September 15th, 2:30 pm, G.E. Lessing Public Library, Oststraße 16, 01917 Kamenz

On September 15th I’m traveling to Kamenz (Saxony), looking forward to giving a reading concert for my graphic novel 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA based on Jules Verne (Carlsen Comics) as part of the manga and comic event in the city!
In the reading concert I’ll take you to Jules Verne’s fantastic underwater world and the seven seas: While pictures and scenes from the graphic novel are rolling before your eyes, I will read the dialogue in these scenes live to the music of Jörg Walter and bring Captain Nemo’s adventures to life for you! In the end, I will give a small report about the work of a comic artist (by taking my work on 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA as an example, of course). Copies of the book can also be purchased and signed afterwards. I’m looking forward to seeing you!

July 8th, 2024, Bruns-Weber (farmhouse), Ludwigstraße 57, 67161 Gönnheim

Finally! After a long time, the musician Jörg Walter and I are giving another one of our musical reading of my graphic novel adaptation of THE WAR OF THE WORLDS (H.G. Wells)! This wonderful science fiction classic, which I first heard as a radio play at the age of 11, will be presented in its comic form, accompanied by Jörg’s wonderful music on a historical concert reed organ, at the equally wonderful Pfälzer Comic Salon in Gönnheim, Germany, on one of the farms that grow wine there. While the dramatic and captivating story unfolds before your eyes in colorful images and I read – why, embody – the dialogue, Jörg Walter will improvise elegant, mysterious, symphonic music based on specially composed leitmotifs. It will be a feast for the eyes and ears! The musical reading is in German this time. Don’t miss!