A.C. 2020 selected winners by American Illustration book

The prestigious American Illustration has announced the selected winners for their AI43 book. I am happy to announce that two of my A.C.2020 comics/visual essays have been selected for inclusion.

I originally created this series to express my anxiety and uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Over time, I also tried to address my other anxieties and visual observations beyond the pandemic in the series.

Each visual essay comprises self-contained single-page stories created in greyish-blue tones to reflect the subject.

Here is a link to see, among other things, my other A.C.2020 comics.

"Alex in Wonderland" Movie Poster

My recent acquisition. I managed to get a second copy of a very rare and unusual movie poster by Milton Glaser for "Alex in Wonderland” from 1970.

Poster "Moj Muž" in Festival in Gdansk, Poland

I am pleased to let you know that my poster "Moj muž" (My Husband) for JDP-Yugoslav Drama Theater in Belgrade, Serbia is on exhibition as a part of the "Poster Festival And Now East" at the Plenum art gallery in Gdansk, Poland. 

The show includes over 150 posters and opened on the 2nd of August, 2024 as a part of this year's Panato Targi Sztuki & Designu LATO. It was organized by AndNowEast & Local Design Circle, co-organized by Panato Targi & Plenum, and curated by Bartosz Moms.

You can see and read more about the "Moj muž" poster here.

 

Once, I shared covers and back covers bylines with Breccia, Bilal, Eisner, Corben, Toppi, Gimenez, Jones, and many more of my idols and comic legends.

Here are some of the covers of the Spanish comic magazines "1984" and "Ilustracion + Comix Internacional", published by "Toutain Editor" in 70's and 80's.

 

"Small Formats Gallery" Bol, Croatia

Walking through Bol, a small town on the island of Brac in Croatia, my friend suggested we visit the "Small Formats Gallery". She surprised me when she said: "And your art is also inside". Of course I entered. The ego must be satisfied.

I was very surprised when I saw my art, which I had completely forgotten, called "Postcard from the Golden Horn" made of small pebbles from the famous Bol beach Golden Horn (Zlatni rat). I made this work in 2002, when I was invited to Bol by Ivica Karničić to be part of an art workshop organized by him.

"Cisco Kid' by Jose Luis Salinas

I recently acquired these two partial daily comic strips of Cisco Kid by Jose Luis Salinas from 1952. It is beautiful to see on Salinas' originals, how gently and easily, without any “suffering" he applied the ink with the stroke of a brush, without needing any corrections. 

These two partial panels are from the story called Deadly Stage Ride. The panels are probably partial because, believe it or not, at that time it was common practice for the syndicate to cut the strips and send a panel or two to, for example, fans who wrote and asked. Looking through the Cisco Kid book trying to find how the complete comic strip looks, I was quite pleased to find that on the top of the page of one of them is a comic strip that I already have. Pure coincidence.

 

Modesty Blaise by Neville Colvin

When one says Modesty Blaise, the first thing that comes to mind is the iconic artwork of Jim Holdaway. Unfortunately, the work of Neville Colvin gets overlooked. 

I recently acquired two strips from a Neville Colvin comic from 1984. The first frame in both strips are excellent examples of Colvin’s craftsmanship. He is bleeding random brush and pen strokes, which almost brings the drawing to a level of abstraction. But at the same time, everything is there. 

Here is a link to my previous acquisition of Modesty Blaise by Colvin.