Insekten

Department Cultural Studies

As part of the seminar Affekte und Äxte. Gewalt und Wut in Comics, led by Marina Rauchenbacher, artists Regina Hofer and Leopold Maurer read from their joint comic Insekten (Insects). In an artist talk, they discuss their artistic and research work and the creation of the comic.

Regina Hofer and Leopold Maurer's Insekten (Insects) was published by Luftschacht in 2019. The book, illustrated alternately by the two artists, is dedicated to the biography of a perpetrator, namely Maurer's grandfather, who was a member of the SS. The work recounts the grandfather's relativizations and romanticizations, contrasts them with historical facts, and confronts them with the grandson's memories.


A public event as part of the seminar Affects and Axes. Violence and Anger in Comics organised by the Department of Cultural Studies.

© Insekten, Regina Hofer, Leopold Maurer
Reading
Lesung und Gespräch
27. November 2025, 10:00 - 11:30
Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien, VZA, Seminarraum 20, Vordere Zollamstraße 7, 1030 Wien