Comic Book Prize Winner 2026

What is left of a childhood shaped by poverty, addiction, and broken ties? Dr. Shevek K. Selbert won the 12th Comic Book Prize of the Berthold Leibinger Stiftung with the double volume “Für einen Augenblick immer glücklich” and “Wish you were here”—one of the most important awards in German-language comics. Drawn in warm shades of yellow and orange, this powerful (auto)biographical work tells the story of growing up in a household marked by drug addiction. Join us for a reading by Shevek K. Selbert, followed by a conversation with Bianca Henze, project manager of the Comic Book Prize.