Author: Thilo Krapp

THE TIME MACHINE Graphic Novel: Appearances on the Frankfurt Bookfair

October 9 -11th, Frankfurt Bookfair (Hall 4) + Evangelische Akademie Frankfurt The Frankfurt Book Fair is just around the corner, and I’m excited to be there – to catch up with great people I already know and meet new ones! There will also be several events featuring my brand-new graphic novel adaptation of H. G. […]

Illustrations for Children’s Radio Program

Illustrations for the children’s program “Ohrenbär” / RBBCreated monthly throughout 2026 In 2026, I am the illustrator for the monthly featured image for the children’s program “Ohrenbär” by the RBB. It is a helluva fun to illustrate radio stories by such beloved authors and narrators as Rusalka Reh and Ulrich Matthes! Thanks to AD Sonja […]

Pirates – Schemers of the Seven Seas

Published by KnesebeckWritten and illustrated by Thilo Krapp, 18 €, HC64 p.ISBN: 978-3-98962-021-6 When Knesebeck asked me what I „think about pirates“, I unhesitatedly shouted: „Arrrr! That’s right up my alley!” So, we set about creating an entertaining non-fiction book for children aged eight and up. As the author, I was driven by several questions: […]

The Time Machine Graphic Novel

Published by Carlsen ComicsH.G. Wells (Author, abridged and translated by Thilo Krapp), Thilo Krapp (Illustrator), 25 € (D), HC192 p.ISBN: 978-3-551-80309-2 London, 1897. Henry is a gifted inventor. Grieving a lost love, he builds a time machine to win it back and fight his loneliness. Upon reaching the past, he finds out that altering it […]

Sign of the Cobra – Treasure of the Sunken Palace

Published by KnesebeckWritten by Fabian Lenk, illustrated by Thilo Krapp, 16 € (D), HC156 p.ISBN: 978-3-95728-961-2 A holiday in Istanbul! Yana and Yamon and their older sister Anouk are looking forward to be sun-drenched and excited by the thrilling atmosphere of the capital. But the relaxed vacation mood vanishes in an instant when Yana spots […]

Presentation of THE TIME MACHINE on the 26th International Festival of Literature in Berlin

September 5th, 6:30 pm, Studiobühne, Berliner Festspiele, Schaperstr. 24, 10719 Berlin At this year’s 26th International Festival of Literature Berlin (ilb), I’ll have the pleasure of presenting my graphic novel THE TIME MACHINE – based on H. G. Wells’ great classic – in a session moderated by Lars von Törne of the Berliner Tagesspiegel (published […]

The Phantastical History of the Villa Concordia

Published by Künstlerhaus Villa Concordia, BambergEditor: Nora-Eugenie GomringerAuthor: Jan KoneffkeProofreading: Stephanie Weiß & Wiebke KanaProduction: Reimar Limmer, Embargo Grafik The Villa Concordia Artists’ House in Bamberg – an institution of the Free State of Bavaria – is housed in a building with remarkable history. Between 1716 and 1721, the citizen Johann Ignaz Tobias Böttinger ordered […]