In a meeting picture the thing to the point and the viewer about the story: This is the Mission of the Cartoons. The artist Miguel Fernandez takes for the DW typical German characteristics to the visor.
How can you tell the Germans? It is the Überkorrektheit, the structuring of madness, or his great passion – namely, for cars? And: be True with the German punctuality? The German Cartoonist Miguel Fernandez feels stereotypes about his countrymen on the Tooth image to image.
On the Social Media channels of the DW of his Cartoons will be from Tuesday, may 6.November, once a week: “do you Understand English?” or “That’s so German…” takes a special behavior and preferences of the Germans on the shovel. That his Cartoons will need to be internationally understood, is a great challenge for the designer: “at the Latest when you see the title of the series and know it’s German and their own types, at the latest, then it should be clear what is meant in the Cartoon,” says Fernandez. His other projects are mostly intended for a German audience. “Because I know what can I expect of the readers, because you have the same experience as me. When people from completely different cultures, I can’t say whether you know whether this, or is this a peculiarity of the German. So I have to really be able to draw on familiar things.”
Not every German dwarfs is a Fan of garden …
The German love of the garden gnome, the penchant for fast cars and an incredible selection of bread and rolls for sure, because it can and foreigners alike smile. Miguel Fernandez the issues in the middle from the life, and coming to a head: “You can’t run through the world and wait for a non-tumbles an idea for the feet, the works,” says the 44-Year-old. “The Cartoons must always be covered or out of reality ripped out, that one could hardly encounter. This is grübel work.”
Failed career of a tax specialist employees
While Fernandez has started quite differently, namely, with a education of specialist assistants in tax and economic Advisory Professions. “I was probably the worst Apprentice, the the had as ever,” laughs Miguel. “That was not me at all. I am in the morning with a stomach ache got up and thought, I really need to do something else.” Than one day there was Trouble with the boss, it was suddenly all clear. Miguel Fernandez announced and studied – after high school and civil service – Visual communication.
“I’m no advertising person,” says Fernandez about his studies, “but I have taken really a lot, especially from the Illustration courses.” His thesis was a Comic Album, which was also published. But Miguel turned to prefer Cartoons. “The Comics, very few people can live a good life, and Cartoons are to me just better. It makes me more fun, and I’m so much happier.”
Everyday German Comedy
Already, his Spanish uncle was a good draughtsman – this impressed the boys, Miguel, when he was in the summer holidays to visit. And he devoured the Comic books, which were in Germany in the 70s and 80s popular: MAD, Kowalski, but also the Werner Comics or Clever&Smart. Until today, several dozen Cartoon books have been published of him, he has made a whole series about the “Done!”-Number, be allowed to do designated things, the more you must do (as a man, 25, with a dog, as a Single woman), or finally (as a grandma, with school, with home ownership).
Deutsche Bahn, always on time, always?
The topics are personally at the heart, but must be also socially relevant. “I want to bring so many people Laugh and reach,” says Fernandez. “To me, it’s Fun, if I get a Mail from someone who has seen in the Internet a Cartoon, and thanked, that he was a good laugh. This is a beautiful thing.”
The Cartoons about the Germans and their Quirks are there from now on demFacebook-channel from DW euromaxx.