300 STRIPOVSKIH ZGODB ZA ODRASLE by GAZenit

300 STRIPOVSKIH

ZGODB ZA ODRASLE KATALOG

PO ZVRSTEH DO LETA 2020 brezplačna elektronska izdaja

(I)zbral in uredil: Žiga Valetič marec 2021

Op ombe k izboru ZGODB • Vključene so daljše, dramaturško zaključene ZGODBE; zbirke

kratkih zgodb niso zajete, prav tako ne serijski stripi z epizodami, ki se ne povezujejo v enotno, zaključeno ZGODBO (razen dveh serij, ki vsebujeta raznovrstne daljše zgodbe); vse knjige v izboru imajo najmanj 50 strani; • izbor ZGODB je narejen od začetka časa do vključno leta 2020 (edina izjema je Strip o Prešernu (2021)); prečesal sem knjigi 1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die in 500 Essential Graphic Novels ter različne spletne sezname; tako kot drugi pregledni katalogi in seznami sem se tudi tu primarno osredotočal na naslove in avtorje, ki so doživeli več mednarodnih izdaj in/ali so bili kritiško hvaljeni na več celinah; najlepša hvala Iztoku in Izarju za nekaj njunih predlogov; • ZGODBE so razvrščene v sedem kategorij (glej naslednjo stran); zvrsti in žanri se včasih prepletajo, zato sem posamezno ZGODBO umestil v kategorijo, ki je bila zanjo – po subjektivni presoji – prevladujoča; obstaja pa verjetnost, da se nekaj, česar ne boste našli v pričakovani kategoriji, nahaja v neki drugi kategoriji; na začetku vsake od kategorij stoji pojasnilo o tem, ali si ZGODBE sledijo po kronologiji izdaje, po kronologiji obravnavanega obdobja, po geografski regiji ali kakšnem drugem kriteriju. • ZGODBE so namenjene odraslemu bralstvu in dovolj zrelim mladostnikom; vmes je tudi nekaj ZGODB za mlade, ki pa uspešno nagovarjajo odrasle bralke in bralce; • moral sem se omejiti, zato v tem izboru ni ZGODB o superjunakih, pa tudi ne stripov s stvarno ali znanstveno vsebino (o zgodovini vina, videoiger, medicine ali Slovenije, o zlomljeni ameriški demokraciji, o 500 letih zatiranja in uporništva ...) kot tudi ne razlagalno filozofskih stripov – če niso narejeni po knjigah; • če obstajajo naslovnice stripov, ki so izšli na Hrvaškem ali v Srbiji, sem uporabil te, enako velja za predstavitvena besedila; naslove, ki jih v Sloveniji nismo prevedli, sem za boljše razumevanje prevedel sam – morda bodo končni prevodi drugačni ...; • morda boste nekatere ZGODBE pogrešali, veliko več pa bo takšnih, ki jih (še) niste poznali.

KATEGORIJE 1. Zgodovina in vojne 2. Življenjepisi 3. Avtobiografske izpovedi in metafikcija 4. Migracije 5. Fikcija, drama 6. Leposlovje v stripu 7. Stvarni izjemi

300 STRIPOVSKIH

ZGODB ZA ODRASLE

ZGODOVINA IN VOJNE Stripi se vrstijo po zgodovinskih obdobjih. Nekatere zgodbe so resnične, druge so fikcija, tretje avtobiografske četrte dokumentarne.

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300  Frank Miller, Lynn Varley  Frank Miller OBSEG: 124 strani ZALOŽBA: Dark Horse DRŽAVA: ZDA

PRVA OBJAVA: 1998

he armies of Persia – a vast horde greater than any the world has ever known – are poised to crush Greece, an island of reason and freedom in a sea of madness and tyranny. Standing between Greece and this tidal wave of destruction are a tiny detachment of but three hundred warriors. Frank Miller's epic retelling of history's supreme moment of battlefield valor is finally collected in a glorious hardcover volume in its intended format – each two-page spread from the original comics is presented as a single undivided page. Frank Miller is an American writer, artist and film director best known for his film noir-style comic book stories. He is one of the most widely-recognized and popular creators in comics, and is one of the most influential comics creators of his generation. His most notable works include Sin City, The Dark Knight Returns, Batman Year One and 300. (goodreads.com)

3 00 STR IP OVS K IH ZG O D B Z A O D R AS LE / 5

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Les esclaves oubliés de Tromelin /Pozabljeni sužnji Tromelina/

 Sylvain Savoia  Sylvain Savoia OBSEG: 124 strani ZALOŽBA: Dupuis DRŽAVA: Francija

PRVA OBJAVA: 2015

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jeseci su se otegnuli, grozničavo očekivanje pretvorilo se u ravnodušnost. Unatoč svemu, potrebno je nastaviti sa životom. Nastaviti ovdje.« Godine 1761. jedan je brod Indijske Kompanije potonuo u blizini osamljenog otočića u Indijskom oceanu. Osamdeset će robova preživljavati na tom sitnom kamenčiću šibanom olujama. Tek će 29. studenog 1776., petnaest godina nakon potonuća, potporučnik Tromelin spasiti osmero preživjelih: sedam žena i osmomjesečno dijete. Max Guérot, arheolog i bivši mornarički časnik, pokrenuo je nekoliko ekspedicija kako bi pronašao tragove boravka preživjelih. Pozvao je umjetnika Sylvaina Savoiu da im se pridruži u ekspediciji na otok Tromelin. Iz toga se rodila ova knjiga: stripu, koji donosi priču o zaboravljenim robovima, pridružen je i dnevnik arheološke ekspedicije. Nakon svjetske uspješnice Marzi, Sylvain Savoia nanovo nudi čitatelju prekrasnu poruku o ljudskosti i dostojanstvu. (fibra.hr)

300 STR IP OVS K IH ZG O D B Z A O D R AS LE / 6

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Les Passagers du Vent /Popotniki z vetrom/

 François Bourgeon  François Bourgeon

OBSEG: 2 albuma, 410 strani DRŽAVA: Francija

PRVA OBJAVA: 1979

va povijesna i pomorska pustolovna serija smještena u 18. stoljeće pripovijeda nam neobične i tragične Isine avanture. Ta mlada djevojka kojoj su oteli identitet bila je predodređena za lagodan život u aristokratskom okruženju. Kako bi se osvetila i pobjegla, Isa bira progonstvo. Nošena vjetrom oceanskim prostranstvima, Isa preživljava ratove, upoznaje zatvore i otkriva sve užase trgovine robljem, koja donosi bogatstvo objema Amerikama i Antilima. Iako su joj sva ta iskušenja ostavila ožiljke koje će zauvijek nositi, Isa će voljeti život jednako strasno. Isa će voljeti muškarce. Isa će voljeti žene… Oslanjajući se na iznimno bogatu dokumentaciju, François Bourgeon minucioznim stilom opisuje život na moru i užase trgovine crnim robljem. Suočavajući se sa svijetom kojim vladaju muškarci, često kukavni i surovi, njegova junakinja Isa pokazuje golemu odlučnost i začuđujuće moderan svjetonazor. Preko trnovitog životnog puta Ise, mlade žene iz 18. stoljeća suočene s predrasudama toga doba, François Bourgeon oslikava portret slobodne i strastvene žene, nezaboravne junakinje povijesnog stripa, u kojemu se isprepliću pustolovina, humanizam i ljubav prema moru. (fibra.hr)

3 00 STR IP OVS K IH ZG O D B Z A O D R AS LE / 7

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Comanche Moon  Jack Jackson  Jack Jackson

OBSEG: 128 strani ZALOŽBA: Rip Off Press DRŽAVA: ZDA

PRVA OBJAVA: 1979

ack Jackson's Comanche Moon is the extraordinary story of Cynthia Ann Parker, a white settler child kidnapped by a band of Comanche Indians in 1836 in Texas. Brought up as a Comanche, she became the wife of a feared Comanche warrior and gave birth to Quanah, a warrior-son who became chief of the Comanches and eventually led them in their last great battles against the relentlessly encroaching white settlers. This is the story of their defeat and the end of the Comanche Nation's dominance of the Texas plains. Jackson is one of the original figures of the American underground comics movement of the 1960s. Unlike his peers, whose comics celebrated the counterculture, Jackson instead created lively, detailed and historically accurate works that chronicle the bloody, fascinating history around the founding of Texas. Told against a rich backdrop of 19th century life and the complex historical and political conflicts that fueled the brutal wars between Native Americans and settlers, the story of Naduah the white Comanche represents non-fiction comics at its best. (goodreads.com)

3 00 STR IP OVS K IH ZG O D B Z A O D R AS LE / 8

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Sambre /Sambrovi/

 Bernard Hislaire - Yslaire  Bernard Hislaire - Yslaire

OBSEG: 8 delov, 400+ strani ZALOŽBA: Glenat DRŽAVA: Francija

PRVA OBJAVA: 1986

ernard Hislaire was born in 1957 in Brussels, Belgium. Passionate about comics since he was very young, he produced his first drawings in the Robidule fanzine, and worked on his style at the Institut Saint-Luc in Brussels. At the age of 18, he joined the drawing team of the Spirou magazine, where he published a story in the section dedicated to young creators. In 1986, after having met the scenarist Balac, he created Sambre, a 19th-century saga, about an impossible love story between Bernard Sambre, a rich young man, and Julie, a farmer girl, during the 1848 revolution in France. This series was original because the graphical style used in these albums is different from the one Hislaire used before, and because the number of colours used is very restricted and centered on red. This was the first publication on which he used the name Yslaire. The whole series was published by Glénat and was a critical and commercial success. (en.wikipedia.org)

300 STR IP OVS K IH ZG O D B Z A O D R AS LE / 9

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Meksikajnarji  Marijan Pušavec, Zoran Smiljanić  Zoran Smiljanić

OBSEG: 5 delov, 360 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: UMco DRŽAVA: Slovenija

PRVA OBJAVA: 2008

drugi polovici 19. stoletja, ko je bilo ozemlje Slovenije še del habsburškega cesarstva, je vladal cesar Franc Jožef I. Njegov brat, Ferdinand Maksimilijan, pa se je na pregovarjanje Napoleona III. z vojaškimi prostovoljci podal na osvajalsko potovanje v Mehiko. Slovensko kulturno izročilo ve o tej zgodovinski epizodi malo in prav zato je strip Zorana Smiljanića in Marijana Pušavca toliko bolj unikaten. Meksikajnarji so večleten in obsežen projekt, saj je zamišljen kot serija petih albumov, zaradi svoje tematike pa bi bil nedvomno idealen tudi za filmska platna. Prvi del Meksikajnarjev predstavi dve vzporedni družinski drami (cesarsko in kmečko), ki nas bosta popeljali v eno redkih slovenskih epskih pripovedi. Izjemno bogato in vznemirljivo branje. (goodreads.com)

3 00 STR IP OVS K IH ZG O D B Z A O D R AS LE / 10

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Black Hills 1890  Yves Swolfs  Yves Swolfs

OBSEG: 192 strani ZALOŽBA: Yermo Ediciones DRŽAVA: Španija

PRVA OBJAVA: 2009

ewis Kayne is an hit trapper, Armand Lebon is a somewhat unworldly photographer from France, which wants to make a photo reportage in the Indian reserves. Together they become involved in the death struggle of the indigenous culture. Two men, which were the only agreement that they coincidentally at the same time on the same site, meet in the far west of the end of the nineteenth century. (affiliatesinterest.wordpress.com)

ves Swolfs (born 25 April 1955) is a Belgian comic book writer and artist. He is most known for his western series Durango, which started in 1980. Among his other works are the vampire series Le prince de la Nuit (1994– 2001); the dystopian science fiction series Vlad (2000–2006, illustrated by Griffo); and the fantasy series Légende (since 2003). His comics were published by Edition des Archers, Glénat, Soleil Productions and Le Lombard, amongst others. (en.wikipedia.org) V Sloveniji je strip izšel v štirih delih v reviji Stripbumerang.

