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| RALF KÖNIG - German - 1960 INK ON PAPER COLLAGE – 2003 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TO THE ARTIST |
Ralf König was born in 1960 in Soest (Germany). He now lives in Köln. After learning carpentry, Ralf König made his start in drawing in the late 1970s, and published "Drops Short Stories Comics" in 1979. He resumed studies in the 1980s, attending the Düsseldorf Art Academy from 1981 to 1986.
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| RALF KÖNIG - German - 1960 INK AND WATERCOLOUR ON PAPER – 2001 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TO THE ARTIST |
Aside an extraordinary audience in the gay population, König gained considerable popularity among heterosexual readers. König stories are drawn in a very expressive cartoon style. Always written with humor, his stories can treat serious themes as the tension between sexual freedom and the risk of infection by AIDS. His work has repeatedly described the daily routine of gay life. He also produced works that deal with heterosexual issues ("Bewegte Der Mann", "Hempel Sofa") or religious themes, criticizing the literal reading of the Bible as well as Islamic fundamentalism ("Dschinn Dschinn").
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| RALF KÖNIG - German - 1960 INK AND WATERCOLOUR ON PAPER – 2001 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TO THE ARTIST |
With over ten million copies of his comics, he is the author of the most famous German comic strip and best-selling worldwide. Several of his works have been adapted to movies ("bewegte Der Mann", "Kondom des Grauens", "Wie die Karnickel", "Lisístrata"), most are translated and sold abroad.
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| RALF KÖNIG - German - 1960 ROUGH SKETCH GRAPHITE ON PAPER – 2001 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TO THE ARTIST |
Some of Ralf König books available online in English, French, German and Spanish editions (other printed material being out of stock):
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