Originally designed as this year's christmas card for my clients this illustration can be found in the newspaper the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung on december 20, 2015. The Illustration will also be published by Die Zeit on december 23, 2015 and by the Stader Tageblatt on december 24, 2015.

I wish you all a merry christmas and a happy new year.

In these troubled times please keep those in mind that need our help.

– Simon Schwartz

After a one-year hiatus my comicstrip "Vita Obscura" is back in the weekly newspaper Der Freitag. On december 18, 2015 you will find the latest episode that will tell you about the unknown investor of Mickey Mouse Ub Iwerks.

You can also still get a collection of all previous episodes in my book Vita Obscura.

On november 28, 2015 from 1:00 a.m till 3 p.m. I will be signing my books at the booth of the avant-verlag (hall B1, booth 20) as part of the Holy Shit Shopping Event in Hamburg. Hope to meet you!

Holy Shit Shopping

Hamburger Messe

Hall B1, Booth 20

Am Messeplatz 1

20357 Hamburg

www.holyshitshopping.de

I'm very happy to announce that the french edition of my graphic novel Vita Obscura (released by Ici Même) has been nominated for the Prix Lycéen de la BD. The winners will be announced in may 2016 by the Académie de Toulouse and the Festival BD Colomiers.

"Vita Obscura"

EUR 19,50

Hardcover: 72 Pages

ISBN: 978-2369120117

Publisher: Ici Même

In Berlin the newly founded concept gallery notre goût is now selling signed high quality artprints of mine. Come by and see.

notre goût

Konzeptgalerie Berlin

Bernauer Straße 8d

10115 Berlin

www.notregout.de

www.facebook.com/notregout

After a one-year hiatus my comicstrip "Vita Obscura" is back in the weekly newspaper Der Freitag. On november 13, 2015 you will find the latest episode that will tell you about the flamboyant Chevalier d'Eon.

You can also still get a collection of all previous episodes in my book Vita Obscura.

After a one-year hiatus my comicstrip "Vita Obscura" is back in the weekly newspaper Der Freitag. On october 16, 2015 you will find the latest episode that will tell you about the pitch drop experiment by Thomas Parnell and John Mainstone.

You can also still get a collection of all previous episodes in my book Vita Obscura.

 
On october 15, 2015 you will find several new illustrations of mine about the search for influenza viruses in the weekly newspaper Die Zeit.

October 3, 2015 marks the 25th Anniversary of the German Reunification. That is why I will read from my graphic novel drüben! at the Haus der Geschichte in Bonn.

And on october 6, 2015 I will read two times from the same book at the WUK in Vienna.

October 3, 2015, 2:35 p.m.

Haus der Geschichte

Willy-Brandt-Allee 14

53113 Bonn

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October 6, 2015, 10:00 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.

WUK (Werkstätten- und Kulturhaus)

Währinger Str. 59

1090 Wien

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I'm very happy and grateful to announce that my upcoming graphic novel IKON has been a finalist for the "Comicbuchpreis der Berthold Leibinger Stiftung". The book tells a strange and grotesque love story all through the history of the 20th Century. The book is planed to be released in 2016/17 in germany. More details will follow soon.
 
This is the statement of the jury about the project:

http://www.leibinger-stiftung.de/de/foerderaktivitaeten/comicbuchpreis/finalisten-2016/simon-schwartz.html

After a one-year hiatus my comicstrip "Vita Obscura" is back in the weekly newspaper Der Freitag. On september 18, 2015 you will find the latest episode that will tell you about the strange businesses of showman P. T. Barnum and about Sarah Bernhardt's right leg.

You can also still get a collection of all previous episodes in my book Vita Obscura.

For the new issue of the children magazine "GEOmini" I made a double page riddle. Do you know how the prince can get to the princess without meeting one of the guards?

"GEOmini #09/2015"

EUR 3,40

Publisher: Gruner & Jahr AG Co. KG

After a one-year hiatus my comicstrip "Vita Obscura" is back in the weekly newspaper Der Freitag. On august 21, 2015 you will find the latest episode that will tell you about the courageous life of Albert Göring – the younger brother of the infamouse Hermann Göring.

You can also still get a collection of all previous episodes in my book Vita Obscura.

For the new issue of the magazine "GEOlino Extra" I made four comic pages about the famous escape tunnel Tunnel 57 underneath the Berlin Wall.

"GEOlino Extra # 53: Unter der Erde"

EUR 7,00

Publisher: Gruner & Jahr AG Co. KG

On august 21, 2015 at 9:00 p.m. I will lecture about my graphic-novels Vita Obscura at the Villa Streccius in Landau. The event is part of the exhibition “gemalte Legenden – gezeichnete Helden”, where you can see and buy some of my original artwork from Vita Obscura.

You can get more information right here.

Städtische Villa Galerie Streccius

Südring 20

76829 Landau in der Pfalz

Vernissage: August 21, 2015 at 7 p.m., reading at 9 p.m.

Exhibition: August 21 - October 4, 2015.

www.villa-streccius.de

After a one-year hiatus my comicstrip "Vita Obscura" is back in the weekly newspaper Der Freitag on august 7, 2015. The first new episode tells you about the horrible treatments done to Louis XIV. of France by his doctors Vallot, d'Aquin and Félix.