300 STR IP OVS K IH ZG O D B Z A O D R AS LE / 11

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Antarktika /Safe Area Goražde/

 Bernard Kolle  Jean-Claude Bartoll

PREVOD: Mitja Linec OBSEG: 144 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: Buch, Zavod Strip art DRŽAVA: Francija

PRVA OBJAVA: 2014

eta 1911 je na Antarktiki potekala ena najbolj drznih in dramatičnih dirk v vsej človeški zgodovini. Polarna raziskovalca, norvežan Roald Amundsen in anglež Robert Falcon Scott, sta se vsak s svojo odpravo, vsak s svojega prezimovališča in vsak na svoj način podala v osvajanje skrajne južne točke zemeljske oble, geografskega južnega pola. Prestižna tekma za denar, čast in večno slavo, ki bi pripadla prvemu ob osvojitvi poslednje neznane dežele na svetu je potekala v ekstremnem mrazu, v nemogočih razmerah in s skrajnimi napori na meji človeških zmogljivosti. Jean-Claude Bartoll, priznani francoski novinarski publicist ter filmski in stripovski scenarist, je po navdihu popotniških dnevnikov slavnih raziskovalcev spisal napeto viharno ljubezensko zgodbo med mornariškim častnikom Knutom Larsonom in meščanko Maureen Bannec, ki se po spletu okoliščin nehote znajdeta ujeta v eni izmed najbolj neizprosnih dirk 20. stoletja. Bernard Kolle, eden najboljših pri nas živečih stripovskih ustvarjalcev, pripovedi s svojo značilno natančno, detajlno in prefinjeno risbo zagotovi vrhunsko vizualno grafično realizacijo. (stripi.si)

300 STR IP OVS K IH ZG O D B Z A O D R AS LE / 12

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El Folies Bergère /Kabaret Folies Bergère/

 Francis Porcel  Zidrou OBSEG: 92 strani ZALOŽBA: Dargaud DRŽAVA: Francija, Belgija PRVA OBJAVA: 2012

rvi svjetski rat. Rovovi. Vojnici su suočeni s patnjom i sa smrću. I dok ih njihovi nadležni doživljavaju kao topovsko meso, oni pokušavaju preživjeti. Prkoseći ratu, vojnici svoju satniju zovu „Kabaret Folies Bergère“ i daju si međusobno nadimke. U rovovima su složni. Zbijaju šale. Crtaju. Ne gube nadu. I bore se. Umiru u strahovitim patnjama. Ubijaju se ili gube razum. Jedan od njih osuđen je na smrt strijeljanjem… Ali preživljava. Pravo čudo.... (fibra.hr)

idrou (Benoît Drousie) was born in 1962 in Brussels. Starting out as a teacher, he began writing books and songs for children in the early ’90s. In 1991, he met the illustrator Godi with whom he created L'Elève Ducobu (Le Lombard 1997, Ducoboo, Cinebook 2006). And thus his career as a comics writer began! (europecomics.com)

3 00 STR IP OVS K IH ZG O D B Z A O D R AS LE / 13

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Putain de guerre! 1914 - 1915 - 1916 /Prekleta vojna!/

 Jacques Tardi, Jean-Pierre Verney  Jacques Tardi OBSEG: 62 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: Casterman DRŽAVA: Belgija, Francija PRVA OBJAVA: 2008

reated 15 years after the completion of his Eisner Award-winning masterwork It Was the War of the Trenches, Tardi's Goddamn This War! is no mere sequel, but a brand new, wholly individual graphic novel on its own. Vastly different sequentially, graphically and narratively, Goddamn This War! shares with Trenches its sustained sense of outrage, pitch-black gallows humor, and impeccably scrupulous historical exactitude. In fact, Goddamn This War! includes an extensive year-by-year historical text section written by Tardi's frequent World War I research helpmate, the historian and collector Jean-Pierre Verney, including dozens of stunning rare photographs and visual documents from his personal collection. (goodreads.com)

300 STR IP OVS K IH ZG O D B Z A O D R AS LE / 14

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Vojna v jarkih /C’était la guerre des tranchées/

 Jacques Tardi  Jacques Tardi PREVOD: Suzana Koncut OBSEG: 124 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: Forum Ljubljana in Založba ZRC DRŽAVA: Francija PRVA OBJAVA: 1993

isani roman Vojna v jarkih predstavlja prvi preizkus francoskega stripovskega avtorja Jacquesa Tardija z zgodovinskim risanim romanom in velja za njegovo najpomembnejše delo. Na neolepšan, neposreden in pretresljivo otipljiv način je posredoval izkušnjo prve svetovne vojne s perspektive francoskih vojakov, ujetih v blatni in krvavi nočni mori frontnih jarkov. Strip je narejen na podlagi dokumentarnega gradiva, zato je risba natančna in prepričljiva, odlikuje se po svojstvenem kadriranju in sivih tonih. Masivne temne površine stripovskih sličic, narisane s tušem v črno beli tehniki, zadeto uprizarjajo občutek ujetosti v vojno situacijo in razčlovečenja posameznika spričo napredka vojaške tehnologije in vojskovanja s kemičnim orožjem. Vojna je nasploh tema, ki je Tardija ustvarjalno povsem okupirala, o njej vedno znova razmišlja in pripoveduje. (zimk.zrc-sazu.si)

300 STR IP OVS K IH ZG O D B Z A O D R AS LE / 15

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The Harlem Hellfighters /Harlemski Peklenski bojevniki/

 Caanan White  Max Brooks OBSEG: 272 strani ZALOŽBA: Broadway Books DRŽAVA: ZDA

PRVA OBJAVA: 2014

n 1919, the 369th infantry regiment marched home triumphantly from World War I. They had spent more time in combat than any other American unit, never losing a foot of ground to the enemy, or a man to capture, and winning countless decorations. Though they returned as heroes, this African American unit faced tremendous discrimination, even from their own government. The Harlem Hellfighters, as the Germans called them, fought courageously on – and off – the battlefield to make Europe, and America, safe for democracy. Bestselling author Max Brooks and acclaimed illustrator Caanan White bring this history to life. From the enlistment lines in Harlem to the training camp at Spartanburg, South Carolina, to the trenches in France, they tell the heroic story of the 369th in an action-packed and powerful tale of honor and heart. (goodreads.com)

3 00 STR IP OVS K IH ZG O D B Z A O D R AS LE / 16

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Charley’s War /Charleyjeva vojna/

 Joe Colquhoun  Pat Mills

OBSEG: več zbirk, 1000+ strani ZALOŽBA: IPC Publications DRŽAVA: Velika Britanija PRVA OBJAVA: 1979

rom renowned UK comics writer Pat Mills (Marshal Law, Slaine) and legendary artist Joe Colquhoun (Johnny Red) comes a truly classic piece of graphic storytelling, by turns thrilling, horrifying and deeply moving. In 1916, Charley Bourne lies about his age to enlist and fight on the battlefields of France. But thoughts of glory and patriotism are swept aside by the bloody artillery barrage of horror and needless sacrifice amidst the trenches of the First World War. Rich in the detailed minutiae of the terror-punctuated existence of a Tommy, Charley's War features a brand new introduction and director's commentary by Pat Mills, a cultural history of the comic, and an essay on the Battle of the Somme. Pat Mills, born in 1949 and nicknamed 'the godfather of British comics', is a comics writer and editor who, along with John Wagner, revitalised British boys comics in the 1970s, and has remained a leading light in British comics ever since. (goodreads.com)

3 00 STR IP OVS K IH ZG O D B Z A O D R AS LE / 17

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White Death /Bela smrt/

 Charlie Adlard  Robbie Morrison

OBSEG: 96 strani ZALOŽBA: Eddie Campbell Comics DRŽAVA: Velika Britanija PRVA OBJAVA: 1998

or four years, The Great War, World War One, raged across the planet. Millions were sent to their deaths in pointless battles. The Italian Front stretched along the borders of Italy and the Austro-Hungarian Empires, in treacherous mountain regions. In the last months of 1916, a private in the Italian Bersaglieri returns to his childhood home in the Trentino mountain range to find it no longer a place of adventure and wonder as it was in his youth, but a place of death and despair. Amongst the weapons of both armies, none is more feared than the White Death: thundering avalanches deliberately caused by cannon fire... which, like war itself, consume everything in their path... (goodreads.com)

obbie Morrison is a British comics writer most known for his work in the weekly UK title 2000 AD, and as the co-creator of popular character and series Nikolai Dante (with Simon Fraser), serialised for 15 years until 2012. (en.wikipedia.org)

300 STR IP OVS K IH ZG O D B Z A O D R AS LE / 18

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Mutter Krieg /Naša mati vojna/

 Maël  Kris

OBSEG: 288 strani (hrvaška izdaja) ZALOŽBA: Splitter-Verlag DRŽAVA: Nemčija

PRVA OBJAVA: 2014

Siječanj 1915. u srcu blatne Šampanje. Šest mjeseci Europu zastire krv i oganj. Šest mjeseci rat svakodnevno odnosi tisuće žrtava. Ali na bojišnici, stožer je zanijemio pred truplima triju žena. Triju hladnokrvno ubijenih žena. Kraj svakog beživotnog tijela pronađeno je oproštajno pismo. Oproštajno pismo iz ubojičina pera. Oproštajno pismo zapečaćeno rovovskim blatom. Nezamislivo vječno počivalište za one koje simboliziraju sigurnost i utjehu, posljednje utvrde Čovječnosti. Žene... Nemoguće. Sve bi se urušilo. Ili je žrtva ovaj put, možda, sam rat.... (fibra.hr)

3 00 STR IP OVS K IH ZG O D B Z A O D R AS LE / 19

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Mattéo  Jean-Pierre Gibrat  Jean-Pierre Gibrat

OBSEG: 5 delov, 320 strani ZALOŽBA: Futuropolis DRŽAVA: Francija

PRVA OBJAVA: 2008

ean-Pierre Gibrat još nam jednom donosi zaraćeni svijet. Ispred kulisa juga Francuske u doba Prvog svjetskog rata bezumni se pokolj ne najavljuje iskreno: ljudi slave pobjedu već u trenutku proglašenja opće mobilizacije. Neki su pomalo skeptični poput protagonista Mattéa i njegove majke, španjolskih imigranata koji su se u Francuskoj nastanili zbog anarhističkih ideala pokojne glave obitelji. Razum i skepsa se, nažalost, znaju poljuljati, a kako ih bolje podrivati nego osjećajima? Jer Juliette, Mattéova velika ljubav, baš i ne cijeni pacifizam... Barem ne kod Mattéa. Rovovi se naslućuju, a ratno ludilo odnosi se prema ljudskim sudbinama kao prema sitnim zupčanicima u ogromnom stroju, nezamjenjivim zupčanicima makar im jedina svrha bila da puknu u pravom trenutku. I sam kraj pokazuje da Mattéova sudbina zapravo nijednom nije u njegovim rukama, osim u onih nekoliko trenutaka u kojima ga ljudi koji ga vole iskreno nazivaju »prevelikom budalom«. (fibra.hr)

300 STR IP OVS K IH ZG O D B Z A O D R AS LE / 20

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Črni plamen: Požig Narodnega doma v Trstu  Zoran Smiljanić  Ivan Smiljanić, Zoran Smiljanić OBSEG: 120 strani ZALOŽBA: Založba Zrc DRŽAVA: Slovenija

PRVA OBJAVA: 2014

trip je kombinacija izmišljenih oseb in dogodkov ter zgodovinskih dejstev, povezanih s požigom Narodnega doma v Trstu 13. julija 1920 in je obeležba stoletnice dogodka. Junaka sta izmišljena mlada fanta, Slovenec Josip Furlan in Italijan Giuseppe Pazzi, ki odraščata na realnem zgodovinskem ozadju v Trstu ob začetku dvajsetega stoletja. Skozi njune oči spremljamo Trst, ko je bil še del Avstro-Ogrske monarhije, naraščajoče napetosti med italijansko in slovensko-hrvaško skupnostjo, izbruh prve svetovne vojne in njene posledice, razpad avstro-ogrske monarhije, nastanek nove jugoslovanske države, politična mešetarjenja velikih sil, nastanek in vzpon fašizma, kot vrhunec pa požig Doma, ki še danes osuplja z brutalnostjo in histerijo tistega usodnega večera. V tej »kristalni noči italijanskega fašizma« izpostavljamo manj znane dogodke in usode, ki so spletli tragično prelomnico, po kateri se je vse spremenilo. (ikss.zrc-sazu.si)

300 STR IP OVS K IH ZG O D B Z A O D R AS LE / 21

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Aivali: A Story of Greeks and Turks in 1922 /Aivali: Zgodba o Grkih in Turkih leta 1922/

 Soloúp  Soloúp OBSEG: 446 strani ZALOŽBA:

Κέδρος

DRŽAVA: Grčija

PRVA OBJAVA: 2014

his graphic novel tells the story of Greeks and Turks living as neighbors in the town of Aivali and other places along the Aegean Sea during the late Ottoman Empire. It also tells the story of their subsequent expulsion from their ancestral homelands during a population exchange of Greeks and Turks in 1922, known to Greeks as »The Catastrophe,« and their subsequent lives as refugees. (goodreads.com)

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To the Heart of the Storm /V osrčje viharja/

 Will Eisner  Will Eisner OBSEG: 124 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: Fo DRŽAVA: ZDA

PRVA OBJAVA: 1993

o the Heart of the Storm is an autobiographical graphic novel by American cartoonist Will Eisner released in 1991. It tells of Willie's youth as the son of an immigrant family up to World War II. On its release, writer Tom De Haven gave the book an A rating in Entertainment Weekly, calling Eisner »at the age of 74 ... a risk taker and an artist of astonishing vitality«. The book won the 1992 Eisner Award (named for Will Eisner) for Best Graphic Album: New. It also won the 1992 Harvey Award for Best Graphic Album of Original Work.. (en.wikipedia.org)

