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Batman for sale!

2012-01-31T16:04:00.006+01:00

Remember this?

It's finally auctioned! Here, at The Hero Initiative you can find details.
And the gallery with 104 original covers done for the same purpose.

A.D.D. - Day

2012-01-25T09:53:00.007+01:00

After years in the making - it's finally out!
A.D.D. - graphic novel published by DC Comics/Vertigo. Douglas Rushkoff wrote it, I did pencils and part of the inks, with Jose Marzan Jr. inking the rest.Here's what Douglas have to say about A.D.D. ...

"Everyone seems to have A.D.D. these days. (In case you’ve been too distracted by your Twitter feed to remember, A.D.D. stands for Attention Deficit Disorder -- the inability to focus on any one thing for too long, the urge to do nine things at once, and the hyper, constantly shifting, unsettled feeling that goes along with it.)

Apparently, it’s an epidemic -- particularly among boys, and especially among those who love video games. And so video games are now blamed for destroying their brains, and their capacity to become productive members of society.

But, to me anyway, something never felt right about this line of reasoning. Even if playing video games and answering txt messages shortens the attention span, what if it broadens the attention range? What if the downsides of an A.D.D. approach to life were actually offset by some other, still unidentified advantage? Or in computer programmer’s parlance, what if A.D.D. weren’t a bug, but a feature?

In fact, this whole Attention Deficit craze really only began in the late '90s, a few years after the Internet business magazines unanimously declared we were living in something called an “attention economy.” The idea was that the Internet is essentially limitless in its ability to hold content. The only limiting factor on how much money media companies can make off us in an age of infinite bandwidth is human attention itself.

They came up with a new metric, “eyeball hours,” to describe the amount of time they could keep someone’s attention glued to the screen. Media companies arose to make websites more “sticky” so that people -- especially kids -- would end up spending more of their eyeball hours stuck on their web pages.

Over the next decade, prescriptions for Ritalin -- the leading A.D.D. drug, otherwise known as “speed” -- went up by about 5000%. Were real cases of the formerly rare sensory disorder multiplying at this rate? Were they simply being diagnosed more easily? Or was something other than A.D.D. now getting labeled this way?

That’s when I started to believe that at least this new breed of Attention Deficit Disorder may not be a sickness but a defense mechanism: an adaptation to a world where someone -- usually some corporation -- is trying to program us everywhere we look. Fast channel surfing and short attention spans are not deficits but strengths -- weapons, really -- in the battle for human consciousness.

When I think about kids being diagnosed by public school guidance counselors and then drugged to pay better attention, I can’t help but suspect we are no longer treating a child but repressing the messenger.

So I decided I wanted to tell a story in which A.D.D. was quite literally a bug that was being turned into a feature. Following the what-if structure of science fiction, all I needed to do was ask who would do such a thing to kids, and why? And what would happen if it worked? What would American, videogame-playing “new type” mutations look like, and how would they relate to the world in which we are living?

The story in A.D.D. may be fiction, but the war on our minds and against our resistance is as real as the mediaspace in which we live. They mean to occupy our reality before we occupy theirs."

And here are some pages from the book ...

ZZCP in technicolor!

2012-01-18T10:32:00.002+01:00

Mrva rules! :)

MFFM

2012-01-17T16:29:00.005+01:00

More fun for me! :)

ZZCP

2012-01-10T15:55:00.006+01:00

Cover for the best horror series ever! : )

You can find out more about it here and here.
Oh, and btw. some more art is added on my facebook page.

Batman on gargoyle

2011-12-16T19:02:00.002+01:00

Spent way too much time on this one, but at the end, I'd say it was worth it, huh?
I'm especially happy with gargoyle's head ...

If you can't beat them, join them

2011-12-14T23:08:00.006+01:00

So, I've opened up a Facebook page.But the sole purpose of it is to replace my old web page. There you'll be able to find lots of my old and recent works and you can like or comment them. No writings on the wall and stuff.
There's still some stuff I want to put there, but even now, there's plenty to see.
Click here and enjoy! :)

Commissions, again!

2011-12-13T11:25:00.005+01:00

I'm sorry, but it's too early to show other stuff I'm working on at the moment. Still, this is something to feast your eyes on, right? :)

La Geste des Chevaliers Dragons

2011-12-05T23:42:00.001+01:00

Another commission I had fun working on ...

Aller Anfang ist schwer

2011-11-20T12:41:00.000+01:00

Književnost na platnu: G. Sudžuka i I. G. Vitez

2011-10-22T14:32:00.003+02:00

Troje titana na jednom mjestu. Pa tko preživi, pričat će...

Još se od prethistorijskih vremena čovjek (neke tvrde i žena) trsio da umijećem risanja uhvati pokret, ekranizira vlastitu svakodnevicu, vandalizirajući zidove pećina mrčotinama prikaza bikova, jednoroga i sličnog jestivog življa.

Povjesničari umjetnosti te su primitivne drljotine nazvali protostripom.

Posramljena ovim pokušajima, nekoliko stoljeća poslije ljudska je vrsta izumila film.

