Sondermann
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Cartoon character created by Bernd Pfarr in Germany
Sondermann is a cartoon character of the painter and cartoonist Bernd Pfarr, which appeared, until August 1994, in a column of the same name by the writer Simone Borowiak and, from 1987 to August 2004, regularly in the satirical magazine Titanic . Model for the name was Gerhard Sondermann, the first publisher of Titanic.
Sondermann is a creation of an illustrator, who, as Bernd Pfarr himself once said, wants "to drive reality out of the pictures" (German: "den Bildern die Realität austreiben").
The comic
[edit ]The world of Sondermann is subject to its own, individual laws: "Negro scrubbing" (German: "Negerschrubben") is a traditional ritual at Sondermann's company, Sondermann and his boss subdue their hunger by "huddling softly together" (German: "sich weich aneinander schmiegen"), consuming a Schnitzel and taking out the trash are common yoga exercises, and Sondermann defeats God (German: "den lieben Gott") in Tennis.
Sondermann's world is populated by strange creatures:
- a neighbor, Schulze, who often "comes to detonate" (German: "zum Sprengen kommt");
- God, as mentioned above;
- the blowdryer-armed super hero Supererpel, who is not actually that heroic;
- the brothers Strittmatter, also neighbors of Sondermann, who are penguins and "detonate saurians in their spare time" (German: "in ihrer Freizeit Saurier sprengen");
- Mr. Sharp, "lord over seven flies" (German: "Herr über sieben Fliegen"), who is for inexplicable reasons unbeloved by Sondermann, and is also a penguin and the "latest stallion" (German: "neuester Stecher") of Sondermann's mother;
- Herr Detlev Siehlbeck, who always carries a dead fish with him and expects that people pet it;
- a small dog named Willi, whose "freethinking remarks about the preparation of his food" (German: "freigeistige Ausführungen der Zubereitung seines Fresschens betreffend") impress the Weltgeist so much that they cause metaphysical levitation in it;
- and not least Sondermann himself: accountant, single and eager to learn, with a pronounced artistic side, while not insusceptible to erotic or homoerotic attraction.
Early Sondermann episodes mostly limited themselves to the master-servant relationship between Sondermann and his boss. The pandemonium of the above-listed characters grew gradually out of this fundamental conflict. According to writer Robert Gernhardt, the character very soon developed a "life of its own" (German: "Eigenleben"), for which even the editorial staff of Titanic was not prepared.
Sondermann Award
[edit ]Since 2004, the name of Bernd Pfarr's character also denotes an audience prize for comics awarded by and at the Frankfurt Book Fair in collaboration with the magazine Comixene , the Frankfurter Rundschau , and Spiegel Online . Some of the prizes include a cash sum.[1] [2]
Recipients 2004
[edit ]- International comic: Asterix and the Class Act by Albert Uderzo and René Goscinny
- Domestic comic: Nichtlustig 2 by Joscha Sauer
- International manga/manhwa: Angel Sanctuary by Kaori Yuki
- Domestic manga: Without Identity by Sascha Schätzchen
- Newcomer 2004: Joscha Sauer (Nichtlustig 2)
Recipients 2005
[edit ]- International comic: Onkel Dagobert by Don Rosa
- Domestic comic: Die Chronik der Unsterblichen by Wolfgang Hohlbein, Benjamin von Eckartsberg and Thomas von Kummant
- International manga/manhwa: One Piece by Eiichiro Oda
- Domestic manga: Dystopia by Judith Park
- Cartoon: Shit happens! by Ralph Ruthe
- Newcomer 2005: Arne Bellstorf (Acht, neun, zehn)
- Bernd-Pfarr-special-prize for comical art: Rudi Hurzlmeier
Recipients 2006
[edit ]- International comic: Sin City by Frank Miller
- Domestic comic: Adolf – der Bonker by Walter Moers
- International manga/manhwa: Shinshi Doumei Cross by Arina Tanemura
- Domestic manga: Jibun-Jishin by Nina Werner
- Cartoon: Shit happens! by Ralph Ruthe
- Newcomer 2006: Moki (Asleep in a foreign place)
- Bernd-Pfarr-special-prize for comical art: Greser & Lenz
Recipients 2007
[edit ]- International comic: Calvin & Hobbes by Bill Watterson
- Domestic comic: Cash – I see a darkness by Reinhard Kleist
- International manga/manhwa: Death Note by Takeshi Obata and Tsugumi Ōba
- Domestic manga: Gothic Sports by Anike Hage
- Cartoon: Shit happens! by Ralph Ruthe
- Newcomer 2007: Dirk Schwieger
- Bernd-Pfarr-special-prize for comical art: Rattelschneck (Stulli, das Pausenbrot )
Recipients 2008
[edit ]- International comic: Prinz Eisenherz by Hal Foster
- Domestic comic: Die Sache mit Sorge by Isabel Kreitz
- International manga/manhwa: Volume 44 of One Piece by Eiichiro Oda
- Domestic manga: Stupid Story 1 by Anna Hollmann
- Cartoon: Shit happens! by Ralph Ruthe
- Newcomer 2008: Barbara Yelin
- Bernd-Pfarr-special-prize for comical art: Stephan Rürup
Recipients 2009
[edit ]- International comic: Der Dunkle Turm by Jae Lee et al. (illustration), Peter David and Robin Furth (text), based on The Dark Tower by Stephen King
- Domestic comic: Prototyp by Ralf König
- International manga/manhwa: Volume 48 of One Piece by Eiichiro Oda
- Domestic manga: Stupid Story 2 by Anna Hollmann
- Cartoon: Nichtlustig 4 by Joscha Sauer
- Newcomer 2009: Michael Meier
- Bernd-Pfarr-special-prize for comical art: Kamagurka
Recipients 2010
[edit ]- Comic: Asterix and Obelix's Birthday by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, Egmont Ehapa
- Manga/Manhwa: Legend of Zelda 1 by Akira Himekawa, Tokyopop
- Cartoon: Das schwarze Buch by Uli Stein, Lappan
- Webcomic (endowed with 1,000 Euro): Beetlebum by Johannes Kretzschmar.