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Max Fridman: No pasarán /Max Fridman: Ne bodo prodrli!/

 Vittorio Giardino  Vittorio Giardino OBSEG: 240 strani ZALOŽBA: Rizzoli Lizard DRŽAVA: Italija

PRVA OBJAVA: 1999

listopadu 1938., dok Španjolska proživljava strašne dane, Max Fridman za sobom ostavlja mirnu Ženevu i kreće na putovanje koje će ga odvesti u tragičnu zbilju građanskog rata kako bi pronašao prijatelja kojemu se odavna izgubio svaki trag. Dok borbe bjesne, duhovi iz prošlosti ga navrću na tragove koji vode sve do fronta na kojemu se odvija završna krvava bitka prije samoga kraja - tragičnog epiloga u kojemu Fridman, ranjen i umoran, bez obzira na sve veći rizik i pritisak ne odustaje od potrage za majorom Trevesom koja će ga dovesti do otkrića gorke, neizbrisive istine. (fibra.hr)

iardino was born in Bologna, where he graduated in electrical engineering in 1969. At the age of 30, he decided to leave his job and devote himself to comics. In 1982 Giardino created a new character: Max Fridman, an ex-secret agent involved in the political struggle in 1930s Europe. Max Fridman adventures have been published in 18 countries. (en.wikipedia.org)

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Rebetiko  David Prudhomme  David Prudhomme

OBSEG: 112 strani ZALOŽBA: Futuropolis DRŽAVA: Francija

PRVA OBJAVA: 2009

thens, 1936. General Metaxas is cracking down on rebetis and their way of life. A small group of friends - Rebetiko musicians - wind their way through the Athenian backstreets, ouzeris and market squares dodging the police while settling disputes over hashish and women. With music at its heart, the narrative builds to a joyous party at its climax in this multi-award-winning graphic novel. (goodreads.com)

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Adolf ni Tsugu /Message to Adolf, Zgodba o treh Adolfih/

 Osamu Tezuka  Osamu Tezuka

OBSEG: 1250 strani ZALOŽBA: Bungeishunjū DRŽAVA: Japonska

PRVA OBJAVA: 1983

essage to Adolf, known in earlier English versions as Adolf, is a manga series made by Osamu Tezuka. The story is set before, during, and after World War II and is centered on three men with the name Adolf. Adolf Kamil is an Ashkenazi Jew living in Japan. His best friend Adolf Kaufmann is of both Japanese and German descent. The third Adolf is Adolf Hitler, the dictator of Germany. Adolf also features Sohei Toge, a Japanese reporter, and his quest for documents that could turn the tide of the war. The work explores the themes of nationality, ethnicity, racism, and war, and includes elements of coming of age, spy fiction, and historical drama. (en.wikipedia.org)

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Gekiga Hitler /Hitler/

 Shigeru Mizuki  Shigeru Mizuki

OBSEG: 296 strani ZALOŽBA: Manga Sunday DRŽAVA: Japonska

PRVA OBJAVA: 1971

eventy years after his death, Adolf Hitler remains a mystery. Historians, military tacticians, and psychologists have tried in vain to unravel his complex motivations for leading Germany into the Holocaust and World War II. With Shigeru Mizuki's Hitler, the manga-ka (Kitaro, NonNonba, Showa: A History of Japan) delves deep into the history books to create an absorbing and eloquent portrait of Hitler's life. Beginning with Hitler's time in Austria as a starving art student and ending with a Germany in ruins, Shigeru Mizuki's Hitler retraces the path Hitler took in life, coolly examining his charismatic appeal and his calculated political maneuvering. The Munich Beer Putsch, Hitler's ascent to chancellor, the sudden death of his half-niece Geli, the Battle of Stalingrad, his relationship with Eva Braun, and his eventual demise: all are given equal attention in this thorough and compelling biography. In Mizuki's signature style, which populates incredibly realistic backgrounds with cartoony people, Japan's most famous living cartoonist has created an overview of Hitler's life that is as fascinating as it is informative. (goodreads.com)

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Berlin  Jason Lutes  Jason Lutes

PREVOD: Jakob Rotar, Breda Luthar, Matej Krajnc OBSEG: 618 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: Založba ZRC DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 1996

onumentalna trilogija ameriškega avtorja Jasona Lutesa je postavljena v weimarsko Nemčijo tik preden so leta 1933 oblast prevzeli nacisti. Burno, delno kaotično in protislovno 5-letno zgodovinsko obdobje je izvrstno prikazano skozi prigode več likov iz različnih družbenih skupin takrat tako svetovljanskega kot dekadentnega in politično razcepljenega Berlina. Dogajanje povezujeta osebni zgodbi kritičnega novinarja Severinga in sveže študentke Marthe, ki vsak na svoj način opazujeta dogajanje okoli sebe. Razločna (ligne claire) in realistična risba, pospremljena s posrečenimi grafičnimi vložki, predvsem pa subtilen pripovedni način z močno zgodbo Berlin postavljajo na vidno mesto med zgodovinskimi risoromani, kot je Maus Arta Spiegelmana. Slovenski prevod integralne različice risoromana, ki je nastajal vse od leta 1996, je objavljen nekaj mesecev po prvem izidu trilogije v eni knjigi in slovenskim bralcem ponuja žal preredko možnost branja tega v svetu vse bolj priljubljenega in cenjenega žanra. (ikss.zrc-sazu.si)

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Irmina  Barbara Yelin  Barbara Yelin

OBSEG: 3 deli, 384 strani ZALOŽBA: Reprodukt DRŽAVA: Nemčija

PRVA OBJAVA: 2014

rafički roman Irmina, koji se temelji na biografiji autoričine bake, priča je o mladoj ženi i njezinoj postupnoj kapitulaciji pred nacističkom ideologijom. Sredinom 1930-ih, ambiciozna Njemica Irmina, djevojka sa stavom i idealima, seli se u London. Ondje upoznaje Howarda s Barbadosa, jednog od prvih crnih studenata na Oxfordu i između njih rađa se ljubav. Ta veza naglo se prekida kad je Irmina prisiljena vratiti se u Hitlerovu Njemačku. Ondje pronalazi posao u Ministarstvu rata i nada se povratku u Englesku. No, pisma koja šalje Howardu vraćaju joj se i Irmina se naposljetku udaje za simpatizera nacizma. Autorica Barbara Yelin istražuje kako je i zašto Irmina, nekad hrabra kršiteljica pravila, potiho prihvatila nacizam. To otvara uznemirujuća i bolna pitanja o ulozi običnih ljudi u zločinačkim režimima, njihovu izboru i sudioništvu. Irmina je važan grafički roman i pravovremeni podsjetnik na sve opasnosti, nekada i danas, takvog izbora, šutnje i pasivnosti. (vbz.si)

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La Guerre d’Alan /Alanova vojna/

 Emmanuel Guibert  Emmanuel Guibert OBSEG: 3 deli, 304 strani ZALOŽBA: L’Association DRŽAVA: Francija

PRVA OBJAVA: 2000

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hen I was eighteen, Uncle Sam told me he'd like me to put on a uniform and go off to fight a guy by the name of Adolf. So I did.« When Alan Cope joined the army and went off to fight in World War II, he had no idea what he was getting into. This graphic memoir is the story of his life during wartime, a story told with poignant intimacy and matchless artistry. Across a generation, a deep friendship blossomed between Alan Cope and author/artist Emmanuel Guibert. From it, Alan's War was born - a graphic novel that is a deeply personal and moving experience, straight from the heart of the Greatest Generation - a unique piece of WWII literature and a ground-breaking graphic memoir. (goodreads.com)

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Spomini in sanje Kristine B.  Zoran Smiljanić  Blaž Vurnik

OBSEG: 78 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: Muzej in galerije mesta Ljubljane DRŽAVA: Slovenija PRVA OBJAVA: 2015

godba v stripu govori o mestu Ljubljana in njegovih prebivalcih v času 2. svetovne vojne, osredotoča pa se na odraščajoče življenje deklice Kristine B., ki sicer ni resnična oseba, a združuje usode številnih otrok, ki so živeli v okupirani Ljubljani. Strip Spomini in sanje Kristine B., Ljubljana 1941–1945 sta ustvarila zgodovinar in kustos za novejšo zgodovino v Mestnem muzeju Ljubljana dr. Blaž Vurnik ter priznani slovenski stripar Zoran Smiljanić. Dogajanje je postavljeno v Ljubljano, ki so jo leta 1941 zasedli italijanski vojaki. Naslovna protagonistka je Kristina, dekle, ki je ob začetku vojne stara 14 let, na koncu pa 18, torej je v štirih vojnih letih v okupiranem mestu dozorela, odrasla. V takih razmerah je bilo odraščanje zelo intenzivno, marsikateri otrok je takrat čez noč postal odrasel. Kristina bralcu služi kot identifikacijska točka, prek nje spremljamo in doživljamo dogajanje. Kristina je opazovalka, priča in delno soudeleženka. (mgml.si)

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La Bombe /Bomba/

 Alcante, Denis Rodier  Laurent-Frédéric Bollée

OBSEG: 472 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: Glénat DRŽAVA: Francija

PRVA OBJAVA: 2020

he 470-page graphic novel “The Bomb” tells the story of the atomic bomb that was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima 75 years ago. Alcante, Laurent-Frédéric Bollée and Denis Rodier devoted five years to completing their masterpiece. The story of how the first atomic bomb came to be dropped is well known – and is now told for the first time as a graphic novel. Belgian comic author Alcante, his French co-author Laurent-Frédéric Bollée and Canadian comic illustrator Denis Rodier dedicated five years of work to their epic project “The Bomb”. The authors put thousands of hours into researching books, articles and documentation – material to make up the content of the scenes portrayed in their book. Alcante describes their teamwork in the extensive postscript: “We worked until the early hours, discussing narrative solutions, rewriting scenes over and over again, checking facts, starting over, there were the storyboards, the initial sketches, the colouring...it just went on and on!” The three men set standards for achieving the highest degree of detail in dates, people, buildings, vehicles and uniforms. This outstanding graphic novel covers scientists, emigrants and politicians. From warmongers and people who tried to prevent the bomb from being dropped. Readers are immersed in various worlds and locations, catch behind-the scenes glimpses of the halls of power. The complex but gripping story is carried by Denis Rodier's succinct, hard-edged drawings that lend the work a phenomenal impact. (Daniel Seitz, buchmesse.de)

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Hadashi no Gen /Bosonogi Gen/

 Keiji Nakazawa  Keiji Nakazawa

OBSEG: 10 delov, več kot 2800 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: Shueisha Chuokoron-Shinsha DRŽAVA: Japonska PRVA OBJAVA: 1973

his harrowing story of Hiroshima was one of the original Japanese manga series. New and unabridged, this is an all-new translation of the author's first-person experiences of Hiroshima and its aftermath, is a reminder of the suffering war brings to innocent people. Its emotions and experiences speak to children and adults everywhere. (goodreads.com)

he story begins during the final months of World War II. Six-year-old Gen Nakaoka and his family live in poverty and struggle to make ends meet. On August 6, the atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima. Gen's father and siblings perish in the fires, but he and his mother escape. The shock causes her to give premature birth; Gen's new sister is named Tomoko. In the days following the attack, Gen and his mother witness the horrors wrought by the bomb. Hiroshima lies in ruins, and the city is full of people dead and dying from severe burns and radiation sickness. (en.wikipedia.org)

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Par les chemins noirs /Črna pota/

 David B.  David B. OBSEG: 128 strani ZALOŽBA: Futuropolis DRŽAVA: Francija

PRVA OBJAVA: 2007

hen the Austro-Hungarian Empire disintegrated after World War I, control of the Adriatic port of Fiume (now Rieka, Croatia) was hotly disputed. Enter »Pirate King« Gabriele d’Annunzio, an Italian poet who stormed the city with 3,000 Italian nationalists. D’Annunzio declared Fiume a free republic and himself commander. He envisioned a utopian city-state, but Fiume quickly became a surreal center of violence, looting, and decadence, with shades of the Fascist movement to come. Acclaimed comics artist David B. uses this real event as a backdrop and seamlessly weaves history, hysteria, and highly stylized art into the tragic love story of a beautiful torch singer and a young soldier haunted by the horrors of trench warfare. David B. draws with the chaotic, high-contrast style he used in his best-known work, Epileptic, to capture the distressed, surreal mood of artists struggling to run the world. (goodreads.com)

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Maus: Zgodba o preživetju /Maus/

 Art Spiegelman  Art Spiegelman PREVOD: Oto Luthar OBSEG: 124 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: Založba ZRC DRŽAVA: ZDA

