WRITER

Ralf König

1960 - Today

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Ralf König (born 8 August 1960) is one of the best known and most commercially successful German comic book creators. His books have been translated into many languages. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ralf König has received more than 65,894 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Ralf König is the 5,713th most popular writer (down from 5,482nd in 2019), the 5,143rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,654th in 2019) and the 340th most popular German Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 66k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Roy & Al
Fiction
Roy & Al is the first English-language book by Europe’s most popular gay cartoonist, Germany’s Ralf König, whose collections have sold over 250,000 copies and have been translated into five languages. Roy & Al is a hilarious, erotically charged series of gay comics starring two dogs whose owners are dating. Al, a purebred, is rather fey, and treats the unsophisticated with disdain, while Roy, a mongrel, is coarser and more down-to-earth (and a tad overweight). Any similarities between masters and dogs are strictly intentional. Roy & Al is an uproarious vision of contemporary gay life through the eyes of man’s best friend.
2006
Maybe...Maybe Not Again!
Comics & Graphic Novels
Ralf Konig unveils the sequel to his popular graphic novel "Maybe Maybe Not" which inspired one of the largest grossing movies in German history. This time around, Konig tells us what happens once the honeymoon is over for Axel and Doro - and how they once again cross paths (and lock horns) with Norbert and Waltina, the Gay men Axel left in his wake at the end of the first book.
1999
Konrad and Paul
1998
Maybe-- maybe not
Comics & Graphic Novels
Germany's most popular cartoonist tells the uproarious tale of a heterosexual man who may or may not stay that way. This book and its sequel were the basis for the largest grossing movie in German history.
1998
Bull's balls
Gay men
1997
The killer condom
Graphic novels
It looks like a condom. It feels like a condom. But it's no ordinary condom it's a killer! Ralf Konig's classic, which has been produced as a feature film and staged as a life-sized puppet show, is once again available in English!
2009

Page views of Ralf Königs by language

Over the past year Ralf König has had the most page views in the with 20,329 views, followed by Spanish (7,652), and English (7,502). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Arabic (1,716.67%), Galician (86.61%), and Esperanto (78.07%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ralf König ranks 5,713 out of 7,302. Before him are Peter Morgan, Georgi Gospodinov, Sarmad Kashani, Dragutin Tadijanović, Karel van de Woestijne, and Joe Orton. After him are Anna Kavan, Kim Iryeop, Frederick Rolfe, Christoph Ransmayr, Robert Christgau, and Federico Moccia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Ralf König ranks 353. Before him are Hans Pflügler, Dave Weckl, Gerard Joling, Karita Mattila, Holly Johnson, and Toke Talagi. After him are Aziz Bouderbala, Elsa Cayat, Svetlana Kitić, Alexei Kudrin, James Comey, and Mark Schultz.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ralf König ranks 5,143 out of 7,253. Before him are Ludwig Carl Christian Koch (1825), Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs (1912), Julian Brandt (1996), Jörg Drehmel (1945), Wolfgang Sidka (1954), and Hildegard Falck (1949). After him are Carl Jacob Löwig (1803), Klaus Schütz (1926), Heiko Maas (1966), Rainer Brüderle (1945), Sandra Nasić (1976), and Georg Holtzendorff (null).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Ralf König ranks 340. Before him are August Spies (1855), Wolfgang Hohlbein (1953), Peter Wohlleben (1964), H. A. Rey (1898), Walter Moers (1957), and Erwin Strittmatter (1912). After him are Kito Lorenc (1938), Ulrich Plenzdorf (1934), Irmtraud Morgner (1933), Marina Lewycka (1946), Fredric Wertham (1895), and Gert Hofmann (1931).

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