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1996 Max & Moritz Prizes

(Winners are in bold and marked with *)

Best International Comic Strip

  • Baby Blues, by Rick Kirkman & Jerry Scott (USA)
  • Dilbert, by Scott Adams (USA)
  • Herr Hummel, by Alex Macartney (Germany)
  • Touché, by ©Tom [Thomas Körner] (Switzerland)
  • Mutts, by Patrick McDonnell (USA) *

Best German-language Comic Artist

  • Martin Baltscheit
  • Andreas Dierßen
  • Thomas Ott *
  • Bernd Pfarr
  • Peter Puck

Best German-language Comic--Local Origin

  • Heimsuchung, by Dieter Jüdt (Ehapa)
  • Hollywood Pursuit, by Hubertus Rufledt, Sten [Thorsten Kiecker], Andreas Pasda, & Ingrid Brehm (Steinchen Verlag)
  • Schnitte, by Julie Doucet (Reprodukt)
  • Schokoriegel (Zyankrise)
  • Lovecraft, by Reinhard Kleist & Roland Hüve (Ehapa Verlag) *

Best German-language Comic--Import

  • Berührungen, by Miguelanxo Prado (Ehapa)
  • Bone, by Jeff Smith (Carlsen)
  • Briefe an den Bürgermeister von V., by Alex Barbier (Seven Island Edition)
  • Eddy Current, by Ted McKeever (Comicothek)
  • Love & Rockets, by Jaime & Gilbert Hernandez (Reprodukt)
  • Saint Exupéry: Sein letzter Flug [The Last Flight of the Little Prince], by Hugo Pratt & Umberto Eco (Ehapa Verlag) (tie) *
  • Zoo, Band 1, by Philippe Bonifay & Frank (Splitter-Verlag) (tie) *

Best German-language Publication About Comics

  • 100 Jahre Comic-Strips [100 Years of Comic Strips], by Bill Blackbeard, Andreas C. Knigge, et al. (Carlsen Verlag) *
  • Barks Werkverzeichnis der Comics, Johnny A. Grote (Ehapa)
  • Mit Bildern erzählen [Comics & Sequential Art], Will Eisner (ComicPress Verlag)
  • Phänomen Manga, Jaqueline Berndt (Edition Q)

Best German-language Comic for Children and Young People

  • Detektiv John Chatterton, by Yvan Pommaux (Moritz Verlag) *
  • Der Bär [The Bear], by Raymond Briggs (Lappan Verlag)
  • Batman Adventures, by Kelly Puckett & Mike Parobeck (Dino)
  • Onkel Dagobert: Sein Leben, seine Milliarden [The Life and Times of Uncle Scrooge], by Don Rosa (Ehapa)
  • Klasse Muheim, by Liz Sutter & Ted Sieger (Edition Moderne)

Best International Writer

  • Pierre Christin *
  • Cosey
  • Neil Gaiman
  • Job
  • Marc-Antoine Mathieu

Special Prize of the Jury

  • Dr. Dietmar Hohlweg, prior mayor (Altoberbürgermeister) of the city of Erlangen *

Special Prize for outstanding life's work

  • André Franquin *

Jury

  • Martin Budde
  • Karl Manfred Fischer
  • Herbert Heinzelmann
  • Dr. Joachim Kaps
  • Hans-Joachim Ludwig (Bulls Press)
  • Bettina Wegenast