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Danijel Žeželj is a Croatian
comic book artist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comics illustrators/artists in that they produce both the literary ...
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animator An animator is an artist who creates images, known as frames, which give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, and video games. Animat ...
, painter and illustrator and author of a number of graphic novels.


Biography

Žeželj studied classical painting, sculpting and printing at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, Croatia. His work has been published and exhibited in Croatia, Slovenia, UK, Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain, Greece, Sweden, South Africa, Argentina, Brazil and the USA. His comics and illustrations have been published abroad by
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'', '' San Francisco Guardian'', Editori del Grifo, Edizioni Charta and others. Since 1999, in collaboration with musician/composer Jessica Lurie, he has created a series of multimedia performances merging live music with live painting. These have been presented at festivals and in clubs, churches and squats throughout Europe and the USA. In 2005 he became the first comic book artist ever to have a solo exhibition at the
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in Boston, Massachusetts. In 2001 in Zagreb, Croatia he founded the publishing house and graphic workshop "Petikat". Most recently he worked on animated films at
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. He lives and works both in New York and Zagreb. He was married to Jessica Lurie, a composer and musician.


Bibliography

*'' Luna Park'', written by Kevin Baker, DC Comics/Vertigo, USA, 2009 *''King of Nekropolis'', Hazard Edizioni, Italy, 2007 *''Stray Dogs'', ISGM/Charta, USA, 2005 *''Small Hands'', Petikat, Croatia, 2004; Edizioni Di, Italy, 2005 *''Caballo'', Petikat, Croatia, 2004 *''Reflex'' Petikat, Croatia, 2003 *''Superman: Metropolis'', DC Comics, USA, 2003 *''Stazione Topolo'', Grifo Edizioni, Italy, 2002 *''Bolivian Dark'', Petikat, Croatia, 2002 *'' The Call of Duty: The Wagon'', written by Chuck Austen, Marvel, USA, 2002 *''
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: Dead Men Running'', written by
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, Marvel, USA, 2002 *''24 Hours'', Grifo Edizioni, Italy, 2002 *''Rinzol'', Petikat, Croatia, 2001 *''Sandman Presents: Corinthian: Death in Venice'', written by Darko Macan, DC Comics/Vertigo, USA, 2001 *'' El Diablo'', written by
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, DC Comics/Vertigo, USA, 2001 *''Air Mexico'', Clandestino, USA, 2000 *''Il Sorriso di Majakovskij'', Edizioni Di, Italy, 2000 *''Reve de Beton'', Mosquito, France, 2000 *''
Congo Bill Congorilla (originally in human: William "Congo Bill" Glenmorgan) is a superhero appearing in comic books published by DC Comics and Vertigo Comics. Originally co-created by writer Whitney Ellsworth and artist George Papp, he was later transfor ...
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Scott Cunningham Scott Douglas Cunningham (June 27, 1956 – March 28, 1993) was an American writer. Cunningham is the author of several books on Wicca and various other alternative religious subjects. His work ''Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner'' ...
, DC Comics/Vertigo, USA, 1999; Mosquito, France, 2000; Magic Press, Italy, 2001 *''Invitation a la Danse'', Mosquito, France, 1999 *''L'Amore'', Edizioni Di, Italy, 1999 *''La Peste'', Edizioni Di, Italy, 1998 *''Amazonia'', Edizioni Di, Italy, 1998 *''L'Angelo Sterminatore'', Edizioni Di, Italy, 1997 *''Pagliacci: In Your Eyes: Blues'', Liberty, Italy, 1996 *''Rex'', Radio 101, Croatia, 1995; Edizioni Di, Italy, 2000; Mosquito, France, 2001 *''Sophia'', Editori del Grifo, Italy, 1994; X-press & Radio 101, Croatia, 1994 *''Sun City'', Editori del Grifo, Italy, 1994; Kaspar & Radio 101, Croatia, 1993, Coma 22, Italy, 2007 *''Il Ritmo del Cuore'', Editori del Grifo, Italy, 1993; Mosquito, France, 2005


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General references

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Lambiek Galerie Lambiek is a Dutch comic book store and art gallery in Amsterdam, founded on November 8, 1968 by Kees Kousemaker (, – Bussum Bussum () is a commuter town and former municipality in the Gooi region in the south east of the prov ...
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External links

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Biography on petikat.commirada.it
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zezelj, Danijel Living people 1966 births Croatian comics artists Croatian animators Croatian comics writers 21st-century Croatian illustrators Croatian magazine illustrators Harper's Magazine people