Ovo izdanje Književnosti na platnu ugostit će dva giganta iz obaju sfera - legendarnog stripaša Gorana Sudžuku te Viteza hrvatske kinematografije i televizora, Ivana Gorana - koji će nam podastrijeti svoja promišljanja incestuoznog odnosa dvaju tematiziranih vizualnih medija, te nadugo i naširoko raspravljati o filmskim adaptacijama stripova.

U dosađivanju auditoriju pokušat će ih spriječiti milozvučna moderatorica Mima Simić.

Booksa, 25.10., 19:00

New York, New York again ...

2011-10-08T15:03:00.004+02:00

I'll be at New York Comic Con this year again, but this time instead of running around I'll be spending my time at the booth of Splash Page Art, selling my original art and drawing commissions.
If you're around, stop by and say hi! : )
Speaking of commissions, here are two fresh ones ...

And, by the way, finally - amazing original art from Edvin Biukovic's Grendel Tales will be available to buy at Splash Page Art booth! You better hurry. There's not much of them left and I know for sure there are lots of people that's been waiting for this for a long time.

Wolverine - Weapon X

2011-10-06T00:27:00.003+02:00

Another commission.

My sincere apologies to BWS! : )

Yorick and 355

2011-09-30T11:23:00.002+02:00

New commission, new post ... : )

Dream and Death

2011-09-22T23:59:00.002+02:00

Freshly finished commission ...

Izložena Martina

2011-09-19T20:22:00.003+02:00

23.9. u 19 sati u Galeriji Događanja u Kulturnom Centru Peščenica biti će otvorenje izložbe originalnih tabli Martine Mjesec. Više o tome možete pročitati ovdje. Dođite, razveselite me! : )

The Big One!

2011-09-18T22:50:00.010+02:00

My apologies folks, for this long pause.
Instead of explaining myself let's try and recap what I've been doing these last few months.
First of all, I've been doing some commissions for German fans. You can see them at my portfolio blog.
I delivered those during my German signing tour. I have to say big thanks to Alex Bubenheimer for inviting us and organizing the whole thing and all the nice people from comic shops where signings took place. Also big shoutouts to Davide Gianfelice and Kari Korhonen who were great company throughout the tour and, of course, to all the fans that came to see us.

After five days in five different cities, we spent great weekend in Contern, Luxemburg as guests at small but charming festival. So big thanks to our hosts there, too. Here's Kari's lovely drawing of our little adventure.

But, the thing that kept me really occupied was my first Marvel gig.
I got invited to draw two issues of Wolverine, written by one of the best contemporary writers - Jason Aaron. Despite the tight deadlines it was a real pleasure working on it. Especially because they were colored by amazing Matthew Wilson. Both issues are out during September. Previews are here and here. For you, dedicated followers, here's some b/w pages.

And, at last, the book I've been working on for a long time is finally announced!
A.D.D. is the name of the graphic novel written by Douglas Rushkoff. Douglas is a smart guy, so go and visit his website. I did all of the pencils and Jose Marzan Jr. helped me out on inks through bigger part of the book. Some of you longtime visitors will probably recognize the characters from my previous posts. Cover illustration was conceived and designed by Mrva. I just did the drawing.

That's it, for now. More news and new work coming soon, so drop by - I promise regular updates from now on! : )

Stripovi u Globusu

2011-07-09T21:16:00.003+02:00

Od slijedećeg broja Globus će objavljivati kratke stripove domaćih autora. Više o tome pročitajte ovdje. Neka vam od sada bude navika srijedom otići do kioska! : )

Hide your wives and daughters!

2011-05-15T18:23:00.003+02:00

Bela Kis is coming to town!
Don't be fooled by this jolly face. There's a monster behind it!

More coming soon, when I return from Mafest.

Strange Adventures

2011-04-21T01:03:00.004+02:00

I did a short story for Vertigo's anthology "Strange Adventures" out in May 25th. It's written by Paul Cornell and colored by Cris Peter. In previous posts you can see work in progress on one page from it. For the rest you'll have to get a book. : )

Cover is done by Mark Buckingham.

CHINK! ink

2011-04-17T13:31:00.003+02:00

Max Jaguar

2011-04-14T13:47:00.004+02:00

Max Jaguar is a collaborative exercise from Darko Macan's blog, open to professionals, amateurs and everyone in between. Every signed in participant draws one strip and writes the next one. This one was written by Milan Jovanovic and next one, that I wrote, will be drawn by Darko.
Can't wait to see it! : )

CHINK! penciled

2011-04-11T23:28:00.003+02:00

CHINK!

2011-04-06T23:57:00.003+02:00

More Sopranos

2011-04-03T00:38:00.001+02:00

Paranoia

2011-03-29T15:54:00.005+02:00

Paranoia from goran sudzuka on Vimeo.

