Mawil
Author of Kinderland
About the Author
Works by Mawil
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Witzel, Markus
- Birthdate
- 1976
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Schule des Lebens
- Occupations
- comic artist
illustrator - Agent
- berlin comix
- Short biography
- http://www.mawil.net/
1976 in berlin-mitte geboren
1989 wende
1991 erstes comic-zine kopiert
1995 abitur, erste fanzine-beiträge 1996 studium kommunikations-design an der unsthochschule berlin weissensee, gründungsmitglied der comic-truppe monogatari, erstes eigenes comic-album "strand safari" 2002 diplom mit "wir können ja freunde bleiben", seitdem freischaffend im berlin-comix-atelier 2003 "strand safari" erscheint in den staaten, andere bücher und sprachen folgen 2006 comics für welt kompakt / tagesspiegel berlin - Nationality
- Germany
- Places of residence
- Berlin, Germany
- Associated Place (for map)
- Berlin, Germany
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The art style of Mawil is really not my kind of thing, but I found the humour to be surprisingly solid, and the story premise feels both inventive and tried-and-true Lucky Luke-formulaic at the same time. I got several out-loud chuckles out of this, and at two points actually stopped reading to go show something in the comic to my wife. Definitely worth a gander even to a casual fan.
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- Loki
How can you end a book like that! Seriously. At first this book was a little slow. The reader follows Micro who is not very popular, small, and shy. The year is 1989. You don’t really know that until the end. This is just a “normal” look at a boy in East Germany before the wall falls. There are many pages with few or no words but the illustrator does a great job telling you what is going on. Micro does make a friend, but the friend has a few problems. He pretends to be tough when show more really he is just scared. I was amazed at how popular Ping Pong was. I didn’t realize so much was missing in East Germany until they get to cross over to the west, and see the difference in the two communities. In the end I really liked this book (except for that ending). I wanted more, and wanted to see what happened to the friendship. The ending was just so abrupt and out there. And, I learned more from the info bits at the end that explain things in the graphic novel the reader may not know about then I did in my years of schooling.
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Graphic Novel provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
1,5 stars
I was so excited to see that someone made a remake of Lucky Luke. I loved the original Lucky Luke comics of Morris while growing up. Unfortunately this edition didn't meet my expectations. |
There are comics that are a totally different spin on the original, this is not such a comic. It is also not a new idea in the same trend as the original. This comic is trying to do the latter, but unfortunately missed the show more mark. The main issue I have is that is missing the essential parts of a Lucky Luke comic. Lucky Luke and especially Jolly Jumper are far apart from the original idea from Morris. It will not feel familiar for the lovers of the original comic, which is (I guess) the intended audience.
Besides that, the plot feels rushed through. The comic is fairly short but it feels like the author was just done with it and wanted it to end. Things are just rushed by, while things that could have been shorter are stretched.
I'm also not a particular fan of the art style, but that is personal taste and someone else can love it. In the end, it was just ok which results in 1,5 stars. The comic is not terrible, it was easy to go through but it was also not rememerable and not something that I would pick up again. Most of the originals I read about 10 times and every time I discover something else in the story. show less
1,5 stars
I was so excited to see that someone made a remake of Lucky Luke. I loved the original Lucky Luke comics of Morris while growing up. Unfortunately this edition didn't meet my expectations. |
There are comics that are a totally different spin on the original, this is not such a comic. It is also not a new idea in the same trend as the original. This comic is trying to do the latter, but unfortunately missed the show more mark. The main issue I have is that is missing the essential parts of a Lucky Luke comic. Lucky Luke and especially Jolly Jumper are far apart from the original idea from Morris. It will not feel familiar for the lovers of the original comic, which is (I guess) the intended audience.
Besides that, the plot feels rushed through. The comic is fairly short but it feels like the author was just done with it and wanted it to end. Things are just rushed by, while things that could have been shorter are stretched.
I'm also not a particular fan of the art style, but that is personal taste and someone else can love it. In the end, it was just ok which results in 1,5 stars. The comic is not terrible, it was easy to go through but it was also not rememerable and not something that I would pick up again. Most of the originals I read about 10 times and every time I discover something else in the story. show less
A mildly amusing tale of Lucky Luke trying to return a bicycle to its inventor in time for a big race. The story is kind of fun, but I really hate the art.
Received via NetGalley.
Received via NetGalley.
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