Children’s Comic Day, Graphic Novel Day, Book Signing: Full Comic Program for Berlin

It has black and yellow fur, an eight-meter-long tail, and wherever it appears, things get turbulent. The Marsupilami is one of the most popular comic characters in Europe. And thanks to Berlin-based illustrator Flix, an adventure of the jungle dweller invented in Belgium is now taking place on the Spree. In his album “The Humboldt Animal,” Flix tells the story of what happened when the mythical creature appeared one day in the Natural History Museum and befriended a girl from Berlin.

This Sunday (8 September) the artist will present his entertaining story at Children’s Comic Day in Prenzlauer Berg. At 10 a.m. it opens in the rooms of the comic book store “Modern Graphics” and the venue “Dock 11” at Kastanienallee 79 a series of comic readings.

During the course of the day, other colleagues will follow, showing excerpts from their works on the screen and reading out scenes, including Patrick Wirbeleit (“Kiste”), Aisha Franz (“Drei aus der Zukunft”) and Anke Kuhl (“Manno”), who in the afternoon, together with illustrator Mawil, also presented the children’s magazine “Polle”, the current cover of which we show here as an illustration of this article.

There will also be several drawing, screen printing and make-up workshops. And at 5 p.m. the Miniature Orchestra will be giving a concert in the park. It will consist partly of cartoonists and used toy instruments for its cheerful summer music – great fun for young and old. Entry is free, all information on kindercomictag.de.

The day before, on September 7, the International Literature Festival Berlin (ilb) will also be about storytelling with images: In the afternoon, the Haus der Berliner Festspiele (Schaperstr. 24, 10719 Berlin) will host another event, moderated by journalist Lilian Pithan. “Graphic Novel Day“ At 4 p.m., the French Nina Six will present her comic “The Foam.” At 5 p.m., the Swiss Nando von Arb will follow, whose autobiographical graphic novel “Learning to Fear” was recently awarded the title of best German-language comic.

At 6 p.m., the German-American illustrator Nora Krug will talk about her book “Im Krieg,” in which she has processed everyday experiences from Ukraine and Russia. And at 7 p.m., the Austrian comic minimalist Nicolas Mahler will present his works inspired by Franz Kafka. At the same time, there will be an “Artist Alley” in which Berlin comic artists and publishers will present, sign and sell their works. The ticket for the entire Graphic Novel Day program costs 18 euros, and tickets for the individual talks are available for 5 euros.

Anyone who wants to discover new comics on Saturday can do so at the specialist shop “Great nonsense” in Kreuzberg (Zossener Straße 33): From 1 p.m. onwards, Berlin illustrators Bela Sobottke and Michael Vogt will be signing their current works “The Little Perry” (the second volume of which has just been published) and “Terror 3000”.