Here's a short animated film I did twenty years ago, while working in Zagreb Film. It is the first and last one I did as a complete author, so it's full of flaws. It would've been even worse if I didn't have Natasha Gjurokovic as editor. She threw away lot of needless material and gave the film some rhythm. Also, she connected me with Alan Bjelinski who wrote the music for it. Unfortunately, the film was originally made on 16mm so the quality of sound suffered a lot.
So, I'm showing this more as a trivia then as a masterpiece, OK? : )

PS
Ignore 10 second intro. I have nothing to do with it.

Sopranos

2011-03-27T01:19:00.002+01:00

So you think you can dance?

2011-03-21T00:25:00.002+01:00

Ranxerox commission that was actually fun to draw. My scanner is giving me some shits, so imagine this a little bit better ... : )

Chick Fight

2011-03-18T17:35:00.001+01:00

Boobjob

2011-03-15T01:28:00.005+01:00

Wrong move, Odysseus! Wrong move! : )

Martina Mjesec se prodaje!!!

2011-03-09T20:23:00.004+01:00

Eto prilike da postanete ponosni vlasnik originalne table Martine Mjesec. : )
Aukcija je ovdje.

Shamless self promotion

2011-03-06T20:55:00.006+01:00

I've set up a new blog to accompany this one. The new one is on-line portfolio and it won't be updated frequently like this one, but it gives clear view of my more important work so far.
Also, over at Splash Page Art you can find some newly added original art for sale. Now you can buy my pages from Hellblazer fill-in issues and from my Secret History album.

And here you can read my recent interview. If you speak Croatian, that is. : )

Blueberry

2011-03-04T14:48:00.002+01:00

Written by Darko Macan. Drawn by Darko and me. Colored by Tico.

Funny?

2011-02-28T22:13:00.001+01:00

Not?

Vixen Virago

2011-02-21T23:30:00.007+01:00

Here's the cover for next issue of Lavirint's "Sergej Strip", along with how it was made. It will feature the first episode of Domagoj Rapcak's "Vixen Virago", so I was asked to draw her on the cover.
First I drew the sketch to get green light from publisher/editor. It's pretty tight and I didn't do any variations because I was happy with it from the start.
Hefe liked it and I did the drawing.
In accordance with colorist Ive Svorcina, decision was made to go for tight pencils, instead of inks.
And - voila!
It was lots of fun! I was glad to finally contribute to Lavirint's production, got a sneak-peek to Dommy's comic (which I can't wait to read) and collaborate with Ive for the first time. Hope I'll get to do all three things again soon. : )

Commissions accepted

2011-02-16T22:20:00.005+01:00

My schedule has cleared up, so I'll able to take commissions for awhile. I'll be producing black & white drawings on standard comic boards 11 x 17". The price can vary from $100 to $250, depending on how many characters you want or if you want some background, too. If you're interested, please contact Mark Hay from Splash Page Art who is my official art dealer.
Here's a sample drawing of John Constantine you can get for hundred bucks ...
Za vas iz susjedstva ... : )
Kako konačno imam više vremena za slobodno crtanje, možete naručiti crtež svog (ili mog :) omiljenog strip-junaka. Crteži će biti napravljeni na standardnom crtaćem papiru (približno) A3 formata. Cijena se kreće od 550 do 1375 kuna, ovisno o tome želite li jedan ili više likova, sa pozadinom ili bez. Ako ste zainteresirani, javite mi se na e-mail (sa strane, u profilu) i raspitajte se za detalje.

Strange things ...

2011-02-13T18:29:00.003+01:00

... come out of your head when you're warming up brush for inking. : )

Big is beautiful

2011-02-10T01:57:00.005+01:00

I was just thinking how it was quite enough of the old stuff, but then I run into bunch of these sketches. They are probably from late nineties, but I really can't remember what they were done for. All of those drawings were together in some envelope and, obviously, all of the characters are overweight, but I don't know what was their purpose.
Anyway, I surprised myself with those, so I hope you'll like them, too. : )

Girls, girls, girls ...

2011-02-04T20:29:00.003+01:00

For a change, random sketches of girls from mid-nineties. Some photo reffed, some not. I promise to post some recent works soon.

Trilogy

2011-01-27T14:57:00.004+01:00

Here are three one-pagers I did when I was nineteen. I've finished high school and started to work in animation studio. Leaving the childhood and entering the world of grown-ups. Although they're not very well executed, they were sincere and they still describe very well my emotional states at the time, so I like them. : )
And here's the self portrait from the same period ...

Hatching

2011-01-22T23:44:00.006+01:00

Just like many young artists I was usually drawing with pencil and had a hard time switching to ink. I was scared I'll ruin the drawings I'd be happy with. And I usually did.
Artists I admired and tried to learn from (Jean Giraud Moebius, Herman Huppen, Igor Kordej, Alfonso Font) were all masters of hatching in their own way. So, naturally I wanted to do it too.
But very soon in my twenties as I started working professionally I've ditched it, unable to reach even the lowest level of satisfaction with the results.

