Der Struwwelmaakies

Tony Millionaire’s Der Struwwelmaakies is a singular, one-issue comic from Fantagraphics that mashes up the grotesque Victorian moralizing of Heinrich Hoffmann’s classic Struwwelpeter with Millionaire’s own trademark ink-drenched, absurdist sensibility. Published in 2005, this standalone volume showcases the artist’s distinctive, crosshatched linework and darkly comic storytelling, reimagining the cautionary tales with a surreal, often boozy twist. A cult curiosity for fans of Millionaire’s Maakies universe, it stands as a bizarre, one-off homage to a 19th-century children’s book, filtered through the lens of a modern underground cartoonist.