Spring is a German women's narrative art magazine, based out of Hamburg. It has been released annually every summer since 2004. Though comics predominate in its pages, it also includes broader narrative art forms, including illustration, collage, and photography.
Issues[]
Issue 1: Nachstellungen (Enactments)[]
- Contributors
Cover by Claudia Ahlering
- Natalie Huth
- Maria Luisa Witte
- Miriam Zadil
- Meike Gerstenberg
- Catherine Gschwendtner
- Susanne Mewing
- Larissa Bertonasco
- Anneli Schütz
- Klara Kußwanze
- Anke Feuchtenberger
Issue 2: Wandlungen (Changes)[]
- Contributors
Cover by Natalie Huth
- claire Lenkova
- Claudia Ahlering
- moki
- Larissa Bertonasco
- Katherine Gschwendtner
- Maria Luisa Witte
- Katrin Bethge
- Caroline Löbbert
- Katharina Freitag
- Barbara Yelin
- Lilly Wittenburg
- Klara Kußwanze
- Almuth Ertl
Issue 3: special places[]
- Places are everywhere. Until we explore them, they remain white spots on the outer or inner map. Only the presence of an observer is a place where a form, a shape and definition, only the view of a visitor makes a place special. We opened us to the places of memory, places the reality and the places of our dreams. This is our travelogue.
- Contributors
Cover by moki
- Christina Ackermann
- Maria Luisa Witte
- Laureline Michon
- Natalie Huth
- Carolin Löbbert
- Barbara Yelin
- Almuth Ertl
- claire Lenkova
- Claudia Ahlering
- Melanie Wolter
- Larissa Bertonasco
Issue 4: Garten Eden (Garden of Eden)[]
- In the Garden of Eden sitting under the palm trees of knowledge, a feisty Eve makes decisions beyond good and evil. Adam, meanwhile, saw the tree of life, while celebrating sin in the deep thicket of the forest itself. Whatever you want to call this auspicious Location: Paradise, Nirvana, Avalon ... Our ideas of them are to be found in this world.
- Contributors
Cover by Katharina Gschwendtner
- the nightjar by moki
- Der Garten Eden, oder: Wie ich zum Paradies kam by claire Lenkova
- Mutmaßungen über Eva by Almuth Ertl
- Weit, weit hinauf by Barbara Yelin
- The Serpent's Egg by Natalie Huth
- Von de Rückkehr der Unschuld by Larissa Bertonasco
- Die abenteuerlustige Reise von Evas Tochter Eurydike, entlang des Flusses Styx-Amour by Laureline Michon
- Paradise Lost by Katrin Bethge
- Eine kurze Geschichte der Scham by Claudia Ahlering
- Der Ummauerte, der Umwallte by Maria Luisa Witte
- Verbotene Früchte by Carolin Löbbert
- Eden by Katharina Gschwendtner
Issue 5: Alter Ego[]
- They are the sorts of others, we could be if we had taken a different turn here or there. They are, when we appeared, we would be silly, bible fixed, choleric, bold, energetic, scary, meaner. The fifth SPRING band collects dialogues with characters with whom we have daily handling, without ever coming across them on the track.
- Contributors
Cover by Carolin Löbbert
- Ich bin ein anderer by Stephanie Wunderlich
- Wenn ich mein Alter Ego wäre,… by Almuth Ertl
- Die andere Seite by Barbara Yelin
- keiner weiß, was ein Tier ist by Paz Boïra
- Hinter den Fassaden by Carolin Löbbert
- Anagrammatisches Ego by Nina Pagalies
- Bramfeld by claire Lenkova and Jan-Frederik Bandel
- Ich ist ein anderer by Katrin Bethge and Larissa Rode
- someone else, someone good by Ulli Lust
- complex by Natalie Huth
- Stadt, Land, Fluss by Christina Ackermann
- Me, drawing me drawing by Larissa Bertonasco
- unterwegs in Schlaf by Maria Luisa Witte
- Dauergast by Katharina Gschwendtner
Issue 6: Verbrechen (Crime)[]
- Lies, intrigues, theft, murder, blood and thunder – twelve artists strike again, and more recklessly than ever. The darkest SPRING of all!
- Contributors
Cover by Larissa Bertonasco
- Transzendentale Polizei by Maripol
- Josephine, Folge 13: Copacabana Eiskalt written by Susann S. Reck, art by Barbara Yelin
- Ach, Juliya! by claire Lenkova and Jan-Frederik Bandel
- Die Maße des Bösen by Stephanie Wunderlich
- Und das in einer so friedlichen Gegend by Kathy Stangl
- Ruhig Schlafen by Judith Mall
- Orte des Grauens by Margarete Lindau
- Ich, die Kindsmörderin by Almuth Ertl
- Hell is around the corner by Maria Luisa Witte (typography by Rüdiger Beckmann)
- Schneezeit by Nora Krug
- Zwei Zeugen by Nina Pagalies
- The Circus of Crime by Carolin Löbbert
- Serviette by Bandelaire
Issue 7: Happy Ending[]
- "... And they lived happily ever after." "Not seriously, right?" "No, not seriously."
