Ludas Matyi

Stepping out of the pages of Mosaik — the beloved East German anthology series from Verlag Junge Welt — Ludas Matyi made their Bronze Age debut in 1978, brought to life by the creative trio of Lothar Dräger, Lona Rietschel, and Irmtraut Winkler-Wittig. With a presence in the catalog stretching all the way to 2022, this is a character whose place in Mosaik's rich, long-running world proved genuinely durable. Sharing adventures with a wonderfully colourful cast — including Califax, Abrax, Brabax, Hans Wurst, and the magnificently named Marquis de la Vermotte-Toupet — Ludas Matyi is a fascinating piece of comics history from a publisher and tradition that many Western collectors are only just beginning to discover.