Tom Bunk

Facts about Tom Bunk

Tom Bunk, born as Tomas Maria Bunk, on 17th December 1945 in Split, Croatia (therefore its Internet presence has the name Spalato.net).
In the Second World War his parents fled from Germany to Yugoslavia escaping the Nazis. At the age of 13 Tom moved with his family back to Hamburg.
Tom Bunk visited the University of Art in Hamburg. He moved in 1973 to Berlin and started his career drawing funny oil paintings, which he presented in 3 exhibitions.
In 1983 he met his wife Hinda and moved to New York. In the United States he quickly gained a foothold by co-working with Art Spiegelman. Tom helped Spiegelman on the comic 'RAW', additionally Tom Bunk translated Spiegelman's Maus comics. Art Spiegelman introduced Tom Bunk to Topps Cards, where he is still working on the 'Garbage Pail Kids' trading card series and other projects. Tom Bunk published a lot of illustrations in the 'New York Times' in this era.
Tom Bunks first contribution to MAD was published in number 296 (July, 1990) named 'The 2-Hour School of Dentistry', written by Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola. From this time he has worked on every issue of the MAD Magazine.
In 2004 Tom Bunk was diagnosed with cancer, but fought successfully against it and is now completely cured.
Tom Bunk has two children and lives with his wife Hinda in New Rochelle, New York.

Bibliography

• 1976: Bunk began publishing his works in the German Comics 'Slapstick' and 'Pardon'. In this time he became well-known writing under his alter ego Karsten Dose.

• 1976: Pardon 10/76 (Two page article about Tom Bunk, "Ich liebe das Dusselige", about his art and his cartoons), Pardon-Verlag
• 1978: Slapstick 1 - 15 (a cartoon magazine, he draw the covers for issue #3, 6 and 10), Pardon-Verlag
• 1979: Hinz und Kunz, from #7 - 11 (Comic magazine, cover for issue #10), Volksverlag

• 1980: 'U-Comix Sonderband' No.27 : Ramba Zamba Comics (with reprints from Pardon and Slapstick, Bunk's first book) published by Volksverlag

• 1981: Comixene No. 41 (Gilbert Shelton Interview, by Tom Bunk and Volker Reiche. Recorded on the 32nd Book Fair in Frankfurt, 1980), Edition Becker & Knigge

• 1982: Titanic 8/82 (Satire magazine, with Bunk's comic "Apokalypse Wow"), Verlag Titanic

• 1982: 'Semmels Satire Sammelsurium' (in cooperation with Brösel, Rolf Boyke, Kay Czucha, Harm Bengen, Philip) published by Semmel Verlag

• 1982: 'Friede, Freude, Eierkuchen Comics' (in cooperation with Rolf Boyke, Detlef Surrey, Fuchsi, Peter Petri, Harals, Kriki) published by Semmel Verlag

• 1983: Zomix No. 10 and 11 (Comic Magazine), Blender Verlag

• 1983: 'Wanted!- Semmels Satire Sammelsurium Edition 2' (includes Bunk's personal favorite comic 'Die Plattgehämmerte Palme') published by Semmel Verlag

• 1983: 'Irrwitz-Comics' (in cooperation with Wolfgang Stein, Detlef Surrey, Hansi Kiefersauer and Gerhard Seyfried) published by Weismann Verlag, München

• 1984: 'Dose Comics' (work finished in New York) published by Semmel Verlag

• 1984: 'Besemmelt!' (contains no new material by Tom Bunk, the illustration in the imprint was taken from 'Dose Comics') published by Semmel Verlag

• 1984: 'Ernst Vooland: Schnell im Biss- Berliner Comix und Karikaturen' (includes 2 comics by Bunk from 'Semmels Satire Sammelsurium'') published by Rixdorfer Verlagsanstalt, Berlin

• 1984 - 1985: rAd ab! No. 3 + 4 (Comic Magazine), Rad Ab-Verlag

• 1985: 'Kramer - Tod im Nacken' (with collected works from 'Kramer Comics' contributed in 'Hinz & Kunz'. The back cover shows Bunks first photography comic: 'Unternehmen Heidekraut') published by Semmel Verlag

• 1986: Klaus Strzyz/ Jari Cuypers: 'Comic Zeichen Buch' (includes a short interview with Tom Bunk) published by Leue Verlag, Berlin

• 1990: 'Strange Adventures' by Harvey Kurtzman,( Tom Bunk contributed the comic 'A Vampire named Mel') published by Epic Comics

• 1990 - today: MAD contributer since issue #296, EC Publications

• 1991: 'Alles im Sack!' (An anthology about Christmas, Tom Bunk contributed the comic 'X-Mess in New York') published by Semmel Verlag

• 1995: Ralf Thenior/Tomas Bunk: 'Gib Gas, Kniffke!' (One of three children books created for the German Publisher Ravensburger)

• 1998: Andreas C. Knigge: 'Trau keinem über 30!' (Anthology about the subject 1968, Bunks contribution 'Der Salon Anna Krone 68, eine Annachronische Burleske')

• 2001 : Nick Meglin /John Ficarra: The MAD Gross Book. (MAD Books, New York)

• 2002: Mark Evanier: MAD Art. (Watson Guptill)

• 2006: Arthur Eisenkraft / Larry D.Kirkpatrick/ Tomas Bunk: Quantoons - Metaphysical Illustrations. (NSA Press)

• 2008: Tomas Bunk :Ein Berliner in New York (Illustrated Bio pic, published in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, June 2008), F. A. Z.
  
  
• 2009: Comixene No. 106 (Spot on Tomas Bunk, with the complete run of his Bio pic "Ein Berliner in New York"), Freibeuter Verlag
• 2013: Heiner Lünstedt (Anthologist) : A Tribute to Robert Crumb (Bunk's contribution "Head Komix", nearly complete in English), Edition 52
  
  
• 2014: Comixzeichner in Berlin (another illustrated Bio pic, about his years as artist in Berlin. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, January 2014), F. A. Z.
  
  
• 2015: Comixzeichner in Berlin /Ein Berliner in New York (Both Bio pics in one book), comicplus+
  
  
• 2019: Comixene No. 133 (Interview with Tom Bunk, with a new 4 page comic "Comix dell'Arte"), Rätselfactory, AG
  
  
• 2020: First MAD cover for the Burbank edition #13

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