STILL LIFE II

after having been working on and off for the past 3 years on this, i’ve managed to finish the second series of 52 episodes. the drawing and colouring bit was quite a lot of work (graphic novel, grrr) – but in the end, a seriously beautiful book came into being —> STILL LIFE <— containing both the first and the second series (making it therefore quite a ‘large’ compendium, arching over 10 of my years in total) …

—> from ocober 2010 also running at ELECTROCOMICS

here are a few sample strips of the new series. hope you enjoy =)

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reinhard schleining
© 2007 – 2010, all rights reserved

STILL LIFE

these are the original pieces of work i did when starting off to write and draw again. it is a strip series featuring surreal, psychologically ‘rich’ dialogues in front of an alienating urban backdrop.

they’re running as an online comic on COMIC.AT, on COMICGATE.DE (animated gif version) and since january 2007 in its original strip version also on the extremely cool german comic art portal ELECTROCOMICS.COM. in addition you could also read them on the go and download the complete series to your iPod from CLICKWHEEL.NET (now also via the ITUNES store).

checkout some of the total 52 episodes as animated gifs here:

PANIK ELEKTRO 4

this is my first published multiple page comic entitled MY BIGGEST MISTAKE. it has appeared in PANIK ELEKTRO NO 4, an independent german comic anthology.

THE SANDBOX

this one is a political strip series i develped during the year i stayed back in vienna. it’s kind of a mixture between BERTHOLD BRECHT and SPITTING IMAGE, very dark but also quite funny. all austrian politicians are reduced to small children playing in a theatrical sandbox setup. the citizens are shown as toddlers in nappies. the european politicians are adults the kids want to impress.

THE AGENCY

this is a one page comic concept, set in an advertising agency. the lead character called HARRY thinks he’s a genius and so does his boss but everyone else hates him. in each episode he’d wear a different outfit and show a different aspect of his personality. the everyday ‘adventures’ in the agency are always surreal and hysterical, a tongue-in-cheek pisstake on all the creative egos out there.

this project is looking for people to take it on board of their publications.