This issue received the ICOM Independent Comic Special Jury Prize "for a remarkable comic publication".
- Contributors
Cover by Stephanie Wunderlich
- Zurück ‒ Eine Liebe in fünf Akten by Sophia Martineck
- Im Herzen der Wälder by Barbara Yelin
- Schultern runter, atmen, lächeln! by Maria Luisa Witte
- The Prospect of Immortality by Katia Fouquet
- Ein Märchen by Nina Pagalies
- Desperado by Anne Vagt
- Eleusis by Almuth Ertl
- Long-Distance Phone Call by Ludmilla Bartscht
- Kamikaze by Nora Krug
- Weiter, los! by Ulli Lust
- Im Blick zurück entstehn die Dinge by Larissa Bertonasco
- Auf ewig dein by Katrin Stangl
- Happy Blending by claire Lenkova
- Dear Karina by Carolin Löbbert
- Acht Schritte zur Glückseligkeit by Stephanie Wunderlich
Issue 8: Familiensilber (Family Silver)[]
- Not everything that you inherit, you want to have. This applies to the valuable but tarnished grandmother's silver cutlery just as it does to the predisposition to obesity or idleness. Each family has an infinite number of stories to tell, twelve of which are gathered in this volume.
- Contributors
Cover by Sophia Martineck
- El Tango de la Fmilia by Maria Luisa Witte
- Die Konstanten by Anne Vagt
- Kapitän Irmina by Barbara Yelin
- Frida by Larissa Bertonasco
- Ancestors by Carolin Löbbert
- Der Papa by Ulli Lust
- Malzbier im Hof by Sophia Martineck
- Mom Dad I by Katherina Gschwendtner
- Happy Blending II by claire Lenkova
- Gundula by Stephanie Wunderlich
- Porcelain by Carolin Löbbert
- Wiegenlied by Nina Pagalies
- Neustädta Gschichtla, Teil 1 by claire Lenkova
Issue 9: Reineke F.: frei nach Goethe (Reynard the Fox: based on Goethe)[]
- "Reynard the Fox" deals with power, violence, guilt, intrigue, injustice and lies. It is about greed, ambition, fickleness, cowardice, stupidity and deceitfulness. Reynard is both a repelling and fascinating subject. Like its predecessors, this issue of SPRING is a narratively creative experiment in which each illustrator has enjoyed their own freedom of interpretation. Each of the 12 artists has reworked one chapter of Goethe's work. With English subtitles.
- Contributors
Cover by Romy Blümel
- Erster Gesang by Sophia Martineck
- Zweiter Gesang by Nina Pagalies
- Dritter Gesang by Anne Vagt
- Vierter Gesang by Maria Luisa Witte
- Fünfter Gesang by Katrin Stangl
- Sechster Gesang by Romy Blümel
- Siebenter Gesang by Ludmilla Bartscht
- Achter Gesang by Katharina Gschwendtner
- Neunter Gesang by Almuth Ertl
- Zehnter Gesang by Barbara Yelin
- Elfter Gesang by Stephanie Wunderlich
- Zwölfter Gesang by Carolin Löbbert
Issue 10: ABC of Tragedy[]
- 10 years of SPRING! 32 artists from eight countries create 250 pages filled with fateful stories about inevitable conflicts and tragic heroes. The ABC of trivial, absurd, mysterious, enchanting tragedies.
