LE TEMPS - “Credit Suisse Takeover” - Big Lead-Illo - March 2023

Hui, that had to go fast! I was allowed a double page about the last five fateful days before the Übername of the traditional Swiss bank CREDIT SUISSE by UBS. The drawing was done after a short conception in only nine hours - sure, details like faces etc. could have been worked out more, but all in all I'm very happy how it turned out.

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Hui, das musste schnell gehen! Ich durfte eine Doppelseite über die letzten fünf verhängnisvollen Tage vor der Übername der traditionellen Schweizer Bank CREDIT SUISSE durch die UBS. Die Zeichnung ist nach kurzer Konzeption in nur neun Stunden entstanden - klar, man hätte noch Details wie Gesichter etc. noch weiter ausarbeiten können, insgesamt bin ich aber sehr zufrieden wie es geworden ist.


LE TEMPS - “Constellation” - four portraits - December 2022

For the Swiss weekly LE TEMPS I drew four portraits of inspiring personalities for the catergory "Constellation".

the Swiss writer Noëlle Revaz

the French traveler and writer Sylvain Tesso

the theater-director Francoise Courvoisier

the Swiss actress Claude-Inga Barbey


LE TEMPS - “Le marionettiste” - six single-pages - July 2022

For the renowned Swiss weekly newspaper LE TEMPS I was allowed to illustrate the unbelievable but true story of the swindler and high-stacker JB, worked out by author Sami Zaïbi.

JB has perfidiously and with extraordinary-creativity built up a system of lies, fraud and violence and thus defrauded some people of high sums of millions.

In a five-part series (part 6 is exclusive to the Le Temps-Homepage) his story is told, each accompanied by an illo of mine. You can see there the "highlights" of his machinations, for example how he stages burglaries and attacks on the villa of one of his victims, a wealthy Italian businessman, in order to sell him camera systems (Illo 2).

Illo 3 shows, among other things, planes of his airlline and the quads he sold to the UN, but he never delivered them. In Illo 4, two acts are thematized: One is about one of his condos, which he had flooded because his daughter didn't like the furnishings, and so he cheated his way into getting the money from the insurance-company. Also, it shows a parking garage where accomplices of his broke open an SUV belonging to a "friend" in order to steal gold from the car. Finally, in Illo 5, on the Italian TV show "Le Iene", he is trapped & the police seizure follows.

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Für die renommierte Schweizer Wochenzeitung LE TEMPS durfte ich die unglaubliche, aber wahre Geschichte des Betrügers und Hochstablers JB, aufgearbeitet von Autor Sami Zaïbi, illustrieren.

JB hat perfide und mit aussergewühnlicher Kreativität ein System aus Lügen, Betrug und Gewalt aufgebaut und somit einige Menschen um hohe Millionenbeträge gebracht.

In einer fünfteiligen Serie (Teil 6 ist exklusiv für die Le Temps-Homepage) wird seine Geschichte erzählt, die jeweils mit einer Illustration von mir begleitet wird. Zu sehen sind dort die "Highlights" seiner Machenschaften, z.B. wie er Einbrüche und Attacken auf die Villa von einem seiner Opfer, einem wohlhabenen italienischen Geschäftsmann, inszeniert, um ihm Kamerasysteme zu verkaufen (Illu 2).

Illu 3 zeigt u.a. Flugzeuge seiner Airlline und die Quads, die er an die UN verkauft und niemals geliefert hat. In Illu 4 werden zwei Taten thematisiert: Es geht zum einen um eine seiner Eigentumswohnungen, die er unter Wasser setzen lassen hat, weil seine Tochter die Einrichtung nicht mochte und er sich so das Geld von der Versicherung erschlichen hat. Ausserdem zeigt es eine Parkgarage, wo Komplizen von ihm einen SUV von einem "Freund" aufgebrochen haben, um Gold aus dem Auto zu stehlen. Schließlich wird ihm in Illo 5 in der italienischen TV-Show "Le Iene" eine Falle gestellt & es folgt der Zugriff durch die Polizei.

Illo #1 - His Chalet in Villars, Swiss.

Illo #2 - He stages break-ins and attacks on the villa of one of his victims, a wealthy Italian businessman, in order to sell him camera systems.

Illo #3 - JB at the Swiss airport. You can see his airline, as well as his aerobatic plane and the quads he sold to the UN.

Illo #4 - two things are thmatized: One is a condo that he had flooded because he didn't like the interior and that's how he got the money from the insurance company. It also shows the parking garage where his accomplices broke into a friend's SUV to steal gold from the car.

Illo #5 - A trap is set for him in the Italian TV show "Le iene" & the arrest by the police

Illo #6 - For the website exclusively: JB pulls his strings


2 differend colored Versions of the addictional banknotes - swiss currency

Illo #2 - alternative Version

Illo #4 - alternative Version

Illo #6 - For the website exclusively: JB pulls his strings - changed Format