''Moga Mobo'' is a
German comics magazine published since 1994 by the Berlin-based art group of the same name. The group consists of artists Titus Ackermann, Jonas Greulich and Thomas Gronle (Legron).
The comic has an irregular publishing schedule, the theme and format changes every issue. It is distributed for free in pubs, cinemas and comics shops. Their motto is "''Comix for everybody''".
History
''Moga Mobo'' was founded in
Stuttgart. It is known for their innovation and experimentation in the comics format. Their December 1997 issue was published in the form of an
Advent calendar
An Advent calendar is used to count the days of Advent in anticipation of Christmas. Since the date of the First Sunday of Advent varies, falling between November 27 and December 3 inclusive, many reusable Advent calendars made of paper or wood ...
which consisted of mini comics by different artists for each day. A similar format was used in their 2003 issues about luck (''10 wege zum glück''). In 2001, they published an issue in book format that included a hundred masterworks of world literature, each presented as a single page comic (''100 Meisterwerke der Weltliteratur'') which later won the
Max & Moritz Prize
The Max & Moritz Prize is a prize for comic books, comic strips, and other similar materials which has been awarded at each of the biennial International Comics Shows of Erlangen since 1984. It is open to all material published in Germany.
1984 ...
for Best German-language Comic.
The group often collaborates internationally with other artists and magazines. Their #87 issue titled ''Live in Japan'' was the result of a collaboration with the
Nou Nou Hau
, stylized ''NOU NOU HAU'', abbreviated ''NNH'', was an avant-garde ''dōjinshi'' manga anthology first published in November 1998. The magazine serialized the manga series ''Afro Samurai''.
History
Manga artist Takashi Okazaki started drawing Af ...
group. This was followed up in #100 published as a trilingual, English, German, Japanese book called ''Kugelblitz - Moga Mobo vs Nou Nou Hau Vol 2''. In 2009, they worked together with Cuban comic artists for an issue.
They offer a comic blog about cities and climate change called ''Morgenstadt 2050: Stories from Today & Tomorrow'' they worked together with thirteen comic artists from Asia. The comics in the blog were later published in a book form as issue 107.
References
External links
Official websiteMoga Mobo & Epidermophytie present: Comic Culture Clash 2016
Online comics
Moga Mobo's Morgenstadt 2050: Stories from Today & TomorrowMOGA MOBO #112: Comic Culture Clash - In 20 Konflikten um die Welt
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Comics magazines published in Germany
German-language magazines
Magazines established in 1994
1994 comics debuts
Magazines published in Berlin
Magazines published in Stuttgart