Press on Illi Anna Heger in English can be found here including references, mentions and interviews.
A press page for xier pronouns which are German neo-pronouns and a German press page are also available.
2024
Make them Mod
Article by Elizabeth Schoppelrei, on literaturkritik.de, published 05.02.2024.(accessed on 30.06.2024)
Though German does not have a pronoun option as popular and well-used as “they” in English, there are still options. In fact, Illi Anna Heger has been tracking the uptick in neopronouns in German film, novels, and video games.[7] These pronouns exist; they’re in use; and they deserve greater circulation.
2022
Gender-inclusive language and the German classroom
Article for the Website of AGS – Association for German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland, 22.11.2022.(accessed on 26.12.2022)
On gender-neutral pronouns, we refer interested parties to the work of Illi Anna Heger. The document linked to here, which was developed by Dr Sheila Watts in discussion with colleagues, including linguists in the Forum for Germanic Language Studies, for use at the University of Cambridge, may also serve as a helpful starting point for discussions.
Approaches to Queer Temporalities in German Studies
Artikel , in Monatshefte, by University of Wisconsin Press, Volume 114, Number 3, pp. 353-362 05.11.2022.
Und genau in jenen Momenten in denen die Irritation zwischen dem Versuch einige einzuladen und andere abzuschrecken wird ausgenutzt, dass sich Heger’s Minicomic auf die Zeitlichkeit bezieht.
Queer Visualities – Queer Spaces – German Language LGBTQ+ Comics
Text Book Chapter by Susanne Hochreiter, Katharina Serles, Marina Rauchenbacher, in Chapter 7 in “LGBTQ Comics Studies Reader: Critical Challenges, Future Directions”, edited by Alison Halsall and Jonathan Warren, University Press of Mississippi, ISBN 978-1496841353 17.10.2022.
However, the majority of works in the field are still either mostly published online (cf., e.g., Illi Anna Heger’s crucial works, among others, Minicomics, 2010–16); self-published (cf., e.g., Elke Renate Steiner’s Love Migration, 2019); with small/independent publishers – often after having been published online, as is the case with Joris Bas Backer and Nettmann’s Familienjuwelen, 2019; “Familiy Jewels”; or in magazines respectively. This vivid independent scene is difficult to survey in its entirety and scatterdness, especially online. Lists provided by interested individuals (such as on Heger’s website) help but are not exhaustive; academic attention institutional/professional representation, and public campaigns are fairly new.
2021
Rainbow Connection
Announcement published in New Zealand magazine Capital-The Stories of Wellington, issue 76, 22.02.2021.
Everyone’s welcome at Goethe’s launch (26 March) of a print version of web comic Queer Conversations by Wellington’s Sam Orchard (pictured) and Germany’s Illi Anna Heger, whose fictional versions of themselves have »rainbow conversations« in important locations. Flip the book to read it in German.
Queer as German Folk
Announcement by Goethe Institut Neuseeland, 17.02.2021.
The Goethe-Institut New Zealand is delighted to launch the print version of a new comic by Illi Anna Heger and Sam Orchard. Hosted at the Goethe-Institut, the event will include a conversation between both artists, with Illi joining us from a distance.
2020
Illi Anna Heger’s Grammatical Futurity
Article by Nichole Neuman, in “Seminar: A Journal of Germanic Studies”, Vol. 56 Issue 3-4, 12.11.2020, pages 302-321, ISSN 0037-1939 12.11.2020.
Heger’s Xier packt xiesen Koffer is the culmination of many iterations of thinking, writing about, and illustrating their discontent with the binary structure of personal pronouns in the German language. The comic-zine Xier itself provides some of its history, but a complete picture of Heger’s musings and long-term commitment to the creation and usage of gender-neutral pronouns in German fully emerges when Xier is read in tandem with their original blog posts. These posts mirror the evolution of Heger’s meditations on gender-neutral pronouns with an evolution in form from blog posts to differing media (a mini-comic, then the comic-zine)
Together in Colour
Article by Daniel Welsch, translated by Faith Ann Gibson, for the Website of Goethe-Institut 17.07.2020.(accessed 19.07.2020)
The artists Illi Anna Heger and Sam Orchard send their avatars to various places in New Zealand and Germany for the comic series “Queer Comic Conversations”. They talk about their experiences as queer people, encounters with hatred and violence and about support systems. […] The two artists worked together on the six episodes. The color scheme indicates who drew which part of the comic. Figures and objects framed in green are by Sam Orchard; Illi Anna Heger uses violet tones. At the end of each episode there is a collection of explanations and helpful links to further information so that interested readers can delve deeper into the topics covered.
Talking about unusual ways of collaborating in unusual times
Youtube video for the Digital Comic Salon Erlangen 2020 by Markus Pfalzgraf, Youtube video for the Digital Comic Salon Erlangen 2020 12.07.2020.
In their new monthly series „Queer Comic Conversations“, artists Anna Heger and Sam Orchard meet online and take each other out to their surroundings and favorite spots. They share their experiences and visions on queer life in Munich, Wellington and in between. They talk about drawing together apart, about non-binary language, and getting to know each other from a distance.
2012
Minicomics
Article added by Stefanie Grünangerl, digitale archive www.grassrootsfeminism.net 05.11.2012.
Munich based comic artist Anna Heger is publishing her MiniComics (5x5cm²) since 2010. So far 15 MiniComics have been published, some in German and English versions, and all of them can be read on Anna’s blog. The comics deal with more personal issues and other stories, (queer-feminist) theory, LGBT and queer issues, critique of gender binarism, stereotypes and heteronormativity, comic writing, etc.
trans*_homo – Differences, Alliances, Contradictions
Exhibition Catalogue edited by Jannik Franzen, Justin Time, NoNo Verlag, ISBN 978-3-942471-02-2 15.05.2012.
Complex gender deconstructions titled Theory of the Eggplant are practiced by Anna Heger in her comics. Depending on the direction of the cut, gay, lesbian, bi, trans* or cis come to light, or maybe also a mix of all of the above. Reflections of gender have entered into contemporary art.