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A quick introduction to Manfred Deix. (i.imgur.com)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Manfred Deix was an Austrian artist. The masterful ugliness of his pictures is unrivalled. Specialized in the depiction of not just the physical but also the mental, social and political ugliness of his surroundings, he captured austrian society in a unique way. Usually he targeted his fellow Austrians, politicians, the catholic church, conservatives and neo-nazis. Sometimes he also just did funny stuff though, like weird Donald Duck or Asterix & Obelix interpretations.

"Austria"

Old fashioned Austrian, singing a sad traditional. Unknown title

Arnold Schwarzenegger on a visit in Austria

"Horrible. In 2012, hunting accidents peaked"

"One of the greatest in the world, Donald Duck, turned 75 in June. Nowadays he lives retired in Duckburg."

Self portrait, 1996

Self portrait. Wall painting in Bleiburg, Carinthia.

unknown title

NSFW spoiler

"Beach Baby"

NSFW spoiler

Asterix sneaks up on Obelix

NSFW spoiler
"News from the Vatikan: They are going wilder than ever before"

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Wow I didn't know about this artist, it's as horrible as it's good 😅

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Bwahaha, the ~~Asterix~~ Obelix one in particular just slays me. Anyway, wow, I'd never heard of him before. What a great style all the way around! I love that combination of somewhat vulgar content in lovingly-rendered watercolors. Or like the other commenter better said "it’s as horrible as it’s good." XD

Btw, Lambiek has a very nice biographical entry on him, and mentions that he did a weekly cartoon for News magazine. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find any examples online or compilations in archives of such, but I'd indeed be curious what his weekly work was like, which I'm guessing differs somewhat from his painterly works.

I've also added this to the review / intro archive. Great stuff, and thank you for sharing. =)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

that he did a weekly cartoon for News magazin

Really? Interesting! If have never seen them.

Btw, Lambiek has a very nice biographical entry on him

That was a nice read. I had no clue that he named R. Crumb as his main influence but it makes perfect sense because Crumb is also a master of ugliness.