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by Andy Konky Kru



       


       






Photos made at Comicfestivals
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Photos made at Comicfestivals
(the same on smaller pages)

London, Comixthing 2005 (22 photos)
(afterwards in the pub)

Frankfurter Buchmesse (Frankfurt Bookfair) 2005 (89 photos)
Manga Girlies 25   Marjane Satrapi 13   Craig Thompson 9   Naomi Fearn / Jule K. 5   Jim Lee 6   Volker Reiche 7   Mawil 7   Albert Uderzo 7   Various 10

Angouleme 2006 (600 photos)
Dinner (6 photos)   Awards ceremony A (47)   Awards ceremony B (47)   Theatre Foyer (C. Burns etc) (16)   Bar (18)   Dupuy-Berberian, Andi Watson (8)   Martin Tom Dieck (7)   Dinner (4)   Finnish cartoonists (12)   L'association (14)   Chococreed 1 (20)   Chococreed 2 (14)   Chococreed 3 (17)   Concert Dessin - A (40)   Concert Dessin - B (41)   Snow (13)   Katchor (17)   Boilet (13)   Figurines (16)   Fanzines (12)   Beaulieu (7)   Coconino (30)   Sunshine (16)   View (8)   Wolinski (28 & 15)   CNBDI (25)   'Peurs du Noir' 1 (12)   'Peurs du Noir' 2 (51)   Gabrielle Bell & Matt Kindt (6)   Jimmy Beaulieu(13)   Zep exhibition (13)

London, ICA: Feuchtenberger/Ricci 2006 (50 photos)
part 1   part 2   part 3

London, 'Comix Thing' 2006 (180 photos)
part 1   part 2   part 3

Erlangen, June 2006 (570 photos)
P.=Panorama
Ausstellungen (39)   Avant (10)   Balkon P. (9)   Canicule (12)   Cargo (6)   Comicquartett P. (13)   Edition Moderne (20   Elefantenrunde P. (10)   Fanzines (25)   Fanzines P. (14)   Fil live (5)   Frühstück (9)   Gala (13)   Herrensahne (9)   Icom Preis (43)   Icom P. (10)   Kreitz (6)   König (7)   Kusano (6)   Laska (7)   Main Hall P. (8)   Mattotti P. (28)   Panel (12)   Doggie (6)   Reiche (9)   Reprodukt (57)   Schwarzer Turm P. (18)   Stripbar P. (13)   Tardi (64)   Zwerchfell (36)   Diverses (46)








Early Comics Archive
Thomas Rowlandson - Dr Syntax (not a comic, but influencial) (1812)       'The Little Woman, her Dog and the Peddler' (1820s) American       Heath: with speechballoons !!! (1830)       Rodolphe Töpffer - Monsieur Vieuxbois (1839)       Rodolphe Töpffer - Aubert Pirate Version (1839) and the US copy (1842)       Rodolphe Töpffer - Comparison of Tric Trac and a Dutch sequel (Prikkebeen)       Rodolphe Töpffer - Comparison of Vieuxbois and Cruikshank       George Cruikshank' - The Progress of Mr. Lambkin' - a Hogarthian sequence (1844)       Heinrich Hoffmann - Struwelpeter (1845)       Esquire Brown       Grandville (1847)       Alfred Crowquill - Panto (1849)       Richard Doyle (1850)       John Leech - Mr. Briggs (1850)       John Leech - Noddy (1855)       John Leech - various comics (1855)       John Tenniel - Mr Piper (1853) (the illustrator of 'Alice in Wonderland')       John Tenniel - Mr Spoonbill (1855)       Lobrichon (1856)       Chinks 'Mr. Hardy Lee - His Yacht' (American, 1857)       Die illustrierte Welt (German magazine, 1858)       Wilhelm Busch - The Little Honey Thieves (1859)       Wilhelm Busch - The Virtuoso (1865)       Wilhelm Busch - The Warm Bath (1865)       Wilhelm Busch - The Flea (1865)       Wilhelm Busch - The Baber and his clever dog (1865)       Wilhelm Busch - The Hollow Tooth (1865)       Tom's Holiday' (1864)       Merryman's Monthly (Magazine) 'The Flying Machine' (1865)
      Charles Keene 'Miss Lavinia Brounjones' (1866)       Charles Ross & Marie Duval - 'Ally Sloper' (1867)   18-39   40-61   62-82   83-103   104-125   126-148   149-176   177-205       George de Maurier 'The Philosopher's Revenge'(1869)       Georges Chicki (1870)       Livingstone Hopkins (1875) - 'Professor Tigwissel'       Advertising Comic - 'Blackwell's'       Advertising Comic - 'Hold Fast'       Frank Beard (1889)       Dalrymple (1889)       Opper (nine comics before 1893)       A.B. Frost (1893)       Doës (1890s)       Howarth (1894)       Bellew (1895)