PRVA OBJAVA: 1991

njiga je stripovska upodobitev usode poljske judovske družine v času druge svetovne vojne. Strip, ki naciste predstavlja v vlogi mačk, Jude pa v vlogi miši, nas kljub temu, da dogodke poznamo, pretrese predvsem s svojo enostavnostjo in miniaturnostjo. Kljub značilnostim stripovske predstavitve ohrani vse pretresljive razsežnosti tega grozljivega obdobja. Maus je v svetovnem merilu eden najuspešnejših uporov proti zaroti molka o holokavstu, proti brezbrižnosti do iztrebljanja evropskih Judov. Knjiga je prvič izšla konec sedemdesetih let in je bila doslej prevedena v več kot deset jezikov, avtor pa je zanjo prejel Pulitzerjevo nagrado. Sestavljata jo dva dela: I. Krvava zgodovina mojega očeta in II. In tu so se začele moje težave. (ikss.zrc-sazu.si)

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Italijanska zima /L’inverno d’Italia/

 Davide Toffolo  Davide Toffolo PREVOD: Kaja Širok OBSEG: 152 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: Društvo za oživljanje zgodbe 2 koluta, Založba ZRC DRŽAVA: Italija PRVA OBJAVA: 2010

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njiga ni kronika, niti reportaža, ampak zgodba po resničnih dogodkih. Je refleksija o tragediji deportacije, o etničnem čiščenju, o norem italijanskem načrtu med drugo svetovno vojno. Gre za zgodovinska dejstva, ki jih podajam »filtrirana« skozi svojo domišljijo in ljubezni do stripa, ki je medij, kateri lahko pripoveduje resne zgodbe,« je izjavil Toffolo. Italijanska zima je nastajala po zelo zavzetem obdobju raziskovanja, kajti o taborišču v Ogleju ne obstaja veliko fotografij. Na srečo Muzej novejše zgodovine Slovenije hrani risbe mnogih slovenskih umetnikov, ki so bili zaprti v Ogleju. Del teh risb in ostalih dokumentarnih materialov je ob rekonstrukciji zgodovinskih dejstev tistega obdobja tudi vključenih v knjigo. Ta risani roman je eden redkih poskusov italijanskega opravičila za dogodke iz polpretekle zgodovine in obenem kaže, da strip lahko še kako dobro spregovori o resnih in bolečih zgodovinskih temah. (ikss.zrc-sazu.si)

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Irena : Les Justes /Irena/

 David Evrard  Jean-David Morvan, Séverine Tréfouël OBSEG: 360 strani ZALOŽBA: Glénat DRŽAVA: Francija

PRVA OBJAVA: 2017

he true tale of Irena Sendlerowa, a social worker in the Warsaw ghetto in the early 1940s, during the early days of German occupation. She is credited for saving the lives of 2500 Jewish children by gradually and quietly smuggling them to safety in small groups. While she is eventually arrested by Gestapo, imprisoned, and tortured for her actions, she refuses to reveal her network and is condemned to death. She is ultimately saved from death by other members of her organization. After the war, she retrieved the names of all children she saved (kept in a glass jar buried under a tree behind her house) and attempted to locate each of their parents for reunion. And while most of the parents had been gassed in the Holocaust, she made it her mission to help those orphans find new homes. (goodreads.com)

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Sibiro haiku /Sibirski haiku/

 Lina Itagaki  Jurga Vilė

OBSEG: 240 strani ZALOŽBA: Aukso žuvys DRŽAVA: Litva

PRVA OBJAVA: 2017

ne morning in June 1941, a quiet village in Central Lithuania is shaken out of its slumber by the sudden arrival of the Soviet Army. Eight-year-old Algiukas awakes to the sound of Russian soldiers pounding on the door. His family is given 10 minutes to pack up their things. They are not told where they’re going or for how long. An airless freight train carries them from the fertile lands of rural Lithuania to the snowy plains of the Siberian taiga. There, in the distant, dismal North, they begin a life marked by endless hunger and unrelenting cold. And yet the darkness of exile is lightened, for Algiukas, by flights of imagination. Drawing on her father’s exile in Siberia, writer Jurga Vilė brings to light a neglected episode from the history of the Soviet Union. Beautifully drawn by Lina Itagaki, Siberian Haiku uses a child’s perspective to tell an unforgettable story of courage and human endurance. (goodreads.com)

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El Arte de Volar /Umetnost letenja/

 Kim  Antonio Altarriba

OBSEG: 210 strani ZALOŽBA: Ediciones de Ponent DRŽAVA: Španija

PRVA OBJAVA: 2009

hen published in 2009, The Art of Flying was hailed as a landmark in the history of the graphic novel in Spain for its deeply touching synthesis of individual and collective memories. A deeply personal testament, Altarriba’s account of what led his father to commit suicide at the age of ninety is a detective novel of sorts, one that traces his father’s life from an impoverished childhood in Aragon, to service with Franco’s army in the Civil war, escape to join the anarchist FAI, exile in France when the Republicans are defeated, to return to Spain in 1949 and the stultifying existence to which Republican sympathisers were consigned under Francoism. The Art of Flying is immensely moving and vivid, beautifully drawn by Kim. It was highly praised in Spain on first publication, where it was compared to Art Spiegelman’s Maus. It went on to win six major prizes, including the 2010 National Comic Prize. (goodreads.com)

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Fins de siècle /Konec neke dobe/

 Enki Bilal  Pierre Christin

OBSEG: 196 strani ZALOŽBA: Casterman DRŽAVA: Francija

PRVA OBJAVA: 2018

tri priče objedinjene KRAJEM EPOHE, Enki Bilal i Pierre Christin upotrijebili su u stripu dotad neviđena narativna i estetska sredstva kako bi stvorili fresku koja će se pokazati vizionarskom: 1979: dok teroristi ekstremne ljevice svom snagom tuku Zapadnu Europu, skupina bivših boraca Međunarodnih brigada nastavlja borbu protiv bande fašista koja sije smrt gdjegod prođe. FALANGE CRNOGA REDA. 1983: dok SSSR, domovina »realsocijalizma«, tone u stagnaciju, iza zatvorenih vrata zagušljive dače zametnute sred snježnoga prostranstva okuplja se niz aparatčika »bratskih zemalja«. LOVAČKA DRUŽINA. 1990: Berlinski zid je pao, sovjetsko se carstvo urušilo, olovne su godine završile, a s njima i Hladni rat, stare se ideologije rune, a njihovi nositelji samo su sjene kojima slijedi zaborav ... EPITAF, kojim tiho završava jedno užasno poglavlje povijesti. (fibra.hr)

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Comic Showa-shi /Zgodovina Japonske/

 Shigeru Mizuki  Shigeru Mizuki OBSEG: približno 2200 strani ZALOŽBA: Kodansha DRŽAVA: Japonska

PRVA OBJAVA: 1988

howa: A History of Japan, known in Japan as Comic Showa-shi, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shigeru Mizuki. A semi autobiographical work, this manga describes the author's experiences growing up during the Shōwa period. The author is a veteran of the Japanese army, but his series is filled with critical views of Japanese and American militarism. The manga was originally released by Kodansha between November 1988 and December 1989. Comics critic Paul Gravett elected Showa: A History of Japan the third best manga published in North America in 2014, asking »What a better way to tell an epic modern history lesson than in these multi-layered, accessible manga?« (e.wikipedia.org)

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U.S.S. Stevens: The Collected Stories

/U.S.S. Stevens: zbrane zgodbe/

 Sam Glanzman  Sam Glanzman OBSEG: 416 strani ZALOŽBA: DC Comics DRŽAVA: ZDA

PRVA OBJAVA: 1952

egendary Golden Age artist Sam Glanzman set many of his tales aboard the USS Stevens, the actual World War II destroyer on which he served. This full-color, hardcover treasury collects every single Stevens tale he ever published, more than 60 short adventures from Our Army at War, G. I. Combat, and other 1970s DC war comics as well as longer pieces from Marvel's 1986 revival of Savage Tales magazine and the more recent Joe Kubert Presents. Plus, this outstanding collection also includes the final, four-page story about the warship, newly written and illustrated by Glanzman himself. »USS Stevens is both an excellent graphic narrative and an important record of an American warship's service in the Pacific campaign of World War Two. It also serves as a fine tribute to the young sailors of the US Navy, who faced the forces of Imperial Japan in battle after battle, enduring countless hardships on the long journey to victory. Mr. Glanzman has my admiration, respect and profound gratitude.« — Garth Ennis (goodreads.com)

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March /Marš (na Washington)/

 Nate Powell  John Lewis, Andrew Aydin

OBSEG: 3 deli, 566 strani ZALOŽBA: Top Shelf Productions DRŽAVA: ZDA

PRVA OBJAVA: 2013

arch is a vivid first-hand account of John Lewis' lifelong struggle for civil and human rights, meditating in the modern age on the distance traveled since the days of Jim Crow and segregation. Rooted in Lewis' personal story, it also reflects on the highs and lows of the broader civil rights movement. Many years ago, John Lewis and other student activists drew inspiration from the 1950s comic book Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story. Now, his own comics bring those days to life for a new audience, testifying to a movement whose echoes will be heard for generations. (goodreads.com)

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TianAnMen 1989: Nos espoirs brisés /Tiananmen 1989: naši strti upi/

 Améziane  Lun Zhang, Adrien Gombeaud OBSEG: 112 strani ZALOŽBA: Delcourt DRŽAVA: Francija

PRVA OBJAVA: 2019

ver 30 years ago, on April 15 , 1989, the occupation of Tiananmen Square began. As tens of thousands of students and concerned Chinese citizens took to the streets demanding political reforms, the fate of China's communist system was unknown. When reports of soldiers marching into Beijing to suppress the protests reverberated across Western airwaves, the world didn't know what to expect. Lun Zhang was just a young sociology teacher then, in charge of management and safety service for the protests. Now, in this powerful graphic novel, Zhang pairs with French journalist and Asia specialist Adrien Gombeaud, and artist Ameziane, to share his unvarnished memory of this crucial moment in world history for the first time. Providing comprehensive coverage of the 1989 protests that ended in bloodshed and drew global scrutiny, Zhang includes context for these explosive events, sympathetically depicting a world of discontented, idealistic, activist Chinese youth rarely portrayed in Western media. Describing how the hope of a generation was shattered when authorities opened fire on protestors and bystanders, Tiananmen 1989 shows the way in which contemporary China shaped itself. (goodreads.com) th

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We Served the People: My Mother’s Stories

/Služili smo ljudem: Mamine zgodbe/

 Emei Burell  Emei Burell OBSEG: 160 strani ZALOŽBA: Archaia DRŽAVA: ZDA, Švedska PRVA OBJAVA: 2020

collection of moving stories passed from mother to daughter recounting life during China’s Cultural Revolution. In China, an entire generation’s most formative years took place in remote rural areas when city-kids were sent to the countryside to become rusticated youth and partake in Mao’s mandated Great Leap Forward. In an inspiring tale, author's mother recounts how she ended up as one of the few truck-driving women during the Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside movement, which sought to increase agricultural outreach and spur social and ideological change amongst youth. Burell’s stunning illustrations honor her mother’s courage, strength, and determination during a decade of tremendous political upheaval, where millions of lives were lost, and introduces us to a young Burell in a new era of self-discovery. (goodreads.com)

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Bosanske basni  Tomaž Lavrič  Tomaž Lavrič

OBSEG: 84 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: Buch DRŽAVA: Slovenija, (Francija) PRVA OBJAVA: 1999

avričev prvenec Bosanske basni je bil prvič izdan leta 1999 pri francoski založbi Edition Glenat. Požel je velik in odličen odziv publike in je kot prvi slovenski strip uspel na evropskem trgu. Na mednarodnih stripovskih festivalih je prejel številne nagrade, zastopan je v La Bedetheque ideale v francoskem Muzeju stripa in v britanski enciklopediji 1001 Comics. Zgodbe z naslovi žival, osem basni – Riba, Kača, Muha, Ptica, Pes, Svinja, Mačka, Mula- Mazga, so zgodbe o vojni v Bosni in Hercegovini in predvsem proti njej. V igri življenja in smrti, v prepletu nesmisla in nemoči so zarisane usode ljudi, izgubljenih duš in zveri. Kot pravi avtor: «Želim biti objektiven opazovalec, a ne brezčuten. Želim čim bolj verodostojno poustvariti atmosfero terorja, a brez eksplicitnih prizorov ubijanja, ki bi strip lahko zavedli v ceneno estetiko smrti. Sočustvujem z žrtvami, a hkrati se trudim razumeti animalični um krvnikov«.. (goodreads.com)

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Palestine /Palestina/

 Joe Sacco  Joe Sacco

OBSEG: 288 strani ZALOŽBA: Fantagraphics DRŽAVA: ZDA

PRVA OBJAVA: 1993

ased on several months of research and an extended visit to the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the early 1990s (where he conducted over 100 interviews with Palestinians and Jews), Palestine was the first major comics work of political and historical nonfiction by Sacco, whose name has since become synonymous with this graphic form of New Journalism. Like Safe Area Gorazde, Palestine has been favorably compared to Art Spiegelman's Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus for its ability to brilliantly navigate such socially and politically sensitive subject matter within the confines of the comic book medium. Sacco has often been called the first comic book journalist, and he is certainly the best. (goodreads.com)

