Mapping the Sense of What’s Going On Inside

I was pleased to see a very positive response from readers to my illustration in the The New York Times for Carl Zimmer's article on interoception. Usually, the comment section of articles doesn't comment much on the illustration, so I'm glad it resonated so much.

&TD Exhibition Video

I am pleased to share with you this video about an exhibition that I am apart of: "Design TV / Design for Teatar &TD 1964-1983: Arsovski, Bućan, Borčić, Ilić."

In this video from Dizajn TV, Marko Golub takes us through the story of graphic design for Teatar &TD and the synergy of an innovative theater and the exceptional design approaches of Mihajlo Arsovski, Boris Bućan, Željko Borčić and myself, who, one after the other, over 19 intense years, questioned what design means in the context of theater, but also what visual communications are and where their boundaries lie.

'The exhibition provides an overview of one of the most exciting creative series in the history of Croatian graphic design, the dynamic continuity of graphic design for the Chamber Stage and the &TD Theatre, which were created, one after the other, by Mihajlo Arsovski, Boris Bućan, Željko Borčić and I from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s.’ – Marko Golub and Dejan Kršić, Exhibition Curators

TD Theatre is a theatre in Zagreb, Croatia. It is regarded as one of the most important experimental Croatian theatres of the 20th century.

An "Epic" Collaboration

In 1978, I had a show of original drawings of my comics at the prestigious Lucca Festival in Italy. In three days of being there, I managed to meet and socialize with some of my comics idols: Joe Kubert, Dino Battaglia, José Antonio Muñoz, Bobby London, Les Lilley, Sergio Toppi, and Hugo Pratt. I also had the pleasure of meeting a few comics editors/publishers, among them Rick Marschall.

Soon after, in 1979, Rick founded a new magazine titled “Epic Illustrated,” published by Marvel Comics. In the first issue of the magazine, published in the Spring of 1980, he published three of my comics, and that’s how our collaboration started. Despite my 40-year hiatus from drawing comics, we’ve still stayed in touch over all this time.

 

“Mary Perkins, On Stage”

Recently, I acquired this slightly beaten-up and folded page from the comics “Mary Perkins, On Stage” by Leonard Starr from 1975. This is not his most exciting composition of the page, but his brushstrokes are exquisite. It’s amazing to see how easily he’s drawing all this. 

The comic came with a vellum cover with a color break.

 

”Modern Times” Design Documentary

I am pleased to share with you this episode of the 2023 documentary television show “Moderna Vremena” (”Modern Times”) authored by Dubravko Merlić. The series aired in 2023, but I didn’t get this link to share it with you all until now. This is the sixth episode, dedicated to design in the 1980s in Croatia. The segment about my work begins at 30:50.

Unfortunately, the show is in Croatian, so my Croatian viewers will have to deal with being able to understand what I’m saying.

 
 

"The People's Deputy" Poster

 

 

My Cyrillic and Latin poster designs for the play by Branislav Nušić, "The People's Deputy” (The Member of Parliament) at the JDP-Yugoslav Drama Theater in Belgrade, Serbia. The play is directed by Vito Taufer.

The comedy "The People's Deputy" can be classified as a social comedy, i.e. a comedy of character, with an interweaving of situational and verbal comedy. The play takes place in a Serbian town at the end of the 19th century. The main theme is the elections for a member of parliament, manifested through political passions in society, corrupt characters, and the struggle for political influence and personal enrichment. Nušić supplements the theme of the comedy with everyday topics from the everyday life of the town and characters of different moral profiles. As in many other works, he set the action in a family environment. Nušić defines three parts in a comedy, and they can often be seen in his other comedies. The normal line of life is depicted through the everyday relationships in the family of a village merchant, a life he is content with, based on petty fraud and mischief. The departure from that line occurs when he wishes to become a member of parliament, which leads to a series of events. However, the political and love entanglements are ultimately resolved happily, and the merchant returns to his simple life.

Branislav Nušić (1864 - 1938) was a Serbian writer, comedian, journalist, founder of rhetoric in Serbia, diplomat, and photographer.

The "People's Deputy" is the first comedy by writer Branislav Nušić, which he wrote in 1883, when he was nineteen years old.

The building depicted on the poster is the House of the National Assembly (Parliament) in Belgrade. 

 

 

Dizajn TV / MIRKO ILIĆ: Time After Time After Time

 'For all those who did not have the opportunity to see the exhibition "Mirko Ilić: Time After Time After Time", we will guide you in detail through its entire exhibition at MMSU Rijeka, whole by whole, chapter by chapter, work by work. In the duration of 80 minutes, the authors of the exhibition, Marko Golub and Sabina Salamon, talk about Mirko Ilić and time!' – Dizajn TV