Father and Son (comics)
Father and Son (German: Vater und Sohn) are cartoon figures created by E. O. Plauen (often stylized as e.o.plauen).
The individual stories are usually independent of each other, while several overarching plots develop over the course of their adventures: The two main characters come into wealth (Die große Erbschaft, "The Great Inheritance", 1937), go overboard at sea and are left stranded on an island (Zwischenfall auf einer Sommerreise, "Incident on a Summer Voyage", 1937).
In 1934, Ullstein Verlag assigned editor Kurt Kusenberg with the task of finding a cartoonist for an upcoming cartoon series to be commissioned for the Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung.
Because of his political cartoons during the time of the Weimar Republic, Ohser had not been admitted to the Reich Chamber of Culture, which meant that he was under a de facto work ban.
On December 13, 1934,[5][6] the first story of Father and Son, entitled Der schlechte Hausaufsatz ("The bad homework assignment") was published in the Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung to an audience of millions.
Through Südverlag, which remained the rights holder until December 31, 2014,[10] and various license partners, several book editions stories of Father and Son were distributed in the German-speaking world alone, including some published by the East German publisher Eulenspiegel, so that the total amount of books was soon as high as several hundred thousand.
[15] An adaptation of the series was produced in 1960 for musical education in schools: Vater und Sohn, eine heitere Bildkantate nach E.O.
Plauen: für Jugendchor, Klavier, rhythmische Instrumente und eine Jazzgruppe ("Father and Son, a cheerful pictorial cantata after E.O.
Plauen: for youth choir, piano, rhythmic instruments and a jazz band") by Albrecht Rosenstengel and Paul Diwo.
In November 2015, the sequel Neue Geschichten von Vater und Sohn ("New Stories of Father and Son"), with drawings by German illustrator Ulf K. and written by Marc Lizano, a Frenchman were published by Panini Group.
