Frankfurt Book Fair 2012: Comics Awards

Torsten Adair - 10/21/2012 7:45 pm 8

Last weekend, The Frankfurt Book Fair showcased two German comics awards: The Deutscher Cartoon Preis (German Cartoon Prize), awarded since 2006 Sondermann Publikumspreis (Sondermann audience award), awarded since 2004 The German Cartoon Prize has two divisions: newcomer...

Frankfurt Book Fair 2012: Cosplay

Torsten Adair - 10/21/2012 4:30 pm 5

So there are numerous comics fans wandering the Frankfurt Book Fair. There are lots of manga fans, perhaps more than would be found at an American comic con, as European fandom was never as...

Frankfurt “Comic-Con” 2012

Torsten Adair - 10/20/2012 11:00 pm 6

While 115,000 people converged upon the New York Comic Con last week, some 280,000 booksellers, publishers, and bibiophiles packed the halls at the Frankfurt Book Fair, held October 10-14. While Germany’s comics scene is not...

Frankfurter Buchmesse Comics Awards

Torsten Adair - 10/12/2010 9:00 pm 0

While comics fans were celebrating comics and other delights at New York Comic Con, publishers and fans in Europe were congregating in Frankfurt, Germany, for the annual Frankfurter Buchmesse. Held almost annually since Gutenberg...