by Lewis Trondheim (Reprodukt)
- Nominees - Konstellationen, by Debbie Drechsler (Reprodukt); Der Aufschub, by Jean-Pierre Gibrat (Salleck Publications); Kabuki, by David Mack (Infinity); Ghost World, by Daniel Clowes (Reprodukt);
Terminal City, by Dean Motter & Michael Lark (Edition Speed)
- 2002 – Winner - Lost Girl, by Nabiel Kanan (Lost Comix);
- Nominees - Berlin 1931, by Raúl & Felipe H. Cava (avant-verlag); From Hell, by Alan Moore & Eddie Campbell (Speed); Little Lit, by various (Carlsen Verlag); Zehn Gebote, by Frank Giroud & various artists (comicplus+); Die Geschichte von einer bцsen Ratte {The Tale of One Bad Rat}, by Bryan Talbot (comicplus+)
- 2004 – Nominees - Igort, 5 ist die perfekte Zahl, avant; Mohiro Kitoh, Naru Taru, Egmont vgs / EMA; Jason Lutes, Berlin - steinerne Stadt, Carlsen Comics; Alan Moore/Kevin O'Neill, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, I&II Speed; Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis, Edition Moderne;
Best German-language Publication About Comics
- 1996 - 100 Jahre Comic-Strips, by Bill Blackbeard, et al. (Carlsen Verlag)
- 2000 - Winner - Die deutschsprachige Comic-Fachpresse, by Eckart Sackmann (comicplus+)
- Nominees - Mutanten: Die deutschsprachige Comic-Avantgarde der 90er Jahre, by Hg. Christian Gasser (Hatje Cantz); Film ist Comics, by Paolo Canepelle & G¨nter Krenn (Film Archiv Austria Reddition; Edition Alfons);
- 2002 - Winner - Reddition, by Volker Hamann Hg. (Edition Alfons);
- Nominees - Comics neu erfinden [Reinventing Comics], by Scott McCloud (Carlsen Verlag); Geschichte im Comic, by Gerald Munier (Unser Verlag); Lexikon der Comics, by Marcus Czerwionka Hg. (Corian Verlag); Asterix, Barbarella & Co., by Thierry Groensteen (Somogy/CNBDI);
Best German-language Comic for Children and Young People
- 1996 - Detektiv John Chatterton, by Yvan Pommaux (Moritz Verlag)
- 1998 - Illustrierte Kinder-Klassiker (series), especially "Peter und Wolf" by Miguelanxo Prado & "Das tapfere Schneiderlein" by Mazan (Ehapa Verlag)
- 2000 – Winner - Der Wind in den Weiden {The Wind in the Willows}, by Michel Plessix (Carlsen Verlag);
- Nominees – Pyrenee, by Philippe Sternis & Régis Loisel (Ehapa Comic Collection); Pinky & Brain, by Walter Carzon (Dino); Dragon Ball, by Akira Toriyama (Carlsen Verlag); Soda, by Bruno Gazzotti & Philippe Tome (Salleck Publications); Oh! My Goddess, by Kosuke Fujishima (Feest Comics)
- 2002 - Winner - Doktor Dodo schreibt ein Buch von Ole Könnecke (Carlsen Verlag);
- Nominees - Gnome von Troy, by Scotch Arleston & Didier Tarquin (Carlsen Verlag); Norbert die Eidechse, by Régis Loisel & Patrick Cothias (Egmont Ehapa); Käpt'n Blaubär, by HONK Studios (Carlsen Verlag); Die Abfrafaxe: Congo, by Thorsten Kiecker, Andreas Pasda, Schulze, & Hubertus Rufledt (Mosaik: Steinchen für Steinchen)
- 2004 – Nominees - Elisabetta Gnone, W.I.T.C.H., Egmont Ehapa (Egmont vgs); Aoyama Gosho, Detektiv Conan, Egmont vgs/EMA; Bernd Natke, Benni, (Demosthenes Verlag); Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo, Schwarzer Turm;
Best German-Language Comic for Young People