- Newcomer 2010: Felix Mertikat and Benjamin Schreuder (Jakob)
- Bernd-Pfarr-special-prize for comical art: Ari Plikat [3]
Recipients 2011
[edit ]- Comic international: Das Leben von Anne Frank von Ernie Colón (drawings) and Sid Jacobson (text), Carlsen
- Domestic comic (national): Haarmann von Isabel Kreitz (drawings) and Peer Meter (text), Carlsen
- Manga international: Fairy Tail , 4th part, by Hiro Mashima, Carlsen
- Domestic manga (national): Die Wolke by Anike Hage, after Die Wolke von Gudrun Pausewang, Tokyopop
- Webcomic (endowed with 1,000 Euro): Entoman von David Füleki
- Newcomer 2011: Asja Wiegand
- Bernd-Pfarr-special-prize for comical art: Eugen Egner
Recipients 2012
[edit ]- Comic international: Habibi von Craig Thompson, Reprodukt
- Domestic comic (national): Steam Noir von Felix Mertikat (drawings) und Benjamin Schreuder (text), Cross Cult
- Manga international: Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon von Naoko Takeuchi, EMA
- Domestic manga (national): Stupid Story 3 von Anna Hollmann, Tokyopop
- Webcomic (endowed with 1,000 Euro): Das Leben ist kein Ponyhof von Sarah Burrini
- Newcomer 2012: Aisha Franz
- Bernd-Pfarr-special-prize for comical art: Christoph Niemann
Recipients 2013
[edit ]- Bernd-Pfarr-special-prize for comical art: Hilke Raddatz
- Sponsorship award: Katharina Greve
Recipients 2014
[edit ]- Bernd-Pfarr-special-prize for comical art: Ernst Kahl
- Sponsorship award: Sebastian Lörscher
- Scholarship: Leonard Riegel
Recipients 2015
[edit ]- Bernd-Pfarr-special-prize for comical art: Michael Sowa
- Sponsorship award: Leonard Riegel
- Scholarship: Ella Carina Werner
Recipients 2016
[edit ]- Bernd-Pfarr-special-prize for comical art: Thomas Kapielski
- Sponsorship award: Jan Böhmermann [4]
- Scholarship: Fabian Lichter
Recipients 2017
[edit ]- Sondermann-Preis für Komische Kunst: Hans Traxler
- Sponsorship award: Kathrin Fricke
- Scholarship: Daniel Sibbe
Recipients 2018
[edit ]- Sondermann-Preis für Komische Kunst: Otto Waalkes for life work[5]
- Sponsorship award: Anna Haifisch
- Scholarship: Paula Irmschler
Recipients 2019
[edit ]- Sondermann-Preis für Komische Kunst: Nicolas Mahler for his comics based on masterpieces of world literature[6]
- Sponsorship award: Stefanie Sargnagel
- Scholarship: Adrian Schulz
References
[edit ]- ^ "ARD Tagesschau". Tagesschau (in German). 12 October 2012. ARD.
Gewinner des Wettbewerbs ... Deutscher Cartoon Preis ... Stefan Wirkus ... 1000 Euro
- ^ Hamann, Volker (19 December 2012). "Deutscher Cartoonpreis 2013" (in German). Comic Report Online. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
Kategorie A werden 1.000 Euro Fördergeld ausgelobt
- ^ "Comicpreisträger der Buchmesse". FAZ.NET (in German). 21 July 2010. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ "Jan Böhmermann erhält Sondermann-Förderpreis in Frankfurt". fnp.de (in German). 11 October 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ "Sondermann-Preis für Otto". Börsenblatt (in German). 17 October 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ "Sondermann-Preis für Nicolas Mahler". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). 1 November 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2021.