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Welcome to "Faszination Comic", one of the focal themes of the Frankfurt Book Fair 2002. The programme is presented to you by comic.de, Germany's leading comics website. All good things come in threes! And this year too, the Comics Centre will be back in Hall 3.0 J 103, where every picture tells a story. Talks and discussions, interviews and autographing sessions, exhibitions and events, the International Readers' Corner and Info Point - "Faszination Comic" covers the whole spectrum of what is now an accepted art form. A fascinating and versatile programme presents comics in all their diversity and reflects their rapid development over recent years. And of course, an important contribution to the success of "Faszination Comic" is made by the approximately seventy exhibitors who are based around the Comics Centre, ready to introduce their varied lists to interested trade visitors and fans. Programme Wednesday, October 9th, 2002 13.00 Uhr Av@tar Comics Award Presentation Bang up to date, and yet traditional - once again this year as part of the official opening of "Faszination Comic", Dino entertainment AG is awarding the most innovative and most original online comic productions. The latest information on submitting entries and on partners can be accessed at www.dinocomics.de, there selecting "Av@tar". 14.00 Uhr Battle of the giants: Graphic Novels and Manga Multiply Panel discussion chaired by Andreas Platthaus und Wolfgang Strzyz. Panellists: Martin Jurgeit, Dr. Joachim Kaps, Frank Neubauer, Rossi Schreiber, Michael Walz, Kai Witz. Enter stage left Graphic novel (to Manga): "As long as you're living under my roof, you won't be read here! Why don't you take a look at a comic instead!" - Manga: "Hey you old fart, we're not living in the 2nd millennium any more. Your time is up." - Graphic novel (sobbing): "Where did we go wrong in our comics upbringing?!" - Manga (putting feet up on the table): "In everything! You stone-age comics are just so yesterday, man!" ­ Graphic novel: "Holy Hergé! And what planet are you lot on?" - Enter Comic book: "Oi you guys, what about me then?" - Graphic novel and Manga (look perplexed at each other): "Well, who on earth are YOU?" - Comic book bursts into tears, exit all three. 16.00 Uhr Exhibitions - official opening: "New Comics for Kids" (with Lewis Trondheim) und "From Albania to Hungary" (with Igor Prassel). In English. Chaired by Dirk Rehm Followed by autographing session Thursday, October 10th, 2002   12.00 Uhr New comics from Eastern Europe Slide show by comics expert Igor Prassel European comics production continues to be dominated by the Franco-Belgian countries, while Italy, Spain, England and the Netherlands play their part. In other words, Western European countries. But in recent years - partly influenced by the completely changed political situation -, a comics scene and infrastructure has also developed in the East of the continent, and is attracting increasing attention. Igor Prassel offers an overview. 13.00 Uhr Children's comics at the beginning of the 3rd millennium Slide show and talk with Petra Lakner and Lewis Trondheim What's around in terms of "quality" children's comics, apart from the classics in the Tintin and Smurfs mould on the one hand, and manga with Son Goku and Sailor Moon on the other? An up-to-date review - especially useful to booksellers and librarians. 14.00 Uhr How Ebay and Amazon are changing the world of comics by Chuck Rozanski (in English) Particularly in the USA, the Internet with its distribution and sales opportunities has been playing an important role in the comics trade for some time now. Chuck Rozansky, whose company website Mile High Comics now deals with a monthly average of 200,000 enquiries and orders, reports on an amazing development. 15.00 Uhr Panel discussion: Manga - wet dreams or simplistic prejudices? Chaired by Dr. Bernd Dolle-Weinkauff. Panellists: Masaki Okada, Cornelia Abrahamsberg, Sven F. Goergens, Dr. Joachim Kaps, Georg F. W. Tempel Does the content of manga really only range "From skirt-lifting to S&M", as it was recently phrased in KulturSPIEGEL, or does the subject-matter in Japanese comics express young people' general feelings about life at the beginning of the 3rd millennium? Is the debate surrounding the fascination of manga dominated by the prejudices of those who have always warned of the dangers of too much comics reading, or is there a (topical) justification for making comics content the object of moral valuation? 18.00 Uhr Prospects for the future of "Faszination Comic" Discussion with Andrea Fiala, Joachim Kehl and Wolfgang Strzyz Three years are up. Three years of "Faszination Comics" means three years of the Comics Centre and three years' experience with this focal theme. Time to sum it all up, but above all, time to look to the future. All exhibitors, journalists and artists from the comics sector are welcome. Friday, October 11th, 2002 12.00 Uhr Panel discussion: Comics in the bookshop ­ brisk sales or non-starters? Chaired by Klaus W. Bramann. Panellists: Barbara Bacher, Monika Mildenberger, Kai-Steffen Schwarz Just as fast as entire shelves were cleared in bookshops to make way for comics ten years ago, the same shelves were soon "liberated" from them again. Unfortunately, the stories told in pictures did not exactly sell themselves, as it was thought they would in many places. But in fact, it isn't very difficult to make money from comics, often you just need to know what it is best to have on offer. Four professionals share their experiences. 13.00 Uhr The Comics Quartet Chaired by Dr. Eckart Sackmann. Panellists: Petra Lakner, Frank Neubauer, Andreas Platthaus Four critics, four comics. Based on the German TV show "Das literarische Quartett", our four specialists discuss the following: Ralf König: "Wie die Karnickel" (Achterbahn) Lorenzo Mattotti: "Dr. Jekyll und Mr. Hyde" (Carlsen) Matz/Luc Jamacon: "Der Killer" (Verlag Thomas Tilsner) Kaiji Kawaguchi: "Eagle" (Egmont Manga & Anime) 14.00 Uhr When comics grew up. The history of the graphic novel Slide show and talk, with Abi Melzer and Andreas Platthaus The sixties are generally perceived as a time of change and new departures. This was also and especially true of comics, appealing in this decade for the first time to a purely adult readership, with quality graphic novels. 