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The Comic is a success story
It took you until you looked at the Comic in this country as an art form. The Frankfurt Schirn dedicates to him a Show. To throw the occasion for us to have a look at the history of the Comics, of course, in pictures.
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The granddaddy of the Comics
For many experts, Wilhelm Busch, the father of Comics. The artists from the German province inspired the first modern comic book artist in New York and later influenced even Walt Disney. His “heroes”, which he created from the 1860s, are horrible animal abusers, drunken priest, hypocritical beaterios and two naughty children: Max and Moritz.
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Pioneers of the Comics
Also in Frankfurt, is dedicated to the beginnings of the stories. Until September, the Kunsthalle presents Schirn six mainly US-American “pioneers of Comics” such as Cliff Sterrett (“Polly and Her Pals”). The Display shows the subscriber as an “other avant-garde”, which created its own art form, and developments such as surrealism and expressionism anticipated.
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Unknown Visual Experiences
The Comic owes its rise of the Newspapers: Declining paper prices and higher-performance printing machines make the beginning of the 20th century. Century for a large audience and affordable. In the highly competitive newspaper market, Comics have played an important role in The success of a newspaper is decided sometimes on the popularity of your comic strips – so to speak, the first mass medium in history.
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A super hero was born
In 1933, just 14 years of age, developed Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the character of Superman, and named him Kal-El, Hebrew for “God is in everything”. Only five years later, they found for their heroes a publisher: DC Comics published in 1938, the first issue in the series “Action Comics”. In the United States 2014, it was auctioned a first edition for $ 3.2 million (approx € 2.4 million).
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Super Heroes-Boom
Superman was not alone for long: Soon fought Batman, Captain America, Wonderwoman, The Flash, and countless other super heroes super villains of all
Art – including Adolf Hitler. Yes, you read that right – Superman & Co should strengthen during the Second world war, very aware of the morale of the American troops. -
Super heroes to the screen heroes from
With the end of the war, many of the super heroes vanished – only the duration of the burner could back up their “Job” and rum, beat henceforth with alien threats and criminal geniuses such as the “Joker”. A Boom experienced Superman & Co by means of various adaptations. Recently, for example, with “Deadpool”, a character from the Marvel publishing house.
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A choleric duck captured the hearts
He also appeared in 1934, first in the animated film, this angry Drake here. In 1943, in the “Walt Disney Comics”, wrote the artist Carl Barks decisive share of Donald duck’s popularity In the next 20 years, and illustrated Barks appears almost every month for Disney, and created Donald’s extensive kinship: in 1947, Scrooge McDuck, in 1948, Gustav goose.
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“The spider, the Romans”
However, Europe has a lot of outstanding Comics. Asterix and Obelix, the French artists René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo (photo) are one of the most famous. Already in 1959, invented, play the two Gauls, the main roles in a total of 36 albums. “The Papyrus of Caesar” no longer appeared in the November 2016, the latest Band – now under the leadership of the founding fathers.
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The raging Reporter
Also Tim (Tintin) has written comic book history. With his little white dog, he travels around the world and experienced a hair-raising adventure. In 1929 by the Belgian artist Hergé invented, the 24 volumes in any bookstore. The series has even survived several charges – for example, because of racism: in 2007, a Congolese Student filed a complaint against the proliferation of Tim in the Congo (picture).
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Poor Lonesome Cowboy
Another comic star from Belgium, the Cowboy Lucky Luke. The man who draws faster than his shadow, was invented by the subscriber, “Morris”, and first appeared in 1946 in the magazine “Spirou” in appearance. The first Lucky Luke Album, appeared in 1949. In addition to the stapling Morris 17 wrote scripts to Lucky Luke, including the unforgettable live-action adaptation with Terence Hill in the lead role.
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Comics in a new guise
Comics were not always easy: Sometimes they were considered harmful to minors, verdummend or are, at best, something for the light of the intellect. In 1977, coined the author Wants to untestreichen Eisner (image) the term “Graphic Novel”, the literary claim of his Comics. A smart move, because all of a sudden the traditional readership for the stories and interested.
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The rise of the Graphic Novel
Unlike the Comic, the Graphic Novel is completed and will be offered in book and not in book form. In terms of content, it hardly differs. With the “mouse” is kind of mirror man in 1986, the leap to the bestseller lists in 1992 he even received the Pulitzer. A first for a Comic. In “mouse” tells the story of Survivors of the Americans, the story of his father, a Holocaust.
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The German Comic scene
Unlike the “Comic book-high castles” in France or the USA, it was the image of a strong Medium in this country for a long time closed. Meanwhile, German authors have Kleist established internationally, such as Reinhard. And also to promising young talent. 2016 published Nils Oskamp’s “Three stones”: in it, he tells how he was in his youth, victims of right-wing violence.
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Phenomenon Manga
In the country of origin, Japan, manga have long been important part of leisure culture. In Europe, they were decried in the 1990s, often as comic books with violent or sexual content. By TV-series such as “Sailor Moon”, they won acceptance. At the end of the 1990s, Pokemon “in Germany, a” Manga Boom caused””.
