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 GerstenbergWritten 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 question if […]
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.
It’s done!
Time has come! After four years, the interior pages of 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA are finished. All the pages that belong to the story and the appendix to the book, the heart of the comic, have been drawn. There will be a few more changes to come, I guess, but they won’t be too […]
GINCO Award for THE BIRTHDAY
Yeah! My short comic THE BIRTHDAY (from the anthology WER TANZT SCHON GERN ALLEIN (‘Who likes to dance alone anyway?’), Peter Hammer Publishing House) wins the GINCO Award 2021 in the category ‘Best short comic for kids’! I am very happy that teh story won a prize by a modern, inclusive award! Thanks to the […]
ÉMILE IN BERLIN awarded by 3 x 3 Mag
I´m glad to announce that my non-fiction picture book ‘Émile in Berlin’– the story takes place in the famous wertheim department store in Berlin during the 1904 Christrmas season – won a ‘Merit’ by 3×3 mag and these illustrations have been selected to be featured in their Annual No. 18!
The Final Chapter
2021 is the year in which I mainly wanted to work on 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA. That planning dates back to even before the start of the corona pandemic. And you could say: such long-term planning shouldn’t cause you any problems in the pandemic, Thilo, because most people suffered from the fact that they […]
Romantic Spots on the River Havel
I’m back from vacation in Brandenburg, where we rented a boat to ride on the river Havel, starting in Brandenburg a. d. Havel and going to Rathenow. I am really overwhelmed by the beauty of the landscape in this country. There are secluded, romantic spots on the Havel, like here at Pritzerbe, where we moored […]
Idea Box
While working on WAR OF THE WORLDS, I also kept an idea box. Fittingly, this came from the time the story takes place: an old glove box cladded in green velvet. I put everything in here that – in terms of its content, shape or design – somehow inspired me for the drawings and the […]