Also, here you can see my attempts to come up with some signature. One version looked too much like swastika, while the other somewhat reminded me of hammer and sickle .
So, very soon I've ditched them both. : )

Anal

2011-01-18T22:58:00.004+01:00

When I was 16, 17 years old I had this fixation with realistic, polished penciled portraits. Such a waste of time. >:)

Early works

2011-01-13T23:09:00.003+01:00

I've been digging through some old boxes, trying to get rid of the old paper. Found lots of copies of stuff I really don't need anymore, but there were also some treasure. Like this one. Probably my oldest preserved drawings. Dated 1983. when I was thirteen years old.
Through the most of my teenage years I would be drawing just heads. Rarely it would be figures and then it would usually be "studies" from the comic artists I loved.
Here you can see soldier from Hugo Pratt's "Ernie Pike", R.M. Guerra's "Elmer Jones" and a soldier from Bane Kerac's "Cat Claw". If I remember correctly. : )
I remember trying out drawing figures from my head, but dissatisfaction kept me from preserving most of them. Here are two survived Conans I drew when I was sixteen.

Shon

2011-01-09T15:10:00.003+01:00

As I said couple of times before, I suck at drawing dogs, but every now and then I manage to do a decent drawing. I was particularly fond of this one. Done in a haze around 4 a.m. without pencils, without effort. I couldn't find it in years, but now it finally emerged.
Shon, my old dog, had lots of cameo appearances in my comics, but it was very often inspiration for my friends, too. This one, drawn by Eddy, is probably my all time favourite!

And I've found another scrap of paper with more drawings. Not sure, but I think some of them are done by Eddy, some by Tico.

Joy & happiness

2011-01-05T22:48:00.003+01:00

According to my tracker, more and more people stumble upon my blog while googling for the images of despair.Let's see how joy and happiness work, huh?

MC & HNY

2010-12-27T01:29:00.003+01:00

I'm sorry but i really couldn't come up with anything funny and original for the greeting card. Another drunk or evil Santa or sexy girl dressed in his costume don't do it for me. Which doesn't mean I don't wish you all the best in 2011. : )
So instead, here's something that I hope will make you smile ... : )

The making of ...

2010-12-17T01:25:00.005+01:00

So, I've been asked to participate in The Hero Initiative, non-profit organization dedicated to raise money for creators in need. I gladly accepted, of course.
I got an issue of JLA with blank cover to illustrate, which will be sold on auction. Choosing which character I'll draw took seconds, but deciding what situation to depict took awhile. Didn't wanna get too pretentious, yet wanted something with a catch. Finally, came up with this ...
Now, drawing on the actual cover was quite tricky. You have all the printed pages underneath it and staples in the middle, the paper is rather smooth (I got used to the rough boards DC provides) and there's a stage-fright of not screwing it up, because you can't just throw it away and take another one. So, the pencil drawing was quite rude. And difficult to scan ...
With the paper being smooth, I decided to ink with markers. No pens or brushes.
If it was an actual job, this is what it would look like - scanned as line art.
Again, with paper being smooth, gray marker would be really messy, so I've dropped it. And I've chickened out on casting Batman's shadow on the bricks behind him, but played a little bit with gray tones in Photoshop. For my amusement and your viewing pleasure. : )

Nana nana nana nana nana ...

2010-12-14T22:51:00.002+01:00

... BAT-MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!

JL

2010-12-08T16:41:00.002+01:00

Christ, you know it ain't easy
You know how hard it can be
The way things are going
They're gonna crucify me!

Funny

2010-12-03T12:37:00.005+01:00

I've been (rightfully) criticized for neglecting the blog and taking it too seriously.
So, there you go ... : )

CRŠ report

2010-11-18T01:32:00.009+01:00

Yeah, I know I've promised second part of NY Con report, but Blogger is really not friendly for posts with lots of pics along with commentaries, so I'll do it later.
In the meantime, I just wanted to let you all know that I had a great time on the last installment of Crtani Romani Šou! This one was the 13th and it was one of the best.
There were lots of exhibitions, promotions and signings. Lots of friends showed up, it was a beautiful weather and we had a lot of fun.
The guests were really diverse, so everybody could find something interesting.
Iztok Sitar
Jerome, Olivier and Anne Claire Jouvray
Stan Sakai
Štef Bartolić
Aleksa Gajić
And, the one and only - Howard Chaykin, who blew our minds and was in large part responsible for making this year's festival one of my all-time favourite!
All these photos were done by Davor Đurinić, so big thanks to him! You can find much more here.

CRŠ TRINAJSTI !!!

2010-11-03T01:37:00.002+01:00

Be afraid! Be very, very afraid! : )Poster by Shtef.

New York Report, part 1

2010-10-20T23:58:00.010+02:00

OK, here we go ...
We (Esad, Zeljka, Talaja, Vlatka and me) rented an apartment in Hell's Kitchen for a week. Esad found a perfect location; 5 minutes of walk to the convention center and 15 to our publisher's offices. Cosy place, cheaper then any hotel on same location.
That window on the second floor, on the left - that was my room.
Manhattan is amazing! None of the pics can really describe how tall these buildings are.

