“Smile and Wave”

What a perfect title for a graphic novel about the Bundeswehr‘s mission in Afghanistan.

German illustrator Arne Jysch has completed his first graphic novel. Congratulations. I’m sure it’s fantasy comic material at it’s finest (in some scenes German soldiers are actually seen doing some fighting, for instance).

“The advantage of fiction is that you can combine real experiences that different people have had (in other armies?) and mix them all up,” he explains.

Jysch has never been to Afghanistan.

PS: I read recently that German soldiers in Afghanistan, being frustrated about having to be German soldiers in Afghanistan, have their own definition for ISAF: I saw Americans fighting.

Mickey Mouse hassled by German cops

Well, sort of. Humorless German police are all hot and bothered these days just because the latest German-issue Mickey Mouse comic book came equipped with a Chinese kiddie radio the kids can use to listen to real live grownup German police calls with.

 

 Quadratisch, praktisch, gut.

 

Unfortunately for the cops trying to straighten this touchy matter up, every time a patrol car gets called in to arrest one of these no good American comic book reading punks, they always somehow manage to disappear before the grumps can arrive.

 

“Wir prüfen, ob ein Verstoß gegen das Fernmeldegesetz vorliegt.”