End of story

Fahrradmod, the webcomic comes to an end, after six years. 

That’s it, dear friends. This is it, the last page of my story. And what other song could I choose to headline this page than this classic, the last song of so many soul nighters, where everybody jumps onto the dancefloor one last time, and everybody is lying in each others arms afterwards.

At least if Andi decides it’s still not late enough and is warming up for a little Rap performance.

Wow, it really happened. Now also the webcomic has come to it’s end. From it;s very beginnings Fahrradmod (Getting Grand) was connected to the internet and it’s online readers. First via the blog, that I started in 2007 to follow to the process of drawing the whole thing. It’s funny to read those old posts nowadays. And finally the real thing, the webcomic, that I started in 2011. This one ends today. (Well, almost).

So it’s up to me to thank you guys one last time. Fahrradmod was a very important and successful project for me, and has been well-received even beyond the in-crowd of the sixties community. On top of it the feedback was very positive. And this is mostly thanks to you, at the end of the day it was you, who made this whole thing so big. And for this I will be ever so thankful.
It has been a very nice ride with you.
And I will be working my ass off to realize as much foreign translations of my story as possible. Because you told me you want this.
So, I hope to see you soon, somewhere, with beer or gin tonic and the best music there is.
Tobi

Feinkost Lampe

Live Reading at Feinkost Lampe in Hannover, in cooperation with Comix Hannover.

5.000

Facebook page reaches 5.000 followers.

Strip Nieuws

Article in the Dutch comicmagazine 'Strip Nieuws' about my work and the German comicscene.

Angouleme

25-29 january 2017 Visiting the famous Comicfestival of Angouleme for the first time. It was fantastic, the dimensions of this festival really blew me away. So great to see what the European comic community has to offer. And it is remarkable what can be achieved, when cultural and public acceptance is also supported by money from the state. One really feels himself wandering about a true comic paradise.
Here are some pictures I took, to give you an impression:

Graphic Storytelling Festival

Live reading during the Festival of Graphic Storytelling in Kassel in this cozy little temple of art.

Best Scenario

Yay! Fahrradmod won the award for Best Scenario of the Rudolf Dirks Award in Dortmund.

November 2016

26-11-2016 Live reading at Scala in Wesel, with an Allnighter afterwards at club Baby Doll

11-11-2016 Releaseparty in Novi Sad at the club ‚Graffiti“ with pages of the book turned into lamp shades.

7-11-2016 Fahrradmod is released in Serbia by publisher Komiko under the title „Modsi"

3-11-2016 Fahrradmod is nominated in the categories Coming of Age, Best Scenario and Best Artwork of the Rudolph Dirks Award.

Oktober 2016

20-10-2016 Buchmesse Frankfurt, Netherlands and Flanders are guest country. Very spectacular sketch battle against the Dutch/Flemish colleagues. Book signings and at the Open Books with Barbara Yelin.

19-10-2016 SubQ will publish my book under the name „Fietsmod“.

Goldener Gartenzwerg

6-9-2016 Fahrradmod wins the Golden Gartenzwerg of Comicgarten Leipzig

August 2016

23-8-2016 Promotional childrensbook give-away I did for  Netto markendiscount and the WWF presented in all their supermarkets.

22-8-2016 End of exhibition in Wesel

10-8-2016 Famous Dutch Comic and Popculture Magazine "Zone 5300' publishes an translated excerpt of Fahrradmod plus a long interview.

3-8-2016 Part of the exhibition "Esquelas Sonoras“ at Euro Yeye, Gijon

Fahrradmod exhibition in Wesel

27-6-2016 Interview with DeinAntiheld.de

Mit Künstler Tobi Dahmen durfte ich über den Erfolg seiner Graphic Novel „Fahrradmod", die zugehörige Ausstellung in einer Heimatstadt Wesel und vieles mehr sprechen.

26-6-2016 Interview on Wesels local Radio broadcast

25-6-2016 Signing books at Mayersche Buchhandlung Wesel

22-6-2016 Article about the exhibition on Lokalkompass.de

21-6-2016 Video clip about the Vernissage of the Exhibition, produced by Flagschiff Film

Vernissage der Fahrradmod-Ausstellung in der Städtischen Galerie am Centrum Wesel. 'Fahrradmod' ist ein autobiographischer Comic über eine Jugend in Wesel und die Jugendszene. Es ist eine Geschichte über das Leben in der Kleinstadt, über Freundschaft und den eigenen Platz.

17-6-2016 article about the exhibition in the Rheinische Post

16-6-2016 The exhibition starts with a bang, a big crowd and an Allnighter at the Baby Doll Club.

13-6-2016 Interview and article about the exhibition in Wesel in the Rheinische Post

7-6-2016 setting up my exhibition in Wesel, while the town is plastered with posters.

Comicsalon Erlangen 2016

3-6-2016 I’ve got my own meme.

28-5-2016 I didn’t win the Max & Moritz Award, but I won an ice-cold beer for my dance on stage.