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The granddaddy of the Comics
For many experts, Wilhelm Busch, the father of Comics. The artists from the German province inspired the first modern comic book artist in New York and later influenced even Walt Disney. His “heroes”, which he created from the 1860s, are horrible animal abusers, drunken priest, hypocritical beaterios and two naughty children: Max and Moritz.
-
Pioneers of the Comics
Also in Frankfurt, is dedicated to the beginnings of the stories. Until September, the Kunsthalle presents Schirn six mainly US-American “pioneers of Comics” such as Cliff Sterrett (“Polly and Her Pals”). The Display shows the subscriber as an “other avant-garde”, which created its own art form, and developments such as surrealism and expressionism anticipated.
-
Unknown Visual Experiences
The Comic owes its rise of the Newspapers: Declining paper prices and higher-performance printing machines make the beginning of the 20th century. Century for a large audience and affordable. In the highly competitive newspaper market, Comics have played an important role in The success of a newspaper is decided sometimes on the popularity of your comic strips – so to speak, the first mass medium in history.
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A super hero was born
In 1933, just 14 years of age, developed Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the character of Superman, and named him Kal-El, Hebrew for “God is in everything”. Only five years later, they found for their heroes a publisher: DC Comics published in 1938, the first issue in the series “Action Comics”. In the United States 2014, it was auctioned a first edition for $ 3.2 million (approx € 2.4 million).
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Super Heroes-Boom
Superman was not alone for long: Soon fought Batman, Captain America, Wonderwoman, The Flash, and countless other super heroes super villains of all
Art – including Adolf Hitler. Yes, you read that right – Superman & Co should strengthen during the Second world war, very aware of the morale of the American troops. -
Super heroes to the screen heroes from
With the end of the war, many of the super heroes vanished – only the duration of the burner could back up their “Job” and rum, beat henceforth with alien threats and criminal geniuses such as the “Joker”. A Boom experienced Superman & Co by means of various adaptations. Recently, for example, with “Deadpool”, a character from the Marvel publishing house.
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A choleric duck captured the hearts
He also appeared in 1934, first in the animated film, this angry Drake here. In 1943, in the “Walt Disney Comics”, wrote the artist Carl Barks decisive share of Donald duck’s popularity In the next 20 years, and illustrated Barks appears almost every month for Disney, and created Donald’s extensive kinship: in 1947, Scrooge McDuck, in 1948, Gustav goose.
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“The spider, the Romans”
However, Europe has a lot of outstanding Comics. Asterix and Obelix, the French artists René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo (photo) are one of the most famous. Already in 1959, invented, play the two Gauls, the main roles in a total of 36 albums. “The Papyrus of Caesar” no longer appeared in the November 2016, the latest Band – now under the leadership of the founding fathers.
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The raging Reporter
Also Tim (Tintin) has written comic book history. With his little white dog, he travels around the world and experienced a hair-raising adventure. In 1929 by the Belgian artist Hergé invented, the 24 volumes in any bookstore. The series has even survived several charges – for example, because of racism: in 2007, a Congolese Student filed a complaint against the proliferation of Tim in the Congo (picture).
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Poor Lonesome Cowboy
Another comic star from Belgium, the Cowboy Lucky Luke. The man who draws faster than his shadow, was invented by the subscriber, “Morris”, and first appeared in 1946 in the magazine “Spirou” in appearance. The first Lucky Luke Album, appeared in 1949. In addition to the stapling Morris 17 wrote scripts to Lucky Luke, including the unforgettable live-action adaptation with Terence Hill in the lead role.
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Comics in a new guise
Comics were not always easy: Sometimes they were considered harmful to minors, verdummend or are, at best, something for the light of the intellect. In 1977, coined the author Wants to untestreichen Eisner (image) the term “Graphic Novel”, the literary claim of his Comics. A smart move, because all of a sudden the traditional readership for the stories and interested.
-
The rise of the Graphic Novel
Unlike the Comic, the Graphic Novel is completed and will be offered in book and not in book form. In terms of content, it hardly differs. With the “mouse” is kind of mirror man in 1986, the leap to the bestseller lists in 1992 he even received the Pulitzer. A first for a Comic. In “mouse” tells the story of Survivors of the Americans, the story of his father, a Holocaust.
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The German Comic scene
Unlike the “Comic book-high castles” in France or the USA, it was the image of a strong Medium in this country for a long time closed. Meanwhile, German authors have Kleist established internationally, such as Reinhard. And also to promising young talent. 2016 published Nils Oskamp’s “Three stones”: in it, he tells how he was in his youth, victims of right-wing violence.
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Phenomenon Manga
In the country of origin, Japan, manga have long been important part of leisure culture. In Europe, they were decried in the 1990s, often as comic books with violent or sexual content. By TV-series such as “Sailor Moon”, they won acceptance. At the end of the 1990s, Pokemon “in Germany, a” Manga Boom caused””.
Superman, Asterix and Obelix, and Donald Duck, these Comic book heroes are known the world over. But who paved them and their creators? An exhibition in Frankfurt’s Schirn Kunsthalle pays tribute to currently the early American Comic avant-garde. Long before the Surrealists or expressionists blew up Comic pioneers like Winsor McCay or Cliff Sterrett popular image formats and created a very unique art form. And that was the beginning of the 20th century. Century, an audience of millions.