Max & Moritz Prize

1984

• Best German-language Comic Artist:
• Best Comic Strip: Hägar the Horrible, by Dik Browne
• Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication: Edition Comic Art

  1986

• Best German-language Comic Artist: Matthias Schultheiss
• Best Comic Strip: Animal Crackers by
• Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication:
• * Macao - Internationale Comics
• * Comic Art Magazine
• * Coeurs de sable, by Jacques de Loustal &
• * Peter and the Wolf, by :de:Jörg Müller |Jörg Müller & Loriot

  1988

• Best German-language Comic Artist: Franziska Becker
• Best Comic Strip: Mafalda, by Quino
• Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication: A la recherche de Peter Pan, by

  1990

• Best German-language Comic Artist: Gerhard Seyfried
• Best Comic Strip: Calvin and Hobbes, by Bill Watterson
• Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication:
• * , by Miguelanxo Prado
• * Watchmen, by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons
• * Volumes of Tardi's work
• * Boxer Comic Art Magazine
• Special Prize: Art Spiegelman, for Maus

  1992

• Best German-language Comic Artist: Ralf König
• Best Comic Strip: B.C., by Johnny Hart
• Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication:
• * :fr:Peter Pan |Peter Pan, by Régis Loisel
• * Théodore Poussin, by Frank Le Gall
• * Les pionniers de l'aventure humaine, by François Boucq
• * Die Bibliothek der großen Comic-Klassiker
• * :fr:Feux |Fires, by Lorenzo Mattotti
• Special Prize for outstanding life’s work: Alberto Breccia

  1993 (in Hamburg)

• Best German-language Comic Artist: Walter Moers
• Best Comic Strip or Cartoon Series: The Far Side, by Gary Larson
• Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication:
• * Domestic: Es ist ein Arschloch, Maria!, by Walter Moers
• * Import: L'Uomo alla Finestra, by Lorenzo Mattotti & Lilia Ambrosi
• * Humor: , by
• * For Children and Young People: :fr:Jimmy Boy|Jimmy Boy, by :fr:Dominique David |Dominique David
• * Publication About Comics: Entretiens avec Moebius, by Numa Sadoul
• * Self-published Comic: Artige Zeiten, by
• Special Prize for outstanding life’s work: Carl Barks

  1994

• Best German-language Comic Artist:
• Best Comic Strip or Cartoon Series: Captain Star, by Steven Appleby
• Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication:
• * Domestic: Der unschuldige Passagier, by
• * Import: Foligatto, by Nicolas de Crécy & Alexios Tjoyas
• * Import: Jeux pour mourir, by Jacques Tardi
• * Import: :fr:Red Road |Red Road, by Derib
• * For Children and Young People: Full Moon Soup, by Alastair Graham
• Best International Writer: Jean van Hamme
• Special Prize of the Jury: Mecki - Einer für alle, by
• Special Prize for outstanding life's work: Will Eisner

  1996

• Best German-language Comic Artist:
• Best Comic Strip or Cartoon Series: Mutts, by Patrick McDonnell
• Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication:
• * Domestic: Lovecraft, by Reinhard Kleist &
• * Import: Saint-Exupéry - le dernier vol, by Hugo Pratt
• * Import: :fr:Zoo |Zoo, by Frank Pé &
• * for Children and Young People: John Chatterton détective, by
• * Publication About Comics: 100 Jahre Comic Strips, by Bill Blackbeard, et al.
• Best International Writer: Pierre Christin
• Special Prize of the Jury: Dietmar Hahlweg, prior mayor of the city of Erlangen
• Special Prize for outstanding life’s work: André Franquin

  1998

• Best German-language Comic Artist:
• Best Comic Strip or Cartoon Series: Dilbert, by Scott Adams
• Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication:
• * Domestic: Wüttner, by
• * Import: City of Glass, by David Mazzucchelli & Paul Karasik
• * for Children and Young People: Illustrierte Kinderklassiker
• Best International Writer: Neil Gaiman
• Special Prize of the Jury: Le Guide des cités, by François Schuiten & Benoît Peeters
• Special Prize for outstanding life’s work: Robert Crumb

  2000

• Best German-language Comic Artist:
• Best Comic Strip or Cartoon Series:
• * International: Zits, by Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman
• * Domestic: :de:Touché |Touché, by :de:Thomas Körner |©TOM
• Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication:
• * Domestic: Geteilter Traum, by Daniel Bosshart
• * Import: Approximate Continuum Comics, by Lewis Trondheim
• * for Children and Young People: :fr:Le Vent dans les saules |The Wind in the Willows, by
• * Publication About Comics: Die deutschsprachige Comic-Fachpresse, by
• Best International Writer: Alan Moore
• Special Prize of the Jury: The Long and Unlearned Life of Roland Gethers, by
• Special Prize for outstanding life’s work: Moebius/Jean Giraud

  2002

• Best German-language Comic Artist:
• Best Comic Strip or Cartoon Series:
• * International: Liberty Meadows, by Frank Cho
• * Domestic: Perscheids Abgründe, by Martin Perscheid
• Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication:
• * Domestic: Moga Mobo - 100 Meisterwerke der Weltliteratur
• * Import: Lost Girl, by Nabiel Kanan
• * For Children: Doktor Dodo schreibt ein Buch, by
• * For Young People: Come la vita - Cuori imbranati, by Carlos Trillo &
• * Publication About Comics: Lexikon der Comics, by Marcus Czerwionka
• Best International Writer: Frank Giroud
• Special Prize of the Jury: Karl Manfred Fischer, creator & director of the Erlangen Comics Show
• Special Prize for outstanding life’s work: José Muñoz

