Zdravko Zupan ( sr-cyr, Здравко Зупан; 7 February 1950 – 9 October 2015) was a Yugoslav

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creator and historian. He is best known for comics such as "

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", "Zuzuko", "Munja", "

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", "

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" and "Ellsworth". Zupan is considered the most important historian of Yugoslav and

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. He lived in

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Bibliography

Comics

* "Zuzuko", written by Z. Zupan et al., ''Yu strip'', ''Munja'', ''Bijela pčela'' etc.,

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and

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, 1973"Munja i Zuzuko kao dečja inspiracija"
Student cultural center, Belgrade, 2014 - * "Tom & Jerry", written by Lazar Odanović and Z. Zupan, VPA, Croatia, 1983–1988. * "Mickey Mouse", written by

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, ''

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'',

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, 1990–1994. * "Goofy", written by F. Corteggiani, ''Le Journal de Mickey'', France, 1990–1994. * "Ellsworth", written by F. Corteggiani, ''Le Journal de Mickey'', France, 1990–1994. * "Miki i Baš-Čelik", written by Nikola Maslovara, ''Mikijev zabavnik'', Serbia, 1999. * "Munja", written by Z. Zupan, Vasa Pavković and Zoran Stefanović, ''Munja'', ''Munja Strip'' and ''Bijela pčela'', Serbia and Croatia, 2001-

History of comics

* ''Istorija jugoslovenskog stripa'' I, Slavko Draginčić and Zdravko Zupan,

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, 1986. * ''Vek stripa u Srbiji'', Zdravko Zupan,

Pančevo Pančevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Панчево, ; german: Pantschowa; hu, Pancsova; ro, Panciova; sk, Pánčevo) is a city and the administrative center of the South Banat District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is located on ...

, 2007. * ''Veljko Kockar - strip, život, smrt'', Zdravko Zupan (ed.), Pančevo, 2010. * ''

The Comics We Loved, Selection of 20th Century Comics and Creators from the Region of Former Yugoslavia ''The Comics We Loved: Selection of 20th Century Comics and Creators from the Region of Former Yugoslavia'' ( srp, Стрипови Које Смо Волели: Избор Стрипова И Стваралаца Са Простора Бивш� ...

'' (''Stripovi koje smo voleli: izbor stripova i stvaralaca sa prostora bivše Jugoslavije u XX veku''),

Živojin Tamburić Živojin "Žika" Tamburić (Serbian Cyrillic: Живојин Тамбурић; born 1957 in Kruševac, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian comics critic, historian, editor and publisher, most notable for his work on first critical comics lexicon in Eastern ...

, Zdravko Zupan and

Zoran Stefanović Zoran Stefanović (, sr-cyr, Зоран Стефановић, born 21 November 1969 in Loznica) is a Serbian author, publisher and cultural activist, best known as the founder of several cultural networks, including Project Rastko. His works w ...

, foreword by

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, 2011. * ''Zigomar - maskirani pravednik'' by Branko Vidić, Nikola Navojev and Dragan Savić; editor and writer of the foreword: Zdravko Zupan, Pančevo, 2011. * ''Uragan'', by Aleksije Ranhner and Svetislav B. Lazić, editor and writer of the foreword: Zdravko Zupan, Pančevo, 2012.

References

External links

Zdravko Zupan
on Lambiek Comiclopedia
Zdravko Zupan
I.N.D.U.C.K.S. World-wide database about Disney comics * Paul Gravett
"Comics Culture in Yugoslavia: World-Class Innovators & Remarkable Visionaries"
foreword for Tamburić-Zupan-Stefanović lexicon ''The Comics We Loved: Selection of 20th Century Comics and Creators from the Region of Former Yugoslavia'', 2011. * Zupan, Zdravko

"Projekat Rastko". * Slobodan Ivkov

Subotica, 1995. E-izdanje: "Projekat Rastko" (Serbian)
Magazin "Munja"
(Serbian) * Zdravko Zupan i Slavko Draginčić

Novi Sad 1986, kompletno elektronsko izdanje, "Projekat Rastko". (Serbian) * Zdravko Zupan

"Projekat Rastko" (Serbian) Writers from Zagreb Serbian comics artists Serbian comics writers Disney comics artists Comics critics Comic book publishers (people) 1950 births 2015 deaths {{Serbia-artist-stub