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Bleeker to appear in German newspaper

Posted by Alan Gardner
May 30, 2008

Jonathan Mahood’s Bleeker the Rechargeable Dog will begin appearing in Germany’s Die Zeit weekly newspaper for a 12 week run on their kid’ page. Die Zeit has a circulation of about 500,000 and an estimated readership of 2 million. Jonathan writes on his blog that “editors chose Bleeker because it appealed to both children and their adult readers.”

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#1 Larry Levine
May/30/2008
@ 9:01 am

From Comics Sherpa to international print cartoonist within a one year–Congrats, Jonathan!
#2 Rick Ellis
May/30/2008
@ 9:33 am

Glückwünsche! Sind die Karikaturen wird in Deutsch oder Englisch?
#3 Dawn Douglass
May/30/2008
@ 9:54 am

Die Karikaturen sind auf Deutsch, ich erwarten.
#4 Rick Ellis
May/30/2008
@ 11:30 am

Oh. Natürlich.
#5 Malc McGookin
May/30/2008
@ 6:39 pm

It’s a really good strip, well done.
#6 J Mahood
May/31/2008
@ 8:04 am

Thanks everyone! It should be fun to see how it goes over.
#7 Karsten Schley
June/1/2008
@ 5:53 am

Hey, Euer Deutsch ist ja klasse!
Congrats to Jonathan – Die Zeit is highly esteemed in Germany and the rest of Europe.
I’m sure the editors will do well with translation. Most Germans can read and speak English, and Zeit-readers for sure can do both.

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