  2004

• Best German-language Comic Artist:
• Best Comic Strip: , by
• Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication:
• * Domestic: Held, by :de:Flix|Flix
• * Domestic: Leviathan, by
• * Import: Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi
• * For Children and Young People: W.I.T.C.H., by Elisabetta Gnone,,, et al.
• Best International Writer: Joann Sfar
• Special Prize of the Jury: 36 vues de la Tour Eiffel, by André Juillard
• Special Prize for outstanding life’s work: Albert Uderzo

  2006

• Best German-language Comic Artist:
• Best Comic Strip: Doonesbury, by Garry Trudeau
• Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication:
• * Domestic: Das Unbehagen, by
• * Import: Gli Innocenti, by Gipi
• * Manga: Barefoot Gen, by Keiji Nakazawa
• * For Children and Young People: Jónas Blondal, by Jens F. Ehrenreich
• Best International Writer: Max Goldt
• Special Prize of the Jury: Ralf König, for his cartoons and commitment to the conflict revolving around the Danish Mohammed cartoons.
• Special Prize for outstanding life’s work: Jacques Tardi

  2008

• Best German-language Comic Artist: Anke Feuchtenberger
• Best Comic Strip: Flaschko – Der Mann in der Heizdecke, by
• Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication:
• * Domestic: , by Reinhard Kleist
• * Import: Epileptic, by David B.
• * Manga: A Distant Neighborhood, by Jiro Taniguchi
• * For Children and Young People: Der 35. Mai, by
• * Art school project: Plusplus
• Best International Writer:
• Special Prizes of the Jury:
• * Hannes Hegen
• * Hansrudi Wäscher
• Special Prize for outstanding life’s work: Alan Moore

  2010

• Best German-language Comic Artist:
• Best Comic Strip: Prototyp and Archetyp, by Ralf König
• Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication:
• * Domestic: Alpha. Directions, by
• * Import: :fr:Pinocchio |Pinocchio, by Winshluss
• * For Children and Young People: Such dir was aus, aber beeil dich, by
• * Art school project: Strichnin
• * Prize Awarded by the Audience: :fr:Trop n'est pas assez|Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life, by Ulli Lust
• Special Prize of the Jury: German Edition of Will Eisner's A Contract with God and The Spirit
• Special Prize for outstanding life’s work: Pierre Christin

  2012

• Best German-language Comic Artist:
• Best Comic Strip: Schöne Töchter, by :de:Flix|Flix
• Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication:
• * Domestic: Packeis, by Simon Schwartz
• * Import: Footnotes in Gaza, by Joe Sacco
• * For Children and Young People: Boucle d'or et les Sept Ours nains, by Émile Bravo
• * Art school project: Ampel Magazin
• * Prize Awarded by the Audience: Grablicht, by Daniela Winkler
• Special Prize of the Jury: Rossi Schreiber
• Special Prize for outstanding life’s work: Lorenzo Mattotti

  2014

• Best German-language Comic Artist: Ulli Lust
• Best Comic Strip: Totes Meer, by 18 Metzger
• Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication:
• * Domestic: :de:Kinderland |Kinderland, by
• * Import: Billy Bat, by Naoki Urasawa & Takashi Nagasaki
• * For Children and Young People: Hilda and the Midnight Giant, by Luke Pearson
• * Art school project: Triebwerk
• * Prize Awarded by the Audience: Schisslaweng, by Marvin Clifford
• Special Prize of the Jury: Tina Hohl and Heinrich Anders, for the German translation of Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth
• Special Prize for outstanding life’s work: Ralf König

  2016

• Best German-language Comic Artist:
• Best Comic Strip: Das Hochhaus, by
• Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication:
• * Domestic: Madgermanes, by Birgit Weyhe
• * Import: This One Summer, by Jillian Tamaki & Mariko Tamaki
• * For Children and Young People: Kiste, by &
• * Art school project: Wunderfitz
• * Prize Awarded by the Audience: :de:Crash ’n’ Burn|Crash 'n' Burn, by Mikiko Ponczeck
• Special Prize of the Jury: avant-verlag
• Special Prize of the Jury: Luz, for Catharsis
• Special Prize for outstanding life’s work: Claire Bretécher

  2018

• Best German-language Comic Artist: Reinhard Kleist
• Best Comic Strip: Das Leben ist kein Ponyhof by Sarah Burrini
• Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication:
• * Domestic: Wie ich versuchte, ein guter Mensch zu sein by Ulli Lust, Suhrkamp Verlag
• * Import: Esthers Tagebücher by Riad Sattouf, Reprodukt
• * For Children and Young People: Die drei ??? – Das Dorf der Teufel by Ivar Leon Menger, John Beckmann and Christopher Tauber, Kosmos
• * Art school project: Paradies by Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar
• * Prize Awarded by the Audience: NiGuNeGu by Oliver Mielke and Hannes Radke, Pyramond
• Special Prize of the Jury: Paul Derouet
• Special Prize for outstanding life’s work: Jean-Claude Mézières