Gedichte

Nicolas Mahler, "the best Austrian comic artist there has ever been" (Andreas Platthaus, FAZ), has gained more and more followers in recent years. It's no wonder, as no one else is as funny, intelligent, and profound as he is. And no one masters the high art of condensation, the image-poetic reduction, like he does. That his minimalist style would eventually lead to poetry seems only logical. Poetry? Yes, poetry. However: graphic poetry, in which images replace letters - visual poetry without words. In this series of 21 two-stanza poems, Mahler depicts the course of an entire life from cradle to grave, while also alluding, in passing and with dark humor, to the absurdity of human existence - to the great delight of his readers, as he is "the irresistible antidepressant against language and.".