But honestly I can't imagine people actually living and working in there. Of course it's not all just skyscrapers. One of my favourite is Dakota building where "Rosemary's baby" is taking place and where John Lennon lived and was shot in front of.
Dakota is right next to Central Park. Big and beautiful!
You could almost forget you're in the middle of one of the biggest cities in the world ...
Yeah, almost ...
Around the town there are smaller parks, like Bryant Park here. Perfect places for a coffee and cigarette breaks.

I was surprised to hear from the local people same rant that's going on probably in every bigger (or smaller) city in the world - how it all changed and it's not like it's used to be. That Times Square looks like Las Vegas now, for instance. To me, it always seemed that way.
What I find ironic, if not cynical, is that at the tourist epicenter of Big Apple there's a recruiting center. I wondered can a tourist come in and get drafted?
Not that I'd want to do it myself, of course. >: )
We met Spiderman there. At first we got along just fine, but then ...
... he found out I'm working for DC Comics! : P
So, Talaja had to jump in and explain there's a new boss in town!
Speaking of DC Comics, their building on Broadway is far from being one of the largest, but being all black, it stands out as rather unique.

At the corner of it, there's a coffee bar/restaurant with chairs and tables outside where you can smoke. So I had my meetings down there, instead up in the offices.
Corridors and offices are decorated in a way that you have no doubt comics are being produced here. This is Metropolis. On the lower floors there's Gotham, too.

That statue is rather lame. I liked the old one better.
This is not some teenager's room. It's a typical room of a DC employee. : )
New York is famous for its restaurants, too. There's probably not a nation in the world that wouldn't have its cuisine here. We visited quite a few. Man's gotta eat, right? This is a Japanese one, with bizarre shop above it.
From left, clockwise: Davide Gianfelice and Danielle, Esad Ribic and Zeljka, Vlatka and Dalibor Talajic.
Evening after that at Chinese restaurant a historic moment - "Scalped" crew meeting in person all together for the first time. So much love there; Will Dennis, R.M. Guera, Jason Aaron and Giulia Brusco!
And, since I'm at name-dropping ... : ) A Spanish dinner with Vertigo people. From left, clockwise: Jason Aaron, Rafael Albuquerque and his wife, Mark Doyle, Will Dennis, Cliff Chiang, Brian Azzarello, me and R.M. Guerra.
And that would be all for now. Next part will be all about the con.

Hell's Kitchen and Moebius

2010-10-15T00:45:00.004+02:00

I'm back. Exhausted, but happy. New York was amazing. We stayed in Hell's Kitchen and I expected Daredevil to jump from the roofs any time.

Paris was way too short, but I got lucky - the day I arrived big exhibition of the world's greatest genius opened. To see huge bulk of Moebius' original art in one place absolutely made the trip worthy!

Unfortunately it wasn't allowed to take pictures at the exhibition, but I'll be posting more pics from NY soon.
Stay tuned.

New York, New Yoooork!

2010-10-04T02:42:00.003+02:00

Today I'm leaving for New York for a week. I'll be attending New York Comic Con held there next weekend. It's more then three years since my last visit. On my way back I'll spend couple of days in Paris. I'll be back on 14th of October. Ain't life sweet, eh? : )
Managed to finish some work before the trip, but still not enough. So, as soon as I get back it's work, work, work ...

Be good boys and girls while I'm away. I'll be thinking 'bout you. : )

24hour people

2010-10-02T16:06:00.001+02:00

Here.

Strip radionica

2010-09-28T00:42:00.002+02:00

Kreće nova sezona. Tico ju vodi, kao i do sada. Moja topla preporuka. : )

Keep on truckin' ...

2010-09-25T00:37:00.002+02:00

Warehouse

2010-09-22T13:52:00.002+02:00

This one's for Rico! : )

Domaćice

2010-09-12T13:41:00.005+02:00

Ljubitelji domaćeg stripa imaju se čemu veseliti ovih dana.
Četvrti broj Strip revije je izašao. Na 164 stranice za bijednih 25 kuna donosi stripove Maurovića, Neugebauera, Radilovića, Svirčića, Pavlovića, Macana, Žeželja, Parlova, Bartolovića, Biukovića, Ribića, Solanovića i moje malenkosti. Možete ga naručiti od izdavača ili potražiti u striparnicama.

A i Fibra nas je počastila sa četiri izdanja domaćih autora;
Antologija "Ženski strip na balkanu" na 384 stranica predstavlja (kao što samo ime kaže) autorice sa ovih prostora. Prekrasnu i opsežnu knjigu uredila je Irena Jukić Pranjić.

"Ponos vragova" - legendarni strip Darka Macana i Edvina Biukovića, iako izvorno rađen za Dark Horse, sa punim pravom možemo nazvati domaćim. Matt Hollingsworth napravio je odličan posao kolorirajući originalno izdanje, ali ovo crno-bijelo (sa hrpom skica) izdanje je "must have" svakom štovaocu Darkovog i Eddyjevog remek djela.

