'Willie the Zombie'.
Andy Leuenberger is a Swiss cartoonist and graphic artist, living in Berlin and known for his satirical and absurd humor. Since the mid- to late 1990s, he has been putting out at least one comic, cartoon or art book per year through his label Choke Book. His best-known recurring character is 'Wille the Zombie' (2007).
Early life
Andy Leuenberger was born in 1972 in Basel, Switzerland, but lives and works in Berlin since 1999. His work has appeared in numerous international comic anthologies (Strapazin, Komikaze, Joost Halbertsma and Dirk Verschure's Kutlul), mass media (Virus Magazine, Pardon) and small press publications (Hirnplatzt Zine, Jemma Press). His books and artwork are regularly presented in exhibitions and festivals for comic and printing art.
Cartoon by Andy Leuenberger.
Wille the Zombie
One of his best-known creations is 'Wille the Zombie', whose cartoons first appeared in Virus Magazin in 2007. Willie is a walking corpse, who often finds himself in black comedy situations, usually presented in pantomime. His girlfriend is also a zombie, named Luckie. Leuenberger gave her a spin-off comic, 'Luckie the Undead' later.
Recognition
Leuenberger's work has frequently been exhibited since 2003. He has held solo expos at Galerie Knoth + Krüger in Berlin (2008), the Gallery Guillaume Daeppen in Basel (2015) and at the Fumetto Comic Festival in Lucerne, Switzerland (2010-2011-2012).
Other works
Since 2012, Leuenberger has been working on his 'A Bestiary by Andy Leuenberger' series, which presents several animals as metaphors for human comedy. The first 'Bestiary' mini-comic was published in 2016. Some of his other popular titles are 'The Invincible' (2006), 'Emotional Avtomat' (2010), 'Roachman' (2013, 2015) and 'Planet of the Organic' (2015). 'The Death of Comic' (2014) presented a mash-up of Leuenberger's cartoons, artwork and sketchwork since the early 1990s.
Since 2021, he self-publishes the retro science fiction comic 'Dead Time Data'.
Cartoon by Andy Leuenberger.