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Varovano območje Goražde Vojna v vzhodni Bosni 1992–95 /Safe Area Goražde/

 Joe Sacco  Joe Sacco PREVOD: Nil Baskar, Igor Prassel OBSEG: 244 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: Založba ZRC DRŽAVA: ZDA

PRVA OBJAVA: 2000

vtor se je zaradi šokiranosti nad dogodki v Evropi in zaradi osebne prizadetosti nad dejstvom, da se etnično čiščenje lahko dogaja, odločil na lastne oči videti dogajanje v Bosni. Jeseni 1995 se je znašel v Sarajevu, polnem zunanjih zapisovalcev zgodb, fotografov ali filmarjev. Dobil je tudi možnost, da obišče mračno mesto Goražde, kjer pa je stopil v svet nesprejemljivega nasilja, o katerem se ni govorilo, ki je ostalo skrito: o Srebrenici, Goraždu, Žepi in Bihaću so pripovedovali redki ljudje, ki so od tam pribežali. To, kar si je bilo mogoče misliti, da se dogaja, je bilo nepredstavljivo. Tri leta so ljudje v obkoljenih mestih brez stika z zunanjim svetom in brez obrambe čakali, da pridejo srbski vojaki in jih vse pobijejo. Sacco v svojo zgodbo sprejme vse stereotipe, vendar jim vdihne življenje resničnih, zapletenih ljudi. V dvodimenzionalni črno-beli risbi jim da več globinske ostrine kot katera koli barvna filmska montaža. Zato da so njegovi liki živi, strip potrebuje preprosto zgodbo. Politična retorika je bosansko vojno zapletala v ovinke, ki so jo naredili nerazumljivo tudi sodelujočim. V resnici pa je bila transparentna in pregledna kot dober strip. (ikss.zrc-sazu.si)

orodna je tudi Saccova knjiga Posrednik: Zgodba iz Sarajeva (Založba ZRC, 2011). V Sarajevo se je vrnil leta 2001 in se tam srečal z Nevenom, vojnim veteranom, ki je zanj delal že med vojno in je tujemu novinarju za pravo ceno lahko priskrbel karkoli ...

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Vojne zgodbe  Zoran Smiljanić  Zoran Smiljanić, (Marijan Pušavec)

OBSEG: 224 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: Buch DRŽAVA: Slovenija

PRVA OBJAVA: 2017

et zgodb o vojnah in vojakih, ki jih je Zoran Smiljanić risal in pisal skozi različna ustvarjalna obdobja, je zbranih v pričujoči izdaji – četudi nimajo druge skupne povezave od balkanske geografije. Skrit dramaturški lok najdemo v letnicah, saj se dogodki, ki so bolj ali manj fikcijski, zvrstijo med 1943 in novim tisočletjem. V resnici ne gre za pretirano kratke zgodbe, saj so dolge po več deset strani, prej bi lahko govorili o stripovskih novelah. Partizani in Italijani, kolaboracionisti, črna roka, vojni dobičkarji, bande raztrgancev, umikajočih se vojakov, četnikov, vojak, ki prespi vojno ali »ilegalni« begunec med spopadom dveh frakcij. Na koncu je dodan tudi dokumentarni strip Zadnji let Tonija Mrlaka, kjer je scenaristično sodeloval tudi Marijan Pušavec. (ŽiVal)

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Očetnjava /Fatherland/

 Nina Bunjevac  Nina Bunjevac

PREVOD: Maja Novak OBSEG: 160 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: Modrijan DRŽAVA: Velika Britanija, Kanada PRVA OBJAVA: 2014

oman v stripu Očetnjava (Fatherland) je življenjska zgodba, kakršno bi bil malokdo pripravljen priklicati iz spomina in jo deliti z drugimi. Nina Bunjevac malone dokumentarno, brez olepševanja in patosa, opisuje splet osebnih in zgodovinskih okoliščin, ki so njenega očeta pognale v emigrantstvo in ga pripeljale v vrste nacionalističnih skrajnežev, ki so po osvoboditvi ostali zvesti kralju Petru II. in četniškemu vodji Draži Mihajloviću, v skupino ekstremistov, ki ga ni več izpustila iz svojih krempljev, in nazadnje v prezgodnjo smrt. Pripoveduje o očetu teroristu in o trpljenju, ki ga je povzročil tistim, ki jih je najbolj ljubil ... Nina Bunjevac je tako v podobi kakor besedi neizprosno natančna in neposredna, njeno Očetnjavo je mogoče zato brez zadržkov postaviti ob bok stripom, ki sta jih ustvarila Marjane Satrapi in Joe Sacco; to potrjujejo tudi številni prevodi in kanadska nagrada za najboljši strip The Doug Wright Award, ki jo je prejela maja 2015. (modrijan.si)

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Afera JBTZ  Dušan Kastelic  Dušan Kastelic

OBSEG: 52 strani ZALOŽBA: samozaložba DRŽAVA: Slovenija

PRVA OBJAVA: 1996

fera JBTZ je strip o še danes nepojasnjenih okoliščinah zloglasne afere, ki je pripeljala do odcepitve Slovenije od tedanje Jugoslavije in razpada Jugoslavije. Strip je politični triller, ki se resničnih dogodkov loteva na humoren in nadvse nespoštljiv način. V njem nastopajo resnični protagonisti Afere JBTZ. Glavni »junak« stripa je tajni agent Miran Frumen, ki dobi na videz rutinsko nalogo- nadzirati mora novinarje Mladine, ki s svojim pisanjem spravljajo ob živce politični in vojaški vrh tedanje Jugoslavije. Toda Miran Frumen kmalu zasumi, da pri tej zadevi ne gre samo za pobalinsko pisanje — da se za vsem skupaj skriva nekaj večjega … Toda tudi sam ne sluti kako velikega! Zaplete se namreč v mrežo mednarodne organizacije, ki hoče zrušiti komunistično oblast. Mala Slovenija je le poskusni zajček za večji cilj – zrušenje komunizma po celem svetu. Max Modic: »Afera J.B.T.Z z nasmehom na obrazu svari, da ne politiki, ne zgodovini ne gre zaupati na prvi pogled, kaj šele na lepe oči. Ne levo, ne desno, marveč naravnost med zvezde slovenskega avtorskega stripa.« (bugbrain.com)

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Siberia / Une Jeunesse Soviétique, Sibirija/

 Nikolaï Maslov  Nikolaï Maslov

OBSEG: 104 strani ZALOŽBA: Denoël Graphic DRŽAVA: Francija, Rusija PRVA OBJAVA: 2004

n 2000, Nikolaï Maslov, a night watchman and self-taught artist, asked Emmanuel Durand, a French book salesman in Moscow, to look at three panels from a graphic novel he had drawn. Stunned by the intensity of the work, Durand offered Maslov a modest advance to quit his job and finish the book. The result is this extraordinary visual portrayal of Russian life and spirit. Awash in alcohol from the first pages to the last, Siberia charts Maslov’s bleak path through the labyrinths of the Soviet system, from the desolate Siberian countryside, to military service with the Red Army in Mongolia, to the psychiatric hospital where he was admitted after his brother’s death. Drawn entirely in pencil on paper, the book’s nuanced gray tones document with unremitting clarity and delicate nuance the austere Siberian landscape, the bad vodka, the daily brawls, the cynicism and violence of life in Siberia, but also the perseverance and hope of those in this often neglected but fascinating part of the world.. (goodreads.com)

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S’enfuir Récit d’un otage /Ugrabljen/

 Guy Delisle  Guy Delisle OBSEG: 432 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: Dargaud DRŽAVA: Francija

PRVA OBJAVA: 2016

n the middle of the night in 1997, Doctors Without Borders administrator Christophe André was kidnapped by armed men and taken away to an unknown destination in the Caucasus region. For three months, André was kept handcuffed in solitary confinement, with little to survive on and almost no contact with the outside world. Close to twenty years later, award-winning cartoonist Guy Delisle (Pyongyang, Jerusalem, Shenzhen, Burma Chronicles) recounts André’s harrowing experience in Hostage, a book that attests to the power of one man’s determination in the face of a hopeless situation. Marking a departure from the author’s celebrated first-person travelogues, Delisle tells the story through the perspective of the titular captive, who strives to keep his mind alert as desperation starts to set in. (goodreads.com)

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Balkanalije: Odraščanje v času tranzicije

 Samira Kentrić OBSEG: 144 strani ZALOŽBA: Beletrina DRŽAVA: Slovenija

PRVA OBJAVA: 2015

njiga Balkanalije, odraščanje v času tranzicije, je avtobiografski grafični roman. Pripoveduje zgodbo o dozorevanju znotraj migrantske delavske družine, ko je skupna socialistična domovina krvavo razpadla v globalno tranzicijsko paradigmo privatiziranja in rangiranja vsakogar in vsega. Zgodba nam približa socialni portret deklice, ki odrašča v priseljenski delavski družini bivše SFRJ. Ima očeta, ki je bil včasih pastir, in mamo, ki je znala stkati tepih. Svoje bosansko, vaško muslimansko okolje sta starša zamenjala za slovensko, mestno, katoliško, in tako postala notranja migranta v deželi, ki je najbolj častila delavstvo. Samira Kentrić (1976) je samozaposlena v kulturi kot vizualna umetnica, ki staplja javno, politično govorico z intimno obarvano sfero človekovega vsakdana. (beletrina.si)

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Here /Tukaj/

 Richard McGuire  Richard McGuire

OBSEG: 304 strani ZALOŽBA: Pantheon DRŽAVA: ZDA

PRVA OBJAVA: 1989, (2014)

ere is Richard McGuire's unique graphic novel based on the legendary 1989 comic strip of the same name. Richard McGuire's groundbreaking comic strip Here was published under Art Spiegelman's editorship at RAW in 1989. Built in six pages of interlocking panels, dated by year, it collapsed time and space to tell the story of the corner of a room - and its inhabitants - between the years 500,957,406,073 BC and 2313 AD. The strip remains one of the most influential and widely discussed contributions to the medium, and it has now been developed, expanded and reimagined by the artist into this full-length, full-colour graphic novel – a must for any fan of the genre. (goodreads.com)

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ŽIVLJENJEPISI Stripi se vrstijo kronološko, po letnicah rojstva njihovih (bolj ali manj znanih) protagonistk ter protagonistov. Nekatere zgodbe si jemljejo veliko umetniške svobode pri upodabljanju svojih likov. Stripovskih biografij je veliko, zato sem bil bolj pozoren na kritiške ocene, na lastne bralske izkušnje in na relevantnost likov za naš kulturni prostor.

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Buddha /Buda/

 Osamu Tezuka  Osamu Tezuka

OBSEG: 14 knjig ZALOŽBA: Ushio Shuppan DRŽAVA: Japonska

PRVA OBJAVA: 1972

valjeni pripovjedni genij Osamua Tezuke, besprijekorna vještina njegova vizualnog izražavanja i topla humanost u potpunosti su procvjetale u ovom epu u osam knjiga o Siddharthinu životu i svijetu. Tezuka dokazuje svoje duboko razumijevanje teme kontekstualizirajući Buddhine ideje; naglasak je na pokretu, akciji, emociji i sukobu dok princ Siddhartha bježi od kuće, putuje kroz Indiju i propituje hinduske običaje poput asketskog samoozljeđivanja i ugnjetavanja kasti. Tezukin Buddha ne preporučuje rezignaciju i pasivnost, već propovijeda prosvjetljenje kad prepoznamo povezanost svega, preporučuje suosjećanje s patnjom i razumno uređenje naših života. Filozofski segmenti utkani su u međuljudske situacije uz revolucionarnu vizualnu dinamiku zbog koje umjetnik nikad ne gubi pažnju čitatelja. Tezuka je bio više humanist nego budist, a njegov magnum opus nije propagandni pokušaj. U tom smislu može se usporediti s romanom Hermanna Hessea ili Bertoluccijevim filmom; Tezukin pristup zapravo izražava blago nepoštivanje religije jer uključuje ono što zapadni komentatori često izbjegavaju, a to je humor. (fibra.hr)

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Ikkyu  Hisashi Sakaguchi  Hisashi Sakaguchi

OBSEG: 4 knjige, 1200+ strani ZALOŽBA: Kodansha DRŽAVA: Japonska

PRVA OBJAVA: 1993

orn in 1946, in the Saitama Prefecture, Japan, Sakaguchi worked in television at Osamu Tezuka’s study, working in the animated versions of Astroboy and the Saphire Princess. He quit his job to write/draw manga and wrote three great works: Version, Ikkyu and Stone Flower. He was barely 49 years old when he died. Ikkyu is a four-tome story following the life of the Zen Buddhist monk of the same name. An eccentric man, a poet, he was famous for his attitudes and writings, for his questionings of traditional Buddhist thinking and for having achieved enlightenment through humor and humility. (geekdad.com)

