Reinhard Kleist Author & Illustrator

Reinhard Kleist is a world-renowned comic book artist and graphic novelist. In 1996, his graphic novel Lovecraft was awarded the most prestigious German comics prize, the Max und Moritz. In 2004 and 2005, he received ICOM prizes for Scherbenmund and The Secrets of Coney Island. He has also illustrated books by China Mieville, H.C. Artmann and J.G. Ballard; record covers for Terrorgruppe and Bear Family Records; and, on a large scale, various house façades around Berlin. His graphic biography Johnny Cash – I See a Darkness has been translated into several languages and, in 2007, it was awarded the Peng Munich Comics Prize, as well as the Frankfurt Book Fair’s Sondermann prize. In 2008, it also received the Max und Moritz. In January 2013, Kleist became the first comic book artist to be honoured with the B. Z. Kulturpreis for his contribution to Berlin’s cultural scene.