Birds
Set of 4 different postcards
full color, 14.8 x 10.5 cm

They were looking for it. All of them. Pizarro and Orellana, Klaus Kinski and Harrison Ford, Neil Young and Iron Maiden. They were looking for ELDORADO!

I was so ill, I was so wild,
but all I want is something else,
I want a wife, I want a child.

Kiin. has been there and they show us the way to the land of promises where our deepest whishes and desires come true. The journey is no bed of roses though. To reach the holy gates of Bling you need a splendiferous stallion, a cup of lepid Muckefuck (ersatz coffee) and to take part in at least one mediocre poetry slam. Godspeed!

Star artist extraordinaire: Daniel Frederik Django Caspar Aerport Hans Freiherr von Bothmer

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The soundtrack for your journey, provided by the Eldorado Mixtape:
Atahualpa – El Dorado
George Alexander – El Dorado
Sniper – El Dorado
Sound Of Music – El Dorado
Skorup – El Dorado
Neil Young– Road of Plenty (El Dorado)
Mi Tayabamba– El Dorado
Mattress– El Dorado
Voyage – Golden Dorado
Glass Prism – El Dorado
unkown – El Dorado
Revolver – El Dorado
DraeTown – City of Gold
Brassmunk – El Dorado
Animate Objects – El Dorado
17 Hippies – El Dorado
Angelo Casto & Mauro Caminiti & Stefano Ciotola – El Dorado Song
Elton John – El Dorado
Mara Kayser – El Dorado
Agent Orange – El Dorado

KIIN. #7 — Eldorado
ISBN 978-3-940304-71-1
28 pages, color, 14.8 x 21 cm
limited edition (100), numbered
+ Cover made of gold (of course)

Schoohoo, boohoohoo hoohoo oohoohoohoo! The design is from Rita Fürstenau and was printed by herself. Owl Tote Cotton shopping tote needs to be washed (30° C) and ironed inside out 37 x 40 cm

Super heroes are society’s idols who are constantly busy saving us out of the deadly claws of evil. So they act like the worlds cleaners who have to take care of all the mess of those who really make the world go round: SUPER VILLAINS.
The world is full of them and as often as you might meet a hero you also meet their evil nemesis or their minions: They can appear as Zorgon – Dolphin King of the Seventh Galaxy, your evil neighbour, a company or a government official or your favorite conspiracy theory. Of course we’re all attracted by the light but we’re also curious to have a glimpse into darkness.
Together with you we want to find out who’s behind all that nasty stuff that’s going on in the world!

Vernissage on
Friday, November 25, 2011 at 8 pm
at Rotopol
Friedrich-Ebert-Str. 95
34119 Kassel, Germany

Opening hours:
Monday to Saturday
10:00 am — 1:30 pm
2:30 pm — 18:00 pm

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With artwork from: Daniel von Bothmer, Daniel Clarke, Melanie Climent, Brun Croes, Alexander Draude, Markus Färber, Renaud Forestie, Rita Fürstenau, Ines Christine Geißer, Kirsten Carina Geißer, Karlo Ghokasian, Lea Heinrich, Anton van Hertbruggen, Jesse Jacobs, Hellen Jo, Warwick Johnson Cadwell, Andrea Kalfas, Nic Klein, Nicolas Mahler, Michael Meier, Niark1, Aurélie Neyret, Victo Ngai, Maike Plenzke, Nadine Redlich, Lisa Röper, Bene Rohlmann, Isabel Seliger, Sebastian Stamm, Liesbeth de Stercke, Guy Vallez, Brecht Vandenbroucke, Marco Wagner, Thomas Wellmann, Cheuk Yin Chan, Loïc Zimmermann

Poster: Lisa Röper

The prefekt tote to do the weekly shopping or the weekly picnic. The design is from Rita Fürstenau and was printed by herself. Picnic Tote Cotton shopping tote needs to be washed (30 ° C) and ironed inside out 37 x 40 cm

Nr.9, übernehmen Sie!!! – that is the title of Nic Klein’s first solo-show at Rotopol that presents a big selection of original by the Kassel based illustrator. Nic Klein made his mark in the international comic and entertainment industry because of his individual style. It’s no surprise that he is hired by major companies like Marvel, DC Comics,Image Comics, Wizards of The Coast, Panini, Top Cow, Simon & Schuster,Microsoft games, Egmont Ehapa and many more. Since we started Rotopolpress back in 2007 Nic Klein is closely connected with the Rotopol family. He is also co-editor of our mini-comic-anthology DOLOR. Reasons enough to dedicate an exhibition to him.

Nic Klein is a true master in combining digital and traditional painting techniques and he added his own style to covers for various comic series like Superman, New Warriors or Star Lord mit seinen Covern seine künstlerische Handschrift verpasst.

American author Ivan Brandon teamed up with Nic Klein for the comic saga Viking – The Long Cold Fire that was widely acclaimed by critics as a “Crime book for the 9th century”. Lately Brandon and Klein worked together with Brian Azzarello to breathe new life into DC-veteran Doc Savage.

Mehr über Nic Klein auf www.nic-klein.com

In January we released Thomas Wellman’s comic debut Der Ziegensauger (The Goatsucker) at rotopolpress. We like to take the chance to introduce his work with an exhibition. So we want to invite you to the vernissage on February 18, 2011 at 9:00pm at rotopol, Friedrich-Ebert-Str. 95 in Kassel. As usual at our show openings theres plenty food and beverages for you. If you like Thomas Wellmann can sign your copy of Der Ziegensauger because he will attend the show. The exhibition itself can be seen till April 5, 2011 at the rotopol gallery. Admission free!

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Video games rose from their shadowy existence as nerdy time-wasters and don’t only knock on the doors of the fancy flats of well educated hipsters. By now they became an inherent part in your mom’s boardgame shelf like Scrabble and Chinese Checkers.

Oh dear hedgehog, let me live.
My dear sister I will give.

Are you game? is the title of the fifth issue of the Kiin.-zine by the Geißer-Sisters and is dedicated to the topic Game. Guest artist is Lea Schönfelder, who was able to snatch several international awards for her games Ute and Ulitsa Dimitrova.

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KIIN. #5 — Are you game?
ISBN 978-3-940304-47-6
32 pages, b/w, 14.8 x 21 cm
limited edition (100), numbered
+ 1 extra package of tombola tickets

It is hot in the rainforest of Amazonia, sticky, humid, wet, gloomy and full of lurking shadows. Many a soul went missing in here forever. To survive in this world, you have to be up to every trick and a bit crazy.

„Matos, doesn‘t it bother you,
being so ugly?“
„Ugly? Ha! Live‘s to short,
to be stopped by such!
Ruben, listen. I‘ve got a plan,
that will make us rich!“

Just as Matos, boatsman by trade and up to each and every mischief, as long the price is right and one asks not too many questions. When he and his crew get the job to carry a mysterious passenger and his suitcase, the air fills up with bullets much faster than they‘d like. The whole trip turns into a bloody nightmare, which only the most hard-nosed passengers will escape.

(This extract shows a selection of pages of the book.)