20,000 Leagues under the Sea Graphic Novel concert at the KIBUM

November 20th, 11:30 – 12:15 am, Kulturetage, Bahnhofstraße 11, 26122 Oldenburg

Hello friends! On Sunday, November 20th, we will be guests at KIBUM, the Oldenburg Children’s Book Fair, and will be giving a reading concert of my graphic novel 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (Carlsen Comics) based on Jules Verne’s famous classic!
In the concert we’ll take you on a journey through the fantastic underwater world of Jules Verne: while the images from the comic are playing before your eyes, I will be reading parts from the book to live music improvisations (played by Jörg Walter on a historic reed organ), and together we’ll let the adventures of Captain Nemo and his passengers come alive for you! Afterwards, if we still have time, I’ll give a small workshop report about how my working process on the graphic novel was like and insights into the work of a comic artist. And of course I’ll be happy to sign your copies of the book.
So let’s go to the “Kulturetage” at Bahnhofstrasse 11 in 26122 Oldenburg, on November 20th – and do this musical under water world tour all together!

Berlin Comic fair Signing hours and Events

November 13th, 11 am – 3 pm, Palais am See (Tegeler Seeterrassen), Wilkestraße 1-5, 13507 Berlin

Hey hey! I’m really looking forward to being at the lively Berlin Comic Fair next weekend! Starting in the ‘Palais am See’ (aka Tegeler Seeterrassen) next Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m I will be signing my brandnew graphic novel 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (Carlsen, after Jules Verne’s timeless classic) and THE WAR OF THE WORLDS (by Carlsen too, after H.G. Wells’ timeless classic) and other comics by me (if you have them ;)! There are also two workshop reports scheduled for 12:00 p.m. and 1:30 p.m., presentations with images in an extra room, in which I will describe my working process on the two aformentioned comics.
I look forward to seeing you! See ya on November 13th at Wilkestraße 1-5, on the banks of the beautiful Tegel lake!

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Graphic Novel Concert

October 11th, 7:30 pm, Heinrich Schulz Library, Otto-Suhr-Allee 96, 10585 Berlin

On October 11, the musician Jörg Walter and I will give a musical reading of my 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA graphic novel! This time in the great Heinrich Schulz library in the imposing town hall of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf in Berlin.

In this form of a book reading accompanied by live music, we will take you into the fantastic underwater world of Jules Verne: While the images from the graphic novel are playing in front of your eyes, I will read thoughtfully linked excerpts from the comic based on Jules Verne’s famous classic (now out at Carlsen Comics Publishing House in Germany) to live music improvisations by Jörg on a historic reed organ (that fits to Nemo’s organ obsessions, right?). We let the adventures of Captain Nemo and its passengers come alive for you, and the musical improvisations follow leitmotifs for Nemo, Arronax, Conseil and Ned Land (the fabled harpooner :), as well as the sea itself!

Afterwards I will give a small report (with pictures) about how I worked on the graphic novel and give insights into the work of a comic artist, and I would be happy to sign your copies of the book if you bring them. So come, everyone, on October 11th, at 7:30 p.m. to Otto-Suhr-Allee 96 (the venue) & let us enchant you and take you on an adventurous journey under the sea!

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Graphic Novel Concert

September 21, 6 pm, Lusienbad Library, Badstraße 39, 13357 Berlin

On September 21, the musician Jörg Walter and I will give a musical reading of my 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA graphic novel adaption, in the beautiful ‘putto salon‘ of the Luisenbad Library in Berlin. A fitting location for a Belle Epoque story!

In this form of reading, we will take you into fantastic underwater worlds and a rousing story, and while the images from the graphic novel are playing in front of your eyes, I will read parts of the comic based on Jules Verne’s famous classic (out now at Carlsen publishing house) to music improvisations performed LIVE by Jörg – together we let the adventures of Captain Nemo and his passengers come
alive for you!

So come, everyone, on the 21st of September, at 6 p.m. to the beautiful Luisenbad Library in Berlin-Wedding (Badstraße 39, 13357 Berlin), let us enchant you and take you on an wonderful journey beneath the waves!

20,000 Leagues Under The Sea: Book Concert at the Humboldt Library

June 27th, 7:30 pm, Humboldt Library Berlin (-Tegel), Karolinenstraße 19, 13507 Berlin, no Entrance fee (donations appreciated)

t’s that time again on Monday! Together with the musician Jörg Walter, we are starting one of our popular ‘book concerts’ about my graphic novels again: after the success with the musical reading for my WAR OF THE WORLDS graphic novel in the previous years, we are now performing my brand new adaptation of 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (Carlsen Comics). Join us on our journey to the fantastic underwater world of Jules Verne! I read excerpts from the comic based on his famous classic to music improvisations played live by Jörg, while the panels from the comic roll before your very eyes. We let the adventures of Captain Nemo and his passengers come to life for you!

Here is a short excerpt from the event text: “Anger burns In Captain Nemo against humanity
fighting each other. Thanks to his submarine, the ‘Nautilus’, he now calls the oceans his home.
But when he captures Professor Arronax, his servant Conseil and the harpooner Ned Land, the
outside world invades his kingdom. An adventure begins for all of them as they face the dangers
of the sea and their inner demons.”

So come everyone on 27.06. at 7.30 p.m. to the Humboldt Library in Berlin-Tegel (Karolinenstraße 19, 13507 Berlin) and let yourself be enchanted! Admission is free (but donations are appreciated)!

Comicsalon Erlangen & Austria Comic Con: Signing Hours

June 16th + 17th, Schlossplatz Erlangen, Hall A, Booth 30 / June 18th + 19th, Wels Fair, Messeplatz 1, 4600 Wels (Austria)

Are you looking forward to the Erlangen Comic Salon as much as I am? I will be signing at
Carlsen Comics (Hall A, booth 30) on June 16th and 17th from 5-6pm. We’ll be having my brand new graphic novel adaptation of 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA and of course I’ll be signing my WAR OF THE WORLDS adaption there too! I’m so looking forward to it!
On June 17, at 3 pm, we will also be showing the film ‘Comic’ (about making comics, represented by several well-known German comic artists (including Olivia Vieweg, Barbara Yelin, Elke R. Steiner, Bernd Kissel, Ulf K. …) who are also in the Illustratoren Organisation (IO e.V.), the German union of Illustrators) in the presence of almost all participants of the film in the ‘Kollegienhaus’. We’re gonna live-chat on stage about the creation of the film with the artists involved! Don’t miss out on this highly concentrated accumulation of industry talents and hop by :-D!

On Saturday and Sunday I will be at the Austria ComicCon, where you can find me in the Artists Alley and at the Q & A panel at the above times!