- Contributors
Cover by Anne Vagt
- Abschied by Paula Bulling
- Abziehbild by Birgit Weyhe
- Anerkennung by Nina Pagalies
- Angst by Natalie Huth
- Die Bakchen by Romy Blümel
- Camping by Ludmilla Bartscht
- Chipsletten by Katharina Gschwendtner
- Deko and Drive In by Stephanie Wunderlich
- Elena, Elisabeth, Elodie, and Emmi by Anne Vagt
- Erektile Dysfunkton by Ulli Lust
- Erektion by Almuth Ertl
- Familie 1 and Familie 2 by Maria Luisa Witte
- First Date by Stephanie Wunderlich
- Fleisch by Natalie Huth
- Fünf by Anke Feuchtenberger
- Geborgenheit by Nina Pagalies
- Geburtstag by Maria Luisa Witte
- Gestck by Carolin Löbbert
- Glück by Larissa Bertonasco
- Glück by Ulli Lust
- Heilung by Natalie Huth
- Hilflos by Jutta Bauer
- Hat by Natalie Huth
- Idyll by Nina Pagalies
- Jesses! by Nina Wehrle
- Kaktus by Alice Socal
- Kieferspierre by Katharina Gschwendtner
- Kitsch: A Tragedy in Many Acts by Jeanne Detallante
- Kontaktlinse by Stephanie Wunderlich
- Kunst by Katharina Gschwendtner
- Ladenhüter by Stephanie Wunderlich
- Leben by Larissa Bertonasco
- Liebe 1 by Stephanie Wunderlich
- Liebe 2 and Liebe 3 by Maria Luisa Witte
- Liken, Luft 1, and Luft 2 by Stephanie Wunderlich
- Matterhorn by Ginny Maki
- Motherlessness by Maria Luisa Witte
- Mourning by Kate Foster
- Müdigkeit by Galja Panchenko
- Muscle by Marijpol
- Mutter and Notfall by Natalie Huth
- Ölteppich by Carolin Löbbert
- Pelz by Jutta Bauer
- Quadrat by Barbara Yelin
- Querulant by Katia Fouquet
- Religion by Larissa Bertonasco
- Romantiker by Ulli Lust
- Rüssel by Evelyne Laube
- Schutz by Nina Pagalies
- See by Line Hoven
- Sehschwäche and Sorgenkind by Katharina Gschwendtner
- Stechapfel by Claire Lenkova
- Steuererhöhung by Stephanie Wunderlich
- Telefon by Natalie Huth
- Tempo, Titanstahl, and Tod by Stephanie Wunderlich
- Traum by Larissa Bertonasco
- Triebfeder by Stephanie Wunderlich
- Tschernobyl by Ulli Lust
- Ungewissheit by Maria Luisa Witte
- Unsinkbar by Almuth Ertl
- Urlaub by Larissa Bertonasco
- Ursuppe by Marijpol
- Vergänglichkeit by Stephanie Wunderlich
- Vermisst by Natalie Huth
- Vertrauen by Nina Pagalies
- Vielleicht by Sophia Martineck
- Worst by Åsa Grennvall
- Wurst 1 and Wurst 2 by Carolin Löbbert
- Wurst 3 by Ulli Lust
- X-Beine by Barbara Yelin
- Ypern by Katrin Stangl
- Zeremonie by Anne Vagt
- Zivilisation by Almuth Ertl
- Zu by Jutta Bauer
- Zufall by Maria Luisa Witte
- Zwilling by Katharina Gschwendtner
- Zwölffingerdarm by Kyung-Hwa Choi-Ahoi
Issue 11: Wunder (Wonder)[]
- 15 posters by 15 artists in a screenprinted slipcase (designed by Katharina Gschwendtner) PLUS booklet with texts by Teresa Präauer, Jochen Schmidt, Michael Weins, Tessa Müller, Benjamin Maack, and Katharina Hartwell.
- Contributors
Slipcase by Katharina Gschwendtner
- More than one life by Almuth Ertl
- Wunder by Anne Vagt
- Wunder No. 1 and No. 2 by Birgit Weyhe
- One Hit Wonders by Carolin Löbbert
- Box of Wonder by Katharina Gschwendtner
- Jürgen, we need a Cow! by Katrin Stangl and Michael Heinze
- The Wonder of Music by Larissa Bertonasco
- VROOOSH by Line Hoven and Teresa Präauer
- Die Zeit heilt alle Wunder by Ludmilla Bartscht
- Wunder von oben by marialuisa
- Die poetische Wunderkammer des Christian Morgenstern by Nina Pagalies
- Wendewunder by Romy Blümel
- Spritzen, Pillen, Chloroform by Sophia Martineck
- Die wundersame Rückholung meiner großen Schwester by Stephanie Wunderlich
- Die Mutter aller Dinge by Ulli Lust
Texts by:
- Teresa Präauer
- Jochen Schmidt
- Michael Weins
- Tessa Müller
- Benjamin Maack
- Katharina Hartwell
Issue 12: Privée (Private)[]
- Life is divided into two boxes. One is labelled “public”; the other “private”. While the public box can be, in one’s mind’s eye, similar to a table covered with bargain socks at a department store - anyone who wants to can rummage through everything on display – the 12th issue of SPRING focuses on the private box – that side of us which we only share with selected people and which is full of secrets. Of course we are free to decide how much we distribute among the boxes. The question is: does the sum of the volume of both the public and private boxes – regardless of their relationship to each other – add up to an identical amount for everyone? Do all lives take up the same volume? Or are there smaller and larger lives? Perhaps the answer to this question can be found in this issue of the magazine. Surely these lead to discussions of other, no less precarious, even risky questions. We hope you enjoy foraging through this edition.