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Je, François Villon /Jaz, François Villon/

 Luigi Critone  Luigi Critone OBSEG: 216 strani ZALOŽBA: Delcourt DRŽAVA: Francija

PRVA OBJAVA: 2017

avodno se rodio isti onaj dan kad je umrla Ivana Orleanska. Oca su mu objesili, majku prije pogubljenja podvrgli mukama. Na Pariškom sveučilištu naučio je latinski i grčki. Od najranije dobi bio je razvratnik, lažac i lopov. Družio se sa sirotinjom, bogatima, studentima, svećenicima, prostitutkama, ubojicama, pjesnicima i kraljevima. Ni jedan ljudski osjećaj nije mu bio stran. Od najdivnijih djela do najzvjerskijih zločina, počinio je sve što je ljudsko biće u stanju. Svijetu je dao snažne i tajanstvene pjesme i utro put kojim će kročiti svi ostali pjesnici: put posvemašnje slobode. Ovu izvanrednu adaptaciju istoimenog romana Jeana Teuléa, koji se ponosno i ponizno zaodjenuo u veličanstvene dronjke Françoisa Villona, potpisuje talijanski majstor pera i kista, Luigi Critone. (fibra.hr)

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Reformatorji v stripu  Jaka Vukotič  Boštjan Gorenc, Kozma Ahačič OBSEG: 76 strani ZALOŽBA: Škrateljc DRŽAVA: Slovenija

PRVA OBJAVA: 2020

trip izpod nabrušenega peresa Boštjana Gorenca Pižame in z iskrivimi ilustracijami Jake Vukotiča, oboje podkrepljeno z znanstveno in akademsko roko dr. Kozma Ahačiča, nam predstavi osebnosti slovenske reformacije. Vas zanima, kako smo Slovenci dobili prvo Biblijo Jurija Dalmatina in prvo slovnico Adama Bohoriča? Drama, zapleti, pogum in vizija velikih ljudi bodo v stripovski zgodbi navdušili mlade in odrasle bralce. Reformatorji v stripu so odgovor na to, kako lahko spremenimo svet, kako lahko ustvarjamo pomembne mejnike za življenje vseh – in kako so nam veliki ljudje v resnici povsem podobni. Celo če so živeli več sto let pred nami. Hkrati pa je ta strip tudi poročilo o pubertetniški dobi slovenskega knjižnega jezika. O času, ko se je slovenski knjižni jezik že rodil, ni pa še povsem odrastel. V odraslo dobo sta ga namreč popeljali prav knjigi, na nastanek katerih se strip osredotoča: Biblija Jurija Dalmatina in slovnica Adama Bohoriča. Če je bil prevod celotne Biblije za slovenski knjižni jezik matura, potem je bila slovnica Adama Bohoriča maturitetno spričevalo. – dr. Kozma Ahačič. (skrateljc. wordpress.com/)

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Rembrandt  Typex  Typex

OBSEG: 240 strani ZALOŽBA: Oog & Blik DRŽAVA: Nizozemska PRVA OBJAVA: 2013

ollow the entire painting career of Rembrandt, one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art history. This is the story about one man's artistic vocation and the work it demands, about life and death, love and bereavement, fame and loss. This graphic novel aims at authenticity, and where there is an absence of facts, the author has drawn inspiration from the wealth of the anecdotes about Rembrandt's life. This unique collaborative enterprise between the author, Typex, The Netherlands foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture and the Rijk museum, home of the world's largest and most important Rembrandt collection, guarantees a spectacular result. (goodreads.com)

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Baraga: Črna suknja med Indijanci  Damijan Stepančič  Damijan Stepančič OBSEG: 72 strani ZALOŽBA: Družina DRŽAVA: Slovenija

PRVA OBJAVA: 2020

amijan Stepančič, ilustrator in avtor mnogih slikanic ter stripov, je s premišljeno konceptualno izrisanim in lepo oblikovanim biografskim stripom Baraga prispeval nov kamenček v svoj že kar obsežen risarski opus. Baraga je seveda misijonar in popotnik Irenej Friderik Baraga (1797–1868), ki ga je v Novi svet zvabila knjižica Oris zgodovine Cincinnatijske škofije; tja je prišel leta 1830 in tam potem živel do konca življenja, pisal nabožne knjige, misijonaril med Indijanci ter vzgajal sadno drevje, postal škof in je še vedno eden od petih slovenskih kandidatov za kanonizacijo. Stepančič je Barago izrisal v izvirni, skoraj povsem črno-beli tehniki, ki pa ji ponekod dodaja samo majhne odmerke rdeče barve, ko je to vsebinsko potrebno (denimo kri iz gobca poginule govedi, rdeči križi na misijonarskih oblekah, pobarvani obrazi Indijancev itn.), s čimer nas je skoraj dobesedno prestavil v tisto – pogosto negostoljubno – preteklost v ameriški divjini, po kateri si je pot utiral navdahnjeni Baraga. (Samo Rugelj, bukla.si)

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Strip o Prešernu  Jože Trobec  Magda Zore, Jože Trobec

OBSEG: 52 strani ZALOŽBA: Gorenjski muzej DRŽAVA: Slovenija

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trip je sproščen, poljuden žanr. Prva težava, ki sem jo morala rešiti v svoji glavi, preden sem položila prve besede v usta našega pesnika, je bilo prehudo strahospoštovanje, ki mi je nekako zavezalo jezik. Pa sem se bila prisiljena sprostiti in mi je uspelo. Strip o Prešernu naj bi imel tudi didaktično poslanstvo. V stripu ima seveda risba vsaj takšno težo, kot besedilo. Niti ene od skupno okrog 420 sličic (52 strani) ni, pri kateri z Jožetom ne bi razpravljala najmanj četrt ure. Prva stran, rojstna hiša. Joj, te značilne stopnice je hiša dobila šele po požaru več kot pol stoletja po pesnikovem rojstvu! Kakšen vhod pa je bil leta 1800? Pa streha? Do požara je bila slamnata, Jože pa je narisal današnjo! No, ker je bila Vrba tretjega decembra verjetno zasnežena, sva to težavo enostavno rešila. Kakšen plašč je nosil oče Šimen? Jože mu je sprva narisal hlače do tal, ki so jih nosili šele dobri dve desetletji kasneje, pa še to samo meščanski gospodje! Ne, Mina doma rute ni imela zavezane spredaj, tako je bilo samo, ko je šla od doma. Popravek: ruto narisati zavezano zadaj. S kakšnim vozem so malega Franceta peljali na Kopanj k stricu? Seveda sledi brskanje po slikah, risbah, opisih …« – Magda Zore (gorenjski-muzej.si)

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Marx, Freud & Einstein: Heroes of the Mind /Marx, Freud in Einstein: Junaki uma/

 Anne Simon  Corinne Maier OBSEG: 192 strani ZALOŽBA: Nobrow DRŽAVA: Velika Britanija PRVA OBJAVA: 2017

rought together for the first time, this collection of witty graphic biographies delves into the minds of three of the most controversial, outspoken, and important thinkers from the 19th and 20th centuries. Through Anne Simon’s irreverent illustrative style, join the fight against capitalism with Karl Marx, meet the father of psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud, and discover the fundamentals of physics with Albert Einstein. (nobrow.net)

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Martha Jane Cannary : La vie aventureuse de celle que l’on nommait Calamity Jane /Calamity Jane: Nesrečno življenje Marthe Jane Cannary/

 Matthieu Blanchin  Christian Perrissin OBSEG: 366 strani ZALOŽBA: Futuropolis DRŽAVA: Francija

PRVA OBJAVA: 2008

eturn to the real-life days of the wild, wild West where the living wasn't so easy... especially for women. Martha Jane Cannary was a bona fide frontierswoman, a professional scout, a drunk, and sometime whore, doing whatever it took to stay alive in the hardscrabble days of American expansion. Writer Christian Perrissin (El Niño, Cape Horn) joins forces with Alph-Art-winning artist Matthieu Blanchin to tackle the legend of this formidable prairie girl and her daring life alongside the likes of Buffalo Bill Cody and Wild Bill Hickok. Presented in English for the first time ever, this is the true story of an extraordinary, independent woman with gumption, the incredible Calamity Jane! (goodreads.com)

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I am Gandhi /Jaz sem Gandhi/

 Različni striparji in ilustratorji  Brad Meltzer

OBSEG: 64 strani ZALOŽBA: Dial Books DRŽAVA: ZDA

PRVA OBJAVA: 2017

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trip o Gandhiju je le eden iz niza 25 krajših biografskih stripov, ki jih je zasnoval pisatelj Brad Meltzer ni so jih narisali različni striparke in striparji.

wenty-five exceptional comic book creators join forces to share the heroic story of Gandhi in this inspiring graphic novel biography. As a young man in India, Gandhi saw firsthand how people were treated unfairly. Refusing to accept injustice, he came up with a brilliant way to fight back through quiet, peaceful protest. He used his methods in South Africa and India, where he led a nonviolent revolution that freed his country from British rule. Through his calm, steady heroism, Gandhi changed the lives of millions and inspired civil rights movements all over the world, proving that the smallest of us can be the most powerful. Galvanized by Gandhi’s example of gentle, peaceful activism, New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer asked his friends in the comic book world to help him make a difference by creating this philanthropic graphic novel. (goodreads.si)

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Rdeča Rosa /Red Rosa/

 Kate Evans  Kate Evans

PREVOD: Anja Golob, Katja Šaponjić OBSEG: 224 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: VigeVageKnjige DRŽAVA: Velika Britanija PRVA OBJAVA: 2015

osa Luxemburg (1871–1919) ni le ena največjih ikon politične levice, marveč tudi izjemna ženska, borka za pravice žensk in revolucionarka, ki je ključno zaznamovala svoj čas. Vpliv njene filozofske misli, ki je prežemala vse elemente njenega življenja, se skoraj sto let po njeni smrti odločno krepi. Je zgled brezkompromisne borke z neskončno voljo do življenja, ki je življenje tudi znala živeti in užiti v vsej njegovi polnosti – celo v zaporu. Kate Evans je v pričujoči knjigi uspelo učinkovito prestaviti njen lik in delo v medij risoromana, med drugim tudi zato, ker je slednji podprt s temeljito študijo virov, o čemer pričajo tudi obsežne opombe na koncu knjige. S tem se Rdeča Rosa umešča med nespregledljiva dela o naslovni junakinji. V njej stopi Rosa Luxemburg pred bralce kot večplastna oseba iz mesa in krvi, katere življenje in delo nista pomembna le za pretekle in sedanje, marveč tudi prihodnje rodove. (vigevageknjige.org)

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Lennin for Beginners /Lenin za začetnike/

 Oscar Zárate  Richard Appignanesi OBSEG: 176 strani ZALOŽBA: Writers and Readers DRŽAVA: ZDA, (Argentina, Kanada) PRVA OBJAVA: 1977

enin is the key to understanding the Russian Revolution. His dream was the creation of the world's first Socialist state. It was a short-lived dream that became a nightmare when Stalin rose to absolute power in 1929. Lenin was the avant-garde revolutionary who adapted Marxist theory to the pravtical realitites of a vast, complex and backward Russia. (goodreads.com)

tej ilustrirani seriji so izšle tudi široko sprejete stripovske biografije Marx za začetnike, Einstein za začetnike, Freud za začetnike, Mao za začetnike, Trotsky za začetnike, Kapitalizem za začetnike, Ekologija za začetnike, Darwin za začletnike, Ekonomija za začetnike, Francoska revolucija za začetnike, Brecht za začetnike, Orwell za začetnike, Medicina za začetnike, Mir za začetnike in druge.

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Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth /Logicomix: Epsko iskanje resnice/

 Apostolos Doxiadis, Christos H. Papadimitriou  Alecos Papadatos, Annie Di Donna OBSEG: 352 strani ZALOŽBA: Bloomsbury (ZDA) DRŽAVA: Grčija PRVA OBJAVA: 2008

n innovative, dramatic graphic novel about the treacherous pursuit of the foundations of mathematics. This graphic novel recounts the spiritual odyssey of philosopher Bertrand Russell. In his agonized search for absolute truth, he crosses paths with thinkers like Gottlob Frege, David Hilbert & Kurt Gödel, & finds a passionate student in Ludwig Wittgenstein. But his most ambitious goal—to establish unshakable logical foundations of mathematics— continues to loom before him. Thru love & hate, peace & war, he persists in the mission threatening to claim both his career & happiness, finally driving him to the brink of insanity. This story is at the same time a historical novel & an accessible explication of some of the biggest ideas of mathematics & modern philosophy. With rich characterizations & atmospheric artwork, it spins the pursuit of such ideas into a satisfying tale. At its heart, Logicomix is a story about the conflict between ideal rationality & the flawed fabric of reality. (goodreads.com)

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Naš Maister  Damijan Stepančič  Mihael Glavan

OBSEG: 127 strani ZALOŽBA: Miš DRŽAVA: Slovenija

PRVA OBJAVA: 2019

udolfa Maistra, našega najbolj slavljenega generala, predstavljajo številne leposlovne in strokovne knjige, naša pa z besedo in sliko sledi temeljnim pramenom njegove biografije od rojstva v Kamniku, šolanja v Kranju in Ljubljani, vojaškega oblikovanja v dunajski kadetnici in služenja v avstrijski armadi do veličastnega prevzema poveljstva zaledne vojske v Mariboru, ki je bila zaslužna za osvojitev mesta in dela Štajerske za Slovenijo. Ob Maistrovih vojaških in političnih projektih so na kratko predstavljeni tudi njegovi sodelavci in podporniki, s pomočjo katerih je bil general tako uspešen. Razgiban, napet in zgodovinsko verodostojen strip o narodnem junaku Rudolfu Maistru se ponuja v branje mladim in odraslim. (miszalozba.com)

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Ivan Cankar: podobe iz življenja  Zoran Smiljanić  Blaž Vurnik

OBSEG: 144 strani ZALOŽBA: MGML in Forum Ljubljana DRŽAVA: Slovenija

PRVA OBJAVA: 2018

trip Ivan Cankar: podobe iz življenja je živopisni životopis našega največjega pisatelja od zibke do groba, s poudarkom na nekaterih najbolj sočnih citatih iz njegovih del, ki tudi več kot sto let kasneje še vedno ostajajo zelo aktualni. V živahnem stripovskem jeziku predstavlja Cankarjevo kompleksno, strastno in ustvarjalno osebnost, kot tudi nekatere sodobnike, prijatelje in številne ljubezenske zveze. Ivan Cankar ni le brezmadežna in lepo počesana podoba z metuljčkom in mogočnimi brki, ki na nas zre iz šolskih učbenikov, niti samo podoba ponosnega umetnika v pižami in s kahlo na glavi namesto klobuka kot na eni od karikatur Hinka Smrekarja, ampak tudi vse tisto vmes. Stripovska pripoved je tako črno-bela le na vizualni ravni, sicer pa polna barvitih zanimivosti ne samo o Cankarju, ampak tudi o njegovih sodobnikih in njihovem času. Pisateljevo življenje, značaj in delo povezuje v neločljivo celoto, ki bi bila verjetno zanimivo branje tudi za samega Cankarja. (stripburger.org)

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Pablo  Clément Oubrerie  Julie Birmant

OBSEG: 342 strani ZALOŽBA: Dargaud DRŽAVA: Francija

PRVA OBJAVA: 2012

his award-winning graphic biography of Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) captures the prolific and eventful life of one of the world’s best-loved artists. Pablo explores Picasso’s early life among the bohemians of Montmartre, his turbulent relationship with artist/model Fernande Olivier, and how his art developed through friendshipswith poets Max Jacob and Guillaume Apollinaire, the painter Georges Braque, and his great rival Henri Matisse. Julie Birmant and Clément Oubrerie depict a career that began in poverty and reached its climax with the advent of cubism and modern art. (goodreads.com)

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Dublinés (historieta) /James Joyce: Portret Dublinčana/

 Alfonso Zapico  Alfonso Zapico OBSEG: 232 strani ZALOŽBA: Astiberri DRŽAVA: Španija

PRVA OBJAVA: 2011

inner of Spain's National Comic Prize and published to acclaim in Ireland, here is an extraordinary graphic biography of James Joyce that offers a fresh take on his tumultuous life. With evocative anecdotes and hundreds of ink-wash drawings, Alfonso Zapico invites the reader to share Joyce's journey, from his earliest days in Dublin to his life with his great love, Nora Barnacle, and their children, and his struggles and triumphs as an artist. Joyce experienced poverty, rejection, censorship, charges of blasphemy and obscenity, war, and crippling ill-health. A rebel and nonconformist in Dublin and a harsh critic of Irish society, he left Ireland in self-imposed exile with Nora, moving to Paris, Pola, Trieste, Rome, London, and finally Zurich. He overcame monumental challenges in creating and publishing Dubliners, Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man, Ulysses, and Finnegan's Wake. Along the way, he encountered a colorful cast of characters, from the Irish nationalists Charles Parnell and Michael Collins to literary greats Yeats, Proust, Hemingway, and Beckett, and the likes of Carl Jung and Vladimir Lenin. (goodreads.com)

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Kafka /(Introducing) Kafka/

 Robert Crumb  Robert Crumb, David Zane Mairowitz PREVOD: Ana Pepelnik OBSEG: 176 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: LUD Literatura

in Stripburger DRŽAVA: ZDA

PRVA OBJAVA: 1994

tripovski album Kafka je delno biografija Kafkovega življenja, delno stripovska priredba del znamenitega pisatelja. Knjiga, ki je več kot samo učbeniška predstavitev pisatelja in njegovega opusa. Strip, ki temeljito opiše in oriše Kafkovo življenje in delo. Kafka ima vse značilnosti umetniškega dela, ki nam pokaže, kaj se lahko zgodi, ko umetnik sreča in vsrka vase drugega umetnika. Crumbove nenavadne risbe dodajo novo vznemirljivost Kafkovim nenavadnim zgodbam. Ameriški stripar in ilustrator, znan po svojem prepoznavnem in izvirnem riskarskem slogu ter kritičnem in satiričnem pristopu do ameriškega vsakdanjika. Njegovi stripi med drugim obravnavajo teme spolnosti, drog, bohemskega življenja in osebnih težav. (stripburger.org)

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The Abominable Mr. Seabrook /Nagnusni gospod Seabrook/

 Joe Ollmann  Joe Ollmann OBSEG: 316 strani ZALOŽBA: Drawn and Quarterly DRŽAVA: ZDA

PRVA OBJAVA: 2017

n the early twentieth century, travel writing represented the desire for the expanding bourgeoisie to experience the exotic cultures of the world past their immediate surroundings. Journalist William Buehler Seabrook was emblematic of this trend-participating in voodoo ceremonies, riding camels cross the Sahara desert, communing with cannibals and most notably, popularizing the term “zombie” in the West. A string of his bestselling books show an engaged, sympathetic gentleman hoping to share these strange, hidden delights with the rest of the world. He was willing to go deeper than any outsider had before. But, of course, there was a dark side. Seabrook was a barely functioning alcoholic who was deeply obsessed with bondage and the so-called mystical properties of pain and degradation. Cartoonist Joe Ollmann spent seven years researching Seabrook’s life, interviewing surviving family and accessing long neglected archives, in order to piece together the peripatetic life of a forgotten American writer. Often weaving in Seabrook’s own words and those of his biographers, Ollmann’s The Abominable Mr. Seabrook posits Seabrook the believer versus Seabrook the exploiter. (goodreads.com)

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Pascin  Joann Sfar  Joann Sfar

PREVOD: Maja Meh OBSEG: 192 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: Forum DRŽAVA: Francija PRVA OBJAVA: 1999

ascin je izmišljena komična biografija nadarjenega slikarja Pascina (18851930), bolgarskega Juda z ameriškim državljanstvom, ki je v Pariz prišel iskat slavo in svobodo. Gre za Pariz na obratu stoletja, ki je bil znan po živahni boemski in umetniški sceni. Tako spoznamo tudi druge slikarje iz tega obdobja, kot sta Marc Chagall in Oscar Kokoschka, pogosto v nenavadnih in bizarnih okoliščinah. Sfar se poslužuje likov, da bi skozi njih spregovoril o različnih temah, praviloma povezanih s slikanjem in umetnostjo, pa tudi z ženskami, spolnostjo, religijo in smislom življenja. Protagonistove pogoste sogovornice so prostitutke in umetniški modeli (pogosto v isti osebi), s katerimi se rad spušča v živahne sofistične razprave. Dialogi z modeli in ostalimi barvitimi liki so sočni in domiselni, polni inteligence in humorja. Sfarjeva sproščenost pri formi se kaže tudi v fragmentirani pripovedi, razdeljeni v posamezne zgodbe, in pri slogu risanja. Stilska nihanja in različne tehnike risanja lepo ponazarjajo vzpone in padce življenja na pariškem Montmartru. (goodreads.com)

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Alma M. Karlin: svetovljanka iz province  Jakob Klemenčič  Marijan Pušavec OBSEG: 164 strani ZALOŽBA: Forum DRŽAVA: Slovenija

PRVA OBJAVA: 2015

ivljenjepis v stripu je sestavljen iz štirih zaključenih poglavij: ‘Cilli’, ‘London’, Svet’ in ‘Celje’, v katerih sledimo življenju te nenavadne ženske od otroštva naprej skozi zdravstvene težave, zgodnjo očetovo smrt in mučni odnos z materjo do srečanja življenjske sopotnice Thee Gamelin, težav s povojno oblastjo in smrti v revščini. V najdaljšem poglavju je prikazan vrhunec stripa, sedemletno potovanje okrog sveta. Jakob Klemenčič je izkušen stripovski avtor, ki rad piše lastne scenarije, a se je tokrat prepustil tandemskemu delu in Pušavčev scenarij prelil v polnokrvne stripovske podobe, skozi katere Alma v prvi osebi pripoveduje svojo življenjsko zgodbo. (stripburger.org)

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Agatha: La vraie

vie d’Agatha Christie

/Agatha: Resnično življenje Agathe Christie/

 Alexandre Franc  Anne Martinetti, Guillaume Lebeau OBSEG: 124 strani ZALOŽBA: Marabout DRŽAVA: Francija

PRVA OBJAVA: 2014

he life of Agatha Christie was as mysterious and eventful as her fiction. This beautifully illustrated graphic novel traces the life of the Queen of Whodunnit from her childhood in Torquay, England, through a career filled with success, mischief, and adventure, to her later years as Dame Agatha. Revealing a side to Christie that will surprise and delight many readers, Agatha introduces us to a free-spirited and thoroughly modern woman who, among other things, enjoyed flying, travel, and surfing. Centering around an episode in 1926 when Christie staged her own disappearance, Agatha is an intriguing, entertaining, and funny exploration of the 20th century’s best-loved crime novelist. (goodreads.com)

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Franjo Malgaj: Mladenič, ki ga je izbrala zgodovina  Gašper Krajnc  Marijan Pušavec OBSEG: 82 strani ZALOŽBA: Muzej novejše

zgodovine Celje DRŽAVA: Slovenija

PRVA OBJAVA: 2018

ežko pričakovani dolgometražni prvenec nadarjenega koroškega risarja Gašperja Krajnca, ki je nekoč celo študiral teologijo, nato pa ga je vase posrkal svet 2D-animacije in stripov. Razvil je realističen slog, kakršnega pri nas nismo videli veliko, in kadar ustvarja v barvah, lahko v njegovih podobah in kadriranju najdemo vzporednice zlasti s sodobnim ameriškimi stripovski seriali (denimo z aktualnimi Southern Bastards). Akcijski strip o koroškem junaku Franju Malgaju, ki se je na prelomu časa, ob koncu prve svetovne vojne in razpadu avstro-ogrskega cesarstva z orožjem in lastnim življenjem postavil za Slovenstvo, žal ni dobil barv, zato pa ima resnično zgodbo in dovršen scenarij izpod prstov prekaljenega stripo-scenarista Marijana Pušavca. Preko Malgaja, izurjenega vojaka in tenkočutnega mladeniča, oriše ključne politične napetosti tiste dobe, tako navzven kot navznoter, saj je bil štajersko-koroški konec pri obrambi svojih krajev v veliki meri prepuščen samemu sebi. Strip o tem, kako nobena pridobitev ni samoumevna. (ŽiVal, bukla.si)

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Kiki de Montparnasse /Kiki z Montparnassa/

 Catel Muller  Catel Muller, José-Louis Bocquet OBSEG: 414 strani ZALOŽBA: Editions Casterman DRŽAVA: Francija

PRVA OBJAVA: 2007

n bohemian Montparnasse of the 1920s, Kiki escaped poverty to become one of the most charismatic figures of the avant-garde years between the wars. Partner to Man Ray, and one of the first emancipated women of the 20th century, Kiki made her mark with her freedom of style, word, and thought that could be learned from only one school—the school of life. (amazon.com)

inner of Angouleme Festival's Essential Prix & RTL Grand Prix. In the bohemian and brilliant Montparnasse of the 1920s, Kiki escaped poverty to become one of the most charismatic figures of the avant-garde years between the wars. Partner to Man Ray, she would be immortalised by many artists. The muse of a generation, she was one of the first emancipated women of the 20th century. (goodreads.com)

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Orwell  Sébastien Verdier  Pierre Christin