"Papak" Frane Petruše je prvotno serijaliziran u Macanovom "Q Stripu" kao crno-(sivo)-bijeli strip. Fibra donosi originalnu kolor verziju. Franin hrabri iskorak u autorski strip ga predstavlja kao potentnog crtača i pripovjedača. Siguran sam da je ovo tek prvi od njegovih samostalnih albuma.

Poslastica na kraju su "Gluhe laste". Štef Bartolić ih već 15-tak godina crta i piše za "Modru lastu" i konačno smo dočekali da budu objavljene u albumu. Ovaj serijal je Štefu donio titulu punopravnog nasljednika Ivice Bednjanca, ali ja bih se usudio reći da je on i mnogo, mnogo više od toga. Naročito me veseli što je ovo tek prvi od niza albuma, jer će "Fibra" objaviti sve do sad nacrtane epizode (ukupno tristotinjak stranica, ako sam dobro izračunao), a Štef već crta nove.

I, na kraju, prije nego neko čangrizalo primjeti kako ništa od ovog materijala nije premijerno, treba reći da "Fibra" ima u planu uskoro objaviti i neke albume domaćih autora koji neće biti reprinti. Vjerujem da će i Strip revija u svojim sljedećim brojevima također donijeti novih materijala.

Supes

2010-09-06T18:20:00.003+02:00

Just a stupid doodle inspired by the movie played on TV last night.
Shot thirty two years ago, it still kicks ass! : )

Dancing, loving, killing, dying

2010-08-30T10:39:00.001+02:00

Dinamo forever!

2010-08-27T02:13:00.003+02:00

No, that's not my belly, I have a ball hidden under t-shirt! : P
Photo by Mrva. And soundtrack is here.

Bug

2010-08-04T01:35:00.003+02:00

Special effects by Loonatik and Drinks.

Deeper shade of grey

2010-07-30T15:48:00.004+02:00

It started off nice ...

... and then I blew it!
I used too dark grey marker to start with.
Should've done it with just black ink anyway. : (

Little Man

2010-07-21T18:06:00.002+02:00

Listen!

Ka-ping!

2010-07-11T23:51:00.002+02:00

We were young

2010-07-05T00:30:00.002+02:00

Okey, I started getting threats again for not posting. Since the guy is serious and he knows where I live, I'll try to get away with something old. And it's not even my drawing. Bob did it and I've inked it. Can't remember who did the colors. It was seven years ago.

Night time

2010-06-13T01:51:00.002+02:00

... is the right time!

Ugly people ...

2010-06-07T23:12:00.002+02:00

... are some much more fun to draw!
But these days I'm mostly drawing teenage boys. In the shower.

Radovan Domagoj Devlić u ULUPUHU

2010-05-15T17:03:00.006+02:00

U utorak, 18. svibnja u 19 sati u Galeriji ULUPUH u Zagrebu, Tkalčićeva 14, otvara se izložba stripova Radovana Domagoja Devlića (1950. - 2000.). Izložba se organizira povodom desetogodišnjice smrti ovog istaknutog strip autora čiji opus, unatoč tomu, do danas nije podložen stručnom i detaljnijem istraživanju.
Kustosica izložbe: Martina Marić
Galerija ULUPUH, Tkalčićeva 14, Zagreb
18.5. – 29.5.2010.
Više o Devli i izložbi pročitajte ovdje.

If work was a good thing

2010-05-14T01:52:00.001+02:00

"If work was a good thing, the rich would have it all and not let you do it." - Elmore Leonard

Things aren't always what they seem

2010-05-05T02:21:00.002+02:00

C'mon, guys ... you don't really believe I'd put such a major spoiler on blog? >: )
Here's next page ...

I got back from Naples on Monday evening. Incredible experience! I'll post pics here soon ...

Tomorrow never comes ...

2010-04-29T02:53:00.002+02:00

Sasha

2010-04-25T15:42:00.003+02:00

Another old piece I completely forgot about. I think it's from year '92. or '93. with Darko Macan as a writer, of course. It was supposed to be 8-page short story. I remember I did rather detailed layouts for the whole story, but can't find them now. This is the only page I drew and then, instead of finishing the others, I decided to do a new version. As I said many times before it's a bad habit I had and I strongly suggest to any young artist not to follow my example. Later Sasha got reincarnated twice for another purpose. You can see those pages here.

Fair Game

2010-04-21T23:33:00.005+02:00

Don't worry, I'm not suicidal. It's just a picture triggered (pardon the pun) by the line from Echo & the Bunnymen song "Monkeys" from their first album "Crocodiles".
Maybe I'd be better off listening to Lady Gaga. >:)

Edit;
As Bob pointed out, just a little bit more of shadow gives us the right sense of the gun being actually held against his temple.
Watch and learn, kids. I still do. : )

2010-04-17T23:24:00.003+02:00

Hi, folks! My apologies for the recent lack of posts. I needed to sort out some things. That's done now and ended fine. In the meantime I'm trying to be an architect and that ain't easy. I'll show you just this for now, hoping the final results will be worthy posting.

