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Alexandra Völker was just three years old when she picked up a brush and pen for the first time and started to give the wallpaper in the playroom a new look. Just a few years later, she was already getting private art lessons from the artist Martine Mallet, and then, in due time, fate came calling in the form of “Sailor Moon”. The girl with the big bright eyes awoke Alex's interest in manga and inspired her to create her own first stories.
When Alexandra was 14, her school had a newspaper project as part of their German class. Students had to write their own articles, which would subsequently be printed in a special publication. In addition to her article, Alexandra also submitted a caricature, and two other caricatures found their way into the newspaper in the articles of two fellow students. During a visit to the editorial office, Editor-in-Chief Martin Haselhorst, took Alexandra to one side and asked if she would be interested in drawing for the Westfalenpost, a local newspaper. Since then, Alexandra has been responsible for the sports section and does caricatures when required.
The critical turning point ultimately came four years later:
Alexandra took part in the “Connichi doujinshi contest” for the first time, and her work “Tears in Heaven” won second prize!
The very day that the prizes were awarded, the publishing director of Egmont Manga & Anime (EMA), Georg F. W. Tempel offered her a contract. Alex agreed without much hesitation and just two months later put forward her idea for her first manga, “Catwalk”.
After “Catwalk” came “Make a Date”. In 2006, Carlsen Publishing House expressed an interest in Alexandra and, in due course, recruited her for a new project – Carlsen “Chibis”. Her mini-manga appeared in stores one year later.
In the meantime, Alexandra's fourth manga was already on the market, a one-shot manga entitled “Paris”, published in July 2008 by EMA. And since her ideas seem to be endless, the next manga is already being planned...
Alexandra Völker was just three years old when she picked up a brush and pen for the first time and started to give the wallpaper in the playroom a new look. Just a few years later, she was already getting private art lessons from the artist Martine Mallet, and then, in due time, fate came calling in the form of “Sailor Moon”. The girl with the big bright eyes awoke Alex's interest in manga and inspired her to create her own first stories.
When Alexandra was 14, her school had a newspaper project as part of their German class. Students had to write their own articles, which would subsequently be printed in a special publication. In addition to her article, Alexandra also submitted a caricature, and two other caricatures found their way into the newspaper in the articles of two fellow students. During a visit to the editorial office, Editor-in-Chief Martin Haselhorst, took Alexandra to one side and asked if she would be interested in drawing for the Westfalenpost, a local newspaper. Since then, Alexandra has been responsible for the sports section and does caricatures when required.
The critical turning point ultimately came four years later:
Alexandra took part in the “Connichi doujinshi contest” for the first time, and her work “Tears in Heaven” won second prize!
The very day that the prizes were awarded, the publishing director of Egmont Manga & Anime (EMA), Georg F. W. Tempel offered her a contract. Alex agreed without much hesitation and just two months later put forward her idea for her first manga, “Catwalk”.
After “Catwalk” came “Make a Date”. In 2006, Carlsen Publishing House expressed an interest in Alexandra and, in due course, recruited her for a new project – Carlsen “Chibis”. Her mini-manga appeared in stores one year later.
In the meantime, Alexandra's fourth manga was already on the market, a one-shot manga entitled “Paris”, published in July 2008 by EMA. And since her ideas seem to be endless, the next manga is already being planned...