- 2002 – Winner - Wie im richtigen Leben: Herzstolpern, by Carlos Trillo & Laura Scarpa (Schwarzer Klecks);
- Nominees - Ranma ½, by Rumiko Takahashi (Egmont Manga & Anime); Malika, by Tehem (Carlsen Verlag); Futurama, by Matt Groening, et al. (Dino)
Best German-language Comic Strip or Cartoon Series
- 1998 – Winner - Touché, by TOM
- Nominees - Flashko, by Nicholas Mahler; Abgründe, by Martin Perscheid
- 2000 – Winner - Touché, by ©TOM
- Nominees - Flashko, by Nicholas Mahler; Abgründe, by Martin Perscheid
- 2002 – Winner – Abgründe, by Martin Perscheid (Lappan Verlag);
- Nominees - Der große Max, by Dieter Hanitzsch & Herbert Riehl-Heyse (Antje Kunstmann); Die Loge, by Alex Macartney (Self-published); Oh, Schlagsahne! Hier müssen Menschen sein, by Katz & Max Goldt (Carlsen Comics);
Best German-language Comic Artist
- 1984 – Chris Scheuer
- 1986 – Matthias Schultheiss
- 1988 – Franziska Becker
- 1990 – Gerhard Seyfried
- 1992 – Ralf König
- 1994 – Hendrik Dorgathen
- 1996 – Thomas Ott
- 1998 - Bernd Pfarr
- 2000 – Winner – Martin tom Dieck;
- Nominees – Ol; Atak; Isabel Kreitz; Peter Puck
- 2002 – Winner - Pater Puck *
- Nominees - Ulf K.; Isabel Kreitz; Reinhard Kleist; Dirk Schulz;
- 2004 – Nominees - Jens Harder: Leviathan, (éditions de l'An 2); Horus: Wüstensöhne, (Egmont vgs); Ulf K.: Titus von Götheborg, (Edition 52); Mawil: Wir können ja Freunde bleiben, Reprodukt; Volker Reiche: Strizz, C.H. Beck;
Special Prize
- 1990 – Art Spiegelman, for Maus
Special Prize of the Jury
- 1994 – Mecki: Einer für alle, by Eckart Sackmann (comicplus+, Verlag Sackmann & Hörndl)
- 1996 - Dr. Dietmar Hohlweg, prior mayor (Altoberbürgermeister) of the city of Erlangen
- 1998 - Führer durch die geheimnisvollen Städte, by François Schuiten & Benoît Peeters (Ehapa Verlag)
- 2000 - Winner - Das lange ungelernte Leben des Roland Gethers [The Long and Unlearned Life of Roland Gethers], by Shane Simmons (Maro Verlag);
- Nominees - Mutanten-Kosmos, by Christian Gasser; WDR comicon.com, by Rick Veitch; DC-Archiv {DC Archives} (Dino);
- 2002 - Karl Manfred Fischer, creator & director of the Erlangen Comics Show (Schöpfer und Leiter des Comic-Salons Erlangen)
- 2004 – Nominees - Comic-Website des ORF http://comics.orf.at; The Spirit - Archive, Will Eisner, Salleck Publications; 36 Ansichten des Eiffelturms, André Juillard, Salleck Publications; Jimmy, das Gummipferd, Roland Kohlsaat, Lappan; Wilhelm-Busch-Museum Hannover;
Special Prize for outstanding life’s work
- 1992 – Alberto Breccia
- 1994 – Will Eisner
- 1996 – André Franquin
- 1998 – Robert Crumb
- 2000 – Jean “Moebius” Giraud
- 2002 – José Antonio Muñoz
- 2004 – Nominee – Albert Uderzo, Asterix, Egmont Ehapa/Egmont vgs;
Best International Writer
- 1994 – Jean von Hamme
- 1996 – Pierre Christin
- 1998 – Neil Gaiman
- 2000 – Winner - Alan Moore;
- Nominees – Joann Sfar; Jean Dufaux; Anne Sibran;
- 2002 - Winner - Frank Giroud;
- Nominees – Philippe Tome; Yann; Tiziano Sclavi; Brian Michael Bendis;
- 2004 – Nominees - Brian Michael Bendis: Torso, Speed; Mike Mignola: Hellboy, Cross Cult; Joann Sfar: Die Katze des Rabbiners, avant; Rumiko Takahashi: Maison Ikkoku, Ranma 1/2, Egmont vgs/EMA;