I never told you about mawil? How come?
There is this Berlin guy who is doint some great comic art. His name is Markus Witzel (a/k/a mawil). Some of his books are also published in English. Check out his website www.mawilcomix.de and support him. Legend "has i"t that he was the first student at the Berlin University of the Arts to hand in a comic book as his final thesis. Check out SuperLumpi and Hasi!