You can also still get a collection of all previous episodes in my book Vita Obscura.

On august 1 the "Erika-Fuchs-Haus" will open it's gates in Schwarzenbach an der Saale.

The "Erika-Fuchs-Haus" will be the first german comic-museum, dedicated to the life and legacy of Erika Fuchs.

For the permanent exhibition I wrote and drew a room size comic-biografie of Erika Fuchs's life.

Additionally to the opening of the  "Erika-Fuchs-Haus"  in Schwarzenbach an der Saale on august 1 you can get the full comic I did about Erika Fuchs as a map plus postcards and coffee mugs with my design at the museum's gift shop

On july 24, 2015 you will find the final episode of my comicstrip "Blutige Kohle" ("Bloody Coal") in the weekly newspaper Der Freitag. 

In 12 episodes the comicstrip tells the events that led to the horrible West Virginia Coal Wars that ended with the Battle of Blair Mountain and the first military intervention of the United States Air Force.

On june 14, 2015 you can finde a new illustration of mine about the decay of the german AfD-party in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung .

On may 29, 2015 you will find a new episode of my comicstrip "Blutige Kohle" ("Bloody Coal") in the weekly newspaper Der Freitag. 

In 12 episodes the comicstrip tells the events that led to the horrible West Virginia Coal Wars that ended with the Battle of Blair Mountain and the first military intervention of the United States Air Force.

On may 22, 2015 my new french publisher Ici Même, released my latest book "Vita Obscura" in France. The book looks amazing and has a fine translation by Mathilde Ramadier.

"Vita Obscura"

EUR 19,50

Hardcover: 72 Pages

ISBN: 978-2369120117

Publisher: Ici Même

On may 1, 2015 you will find a new episode of my comicstrip "Blutige Kohle" ("Bloody Coal") in the weekly newspaper Der Freitag. 

In 12 episodes the comicstrip tells the events that led to the horrible West Virginia Coal Wars that ended with the Battle of Blair Mountain and the first military intervention of the United States Air Force.

For the new issue of the magazine "GEOlino Extra" I made four comic pages about the investiture controversy between medieval popes and the emperors.

"GEOlino Extra # 51: Burgen, Ritter & Legenden"

EUR 7,00

Publisher: Gruner & Jahr AG Co. KG

On april 3, 2015 you will find a new episode of my comicstrip "Blutige Kohle" ("Bloody Coal") in the weekly newspaper Der Freitag. 

In 12 episodes the comicstrip tells the events that led to the horrible West Virginia Coal Wars that ended with the Battle of Blair Mountain and the first military intervention of the United States Air Force.

Great news for all lovers of original comic artwork: You can now buy original drawings from my new book Vita Obscura at Galerie Laqua. You can find my pictures right here.

On march 8, 2015 you can finde a big double page illustration of mine about classic literature, like the Epic of Gilgamesh, Don Quichotte, Robinson Crusoe, Die Blechtrommel, the Divine Comedy and many more in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung .

On february 14, 2015 at 11:45 a.m. I will lecture about my graphic-novels drüben! at the Taipei International Book Exhibition in Taiwan and the next day I will hold a comic-workshop at the Goethe Institut Taipei starting at 2 p.m.

Both events are organised by the Goethe Institut Taipei and the Frankfurter Buchmesse.

More information can be found here and here.

Taipei International Book Exhibition 2015

Taipei World Trade Center

No. 1, Jingmao 2nd Road

Nangang District

Taipei City, Taiwan 115

On february 6, 2015 you will find a new episode of my comicstrip "Blutige Kohle" ("Bloody Coal") in the weekly newspaper Der Freitag. 

In 12 episodes the comicstrip tells the events that led to the horrible West Virginia Coal Wars that ended with the Battle of Blair Mountain and the first military intervention of the United States Air Force.

On january 16, 2015 at 9:30 p.m. I will lecture about my graphic-novels Vita Obscura at the Literaturbüro im Kunsttempel in Kassel. The event is part of the 2. Festival Grafisches Erzählen.

Afterwards  I will take part in a panel discussion with Birgit Weyhe and Andreas C. Knigge.

You can get more information right here.

2. Festival Grafisches Erzählen

Literaturbüro im Kunsttempel,
Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 177

34119 Kassel

On january 10, 2015 at 6 p.m. I will take part in a panel discussion with Zeina Abirached, Cyril Pedrosa and Christian Maiwald about biographical comics at the Galerie Neurotitan in Berlin.

The event is part of the exhibition "COMICS ZUR LAGE DER WELT – Le Monde diplomatique" that also shows some of my work.

A signing will take place at 4 a.m.

COMICS ZUR LAGE DER WELT –  Le Monde diplomatique

Galerie Neurotitan
Rosenthalerstraße 39
10178 Berlin

On january 9, 2015 you will find a new episode of my comicstrip "Blutige Kohle" ("Bloody Coal") in the weekly newspaper Der Freitag. 

In 12 episodes the comicstrip tells the events that led to the horrible West Virginia Coal Wars that ended with the Battle of Blair Mountain and the first military intervention of the United States Air Force.