- Contributors
Cover by Line Hoven
Prologue by Anne Vagt
- Curtains by Carolin Löbbert
- Wer nimmt mich? by Line Hoven
- Cotton Candy by Larissa Bertonasco and Shorouk El Hariry
- Schneckenhäuser by Sophia Martineck
- Frag nicht by Katrin Stangl
- Kratzen, Nagen, Träumen by Katharina Gschwendtner
- Innere Randbezirke by Almuth Ertl
- Marleen, Heinz, Peter, Gisela by Ulli Lust
- Unterwegs in Kreuzberg by Moki
- The Trip by Katia Fouquet
- The Teenage Angst Tunnel by Stephanie Wunderlich
- milder winter by Nina Pagalies
- Serverfarm by Ludmilla Bartscht
- Fundstücke; privat by marialuisa
Issue 13: The Elephant in the Room[]
- Contributors
Cover by Prabha Mallya
Foreward by Katja Berlin
- Some Questions by Katrin Stangl
- Otherly Urges by Archana Sreenivasan
- What's Wrong with Me by marialuisa
- Wochenendmutter, Haarige Frage by Ulli Lust
- Motherhood by marialuisa
- Tempel by Nina Pagalies
- Po Power by Larissa Bertonasco
- Looking Up by Reshu Singh
- Bitch by Prabha Mallya
- Desire by Barbara Yelin
- Whose Bra is it anyway? by Priya Kuriyan
- Erste Liebe, BH-Mythologie by Ulli Lust
- Sometimes and Juicy Lucy by Ludmilla Bartscht
- My Secret Crop by Kaveri Gopalakrishnan
- Der hungrige Gast by Ulli Lust
- Lucky Nina by Barbara Yelin
- For the Sake of by Kruttika Susarla
- Töchter by Stephanie Wunderlich
- Der Mann, den ich liebe!, Neue Väter, Soko Bugaboo by Ulli Lust
- Penis Issues by marialuisa
- Tiny Penis by Larissa Bertonasco
- An Ideal Boyfriend by marialuisa
- Trapped by Anpu Varkey
- Hubub by Garima Gupta
- Darko, Fenster, Schlafen by Barbara Yelin
- Selbstverschuldete Unmündigkeit!?, Freiheit versus Sicherheit by Ulli Lust
Issue 14: Yo Future![]
- Contributors
Cover by moki
Foreword by Lu Yen Roloff
- Zur Lage: Ort, x° Nord, y° West by Almuth Ertl
- Mein lupenreines schlechtes Gewissen by Stephanie Wunderlich
- Blumen by Paula Partzsch
- The Bilk by moki
- Nach der Flut by Édith Carron and Mathilde Benignus
- The Stolen Beach by Tiziana Jill Beck and Johanna Benz
- Weltraum by Eva Revolver and 2H Company
- People by Carolin Löbbert
- Urban Gardening by Paula Partzsch
- New In! by Laura and Lisa Edelbacher
- Der, den du fütterst by marialuisa
- Everything Will Be OK, Kid! by Katia Fouquet
- Unkraut by moki
- Würmer by Paula Partzsch
- Smooth Operator by Cynthia Kittler
- Teen Activist by Gabriela Jolowicz
- Kilma Killer Rap by Romy Blümel
- Does it Spark Joy? by Marijpol
- Haute: Plenum by Paula Partzsch
Issue 15: Arbeit (Work)[]
- Contributors
Cover by Doris Freigofas
Foreword by Anne Vagt
- Arbeit ist das Halbe Leben by Stephanie Wunderlich
- Töten by Romy Blümel
- Ein Eigenes Arbeitszimmer by Birgit Weyhe
- Der Lohn der Arbeit by Carolin Löbbert
- Die Mauer by moki
- Aus dem Leben einer Arbeitsbiene by Nina Pagalies
- Büro by Jul Gordon
- Das Seminar by Katharina Gschwendtner
- Meine Arbeit by Birgit Weyhe
- Die drei Spinnerinnen by Katrin Stangl
- Schippendales by Katharina Gschwendtner
- Tellerwäscher by moki
- The Big Rest by Friederike Hantel
- Zeit für Mich für Dich by Paula Partzsch
- Teilzeitmutter by Doris Freigofas
- Burnout by Larissa Bertonasco
"Best of" Exhibition[]
A "Best of Spring" exhibition was held from March 8 to March 29, 2012, at Der Oberösterreichische Kunstverein (The Upper Austrian Art Association) as part of the Nextcomic Festival in Linz, Austria.[1][2]
- Featured Artists
- Ludmilla Bartscht
- Larissa Bertonasco
- Almuth Ertl
- Katharina Gschwendtner
- claire Lenkova
- Carolin Loebbert
- Ulli Lust
- Sophia Martineck
- Nina Pagalies
- Katrin Stangl
- Anne Vagt
- Maria Luisa Witte
- Stephanie Wunderlich
- Barbara Yelin
External Links[]
Sources[]
- ↑ "'Best of SPRING' in Linz!" blog post
- ↑ Nextcomic Festival page