Cartoon by Wolfgang Hicks. Europa waits for the conference results regarding united Europe, the capital of Europe and the European key points.
Wolfgang Hicks was a German political cartoonist, who was active in West Germany after the war. Born in Hamburg, he was initially an artist and designer for advertisements and stage sets. He evolved from humorous caricatures to political cartoons, drawing inspiration from Olaf Gulbransson, Karl Arnold and Th. Heine. He made his cartooning debut at the age of 18 in the Hamburger Fremdenblatt. He subsequently contributed to the Koralle, BZ am Mittag and, from 1932, the social-democratic weekly Echo der Woche, for which he drew critical cartoons about the national-socialists. This led to a publication ban when the Nazi Party came to power.
Cartoons from Wacht im Westen, issue #152 (4 March 1945).
During World War II, he switched to pro-Nazi cartoons, and became a collaborator of the German army daily Wacht im Westen - Frontzeitung unserer Armee, a publication of the Propaganda Kompanie. Although World War II was near its end, the magazine continued publication, and was vividly illustrated. Hicks illustrated the back page, called 'Die Seefront', which contained cartoons, often of an antisemitic nature. Other artists for the magazine were Walter Hofmann and Karlheinz John.
Cartoon from Wacht im Westen, (18 February 1945).
After World War II, Hicks started making political cartoons for Der Stern and Die Zeit, and was the regular cartoonist for Die Welt from 1957 on. He has also illustrated books. Wolfgang Hicks passed away in 1983 in Bonn.
'Honeckers Arm im Palais Schaumburg' (1974), depicting East German head of state Erich Honecker controlling West German head of state Willy Brandt during the spy scandal around Günther Guillaume.