Born in 1977 in Bruges, Olivier Schrauwen studied animation at the Academy of Art in Ghentand and comics at the Saint Luc in Bruges. He improved his style, a reminisence of classical american comic strips, in several anthologies such as Spirou, Beeldstorm, Demo, INK and Zone5300. His two books My Boy and The Man Who Grew His Beard were published in English by Bries and Fantagraphics.

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Vernissage on:
Saturday, June 02nd 2012 at 9:00 pm
at Rotopol
Friedrich-Ebert-Str. 95 in Kassel

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Drawings and collages by Bene Rohlmann aka pearpicker: www.pearpicker.com

Vernissage on:

Friday April 13, 2012 at 8pm
at Rotopol
Friedrich-Ebert-Str. 95 in Kassel, Germany

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The first inbetween Kiin.zine. More precisely it is somewhere between Kiin. #7 and Kiin. #8. Created for the Super Villain groupshow at Rotopol, it is an essential companion for the modern villian of today.

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KIIN.between #1
ISBN 978-3-940304-72-8
22 pages, b/w, 14.8 x 21 cm
limited edition (100), numbered

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)

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