15.00 Uhr Panel discussion: The problems of a comics artist in Germany Chaired by Andreas C. Knigge. Panellists: Isabel Kreitz, Patrick Kunkel, Sascha Nils Marx, Peter Puck Is it a dream come true to be a comics illustrator in Germany? What sort of conditions are German artists dealing with here? Is the publisher the natural enemy of the creative artist? This event sets out to do away with a few clichés and to clear up some misunderstandings. Followed by autographing session. Saturday, October 12th, 2002 12.00 Uhr Comics: Art and avantgarde Panel discussion chaired by Jens Balzer. Panellists: Patrick Bahners, David Basler, Martin tom Dieck For decades, comics were only sold on newspaper stands. Now they can be found in museums, at art fairs and in trendy galleries. A self-confident artists' scene, calling itself the comics avantgarde, is at work using the materials of the traditional graphic arts and painting. Is this the future of comics? Or is there a danger here of losing what should actually count - a feeling for the mass taste and for a well-told story? 13.00 Uhr Commenting day by day - cartoonists in Germany Panel discussion chaired by Rolf Dieckmann. Penellists: Gerhard Haderer, Erich Rauschenbach, Wolfgang Sperzel Everybody knows their pictures and everyone laughs as they hit the nail on the head. But who are actually the artists behind the often witty, sometimes thought-provoking cartoons? A group of the best-known is on stage today in the Comics Centre, one of the &quor;doers" asks the questions. 14.00 Uhr From Wilhelm Busch via e. o. plauen to Hansrudi Wäscher Slide show by Andreas C. Knigge Germany has its comics heroes, too. Max und Moritz, Vater und Sohn and Sigurd have their place in history. But what was it really like "back then"? What were the socio-political factors involved in the history of comics? This overview comes from an expert with indepth knowledge of this field. 15.00 Uhr Talking to Sergio Aragonés (in English) Chaired by Oliver Kalkofe The American edition of "MAD" is celebrating its 50th anniversary, and parallel to that, Dino entertainment celebrates publishing its 50th edition of "MAD magazine" (including 5 years of "MAD"'s reincarnation in Germany). A good enough reason to invite one of the truly greats from this unusual and influential magazine to come up on stage: Sergio Aragonés, the doyen of non-verbal satire. Followed by autographing session. Sunday, October 13th, 2002 10.00 Uhr Prize Game: Manga paper chase A chase right across Hall 3 on the subject of "Manga and Japanese culture". 11.00 Uhr Frankfurt Book Fair Cosplay Presented by Mathias Wieland Participants: Any and everyone who turns up in a costume. Listen up, you faithful and true manga fans! Watch out, you Son Gokus, Kamikaze Kaito Jeannes and Shinji Ikaris! Get out your costumes or make yourselves new ones ­ the Frankfurt Book Fair presents its very own "Frankfurt Book Fair Cosplay". Everyone who comes to the Book Fair on Sunday in costume gets in free. Plus a friend or - in case of kids under 12 - the grown-up who comes with them. Signing-up to take part in the Cosplay starts at 10.00 in the Comics Centre; the number of participants is limited. As from 11.00, a prestigious jury of manga experts will be announcing the best entries. And of course there will be plenty of prizes: signed prints by Nao Yazawa ("Wedding Peach"), original drawings by Robert Labs and Sascha Nils Marx, an invitation to a meal with the Japanese Consul General in Frankfurt, Masaki Okada, an i-mode mobile phone plus SIM card incl. subscription for 24 month, a Gamecube by Nintendo, wall scrolls, DVDs, CDs, soundtracks, anime encyclopedias and of course lots of manga for everyone who enters. Many thanks at this point to our sponsors Carlsen Comics, Egmont Manga & Anime, E-Plus, Nintendo and Rainer Krebs. 13.00 Uhr Manga from European countries Slide show and panel discussion, with Stefan Zeidenitz, Robert Labs, Michael Schweitzer Even if it sounds strange: More and more European comics artists are drawing in typical manga style. Japanese comics no longer come exclusively from the Land of the Rising Sun. 14.00 Uhr "How exactly does it really work?" Talk by Kazuhiko Torishima One of Japan's most successful comics editors who works with star authors such as Akira Toriyama, talks about the everyday business of publishing. Young mangaka can pick up all sorts of practical tips for their own work at home. 15.00 Uhr Manga paper chase: Draw for the winners Presented by Mathias Wieland 15.30 Uhr Doitsujin no mangaka ga sain wo shimasu Autographing session with Robert Labs, Sascha Nils Marx, Christina Plaka Practical back-up, as to were, to the talk on "Manga from European countries". German mangaka get together to draw and autograph a Book Fair comic. Publishers These companies have their booth around the Comic-Zentrum. Exhibitions Lewis Trondheim: "New comics for kids" From Albania to Hungary: Contemporary comics art from Eastern Europe Raise the flag: A group of small independent publishers sets sail for the table-tops in the Comics Café CartoonistsAcrossAmerica&TheWorld: Kids create a mural painting

French author and artist Lewis Trondheim is this year's special guest of "Faszination Comic". Read an Interview with him (in German).

Focus on Early Comics

Wilhelm Busch, the father of German Comics? Never. The history of graphic literature started a long time before "Max und Moritz". There were speech balloons even in the Middle Ages.
All texts in German, but with many interesting pictures

Spruchbänder statt Sprechblasen
Comics vor Wilhelm Busch
Comics vom alten Ägypten bis 1900