My Fairly Odd Friend Walter

  • A powerful plea for being different
  • Expressively illustrated by Julius Thesing
  • Sibylle Berg's successful play now as a graphic novel

Lisa spends her evenings searching the cosmos for extraterrestrial life. With good reason, as her daily life on Earth isn't very cheerful: Her parents don’t care for her at all (in fact they can hardly be distinguished from the sofa cushions). At school she is a welcome victim for just about everyone. When a spaceship lands behind her house one night, the alien visitors cast a quick, disgusted look round and zoom off again. Only one stays: Klakalnamanazdt, whom Lisa quickly dubs Walter.

On Walter's planet, the focus is on cuddling, playing, and taking care of each other -- it's no wonder that he finds life on Earth pretty foreign. Without further ado, he begins to tidy up Lisa's life - until she can manage without foreign powers on our extremely odd planet Earth…

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  • Publisher: Fischer Sauerländer
  • Release: 13.03.2024
  • ISBN: 978-3-7373-7257-2
  • 144 Pages
  • Authors: Sibylle Berg
  • Illustrated by: Julius Thesing
My Fairly Odd Friend Walter
Sibylle Berg Julius Thesing My Fairly Odd Friend Walter
Joseph Strauch
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Sibylle Berg

Sibylle Berg is among the most highly respected playwrights and writers within the German-speaking world. Her works, critically examining society, explore subjects of social inequality and digitalization.

Verena Anne Ahrens
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Julius Thesing

Julius Thesing, born in 1990, studied illustration at the Münster School of Design. In 2020, he completed his bachelor's degree with his much-acclaimed graphic novel debut »You Don't Look Gay«. He works as a full-time designer and freelance illustrator in Münster.