Full Name Walter Moers Role Author Name Walter Moers | Occupation Author and artist | |
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Born 24 May 1957 (age 67) ( 1957-05-24 ) Monchengladbach, Germany Books The City of Dreaming Books, The 13½ Lives of Captain B, Rumo and His Miraculou, The Alchemaster's Apprentice, Ensel and Krete Similar People Thomas Pigor, Ralf Konig, Dirk Bach, Terry Pratchett, Gustave Dore | ||
➿ Top 20 Quotes of Walter Moers - Author
Walter Moers (born 24 May 1957 in Mönchengladbach) is a German comic creator and author.
Contents
- Top 20 Quotes of Walter Moers Author
- Walter Moers Thomas Pigor Im Sitting In My Bunker Video
- Life and work
- Zamonia series
- Works available in English translation
- References
Walter Moers, Thomas Pigor - I'm Sitting In My Bunker (Video)
Life and work
Moers held odd jobs after leaving school before starting a commercial apprenticeship. He taught himself how to draw, and has been publishing since 1984. He first became known for cartoon-like comics that were marked by an ironic view of the world and a conscious violation of political correctness. Many of his works first appeared in the satirical magazine Titanic. Although he doesn't contribute to the magazine anymore, he's still listed as contributor. His last work published in 'Titanic' was the Superhero-Parody 'Deadman' (not to be confused with the DC-Comics Superhero of the same name, Moers' character was just a dead man lying in a coffin for three pages without a word or any change in the pictures).
His best-known comic characters are:
In addition to these comics clearly intended for an adult audience, Moers also writes stories and books that he has been publishing since 1985. In 1988, his first "Käpt'n Blaubär" story was published, a character that has since been popular on TV, in books, and on audio cassettes. Starting in 1999 with The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear, Moers has more recently become known for his novels, especially the Zamonia series.
Moers wrote both the script and the song lyrics for the movie Kleines Arschloch (1997) and the script for the movie Käpt'n Blaubär (1999).
Zamonia series
The first novel of the Zamonia series, Die 13½ Leben des Käpt’n Blaubär, was originally published in 1999. The Captain Bluebear appearing in this novel is very distinct from the one portrayed in a popular German children's series Sendung mit der Maus. Whereas there, Capain Bluebear appears as a grandfather, he is still a youngster in the novel. The book is written for adolescents and adults rather than for children. It introduces the reader to the fictive world of Zamonia by providing among other things a detailed map and various descriptions of its inhabitants.
The second Zamonia novel is Ensel und Krete which has not been published in English. Even though the title intentionally misspells Hansel and Gretel, the plot of Walter Moers' shows only remote parallels to it.
After Ensel und Krete, the Zamonia series continue with Rumo & His Miraculous Adventures, The City of Dreaming Books, The Alchemaster’s Apprentice and The Labyrinth of Dreaming Books. All of these novels but Captain Bluebear and Rumo include a preface that explains to the readers that the fictional character Hildegunst von Mythenmetz is the actual author and that Walter Moers only translated the books from the Zamonian language to German.
In the Zamonia series each book contains detailed illustrations drawn by Moers; many portray the creatures Moers invented himself. Apart from these drawings, neologisms, anagrams and intertextuality play a key role to the style of Moers' novels.