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Schöne Töchter
by Flix
Der Tagesspiegel
Laudatio:
“Schöne Töchter“ (“Beautiful Daughters”) is a declaration of love: to women in general and the comic strip in particular. The first point will only be touched on very briefly, since it isn’t necessary to say much about the merits of love. Flix tells us about togetherness and the loneliness into which it plunges some people. Because “Schöne Töchter” doesn’t simply sing love’s praises. On the contrary: Moments of crisis between men and women are more often a topic of the episodes that appear in the “Tagesspiegel” in Berlin every four weeks. But behind all of the crises lies fascination, and it is clear in every moment that it is the impetus behind the bitterest ridicule and the most telling punch line.
So love is the topic and a comic is the form. The latter sounds like a platitude, but what makes “Schöne Töchter” special is that Flix demonstrates what a comic strip can be, beginning with the format, a square, a very unusual layout that is perfect for the Berlin artist’s page-architectural marvels. How he partitions the area, colors it, stages it – is a formal homage to Herriman’s “Krazy Kat” and Watterson’s “Calvin and Hobbes”. And in terms of content to Schulz’s “Peanuts”. Hence a story that encompasses the entire history of comic strips comes full circle. And with “Schöne Töchter”, Flix has found something similar to the squaring of the circle.
Lifetime Achievement Award
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Best German comic book
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Packeis
by Simon Schwartz
avant-verlag
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Best international comic book
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Gaza
by Joe Sacco
Translation: Christoph Schuler
Edition Moderne
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Best comic strip
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Schöne Töchter
by Flix
Der Tagesspiegel
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Best comic book for children
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Das tapfere Prinzlein und die sieben Zwergbären
by Émile Bravo
Translation: Ulrich Pröfrock
Carlsen Verlag
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Best student comic publication
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Ampel Magazin
by Anja Wicki, Luca Bartulovic and Andreas Kiener
Hochschule Luzern – Design & Kunst
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Special jury prize
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Rossi Schreiber
for her pioneering work and a great adventure as a comics publisher
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Audience Award
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Grablicht
by Daniela Winkler
Droemer Knaur
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The 25 titles nominated for the “Max und Moritz“-Award 2012
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Alois Nebel
by Jaroslav Rudiš and Jaromír 99
Translation: Eva Profousová
Verlag Voland & Quist
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Alte Meister
by Nicolas Mahler
adapted from Thomas Bernhard
Suhrkamp Verlag
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Annas Paradies
by Daniel Schreiber
Splitter Verlag
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Asterios Polyp
by David Mazzucchelli
Translation: Thomas Pletzinger
Eichborn Verlag
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Aufzeichnungen aus Jerusalem
by Guy Delisle
Translation: Martin Budde
Reprodukt
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Baby Blues
by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott
Translation: Michael Bregel
Bulls Press / Achterbahn im Lappan Verlag
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Castro
by Reinhard Kleist
Carlsen Verlag
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Das tapfere Prinzlein und die sieben Zwergbären
by Émile Bravo
Translation: Ulrich Pröfrock
Carlsen Verlag
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Dédé – Eriks Detektiv Deschamps
by Erik
Epsilon Verlag
> nominated by the audience
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Der Mann, der seinen Bart wachsen ließ
by Olivier Schrauwen
Translation: Helge Lethi
Reprodukt
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Der Staub der Ahnen
by Felix Pestemer
avant-verlag
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Die Ballade von Seemann und Albatros
by Nick Hayes
Translation: Henning Ahrens
mareverlag
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Essex County
by Jeff Lemire
Translation: Thomas Schützinger
Edition 52
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Fennek
by Lewis Trondheim and Yoann
Translation: Kai Wilksen
Reprodukt
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Fünftausend Kilometer in der Sekunde
by Manuele Fior
Translation: Maya della Pietra
avant-verlag
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Gaza
by Joe Sacco
Translation: Christoph Schuler
Edition Moderne
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Grablicht
by Daniela Winkler
Droemer Knaur
> nominated by the audience
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Haarmann
by Peer Meter and Isabel Kreitz
Carlsen Verlag
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Lou!
by Julien Neel
Translation: Thomas Schöner
Tokyopop
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Packeis
by Simon Schwartz
avant-verlag
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Pluto
by Naoki Urasawa, adapted from Osamu Tezuka
Co-author: Takashi Nagasaki, translation: Jürgen Seebeck
Carlsen Verlag
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Riekes Notizen
by Barbara Yelin
Frankfurter Rundschau
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Schöne Töchter
by Flix
Der Tagesspiegel
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Summer Wars
by Mamoru Hosoda, Iqura Sugimoto and Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
Translation: Nadine Stutterheim
Carlsen Verlag
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The Walking Dead
by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard and Cliff Rathburn
Translation: Marc-Oliver Frisch
Cross Cult
> nominated by the audience
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