The Max & Moritz Prize is a prize for comic books, comic strips, and other similar materials which has been awarded at each of the biennial International Comics Shows of Erlangen since 1984. It is open to all material published in Germany. 1984 Best German-language Comic Artist: Best Comic Strip: Hägar the Horrible, by Dik Browne Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication: Edition Comic Art (series) (Carlsen Verlag) 1986 Best German-language Comic Artist: Matthias Schultheiss Best Comic Strip: Animal Crackers by Rog Bollen Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication: Macao - Internationale Comics (Macao Books, Wuppertal) Comic Art Magazine (Zürich, Munich) Coeurs de sable, by Jacques de Loustal & () Peter and the Wolf, by Jörg Müller & Loriot () 1988 Best German-language Comic Artist: Franziska Becker Best Comic Strip: Mafalda, by Quino Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication: A la recherche de Peter Pan, by (Carlsen Verlag) 1990 Best German-language Comic Artist: Gerhard Seyfried Best Comic Strip: Calvin and Hobbes, by Bill Watterson Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication: , by Miguelanxo Prado (Egmont Ehapa) Watchmen, by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons (Carlsen Verlag) Volumes of Tardi's work () Boxer Comic Art Magazine (Edition Kunst der Comics) Special Prize: Art Spiegelman, for Maus 1992 Best German-language Comic Artist: Ralf König Best Comic Strip: B.C., by Johnny Hart Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication: Peter Pan, by Régis Loisel (Egmont Ehapa) Théodore Poussin, by Frank Le Gall (Carlsen Verlag) Les pionniers de l'aventure humaine, by François Boucq () Die Bibliothek der großen Comic-Klassiker (series) (Carlsen Verlag) Fires, by Lorenzo Mattotti (Edition Kunst der Comics) Special Prize for outstanding life's work: Alberto Breccia 1993 (in Hamburg) Best German-language Comic Artist: Walter Moers Best Comic Strip or Cartoon Series: The Far Side, by Gary Larson Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication: Domestic: Es ist ein Arschloch, Maria!, by Walter Moers () Import: L'Uomo alla Finestra, by Lorenzo Mattotti & Lilia Ambrosi (Edition Kunst der Comics) Humor: , by (Feest Comics) For Children and Young People: Jimmy Boy, by Dominique David (Carlsen Verlag) Publication About Comics: Entretiens avec Moebius, by Numa Sadoul (Carlsen Verlag) Self-published Comic: Artige Zeiten, by Special Prize for outstanding life's work: Carl Barks 1994 Best German-language Comic Artist: Best Comic Strip or Cartoon Series: Captain Star, by Steven Appleby Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication: Domestic: Der unschuldige Passagier, by (Arbeitskreis Stadtzeichner Alsfeld) Import: Foligatto, by Nicolas de Crécy & Alexios Tjoyas (Egmont Ehapa) Import: Jeux pour mourir, by Jacques Tardi () Import: