Stripburger

Stripburger is an alternative comics magazine featuring works by both Slovene and foreign comic authors, published in Slovenia by the editorial collective of the same name.

''Stripburger'' features works by Slovene and foreign comic authors, together with news, reviews, interviews, and reflections on the comics medium. Being multilingual (Slovenian and English), the magazine has developed into an important resource on the international (especially European) comic scene.

Besides the magazine, Stripburger also publishes stand-alone comic books, original Slovenian works, and translations of alternative international comic books and graphic novels. An important part of Stripburger's activities is its focus on comics exhibitions and workshops.

''Stripburger'' magazine

''Stripburger'' was established in 1992 by the Strip Core collective — Samo Ljubešić, Jani Mujić, Božo Rakočević, Dare Kuhar, and Katerina Mirović — as an international art fanzine, thus becoming a pioneer of independent comics in Slovenia.

In its 30 years, ''Stripburger'' has featured more than 700 artists from more than 30 countries all around the world. Currently, two editions of the magazine are issued annually.

Special issues

Occasionally, ''Stripburger'' publishes special issues that focus on specific themes like ecology, sex, madness, anti-Nazism, human rights, war, handicaps, and work.

Notable issues:
* Stripburek - Comics from Behind the Rusty Iron Curtain (1997) - anthology of Eastern European comics, featuring work from Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Slovenia
* Handyburger (1998) - publication about physical handicaps made in cooperation with YHD (Društvo za teorijo in kulturo hendikepa; ''Society for Disability Theory and Culture'')
* XXX(Strip)burger (1999)
* Stripburek - Comics from the other Europe (2001) — comics from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Ukraine, and Yugoslavia
* Madburger (2002) – comics questioning sanity and shattering the taboo called madness
* Warburger (2003)
* Miniburger (2004) – dirty dozen and the lucky 13th (a box of 12 booklets in b&w and the 13th in full color)
* Honey Talks - Comics Inspired by Painted Beehive Panels (2006) – comics inspired by a form of Slovene folk art, namely painted beehive panels
* Greetings from Cartoonia: The Essential Guide of the Land of Comics (2009) - result of international project in which artists from abroad were given the task of creating a portrait of Slovenia, while artists living in Slovenia were asked to make a portrait of the countries their foreign colleagues come from
* Workburger: Custom-Made Product with a Flawless Defect (2012) - comics revolving around the topic of contemporary work

Collections

Varying in genre and expression, Stripburger's four collections include stand-alone comic books by different artists.

Republika Strip

Collection of comic albums/books. It was established in 2002 to publish original Slovenian artists and their works.

Published artists: Andrej Štular, Ciril Horjak, Damijan Stepančič, Domen Finžgar, Gašper Rus, Grega Mastnak, Izar Lunaček, Iztok Sitar, Jakob Klemenčič, Kaja Avberšek, Marijan Pušavec (script writer), Marko Kociper, Matej de Cecco, Matej Kocjan - Koco, Matej Lavrenčič, Matej Stupica, Miha Mazzini, Tomaž Lavrič, Vinko Möderndorfer (writer of short stories after which the comics in the Deveta soba collection were made).

Ambasada Strip

This collection, established in 2006, aims to present world-class comics by foreign artists to Slovenian audience.

Published artists: Claudio Piersanti (script), Daniel Clowes, Dave Cooper, David B., Gipi, Gunnar Lundkvist, Helena Klakočar, Jacques Tardi, Joann Sfar, Julie Doucet

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