Karlheinz Stockhausen is regarded as one of the most significant composers of the 20th century. He gained fame particularly as a pioneer of electronic music starting in the mid-1950s, creating sounds that had never been heard before. In the following decades, his radical innovations and compositions, as well as his avant-garde orchestral and stage works, resonated far beyond Germany and into pop culture—his admirers included the Beatles and Miles Davis.

"The Man Who Came from Sirius" approaches Karlheinz Stockhausen both knowledgeably and personally: it tells the multi-faceted story of the Stockhausen admiration of the young Thomas von Steinaecker, while also bringing the tumultuous biography of the controversial composer closer to the readers. Author Thomas von Steinaecker and illustrator David von Bassewitz skillfully create a complex portrait of the musician and his music, demonstrating the narrative power that biographical comics can possess.