Patrick Wirbeleit

Since 2001, Patrick Wirbeleit has written and/or illustrated more than 60 books for children: Picture books, first readers, Pixi books, novels and comics. His comic “Kiste” with illustrations by Uwe Heidschötter and the picture book “Antonia war schon mal da” (illustration: Max Fiedler, Reprodukt) were honoured with the Leipzig Reading Compass from Stiftung Lesen. “Kiste” also received the Max and Moritz Award for “Best Comic for Children” in 2016. In addition to the Kiste comics and books, Kibitz also publishes his series “Haus Nr. 8” (illustration: Sascha Wüstefeld) and “Gorm Grimm” (illustration: Kim Schmidt) as well as the comic adventures “Was zur Hölle?!”, “Das unsichtbare Raumschiff” (with Matthew Andrews and Uwe Heidschötter), “Weltraumpolizistin Oma Gurke” (illustration: Stephan Lomp) and “Die Mumpitz Show” (with Matthew Andrews). Patrick Wirbeleit organises the "bunte hunte" congress for children's book illustration. As part of the children's comic festival at kubic, Patrick and Michèle Fischels will present their brand new “Kiste" adventure.