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This Week’s Article: Comics Culture in Yugoslavia

Posted: July 10, 2011

I have been aware for some time, thanks to my international contacts and meeting enthusiasts visiting London from abroad, of some of the treasures of Yugoslavia’s comics culture. You too may find some names here who are familiar from their work published in other countries. But this new reference work by Zivojin Tamburic;, Zdravko Zupan and Zoran Stefanovic really blows the lid off of this treasure chest, brimming with a cornucopia of gems. Consulting with about 100 comics critics from the whole of the West Balkans, these three intrepid, discriminating compilers have realised an exceptional achievement in this book, by combing diligently through thousands of pages of comics and comics reviews to distill a captivating alphabet of some 400 artists and writers who have shaped and enhanced not only the comics of their homeland but in several cases the comics of the world. Read the full article here…

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