Book Signing together with Christoph Niemann and Belxbolex at Strips & Stories, Hamburg
Erzählende Bilder
Together with Spanish artist Paco Roca at „Erzählende Bilder“, the Graphic Novel Festival at the Literaturhaus Hamburg, moderated by Andreas Platthaus
Comicfestival München
Signing at the Comicfestival München, between 25th and 28th of may 2017
Fahrradmod in Toronto
Two pages of the book are being exhibited at the comic festival in Toronto this weekend in the exhibition of German comic art, presented by Deutscher Comicverein.
End of story
Fahrradmod, the webcomic comes to an end, after six years.
That’s it, dear friends. This is it, the last page of my story. And what other song could I choose to headline this page than this classic, the last song of so many soul nighters, where everybody jumps onto the dancefloor one last time, and everybody is lying in each others arms afterwards.
At least if Andi decides it’s still not late enough and is warming up for a little Rap performance.
Wow, it really happened. Now also the webcomic has come to it’s end. From it;s very beginnings Fahrradmod (Getting Grand) was connected to the internet and it’s online readers. First via the blog, that I started in 2007 to follow to the process of drawing the whole thing. It’s funny to read those old posts nowadays. And finally the real thing, the webcomic, that I started in 2011. This one ends today. (Well, almost).
So it’s up to me to thank you guys one last time. Fahrradmod was a very important and successful project for me, and has been well-received even beyond the in-crowd of the sixties community. On top of it the feedback was very positive. And this is mostly thanks to you, at the end of the day it was you, who made this whole thing so big. And for this I will be ever so thankful.
It has been a very nice ride with you.
And I will be working my ass off to realize as much foreign translations of my story as possible. Because you told me you want this.
So, I hope to see you soon, somewhere, with beer or gin tonic and the best music there is.
Tobi
Feinkost Lampe
Live Reading at Feinkost Lampe in Hannover, in cooperation with Comix Hannover.
5.000
Facebook page reaches 5.000 followers.
Strip Nieuws
Article in the Dutch comicmagazine 'Strip Nieuws' about my work and the German comicscene.
Angouleme
25-29 january 2017 Visiting the famous Comicfestival of Angouleme for the first time. It was fantastic, the dimensions of this festival really blew me away. So great to see what the European comic community has to offer. And it is remarkable what can be achieved, when cultural and public acceptance is also supported by money from the state. One really feels himself wandering about a true comic paradise.
Here are some pictures I took, to give you an impression:
Graphic Storytelling Festival
Live reading during the Festival of Graphic Storytelling in Kassel in this cozy little temple of art.
Best Scenario
Yay! Fahrradmod won the award for Best Scenario of the Rudolf Dirks Award in Dortmund.
November 2016
26-11-2016 Live reading at Scala in Wesel, with an Allnighter afterwards at club Baby Doll
11-11-2016 Releaseparty in Novi Sad at the club ‚Graffiti“ with pages of the book turned into lamp shades.
7-11-2016 Fahrradmod is released in Serbia by publisher Komiko under the title „Modsi"
3-11-2016 Fahrradmod is nominated in the categories Coming of Age, Best Scenario and Best Artwork of the Rudolph Dirks Award.
Oktober 2016
20-10-2016 Buchmesse Frankfurt, Netherlands and Flanders are guest country. Very spectacular sketch battle against the Dutch/Flemish colleagues. Book signings and at the Open Books with Barbara Yelin.
19-10-2016 SubQ will publish my book under the name „Fietsmod“.
Goldener Gartenzwerg
6-9-2016 Fahrradmod wins the Golden Gartenzwerg of Comicgarten Leipzig
August 2016
23-8-2016 Promotional childrensbook give-away I did for Netto markendiscount and the WWF presented in all their supermarkets.
22-8-2016 End of exhibition in Wesel
10-8-2016 Famous Dutch Comic and Popculture Magazine "Zone 5300' publishes an translated excerpt of Fahrradmod plus a long interview.
3-8-2016 Part of the exhibition "Esquelas Sonoras“ at Euro Yeye, Gijon
July 2016
22-7-2016 Long interview with Christian Muschweck of Comicgate.de
21-7-2016 Article of the NRZ about the exhibition on Derwesten.de
6-7-2016 Fahrradmod nominated for the Golden Gartenzwerg of Comicgarten Leipzig
Fahrradmod exhibition in Wesel
27-6-2016 Interview with DeinAntiheld.de
26-6-2016 Interview on Wesels local Radio broadcast
25-6-2016 Signing books at Mayersche Buchhandlung Wesel
22-6-2016 Article about the exhibition on Lokalkompass.de
21-6-2016 Video clip about the Vernissage of the Exhibition, produced by Flagschiff Film
17-6-2016 article about the exhibition in the Rheinische Post
16-6-2016 The exhibition starts with a bang, a big crowd and an Allnighter at the Baby Doll Club.
13-6-2016 Interview and article about the exhibition in Wesel in the Rheinische Post
7-6-2016 setting up my exhibition in Wesel, while the town is plastered with posters.
Comicsalon Erlangen 2016
3-6-2016 I’ve got my own meme.
28-5-2016 I didn’t win the Max & Moritz Award, but I won an ice-cold beer for my dance on stage.
27-5-2017 „Fahrradmod“ is one of the best German webcomics, according to the Spiegel.
25-5-2017 At the Comic Salon Erlangen with an exhibition at Ultra Comix.
16-5-2017 Live-reading at the Sixties & Mod Weekender in Linz.
26-4-2016 „Fahrradmod“ nominated in two categories for the Max & Moritz Preis of the Comic Salon Erlangen, Best German publication and Public’s choice award.
April 2016
23-4-2016 Live Reading at Stadtbibliothek Bonn
16-4-2016 Live Reading at Walzenlager Cinema, Zentrum Altenberg, Oberhausen
15-4-2016 Live Reading and Allnighter as Warm-Up for the Freedom Sounds Festival at King Georg, Cologne
14-4-2016 Third print is out!
5-4-2016 Full list of songs related to the webcomic of Fahrradmod on Youtube
March 2016
15-3-2016 Review on the website of N-TV.
9-3-2016 Review on the CulturMag
1-3-2016 Some of my favourite comics on the "Literary Sixpack" on Blog Bohéme.