 

27-5-2017 „Fahrradmod“ is one of the best German webcomics, according to the Spiegel.

25-5-2017 At the Comic Salon Erlangen with an exhibition at Ultra Comix.

16-5-2017 Live-reading at the Sixties & Mod Weekender in Linz.

26-4-2016 „Fahrradmod“ nominated in two categories for the Max & Moritz Preis of the Comic Salon Erlangen, Best German publication and Public’s choice award.

April 2016

23-4-2016 Live Reading at Stadtbibliothek Bonn

16-4-2016 Live Reading at Walzenlager Cinema, Zentrum Altenberg, Oberhausen

15-4-2016 Live Reading and Allnighter as Warm-Up for the Freedom Sounds Festival at King Georg, Cologne

14-4-2016 Third print is out!

5-4-2016 Full list of songs related to the webcomic of Fahrradmod on Youtube

February 2016

27-2-2016 Taking part in the Stripdagen Rijswijk, presenting my book on stage.

16-2-2016 Article about the book and the signing session in Kalkar in the Rheinische Post.

13-2-2016 Book signing at Scooterist Meltdown, Kalkar

6-2-2016 Live-Reading at Kulturzentrum Pelmke, Hagen

5-2-2016 Booksigning at T3 in Frankfurt, Live-Reading and interview on Stage with Dj Weller and Jakob Hoffmann of Stories & Strips, at Orange Peel, Frankfurt.

4-2-2016 Article in Westfalenpost of Hagen

3-2-2016 Interview with the blog of „Sapeur OSB“, Frankfurt

January 2016

28-1-2016 Arte TV about the „Roszika“ project.

24-1-2016 Article about ‚Fahrradmod‘ and the new German Mod sampler „Falsche Zeit, falscher Ort“ in the Frankfurter Allgemeinen Sonntagszeitung

21-1-2016 British fashion label Merc features my work on their blog "The Feed". Including an interview.

21-1-2016 Portrait of me on tv, walking the streets of Wesel and visiting hotspots of the book, at the Lokalzeit NRW of the WDR.

20-1-2016 Review on the blog ‚Letterata‘

19-1-2016 Review in the Musik Express

5-1-2016 Review in the Rolling Stone Magazin

December 2015

23-12-2015 Number one in the list of the Comics of the year. Thanks Intro!

22-12-2015 Small feature on WDR5 at the „Resonanzen"

21-12-2015 Second print of the book arrived

18-12-2015 Interview with the Comicradioshow

17-12-2015 A detailed review at Comicgate

16-12-2015 On the couch at the tv-programme ‚WestArt‘ of WDR, with a small feature about the work in my studio.

http://www.fahrradmod.de/ Zwischen Selbstfindung und Politisierung: Tobi Dahmens „Fahrradmod" erzählt von der Jugendkultur der achtziger und neunziger Jahre.... http://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/comics/fahrradmod-von-tobi-dahmen-heimweh-nach-einer-besseren-musik/12638760.html Die Coming of Age-Graphic Novel „Fahrradmod" (Radio nachhören) http://www.wdr5.de/sendungen/scala/fahradmod100.html Zeit des Schaffens... http://fahrradmod.blogspot.de/ Illustrator Tobi Dahmen: http://www.tobidahmen.de/

15-12-2015 Review on the ‚Tonart‘ programme on Deutschlandradio Kultur

12-12-2015 Signing session at the very smart shop Modlord in Düsseldorf and a great releaseparty until the early hours at Prinz Albert.

11-12-2015 Interview with the blog „theycallitkleinparis"

10-12-2015 Interview with the radioshow Scala on WDR5.

3-12-2015 Big article in the Rheinische Post of Düsseldorf

November 2015

30-11-2015 Review on Pop10 Kiosk.

Bücherwurm Henning stellt euch in dieser Ausgabe des Kiosks wieder zwei seiner derzeitigen Lieblingsbücher vor. Es geht um ein Comic/Graphic Novel namens Fahrrad-Mod (vonTobi Dahmen) und das Buch 1984 Block an Block, Subkulturen im Orwell Jahr. Mehr auf www.pop10.de Redaktion: Henning Lühr Kamera, Schnitt, Ton: Torsten Porstmann

29-11-2015 Positive review in the Bücher Magazin

26-11-2015 Prominent article on the comicpage of Tagesspiegel

24-11-2015 Some sketches and an interview at Dreimalalles

23-11-2015 Review in movie magazine „Deadline“

18-11-2015 Articles in the Hamburger Abendblatt and the Berliner Morgenpost

17-11-2015 Interview for Intro with Bastian Küllenberg

14-11-2015 Live-Reading with Mathias Wieland, signing and releaseparty at Monkey’s in Hamburg

12-11-2015 Great article about my book in the „Dschungel“ of the Jungle World

3-11-2015 Review by Comicradioshow

2-11-2015 Review by Zack Comicmagazine