Gerhard Haderer was born in 1951 in Leonding (Upper Austria). He graduated from the Technical College for Commercial and Advertising Graphics in Linz, followed by an apprenticeship as an engraver in Stockholm. In 1984 he published his first satirical drawings. From 1985 numerous caricatures followed in the Austrian magazine Profil, subsequently also in the magazines Wiener, Titanic, GEO, and Stern. Since 1987 he has also been active as a book author. In 2001 he received the German caricature award "Geflügelter Bleistift in Gold" (Winged Pencil in Gold). In 2002 Haderer's book "Das Leben des Jesus" ("The Life of Jesus") provoked heated debates. In 2005 he was even sentenced (in absentia) to six months of imprisonment in Greece for insulting a religious community because of the book. After massive international protests the verdict was revised and Haderer was acquitted. In 2008 he was awarded the Golden Merit of Vienna.
 

Publications (selection):

• Haderers Wochenschau. 1993
• Vorsicht, Haderer! 1994
• Think positive - Die besten Cartoons aus 10 Jahren. Ueberreuter, 1996
• Die letzte Märchenprinzessin. 1997 (with texts by Elisabeth, Eva, and Robert Menasse)
• MOFF. Scherz & Schund Publishers, 36 volumes in 1997 - 2000; resumption 2008
• Jörgi, der Drachentöter. Ueberreuter, 2000
• Das Leben des Jesus. Ueberreuter, 2002
• Die glorreichen Drei. Ueberreuter, 2003
• Von Hunderln und Menschen. Ueberreuter, 2003
• Alles Liebe. Ueberreuter, 2005
• Alles Essen. Ueberreuter, 2005
• Danke gut. Ueberreuter, 2005
• Apropos Fußball. Ueberreuter, 2006
• MOFF. Haderers feines Schundheftl, Scherz & Schund Fabrik, monthly published comic book, since April 2008
• Jahrbuch. Ueberreuter 2008
• Jahrbuch (2). Ueberreuter 2009
• Meine Schwester ist blöd. Ueberreuter, 2011 (with text by Elfriede Hammerl)
• Jahrbuch (4). Ueberreuter, 2011
• Jahrbuch (5). Lappan, 2012
• Manchmal ist ein Fasan eine Ente. Jungbrunnen, 2013 (with text by Peter Turrini)
• Jahrbuch (6). Scherz & Schund Fabrik, 2013
• Jahrbuch (7). Scherz & Schund Fabrik, 2014
• Jahrbuch (8). Scherz & Schund Fabrik, 2015
• Sonja und Bernd in Thailand. Eine unzensierte Paarsatire. Scherz & Schund Fabrik, 2015 (with text by Eva Deutsch und David Pfister)
• Jahrbuch (9). Scherz & Schund Fabrik, 2016
• Jahrbuch (10). Scherz & Schund Fabrik, 2017
• Das Große Rennen. Jungbrunnen, 2018 (with text by Heinz Janisch)
• Rozznjogd (Rattenjagd). Dialektstück mit hochdeutscher Übersetzung. Haymon, 2018 (with text by Peter Turrini)