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2002 Max & Moritz Prizes

(Winners are in bold and marked with *)

Best International Comic Strip

  • Doonesbury, by Garry Trudeau (USA)
  • Liberty Meadows, by Frank Cho (Salleck Publications) (USA) *
  • Sherman's Lagoon, by J.P. Toomey (USA)

Best German-language Comic Strip

  • Abgründe, by Martin Perscheid (Lappan Verlag) *
  • Der große Max, by Dieter Hanitzsch & Herbert Riehl-Heyse (Antje Kunstmann)
  • Die Loge, by Alex Macartney (Self-published)
  • Oh, Schlagsahne! Hier müssen Menschen sein, by Stephan Katz & Max Goldt (Carlsen Comics)

Best German-language Comic Artist

  • Ulf K.
  • Reinhard Kleist
  • Isabel Kreitz
  • Peter Puck *
  • Dirk Schulz

Best German-language Comic--Local Origin

  • Alltagsspionage: Comicreportagen aus Berlin, by Tim Dinter, Jens Harder, Ulli Lust, Kathi Käppel, Markus "Mawil" Witzel, & Kai Pfeiffer (Monogatari)
  • Alte Frauen, by Tim Dinter & Kai Pfeiffer (Zwerchfell Verlag)
  • Mein Bruder Flo, by Andreas Gefe & José-Luis Bocquet (Arrache Coeur)
  • Tango de la mort, by Ulf K. (Edition 52)
  • Wondertüte 5/6: Hunde über Berlin, by Atak (Reprodukt)
  • 100 Meisterwerke der Weltliteratur, by Moga Mobo & various artists (Bostel Produktion) *

Best German-language Comic--Import

  • Berlin 1931, by Raúl & Felipe H. Cava (avant-verlag)
  • From Hell, by Alan Moore & Eddie Campbell (Speed)
  • Die Geschichte von einer bösen Ratte [The Tale of One Bad Rat], by Bryan Talbot (comicplus+)
  • Little Lit, edited by Art Spiegelman & François Mouly (Carlsen Verlag)
  • Lost Girl, by Nabiel Kanan (Lost Comix) *
  • Zehn Gebote, by Frank Giroud & various artists (comicplus+)

Best German-language Publication About Comics

  • Asterix, Barbarella & Co., by Thierry Groensteen (Somogy/CNBDI)
  • Comics neu erfinden [Reinventing Comics], by Scott McCloud (Carlsen Verlag)
  • Geschichte im Comic, by Gerald Munier (Unser Verlag)
  • Zeitschrift Reddition, edited by Volker Hamann (Edition Alfons) *
  • Lexikon der Comics, edited by Marcus Czerwionka (Corian Verlag)

Best German-language Comic for Children

  • Congo: Die Abrafaxe in Afrika, by Thorsten Kiecker, Andreas Pasda, Andreas Schulze, & Hubertus Rufledt (Mosaik)
  • Doktor Dodo schreibt ein Buch, by Ole Könnecke (Carlsen Verlag) *
  • Gnome von Troy, by Scotch Arleston & Didier Tarquin (Carlsen Verlag)
  • Norbert die Eidechse, by Régis Loisel & Patrick Cothias (Ehapa Comic Collection)
  • Käpt'n Blaubär, by Johann "Hansi" Kiefersauer & HONK Studios (Carlsen Verlag)

Best German-language Comic for Young People

  • Futurama, by Matt Groening, et al. (Dino)
  • Malika, by Tehem (Carlsen Verlag)
  • Ranma 1/2, by Rumiko Takahashi (Egmont Manga & Anime)
  • Wie im richtigen Leben: Herzstolpern, by Carlos Trillo & Laura Scarpa (Schwarzer Klecks) *

Best International Writer

  • Brian Michael Bendis
  • Frank Giroud *
  • Tiziano Sclavi
  • Philippe Tome
  • Yann

Special Prize of the Jury

  • Karl Manfred Fischer, creator & director of the Erlangen Comics Show (Schöpfer und Leiter des Comic-Salons Erlangen) *

Special Prize for outstanding life's work

  • José Antonio Muñoz *

Jury

  • Karl Manfred Fischer
  • Lutz Göllner
  • Harald Havas
  • Herbert Heinzelmann
  • Alfred Hoffmann (Bulls Press)
  • Petra Lakner
  • Andreas Platthaus