Jury

Members of this year’s „Max und Moritz“ Award jury are:
Catherine Bazabas (Owner Comicbuchhandlung Petit Kami, Hamburg), Christian Gasser (Author, Docent Hochschule Luzern – Design & Art), Andrea Heinze (Journalist, Berlin), Katinka Kornacker (Managing Director COMIX – Comicbuchhandlung Hannover), Isabel Kreitz (Comic-Artist, Hamburg), Christine Vogt (Director – Ludwiggalerie Schloss Oberhausen) and Bodo Birk (Director – Erlangen International Comic Salon).

Portrait photo of Hamburg book store owner Catherine Bazabas in a blue and white top.

Catherine Bazabas Owner 'Petit Kami' bookstoreHamburg

Catherine Bazabas holds a degree in biology and grew up in France surrounded by classic comics. First employed by Carlsen Verlag, later by Tokyopop, she has an eye for all facets of comics and manga...

Christian GasserCultural scientist, AuthorLucerne

Christian Gasser is a cultural scientist, writer and journalist. He is co-editor of the comic magazine "STRAPAZIN" and reviews comics for various media such as the Neue Zürcher Zeitung or...

Andrea HeinzeJournalistBerlin

Andrea Heinze, born in 1973 at the Lower Rhine, works as an arts editor and comic critic. After a stopover in Leipzig, she now resides in Berlin, where she initiated the drawn critique "Comic of...

Katinka KornackerManaging Director COMIX – Comic Store Hannover

Born in 1971, Katinka Kornacker took over the management of a comic store in Hannover’s city centre after finishing her degree in media studies. In 2003 she founded her own comic store “...

Isabel Kreitz Comic-ArtistHamburg

Isabel Kreitz, born in 1967, studied Illustration at the Fachhochschule für Gestaltung in Hamburg. During a semester abroad at the „Parssons-School of Design“ (New York) she decided to...

Christine VogtDirector – Ludwiggalerie Schloss Oberhausen

Dr. Christine Vogt, born in 1967, studied art history in Aachen. After her Master's degree she worked as a trainee and later on as a research assistant at the Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum Aachen...

Bodo BirkDirector – Erlangen International Comic Salons

Bodo Birk, born in 1968 in Nürnberg, holds a degree in Theatre/Media and German Studies as well as Political Science. During his studies, he co-founded and organised the student theatre festival...