The design of the diving lamps in 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA – which the characters carry with them when diving to illuminate the waters around them – was not so easy… On the one hand, I wanted something that was reminiscent of diving gear design from the period, on

I wish everyone a happy, healthy and blessed Easter! 4 years ago I was lucky to visit fascinating, incredible Jerusalem and to live for two weeks in the heart of the city. In the middle of the world-famous historical bazaar! Our quarters were in the parish hall of the Evangelical

A scaphander is a somewhat outdated, different name for a diving suit. As you all can imagine, it is necessary to agree on a general design with yourself as the artist of an adaptation of 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA, because there are several extensive excursions underwater in which the

On social media (Instagram, Facebook and Twitter) I am currently providing additional information about the history of department stores – the subject of my new non-fictional picture book ÉMILE IN BERLIN – MÄUSEJAGD IM WARENHAUS (‘Émile in Berlin – Mouse hunt at the Big Store’, Gerstenberg Verlag). If you are

What always fascinated me about WAR OF THE WORLDS was that it is set in real locations in southern England, places that H.G. Wells apparently knew like the back of his hand, so well did he describe them and their atmosphere. The towns which the Martian siege comes upon in

In WAR OF THE WORLDS there is a scene in which the main character meets a soldier who has lost his mind due to the extraterrestrial invasion and takes refuge in an imaginary world in which people live underground in order to create a new civilization far away from the

Any character in WAR OF THE WORLDS of course wears contemporary clothing. In addition to other sources (like a compendium about fashion of the 1898 summer season, where my adaption takes place)I also used old photos from family photo albums as source material. I was particularly taken with this coat

One source for the historically accurate setting in my WAR OF THE WORLDS graphic novel was a famous English interior design magazine of the period, ‘The Studio’. This magazine, published in England from 1893 until the early 1960ies, aimed at the upper middle class, who kept themselves up to date

After having finished work on my graphic novel adaption of H.G. Wells’ THE WAR OF THE WORLDS – released by Egmont Graphic Novel in 2017 and re-released in Germany in 2021 by Carlsen Comics (French edition by Éditions Jungle, Paris) – I was tghinking about which new comic project to

Feel kindly invited to a new book concert that Jörg Walter and me are doing next weekend! On August 8 and 9, we are happy to be your hosts at the community hall of the Johanneskirche at Berlin-Frohnau, Zeltinger Platz 18, at 6 pm each day (the hall has a