Max und Moritz Award


The Max und Moritz Award , also known as the Max & Moritz Prize , is a prize for comic books, comic strips, and other similar materials. It has been awarded at each of the biennial International Comics Shows of Erlangen since 1984, and is awarded in several categories, including an audience award and lifetime achievement award. It is open to all material published in Germany.
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1984

  • Best German-language Comic Artist:
  • Best Comic Strip: Hägar the Horrible, by Dik Browne
  • Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication: ''Edition Comic Art''

1986

1988

1990

1992

1993 (in Hamburg)

1994

1996

1998

2000

  • Best German-language Comic Artist:
  • Best Comic Strip or Cartoon Series:
  • * International: Zits, by Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman
  • * Domestic: Touché, by ©TOM
  • Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication:
  • * Domestic: Geteilter Traum, by Daniel Bosshart
  • * Import: Approximate Continuum Comics, by Lewis Trondheim
  • * for Children and Young People: The Wind in the Willows, by
  • * Publication About Comics: Die deutschsprachige Comic-Fachpresse, by
  • Best International Writer: Alan Moore
  • Special Prize of the Jury: The Long and Unlearned Life of Roland Gethers, by
  • Special Prize for outstanding lifetime achievement: Moebius/Jean Giraud

2002

  • Best German-language Comic Artist:
  • Best Comic Strip or Cartoon Series:
  • * International: Liberty Meadows, by Frank Cho
  • * Domestic: Perscheids Abgründe, by Martin Perscheid
  • Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication:
  • * Domestic: Moga Mobo - 100 Meisterwerke der Weltliteratur
  • * Import: Lost Girl, by Nabiel Kanan
  • * For Children: Doktor Dodo schreibt ein Buch, by
  • * For Young People: Come la vita - Cuori imbranati, by Carlos Trillo &
  • * Publication About Comics: Lexikon der Comics, by Marcus Czerwionka
  • Best International Writer: Frank Giroud
  • Special Prize of the Jury: Karl Manfred Fischer, creator & director of the Erlangen Comics Show
  • Special Prize for outstanding lifetime achievement: José Muñoz

2004

  • Best German-language Comic Artist:
  • Best Comic Strip: , by
  • Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication:
  • * Domestic: Held, by Flix
  • * Domestic: Leviathan, by
  • * Import: Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi
  • * For Children and Young People: W.I.T.C.H., by Elisabetta Gnone,,, et al.
  • Best International Writer: Joann Sfar
  • Special Prize of the Jury: 36 vues de la Tour Eiffel, by André Juillard
  • Special Prize for outstanding lifetime achievement: Albert Uderzo

2006

2008

2010

2012

  • Best German-language Comic Artist: Isabel Kreitz
  • Best Comic Strip: Schöne Töchter, by Flix
  • Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication:
  • * Domestic: Packeis, by Simon Schwartz
  • * Import: Footnotes in Gaza, by Joe Sacco
  • * For Children and Young People: Boucle d'or et les Sept Ours nains, by Émile Bravo
  • * Art school project: Ampel Magazin
  • * Prize Awarded by the Audience: Grablicht, by Daniela Winkler
  • Special Prize of the Jury: Rossi Schreiber
  • Special Prize for outstanding lifetime achievement: Lorenzo Mattotti

2014

2016

  • Best German-language Comic Artist: Barbara Yelin
  • Best Comic Strip: Das Hochhaus, by
  • Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication:
  • * Domestic: Madgermanes, by Birgit Weyhe
  • * Import: This One Summer, by Jillian Tamaki & Mariko Tamaki
  • * For Children and Young People: Kiste, by &
  • * Art school project: Wunderfitz
  • * Prize Awarded by the Audience: Crash 'n' Burn, by Mikiko Ponczeck
  • Special Prize of the Jury: avant-verlag
  • Special Prize of the Jury: Luz, for Catharsis
  • Special Prize for outstanding lifetime achievement: Claire Bretécher

2018

  • Best German-language Comic Artist: Reinhard Kleist
  • Best Comic Strip: Das Leben ist kein Ponyhof by Sarah Burrini
  • Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication:
  • * Domestic: Wie ich versuchte, ein guter Mensch zu sein by Ulli Lust, Suhrkamp Verlag
  • * Import: Esthers Tagebücher by Riad Sattouf, Reprodukt
  • * For Children and Young People: Die drei ??? – Das Dorf der Teufel by Ivar Leon Menger, John Beckmann and Christopher Tauber, Kosmos publishers
  • * Art school project: Paradies curated by Jonathan Kunz
  • * Prize Awarded by the Audience: NiGuNeGu by Oliver Mielke and Hannes Radke, Pyramond
  • Special Prize of the Jury: Paul Derouet
  • Special Prize for outstanding lifetime achievement: Jean-Claude Mézières

2022