'Harper's Round Table', Annual 1897:     72 - W. M. Goodes - 'The Funniest Thing he ever saw'     176 - Gustav Verbeek - 'The Hunter's Strategy'     280 - - How Tommy made one Skate do     544 - - An African Bridge     568 - R. F. Bunner - 'An Event that was not on the Programme'     640 - W. C. Kemble - 'An Ingenious Escape'     736 - O. Herford - 'The Bow Legged Admiral and the Educated Dog'     760 - - 'The Stolen Cigar or The Monkey who got it in the Neck'     784 - - 'An Interesting Article'     808 - P. Newell - Policeman / Fourth of July     832 - A. S. Daggy - 'A New Use for the Japanese Umbrella'     864 - - 'An Unintentional Exchange'     888 - O. Herford - 'The Lost Joke Recovered by Xray'     912 - - 'The Adventures of a Cartwheel'     936 - - 'How a Famous Hunter Won a Reputation'     960 - - 'A New Wag to an Old Tale'     1008 - - 'A Cat Tale'     1032 - F. T. Richards - 'It's an Ill Wind Blows Nobody Good'     1056 - - 'How the Dromedary Became a Camel'     1080 - - 'A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed'     1104 - C. J. Budd - 'The Bill Poster's Revenge'     1128 - F. T. Richards - 'The Fakir and the Prestidigitateur'     1152 - F. T. Richards - 'An Occidental Transformation'     1176 - - 'The Patent Sure-to-arrouse Alarm Clock'     1200 - - 'The Artist and his Model'

Early Comics in print (on paper !!!)       1907 article about Sunday Comics       Other websites featuring early comics (part of my 'Comic Links' section)       Platinum Comics Mailinglist - Online discussion group with many erudite members ,who will try to answer your querries about early comics.
Links
Circa 500 links to other websites about comic

music on youtube (yes I know, nothing to do with comics)

Comics by me
Konky Kru (colour)   Mumpitz (colour)   Konky Kru   Konky Kru Mini   Konky Kru (various strips)   Mumpitz #1   Unspannend   Bilderbogen   Abstract Comix   This and that   Limerick Comix           in German: 'Wer Vorzeichnet Hat Angst' -1.Onepagers   2. Autobiographical   3. Dr. Doll und die Zeichner   4. Elfi und Erwin   5. Die Gestalten 1   6. Die Gestalten 2          
Comics published by me
(more exactly: comic anthologies containing work by others (and a bit by myself), published by me.)
                 



(on my other website is this comics-related section:)
Drawings made at Comicfestivals

For hundreds of drawings on one page, click here.

Or look at them separately:
Haarlem 1998 (including Robert Crumb's 'Cheap Suit Serenaders')   Erlangen 1998   Angouleme 1999   Heftich (Hamburg) 1999   Haarlem 2000   Erlangen 20000 Heftich 2001   Berlin 2001   Buchmesse (Frankfurt) 2001   Angouleme 2002   Wittek (Berlin) 2002   Heftich (Hamburg) 2002   Buchmesse (Frankfurt) 2002   Thomas Ott (Frankfurt) 2002   F.K.Waechter (Frankfurt) 2002   Angouleme 2003   Erlangen 2004   Caption (Oxford) 2004   Manga-event (London) 2004   Berlin 2005   Buchmesse (Frankfurt) 2005   Angouleme 2006   Erlangen 2006    



My non-comics work: paintings, photos, drawings






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