Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Comics in Bosnia and Herzegovina grew around Male novine, the Sarajevo children's paper founded in 1956, where Ahmet Muminović published his first strip in 1968 before drawing Valter brani Sarajevo, and around Strip Art, the magazine Ervin Rustemagić started with his agency Strip Art Features in 1971.
The 1992 to 1995 war destroyed the agency's offices in Ilidža and produced wartime comics such as Bosman (1994). Since then scenes in Sarajevo and Banja Luka have rebuilt through exhibitions, associations and magazines such as Žalosna sveska and Parabellum, while artists such as Milorad Vicanović-Maza, Adi Granov and Enis Čišić draw for French and American publishers.
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1990s
Artists from Bosnia and Herzegovina in the archive.
Comics from Bosnia and Herzegovina in the archive.
Male novine, the earliest comic from Bosnia and Herzegovina in the archive.
The decade when the most new comics from Bosnia and Herzegovina began.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina in 4 chapters
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Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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4 chapters
1956
to 1991
Chapter 01
Male novine and Strip Art
Aleksa Mikić founded Male novine in Sarajevo in 1956; it reached 400,000 copies in the 1960s and ran foreign strips beside local ones such as Mali partizan by Abdulah Kozić and Mikić. Ahmet Muminović began there in 1968 and became the most productive comics artist in the republic. In 1971 Ervin Rustemagić founded Strip Art Features and the magazine Strip Art, which won the Yellow Kid award in Lucca in 1984.
1992
to 1995
Chapter 02
War
At the start of the Bosnian War the Strip Art Features offices in Ilidža were destroyed, with more than 14,000 original artworks lost. Jusuf Hasanbegović and Ozren Pavlović made the propaganda comic Bosman in 1994, while in Banja Luka Milorad Vicanović serialised Mačak Tošo in the school paper Školarac from 1993.
1996
to 2010
Chapter 03
Rebuilding the scenes
Goran Dujaković's strip Izvjestan pogled ran in Glas srpski from 1996, and Žalosna sveska, the first comics magazine in Banja Luka, appeared in April 1997. The Sarajevo association Stripopeka organised the first exhibition of Bosnian and Herzegovinian comics artists in 2007, and the Laktaši comics salon began in 2008.
2011
to today
Chapter 04
Associations and international careers
The Banja Luka association Deveta dimenzija was founded in April 2011 and launched the magazine Parabellum, edited by Predrag Ikonić. Vicanović draws the French series Wunderwaffen (from 2012), Sarajevo-born Adi Granov is known for Iron Man at Marvel, and Enis Čišić has also drawn for Marvel.
The comics to know
- Male novine1956 · comics magazineAleksa Mikić (founding editor). Sarajevo children's paper published by Oslobođenje that carried local and foreign comics.
- Valter brani Sarajevocomic book seriesAhmet Muminović. Partisan comic; 8 million copies were printed in China.
- Strip Art1971 · comics magazineErvin Rustemagić (publisher). Sarajevo comics magazine; Yellow Kid award for best foreign publisher, 1984.
- Bosman1994 · comic book seriesJusuf Hasanbegović and Ozren Pavlović. Wartime propaganda comic about a young man defending Sarajevo.
- Žalosna sveskaЖалосна свеска1997 · comics magazineGoran Dujaković, Milorad Vicanović and others. First comics magazine in Banja Luka; three issues.
- ParabellumПарабелум2011 · comics magazineDeveta dimenzija; editor Predrag Ikonić. Comics magazine of the Republika Srpska comics association.
- Wunderwaffen2012 · comic book seriesRichard D. Nolane and Milorad Vicanović-Maza. Alternate-history series published in France by Soleil.
The people to know
- Ahmet Muminović1945 to 2019The most productive comics artist in Bosnia and Herzegovina; creator of Valter brani Sarajevo.
- Ervin Rustemagić1952 to 2025Founder of Strip Art Features and the magazine Strip Art in Sarajevo, 1971.
- Ozren Pavlović1947 to 2011Co-published Strip Art with Rustemagić and drew Bosman (1994).
- Milorad Vicanović-MazaBorn 1965Banja Luka artist of Mačak Tošo and Školan Ford, later of the French series Wunderwaffen.
- Predrag IkonićПредраг ИконићBorn 1974Co-founder of Deveta dimenzija and editor of Parabellum.
- Adi GranovBorn 1977Sarajevo-born Marvel artist known for Iron Man: Extremis.
- Enis ČišićBorn 1988Sarajevo artist who has worked for Marvel.
More artists from Bosnia and Herzegovina
All 35 artists- Branko Plavšić1949 to 2011 · comics artist
- Aleksa Mikićwriter
- Goran DujakovićГоран ДујаковићBorn 1966 · cartoonist
- Miroslav SlipčevićBorn 1978 · comics artist
- Tošo BorkovićBorn 1953 · comics artist
- Admir DelićBorn 1984 · comics artist
- Abdulah Kozićartist
- Jusuf Hasanbegovićwriter
- Nebojša ĐumićНебојша Ђумићartist
- Nenad SuzićНенад Сузићwriter
- Desimir MiljićДесимир Миљићartist
- Zdravko KneževićBorn 1968 · artist
More comics from Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Zbogom, maslačcicomic book
- Prešli su2015 · comic book
- Školan FordШколан Форд2006 to 2007 · comic book series
- Žorž StrašniЖорж Страшни2000 to 2004 · comic strip
- Izvjestan pogledИзвјестан поглед1996 · comic strip
- Stripovjetkegraphic novel
- Mačak TošoМачак Тошо1993 · comic strip
- Otpisanicomic book series
- Emir i Nikolino1968 · comic strip
- Kunova2016 · comics magazine
- Nevesinjska puškaНевесињска пушка2008 · comic book series
- Mali partizancomic strip