On the lighter note, I'm invited here ...

I'm sure I'll enjoy myself in a scenery like this one ...

... and in a company of some these fellas! : )
And many more that aren't on this list, but made my last visit to Italy fantastic!

Hairy Business

2010-04-07T01:14:00.002+02:00

April Fool

2010-04-02T02:02:00.003+02:00

I'm sorry folks for my little prank. Honestly, I expected to be busted with first comment. Getting so many congratulations and praises instead made me feel ashamed. The only true thing in that post is that Jason Aaron IS a great writer! I'm reading his "Scalped" again these days, so I put his name up. Drawings are mine, done more then ten years ago and I think they're lame. Once again, my apologies, and here's a little song for you ... : )

SNIKT!!!!

2010-04-01T03:09:00.003+02:00

Okay, it's not officially announced yet, but the contract is signed, so I might as well be the first to say it - I'm starting to work for Marvel. No, I'm not leaving Vertigo, I'll be doing just one-shot issue. But whatta shot! Jason Aaron, the hottest new writer, wrote a story that will change everything you know about Wolverine - and leave you wanting for more! Issue will be out on 31st of September . In the meantime I'll post work in progress here as much as I can without spoiling anything.
Stay tuned!

Touché!

2010-03-31T01:08:00.001+02:00

Shit Papir Doodle

2010-03-28T03:02:00.002+02:00

Shit papir is a term my friends/colleagues and me use for the paper (Croatian: papir) that's already been used for printing scripts, references or whatever. We don't throw it away (mostly) but stack it for later use, putting it under the hand while drawing. To prevent smudging and sweating of the drawing board and to prevent hands getting dirty from graphite and making more mess on the board. However, they often end up with some doodles on it. Here's one of them made the other night at Bob's and Mrva's place. The last lines saying "Blonde: ... oh, you know me ..." inspired the first drawing, but later it became just sensless and uninspired. Or maybe it didn't? A good psychiatrist could read a thing or two from this, I guess. : )

Beyond Avalon

2010-03-23T02:17:00.003+01:00

Here's another piece most of you never had a chance to see. "Beyond Avalon" was my attempt to break into American scene, done some 13 years ago and written by Joe Pruett. I completed first two issues and did this five pages of issue #3 in pencils before the whole thing got canceled. Joe decided to publish it himself 7 years later, but i never got further then doing the cover for #3.

Mess

2010-03-19T00:31:00.003+01:00

Don't feel like doodling and work looks all the same, so I've reached for the folders with old random stuff. Found this.

It's a crappy drawing and, if I remember correctly, there wasn't any penciling here. I think I didn't even knew what to draw, just wanted to try some dirty inks. That was before Chas.
Anyway, now that I ran into it I've noticed it's not completely crap. I like his face ...

... and the dogs.

Winsor & Newton

2010-03-04T20:53:00.006+01:00

Every now and then (usually by young, or not so young, inspiring artists) I get asked about the brush I use for inking. My answer is always Winsor & Newton, series 7, size 3.
Here's a little example of what you can do with it, with a little bit of practice.

I've inked the whole panel with brush. Except for the straight lines, of course. Enlarge the pic to see it 1:1 as the original drawing.

I've erased the pencil, corrected some details with white pen and scanned it as line art.

Normally I'd ink the small figures in the background with nib, but this time I did it just to show the range of the brush.

Time Jumper

2010-02-27T14:38:00.005+01:00

A little bit more then a year ago, I was offered to give it a try at Stan Lee's new multimedia project (in co-production with Disney Studios) called Time Jumper. I had some doubts about it, but you don't just pass on a chance to work with legend, so I did some samples. If it's true what I was told, out of some number of artists I got into finale with one opponent, which eventually - won. Now that I saw the final product, it's obvious they wanted somebody less ... errr, old-fashioned?
And I'm not sad or jealous one bit for not getting this job. It would probably include much more coordination and various requests then actual drawing and I'd go nuts. See, I'm spoiled - I just wanna draw comics! : )
Anyway, now that the whole project is in motion, I thought I might show you some of my proposals ...

"Džuka, pa ti znaš crtat'!" ...

2010-02-23T22:53:00.002+01:00

... kaže Z koja me zna preko dvadeset godina.
"Ko je to crt'o?" - pita Kum koji me zna punih trideset.

Total self-indulgence

2010-02-21T01:51:00.002+01:00

All work, no play ...

2010-02-15T23:26:00.008+01:00

It's been awhile since I've posted some work in progress, right?
Here's a fresh example of the page in the making.
From the doodle on the script ...

... through breakdowns ...

... to penciling ...

... corrections ...

... and inking.

