born as Markus Witzel in 1976 in East Berlin, studied graphic design at the Berlin Weissensee School of Art, where he co-founded the comics group Monogatari. His illustrations are published by various magazines and newspapers. His comics, including »Wir können ja Freunde bleiben« (2003), »Kinderland« (2014) and »The Singles Collection« (2015), won the ICOM Independent Comic Prize in 1998, 2003, 2004 and 2007, and the Max-und-Moritz-Preis in 2014. Mawil lives in Berlin.
Mawil
