Life and work Walter Moers

captain bluebear , hein blöd, characters created moers, on gera in erfurt

moers held odd jobs after leaving school before starting commercial apprenticeship. taught himself how draw, , has been publishing since 1984. first became known cartoon-like comics marked ironic view of world , conscious violation of political correctness. many of works first appeared in satirical magazine titanic. although doesn t contribute magazine anymore, s still listed contributor. last work published in titanic superhero-parody deadman (not confused dc-comics superhero of same name, moers character dead man lying in coffin 3 pages without word or change in pictures).

his best-known comic characters are:

das kleine arschloch (the little arsehole), precocious , irreverent little boy gets 1 on over adults.
der alte sack (the old curmudgeon), terminally ill old man in wheel chair makes sarcastic comments on sees.
adolf, die nazisau (adolf, nazi pig), absurd interpretation of adolf hitler in today s world.
käpt n blaubär (capt n bluebear), old sea-faring bear blue fur, spins ridiculous pirate yarns, of which, claims, true.

in addition these comics intended adult audience, moers writes stories , books has been publishing since 1985. in 1988, first käpt n blaubär story published, character has since been popular on tv, in books, , on audio cassettes. starting in 1999 13½ lives of captain bluebear, moers has more become known novels, zamonia series.

moers wrote both script , song lyrics movie kleines arschloch (1997) , script movie käpt n blaubär (1999).