Stereostrip

2010-02-07T17:29:00.003+01:00

Udruga Odo' ja! početkom je godine raspisala strip natječaj. U petak, 12. veljače u Klubu SC biti će otvorena izložba radova koje je odabrao žiri. Sa imenima većine sudionika natječaja se po prvi put susrećem, što me čini još radoznalijim. Glavnu nagradu žirija je dobila Leona Kadijević, a organizirano je i glasanje publike, čiji će pobjednik biti proglašen na zatvaranju izložbe 20. veljače.
Istim povodom, na istom mjestu u subotu, 13. veljače u 19 sati će biti održana tribina na kojoj će sudjelovati Darko Macan, Sonja Gašperov, Srećko Puntarić - Felix i jorz truli. Dođite, podržite! : )

Stripaonica u Profilu

2010-02-04T14:59:00.002+01:00

U ponedjeljak, 8. veljače u 19 sati u Profil Megastoreu, Bogovićeva 7, na prvom katu u kafiću održat će se promocija drugog broja Strip revije. Dođite, podržite!

SPAM THIS!

2010-02-02T20:13:00.005+01:00

I apologize for this violent outburst of racism, but for months now comments on my blog have been exposed to some Chinese spam. I've been patiently erasing them, hoping they'll go away, but it only got worse. I hate word verification, but now I have to enable it. So, in need of steaming out the frustration, I had to blow someone's head off!
I've got nothing against the rest of the 1,335,609,999 Chinese, and I hope word verification won't stop you from commenting. : )

Owly

2010-01-31T21:58:00.002+01:00

Kume, ja ju okrenuo! : )

The Sun Shines Out Of Our Behinds

2010-01-28T00:00:00.002+01:00

I'm sorry, but those of you who don't speak Croatian will never know why I dedicated this drawing to Rico and Bob! : )

Chicks and freaks

2010-01-21T23:29:00.002+01:00

Just some drawings loosely based on random photos, except the mustache guy in the middle.

Strange ways

2010-01-16T02:41:00.004+01:00

This is me in 7th grade. Guy next to me is a TV star now. >: )

But it's obvious that at the time my idol was Minja Subota! : )

Skate or die!!!

2010-01-13T23:32:00.005+01:00

This is possibly the closest I've come to drawing superheros, which is still far away. I can't recall if there actually was a superhero with skateboard? There must've been some in the '80's, huh?
And ... is there among you fans of pinball machines? Remember "Skate or die"? : )

Burnin' & flippin'

2010-01-10T23:07:00.003+01:00

Lucca report - part 4

2009-12-24T22:55:00.007+01:00

It's great to travel around visiting conventions. You get to see new places, learn something about them, get stuffed with thousands of comic books, eating and drinking, promoting your work ...
But for me, the best part is - meeting people.
Meeting again with old (or not so old, but nevertheless dear) friends, meeting for the first time new people, who will become old (or not so old, but nevertheless dear) friends and being introduced to some of the giants of comic art, who often appear as quite nice human beings. In such situations usually I feel like I'm a teenager again, desperately trying not to get all nerdy and geeky. Sometimes I succeed. : )
Anyway, here are some pics. Of course I didn't remember to shoot all of them.

Eddie Campbell, a real gentleman.

Marco Rizzo was one of the stuff at Edizioni BD, but as I've heard he's also a great journalist, writer and translator! I don't speak Italian, so I can't confirm this, but I know for sure he's a great guy ! : )

Can't remember his name, but the Japanese guy was also a guest of Edizioni BD. He doesn't speak English, so I had no comunication with him.

Davide Cooler-then-cool Gianfellice. Yes, it would be nice if all those people in the background would be waiting for his signature, while he's taking his time to pose for me, but they are waiting for that Japanese guy. : )

Legendary Giuseppe Camuncolli - Cammo!

Massimo Carnevale and me getting all nerdy and geeky.

Max Bunker, do I need to introduce him?

Simone Bianchi, a rock star! : )

Great Riccardo Burchielli on the left, Cristiano Cucina on the right. My appologies to the guy in the middle for forgeting his name.

Riccardo, wonderfull Andrea Red Mutti and Giacomo Panda Bevilacqua.

Eduardo Riso, one of the best artists out there and one of the warmest persons I've ever met. I know for sure that my beloved comic festival Mafest next year will be fantastic with him hanging around!

And last but not least - pure genius, man I fell in love with, the one and only Francesco Ausonia Ciampi!
I met lots of other extraordinaire artists. I don't have their pictures, but I have to pay my respects to Francesco Ripoli , Maurizio Rosenzweig , Lee Bermejo and Werther Dell'Edera.
And a special shout out to Adriano Barone!

So, yeah all these photos were taken at the convention during the day. What was happening in the evening and during the night I would not dare to display publicly!
Use your imagination! : )

Lucca report - part 3

2009-12-24T01:37:00.005+01:00

Whether you like them or not, cosplayers became unavoidable part of the comic shows.
Some of them took a lot of effort making their costumes ...

... or just spent lots of money and bought them?

Some are funny ...

... some pretty ...

...some weird ...

... some inspired by Manga ...

... or just plain hot!

Scarry ...

...and realistic! : )

If you love cosplayers, or just love to hate them - here's a huge gallery from Lucca festival collected by relentless Ty Buttars. 200 pics, not one cosplayer shot twice!
And some more, general pics here.

Next part - CELEBRITIES !!!