Nicolas Mahler Explained

Nicolas Mahler
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Birth Place:Vienna, Austria
Occupation:Cartoonist
Notable Works:Flaschko, Kratochvil
Awards:

Nicolas Mahler (born 1969) is an Austrian cartoonist and illustrator. Die Zeit, NZZ am Sonntag, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung and Titanic print his comics.[1] He is known for his comics Flaschko and Kratochvil and for his literary adaptations in comic form. His comics have been adapted into films and theatre plays. He was awarded the Max & Moritz Prize and the Preis der Literaturhäuser.

Life and career

Mahler was born in Vienna. He is an autodidact, and started working as an illustrator soon after leaving school.[2] Mahler draws for Austrian, German and Swiss newspapers, magazines and anthologies. He has published over twenty books, including in France and Canada.[3] [4] [5] His Flaschko-comics were adapted as animated films and screened at various short film festivals in Europe.[6] [7] His comic Kratochvil[8] was performed as a puppet play in Switzerland, Austria and France.[9] [10] In 2003, together with and, he founded the Kabinett für Wort und Bild in Vienna Museumsquartier.[11]

Mahler produced several literary adaptations in comic form, including Alte Meister (after Thomas Bernhard's novel), Alice in Sussex (based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) and Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften (after Robert Musil's novel) as well as adaptations in 2020 of James Joyce's Ulysses[12] and Finnegans Wake. In addition to his fictional stories, Mahler published Kunsttheorie versus Frau Goldgruber (Art Theory vs. Mrs. Goldgruber), Die Zumutungen der Moderne (The Impositions of Modernity), Pornographie und Selbstmord (Pornography and suicide), as well as Franz Kafkas Nonstop Lachmaschine (Franz Kafka's Nonstop Laughing Machine), as autobiographical comics in which he processes his sometimes absurd experiences in everyday life and in the comic scene.[13]

Mahler has been known to German readers through his publications in the satirical magazine Titanic.[1] From 2014 to 2016, he also published in the monthly magazine Chrismon.[14]

Mahler lives in Vienna.[15] He is married and has a son.

Style

Mahler's style is characterised by an extremely reduced stroke[16] with which he captures cranky characters.[17] The award citation for the Max & Moritz Prize states:

Die Figuren von Nicolas Mahler haben keine Augen, keine Ohren, keine Münder – aber sie haben zweifellos Charakter. Stets gelingt es Mahler, mit minimalistischen Zeichnungen und maximalem Humor seine wenigen Striche auf den Punkt zu bringen. Dabei pendelt er virtuos zwischen banal, absurd und kafkaesk.[18]

(Nicolas Mahler's figures have no eyes, no ears, no mouths – but they undoubtedly have character. Mahler always succeeds in getting to the heart of his few strokes with minimalist drawings and maximal humour. In doing so, he virtuously oscillates between banal, absurd and kafkaesque.)

Awards

Publications

Cartoon collections

Comics

Flaschko

Illustrations

Literary adaptations

Poetry (with illustrations)

Scenarios

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nicolas Mahler . . de . 9 September 2021.
  2. Web site: Anette . Selg . Graphic Novels – Barock opulente Literaturbearbeitungen . . 19 June 2014 . de . 11 September 2021.
  3. Web site: "Preis der Literaturhäuser" für Nicolas Mahler . Literaturhaus Hamburg . 3 March 2015 . de . 20 October 2021.
  4. Web site: Das Unbehagen (Nicolas Mahler) – comics & more . modern-graphics.de/ . de . 20 October 2021.
  5. Web site: Herrenwitze . kultur-online . 22 February 2009 . de . 20 October 2021.
  6. Web site: Flaschko – Der Mann in der Heizdecke . oe1.orf.at . 19 August 2021 . de . 9 September 2021.
  7. Web site: Theater . mahlermuseum . de . 9 September 2021.
  8. News: Wenk . Erik . Germanisten aus der Hölle . . 1 July 2014 . de . 9 September 2021.
  9. Web site: Bücher, Trickfilme, Puppentheater "Minimahlist", aber zu produktiv für einen Verlag allein . . 21 October 2007 . de . 9 September 2021.
  10. Web site: Seesslen . Georg . Anmerkungen zu Nicolas Mahler . Das Magazin für Comickultur . 16 November 2018 . de . 9 September 2021.
  11. Web site: Reiterer . Martin . Nicolas Mahler – "Tragödie ist mir zu fad" . Zeitgenossen – Wiener Zeitung Online . 5 September 2014 . de . 9 September 2021.
  12. Web site: Nicolas Mahler, Comicautor . rbbKultur . 22 April 2021 . de . 9 September 2021.
  13. Web site: HOJLO . Frédéric . Nicolas Mahler, la ligne minimaliste . ActuaBD . fr . 9 September 2021.
  14. Web site: Mahler . chrismon . de . 9 September 2021.
  15. Web site: Brake . Michael . Die Metaebene lacht herzlichst . . de . 11 September 2021.
  16. Web site: Hö . Von Stefan . Die Große Seelenwanderung . Nicolas Mahler zeichnet den „Ulysses“ neu : literaturkritik.de . 22 August 2007 . de . 9 September 2021.
  17. News: Deckert . Sarah-Maria . Wo das weiße Kaninchen im Pfeffer liegt . . 2 April 2013 . de . 9 September 2021.
  18. Web site: Max und Moritz-Preis beim 12. Internationalen Comic-Salon in Erlangen verliehen . BuchMarkt . 17 June 2006 . de . 13 September 2021.
  19. Web site: Der Interessenverband Comic e.V. . ICOM . de . 9 September 2021.
  20. Web site: Max und Moritz-Preis seit 1984 . Stadt Erlangen: Comic Salon . 8 September 2021. de.
  21. Web site: Die Gewinner des Deutschen Karikaturenpreises stehen fest . . de . 9 September 2021.
  22. Web site: Österreichische Zeichner räumen Preise ab . . 6 June 2010 . de . 9 September 2021.
  23. Web site: Sepp-Schellhorn-Stipendium für Nicolas Mahler. . . de . 9 September 2021.
  24. Web site: Preis der Literaturhäuser 2015: Nicolas Mahler erhält den Preis der Literaturhäuser . Netzwerk der Literaturhäuser. 8 September 2021. de.
  25. Web site: Sondermann-Preis für Nicolas Mahler . . de . 11 September 2021.
  26. Web site: Cartoons von Nicolas Mahler im MuseumsQuartier Wien . MuseumsQuartier Wien . 9 September 2021.
  27. https://www.lassociation.fr/auteur/mahler/ Nicolas Mahler
  28. Web site: "Längen und Kürzen" – Bilder & Fotos . . 2 October 2015 . 9 September 2021.
  29. Web site: Die bizarre Welt des Nicolas Mahler . . 23 June 2021 . de . 9 September 2021.
  30. Web site: Judith E. . Innerhofer . Das wahre Grauen . . de . 9 September 2021.