{{Short description|German comic book and graphic novel publisher}} '''Reprodukt''' is a German comic book and graphic novel publisher headquartered in Berlin.
== History == Reprodukt was founded by Dirk Rehm in 1991.{{sfn |Etter |2021 |p=9}}<ref name=Torne /> Rehm chose the name—the German word for "reproduce"—because he viewed the printed pages of published comics as reproductions of the original artwork.<ref name=Torne /> Entering the industry with a German-language republication of the Hernandez brothers' ''Love and Rockets''<ref name=Maiwald /> established the company's focus on alternative comics, especially avant-garde works by comic creators with distinctive styles.{{sfn |Etter |2021 |p=9}} Many of their published titles are autobiographical works targeted at educated, middle-class adult readers,{{sfn |Byrd |2016 |p=217}} although they also release children's comics. One such series, "Kiste", a story about an animated cardboard box,<ref name=Ehmann /> has been one of their bestsellers.<ref name=Torne />
Reprodukt has published comic books by American comic artists including Charles Burns, Dan Clowes, and Craig Thompson, New Zealander Dylan Horrocks, and Austrian artist Nicolas Mahler,<ref name=Reid />{{sfn |Becker |2022 |pp=66-67}} as well as German comic book creators such as {{ill|Mawil|de}} Anna Haifisch and Barbara Yelin<ref name=Torne />
== Impact == Since its founding, Reprodukt has grown to become one of Germany's largest<ref name=Maiwald /> and most important{{sfn |Etter |2021 |p=9}} comic book publishers. The majority of the company's releases have been licensed republication of previously published works.{{sfn |Becker |2022 |p=59}} By doing so, especially by republishing works in translation, they have made foreign artists more accessible to German-speaking audiences.<ref name=Torne /> At times, this process of translation and republication is transformative rather than merely editorial, changing elements such as "binding, paper quality, format, and ... cost" that can alter readers' impressions of the works.{{sfn |Becker |2022 |pp=59-62}} Some artists, such as Mahler, have even produced additional content specifically for Reprodukt editions.{{sfn |Becker |2022 |pp=66-67}}
Both the company itself and its published works have been recognized with a variety of awards. Reprodukt received one of the {{ill|Berlin Publishing Prize|de|Berliner_Verlagspreis}}'s sponsorship awards in 2018,<ref name=Tages /> and a seal of quality from the {{ill|German Publishing Prize|de|Deutscher Verlagspreis}} four times between 2019 and 2023.<ref name=DV2019 /><ref name=DV2020 /><ref name=DV2022 /><ref name=DV2023 /> In 2020, Rehm received the {{ill|K.-H Zillmer Publisher Prize|de|Karl-Heinz-Zillmer-Verlegerpreis}} for Reprodukt's role in introducing graphic novels to German culture.<ref name=Bors />
== References == <references>
<ref name=Bors>{{cite web |title=20.000 Euro für Dirk Rehm von Reprodukt |website=Börsenblatt |date=2020-08-14 |accessdate=2024-03-11 |language=German |url=https://boersenblatt.net/news/preise-und-auszeuchnungen/20000-euro-fuer-dirk-rehm-von-reprodukt-113913}}</ref> <ref name=DV2019>{{cite web |title=Die Preisträger 2019 |website=Deutscher Verlagspreis |publisher=Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien |language=German |accessdate=2024-03-11 |url=https://www.deutscher-verlagspreis.de/preistr%C3%A4ger-2019.html}}</ref> <ref name=DV2020>{{cite web |title=Die Preisträger 2020 |website=Deutscher Verlagspreis |publisher=Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien |language=German |accessdate=2024-03-11 |url=https://www.deutscher-verlagspreis.de/preistraeger-2019.html}}</ref> <ref name=DV2022>{{cite web |title=Die Preisträger 2022 |website=Deutscher Verlagspreis |publisher=Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien |language=German |accessdate=2024-03-11 |url=https://www.deutscher-verlagspreis.de/preistraeger-2022.html}}</ref> <ref name=DV2023>{{cite web |title=Die Preisträger 2023 |website=Deutscher Verlagspreis |publisher=Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien |language=German |accessdate=2024-03-11 |url=https://www.deutscher-verlagspreis.de/preistraeger-2023.html}}</ref> <ref name=Ehmann>{{cite web |last=Ehmann |first=Antje |title=Children's Comics: The Latest Innovations |website=Litrix.de |publisher=Goethe Institute |accessdate=2024-03-11 |url=https://www.litrix.de/en/mag/23105925.html}}</ref> <ref name=Maiwald>{{cite magazine |last=Maiwald |first=Christian |title=Reprodukt Comics |language=German |journal=Ox-Fanzine |publisher=Fuze Magazine |issue=47 |date=June–August 2002 |url=https://ox-fanzine.de/interview/reprodukt-comics-733}}</ref> <ref name=Reid>{{cite web |last=Reid |first=Calvin |title=Graphic Novels, Digital Comics Go Global At the Frankfurt Book Fair |website=Publishers Weekly |date=2012-10-20 |accessdate=2024-01-11 |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/54451-graphic-novels-digital-comics-go-global-at-the-frankfurt-book-fair.html}}</ref> <ref name=Tages>{{cite web |title=Auszeichnung für Berliner avant-Verlag: Verlagspreis geht an Comic-Verlag |website=Tagesspiegel |date=2022-11-14 |accessdate=2024-03-11 |language=German |url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/comics/auszeichnung-fur-berliner-avant-verlag-verlagspreis-geht-erstmals-an-comic-verlag-8872264.html}}</ref> <ref name=Torne>{{cite web |last=von Törne |first=Lars |title=25 Jahre Reprodukt: "Comics bleiben ein schwieriges Geschäft" |website=Tagesspiegel |date=2016-02-25 |accessdate=2024-03-11 |language=German |url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/comics/comics-bleiben-ein-schwieriges-geschaft-3699904.html}}</ref>
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=== Bibliography === * {{cite book |last=Becker |first=Romain |chapter=How a German Publisher Appropriates Comics It Did Not Originally Publish |pages=59–79 |editor1-last=Ossa |editor1-first=Vanessa |editor2-last=Thon |editor2-first=Jan-Noël |editor3-last=Wilde |editor3-first=Lukas R.A. |title=Comics and Agency |publisher=De Gruyter |isbn=978-3-11-075440-7 |year=2022}} * {{cite book |last=Byrd |first=Vance |chapter=Cultural Legitimacy and Nicolas Mahler's Autobiographical Comics |pages=215–236 |editor-last=Kutch |editor-first=Lynn Marie |title=Novel Perspectives on German-Language Comics Studies: History, Pedagogy, Theory |publisher=Lexington Books |year=2016 |isbn=9781498526227}} * {{cite book |last=Etter |first=Lukas |title=Distinctive Styles and Authorship in Alternative Comics |publisher=De Gruyter |year=2021 |isbn=978-3-11-069352-2}}
Category:1991 establishments in Germany Category:Companies established in 1991 Category:Comic book publishing companies of Germany