20,000 Leagues under the Sea Cover
Here’s a small updated preview of the book jacket illustration for my upcoming 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA graphic novel (Carlsen).
Christmas is just around the corner…
Important announcement from Santa Claus 🙂 ! ÉMILE IN BERLIN – MOUSE HUNT IN THE BIG STORE (Gerstenberg Publishing House) is the ideal Santa Claus or Christmas present for children aged 8+ who want to delve into pictures and read a fast-paced story. Winter 1904/05: Émile and his mother visit Berlin to see the famous […]
The War of the Worlds Graphic Novel German Color Edition
Published by Carlsen ComicsH.G. Wells (Author, abridged and translated by Thilo Krapp), Thilo Krapp (Illustrator), Colors by Xavi M. Montell, 18 € (D), 18,50 € (A), SC, 136 p.ISBN: 978-3-551-78169-7 The new German edition of my graphic novel adaption of H.G. Wells’ famous novella by Carlsen! Strange explosions occur on Mars, noticed by some experts, […]
WAR OF THE WORLDS new German EDITION at Carlsen Comics
For the new German edition of my graphic novel based on H.G. Wells THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, publisher Carlsen and I agreed on a translation of the colored French edition from summer 2020, which was published by Steinkis / Éditions Jungle. For this French edition, the original version, which Egmont published in sepia tones […]
Art Nouveau in Dortmund
Art Nouveau houses in Alexanderstraße in Dortmund, Germany. This is a type of house that was popular around 1900 with builders who wanted to build several homes for themselves (together with relatives/company co-owners/friends), but directly connected so that the distances between the dwelling parties were short. And of course it was easier to build firewall […]
Cast Iron Architecture
For 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA, I researched a lot of steel and iron architecture and their principles in order to design the appropriate look inside the ‘Nautilus’. I am a big fan of it, and its aesthetics. Growing up in Northrhine-Westfalia in Germany, an – before its redevelopment – industrialized area, I was surrounded […]
YOUNG DETECTIVES – Curse of the Black Gold
Review (…) Of course, the four of them don’t hesitate and start investigating. A really tricky first case for those clever Young Detecttives! Kilifü 2021 Published by EDEL KIDS BOOKSWritten by Andreas Schlüter, illustrated by Thilo Krapp, book cover by Max Meinzold, 12,99 (D), HC, 272 p.ISBN: 978-3-96129-210-3 Isabel, Seo-Yun, Daniel und Paul are pupils […]
From Beijing to Paris in 80 Days
Published by Gerstenberg publishing houseWritten by Stephan Martin Meyer, illustrated by Thilo Krapp, 17,00 € (D), HC, 64 p.ISBN: 978-3-8369-6089-2 Burgundy 1907: Uncle Charles notices a car race advertised in the French newspaper ‘Le Matin’. It is supposed to go from Beijing to Paris, an enormous distance at that time. The ‘Matin’ asks the provocative […]
Watercolor Study
A small watrercolor study I did on one of the past weekends.
Paris Sketches
I paid a short visit to Paris in September. Here are a few sketches I’ve been able to make in the short amount of time I’ve had.