OBSEG: 160 strani ZALOŽBA: Dargaud DRŽAVA: Francija

PRVA OBJAVA: 2019

rwell se upisao u vječnost zahvaljujući 1984., koju je napisao 1948., i svom proročanskom opisu Big Brothera, predvidjevši prije sedamdeset godina medijsku kontrolu, Internet i manipulaciju osobnim podacima. No život mu je bio barem jednako uzbudljiv kao knjige: čovjek je to uvijek korak ispred svog vremena, student na Etonu i murjak u Burmi, borac u Španjolskom ratu, antistaljinist i istraživački novinar čije su reportaže uvijek podizale prašinu. Pierre Christin s užitkom uranja u taj iznimni život. (fibra.hr)

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Rob Zbadljivi poet v stripu in glasbi  Martin Ramoveš  Martin Ramoveš OBSEG: 96 strani ZALOŽBA: Forum Ljubljana DRŽAVA: Slovenija

PRVA OBJAVA: 2019

atirični pesnik in pisatelj Ivan Rob (1908–1943) je bil za časa svojega življenja znan predvsem kot zbadljivi šaljivec, ki je s svojim iskrivim humorjem pogosto nasmejal boemsko druščino umetnikov svoje generacije, pa naj si bo to s šaljivimi predelavami znanih del Prešerna, Jurčiča, Trubarja in drugih literatov, s svojimi improviziranimi pesnitvami, ki jih je prepeval ob brenkanju na kitaro, ali takrat, ko je oblečen samo v spalno srajco tekel skozi Ljubljano … A Rob ni bil le karizmatična osebnost priljudnega in veseljaškega značaja, gozdovnik, lokostrelec, odličen kuhar in sodelavec prvega partizanskega gledališča Agitteater, temveč tudi pronicljiv kritik družbenega dogajanja, predvsem pa tankočuten opazovalec svoje dobe. Stripar, pevec in kitarist Martin Ramoveš (1989) je zavzet raziskovalec izraznih možnosti poezije, glasbe in stripa ter kombinacije teh medijev. Po glasbenem prvencu Zvok dežele (2012) sta sledila dva glasbena albuma v stripu: Nesojeni kavboji (2014), v katerih je svojo poezijo uglasbil ter upodobil v ekspresivnem črno-belem slogu, ter še vedno močno izrazni, a veliko bolj osebnoizpovedni in poetični Astronomi (2017). V njih lahko najdemo tudi uglasbitev in upodobitev ene od pesmi Ivana Roba, zbadljivega poeta, katerega življenje in delo je tako v stripu kot glasbi predstavljeno v albumu Rob. (stripburger.org)

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Feynman  Leland Myrick  Jim Ottaviani

OBSEG: 266 strani ZALOŽBA: First Second DRŽAVA: ZDA

PRVA OBJAVA: 2011

n this substantial graphic novel biography, First Second presents the larger-than-life exploits of Nobel-winning quantum physicist, adventurer, musician, world-class raconteur, and one of the greatest minds of the twentieth century: Richard Feynman. Written by nonfiction comics mainstay Jim Ottaviani and brilliantly illustrated by First Second author Leland Myrick, Feynman tells the story of the great man's life from his childhood in Long Island to his work on the Manhattan Project and the Challenger disaster. Ottaviani tackles the bad with the good, leaving the reader delighted by Feynman's exuberant life and staggered at the loss humanity suffered with his death. Anyone who ever wanted to know more about Richard P. Feynman, quantum electrodynamics, the fine art of the bongo drums, the outrageously obscure nation of Tuva, or the development and popularization of the field of physics in the United States need look no further than this rich and joyful work. (goodreads.com)

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Zátopek  Jaromír Švejdík  Jan Novák

OBSEG: 208 strani ZALOŽBA: Paseka DRŽAVA: Češka republika PRVA OBJAVA: 2016

mil Zátopek is arguably the greatest Olympic champion of all time. The Czech runner’s three gold medals at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Olympics, for the 5,000 meter, 10,000 meter, and marathon, is an achievement that has never been matched. His success as a runner made him a national hero, but as a public figure, outspoken and unafraid to take a stand, he was equally impressive. Even before the Helsinki Games, Zátopek had scored a remarkable victory, successfully pressuring the communist regime to allow his colleague Stanislav Jungwirth, who until then had been excluded on political grounds, to compete. In Zátopek, Jan Novák and Jaromír 99 trace the extraordinary life and times of the great Olympian, from his first meeting with Dana, the love of his life, to the victories that would ensure his lasting legacy. (goodreads.com)

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Malcolm X  Randy DuBurke  Andy Helfer

OBSEG: 112 strani ZALOŽBA: Hill and Wang DRŽAVA: ZDA

PRVA OBJAVA: 2006

ssassinated at age forty in 1965. Malcolm X battled the horrifying legacy of African American slavery throughout his short life. Malcolm's passage from troubled boy to influential, outspoken man and finally to tragic hero is captured in the drawings of the award-winning graphic artist Randy DuBurke, and the heartrending history of the era is distilled to its essence by Andrew Helfer, editor of two Eisner Award-winning books. This is American history as you've never seen it before. Andy Helfer, is an award-winning comic book creator best known for his work as an editor and writer at DC Comics, where he founded the Paradox Press imprint. (goodreads.com)

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The Boxer The True Story of Holocaust Survivor Harry Haft /Boksar: resnična zgodba Harryja Hafta, ki je preživel holokavst/

 Reinhard Kleist  Reinhard Kleist OBSEG: 200 strani ZALOŽBA: Carlsen Comics DRŽAVA: Nemčija

PRVA OBJAVA: 2011

oland, 1941. Sixteen-year-old Harry Haft is sent to Auschwitz. When he is forced to fight against other inmates for the amusement of the SS officers, Haft shows extraordinary strength and courage, and a determination to survive. As the Soviet Army advances in April 1945, he makes a daring escape from the Nazis. After negotiating the turmoil of postwar Poland, Haft immigrates to the United States and establishes himself as a professional prizefighter, remaining undefeated until he faces heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano in 1949. In The Boxer, Reinhard Kleist reveals another side to the steely Harry Haft: a man struggling to escape the memories of the fiancée he left behind in Poland. This is a powerful and moving graphic novel about love and the will to survive. (goodreads.com)

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Castro  Reinhard Kleist  Reinhard Kleist

OBSEG: 288 strani ZALOŽBA: Carlsen Comics DRŽAVA: Nemčija

PRVA OBJAVA: 2010

n October 1958, a young German journalist arrives in Havana, Cuba, setting out to meet and interview Fidel Castro on behalf of a German newspaper. He finds himself in a country plunged into revolution. From the viewpoint of this young journalist, Kleist presents a detailed look at the life and politics of the Cuban 'Maximo Lider' Fidel Castro, from his childhood to the present day. Beautifully realised in Kleist's bold, striking style, Castro is a unique portrait of one of the most enduring and controversial figures in modern history. (goodreads.com)

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La Vida del Che /Chejevo življenje/

 Alberto Breccia Enrique Breccia  Hector German Oesterheld

OBSEG: 96 strani DRŽAVA: Argentina

PRVA OBJAVA: 1968

. listopada 1967, u bolivijskom selu La Higuera, Ernesto »Che« Guevara pada beživotno na pod od cigle u maloj školi. Slika tog tijela, okruženog ispitivačkim pogledima vojnika i novinara, je obišla svijet i natjerala milijune ljudi u plač. Srdačan, neutješan, bijesan plač. Bile su to godine protesta i mladi su buntovnici od tog trena dobili još jednu zastavu: onu s Cheovim licem. Godinu dana poslije, 1968., Buenos Aires je oblijepljen plakatima koji najavljuju objavljivanje Chea, biografije koju su napravila najveća imena argentinskog stripa: Hector Oesterheld i Alberto Breccia, uz suradnju sina Enriquea. Uspjeh je bio trenutan. Strip se munjevito širio među mladima, prelazio iz ruke u ruku i postao neka vrsta revolucionarnog evanđelja. 1974. kriza u Argentini kulminira vojnim udarom. Odjednom se cijela zemlja morala odreći uspomene na Guevaru, a Che biva zabranjen. Prijeteća spirala zločina tjera crtače da se riješe originalnih tabli i svih primjeraka stripa koje su posjedovali. Svih osim jednog, koji je godinama ostao zakopan u vrtu ispred njihove kuće. Che umire po drugi put. 1987., s padom diktature, ponovo izlazi na vidjelo i s Brecciom odlazi u Španjolsku. I tako ovaj zabranjeni klasik započinje svoje putovanje Europom, koje ga, evo, konačno vodi i do Hrvatske. (fibra.hr)

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Cash I see a darkness  Reinhard Kleist  Reinhard Kleist

PREVOD: Urška Brodar OBSEG: 222 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: Sanje DRŽAVA: Nemčija

PRVA OBJAVA: 2006

ohnny Cash, najbolj znan country pevec vseh časov, upornik – legenda že za časa življenja. Renomirani avtor stripa Reinhard Kleist v svojem romanu v stripu napeto in s predirljivimi likovnimi orisi opisuje razgibano življenje »moža v črnem«: od njegovih zgodnjih koncertov z Elvisom, tja do proslulega dogodka v zaporu Folsom, spričo katerega Cash koncem šestdesetih let prejšnjega stoletja postane najslavnejši glas Amerike, do umetnikovega spektakularnega povratka. Razburljiva knjiga, skozi katero na edinstven način spoznamo velikega Johnnyja Casha. (sanje.si)

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Lennon: The New York Years /Lennon: Newyorška leta/

 Horne  David Foenkinos, Éric Corbeyran OBSEG: 156 strani ZALOŽBA: Plon DRŽAVA: Francija

PRVA OBJAVA: 2012

n 1975 the most famous rock star in the world moved to New York City to raise his young family, in the process setting career, adoring fans, and creative contemporaries aside. During this reflective time he met with a psychoanalyst, worked to spread peace around the globe, celebrated his wife, and went about the daily business of being John Lennon. Then just five years later he was killed. Lennon adapts David Foenkinos' legendary novel to graphic album form, with striking black-and-white illustrations by French artist Horne. Relive the defining moments and experiences that shaped pop music's–and popular culture's–most influential voice, as captured in this unique and moving graphic novel. (goodreads.com)

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California Dreamin’ /Cass Elliot pred skupino The Mamas & The Papas/

 Pénélope Bagieu  Pénélope Bagieu OBSEG: 276 strani ZALOŽBA: Gallimard DRŽAVA: Francija

PRVA OBJAVA: 2015

efore she became the legendary Mama Cass—one quarter of the mega-huge folk group The Mamas and the Papas—Cass Eliot was a girl from Baltimore trying to make it in the big city. After losing parts to stars like Barbra Streisand on the Broadway circuit, Cass found her place in the music world with an unlikely group of cohorts. The Mamas and the Papas released five studio albums in their three years of existence. It was at once one of the most productive (and profitable) three years any band has ever had, and also one of the most bizarre and dysfunctional groups of people to ever come together to make music. Through it all, Cass struggled to keep sight of her dreams—and her very identity Pénélope Bagieu, (born 22 January 1982 Paris), is a French illustrator and comic designer. She became known for her comic blog My quite fascinating life. (goodreads.com)

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Andre the Giant: Life and Legend /Andre the Giant: Življenje in legenda rokoborca/

 Box Brown  Box Brown OBSEG: 240 strani ZALOŽBA: First Second DRŽAVA: ZDA

PRVA OBJAVA: 2014

ndre Roussimoff is known as both the lovable giant in The Princess Bride and a heroic pro-wrestling figure. He was a normal guy who'd been dealt an extraordinary hand in life. At his peak, he weighed 500 pounds and stood nearly seven and a half feet tall. But the huge stature that made his fame also signed his death warrant. Box Brown brings his great talents as a cartoonist and biographer to this phenomenal new graphic novel. Drawing from historical records about Andre's life as well as a wealth of anecdotes from his colleagues in the wrestling world, including Hulk Hogan, and his film co-stars (Billy Crystal, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, etc), Brown has created in Andre the Giant, the first substantive biography of one of the twentieth century's most recognizable figures. (goodreads.com)

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Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns & Moonage Daydreams  Mike Allred, Steve Horton, Laura Allred

 Mike Allred, Steve Horton OBSEG: 160 strani ZALOŽBA: Insight Comics DRŽAVA: ZDA

PRVA OBJAVA: 2020

n life, David Bowie was one of the most magnetic icons of modern pop culture, seducing generations of fans with both his music and his counterculture persona. In death, the cult of Bowie has only intensified. As a musician alone, Bowie’s legacy is remarkable, but his place in the popular imagination is due to so much more than his music. As a visual performer, he defied classification with his psychedelic aesthetics, his larger-than-life image, and his way of hovering on the border of the surreal. Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns, & Moonage Daydreams chronicles the rise of Bowie’s career from obscurity to fame; and paralleled by the rise and fall of his alter ego as well as the rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust. As the Spiders from Mars slowly implode, Bowie wrestles with his Ziggy persona. The outcome of this internal conflict will change not only David Bowie, but also, the world.. (goodreads.com)

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Escobar – el patrón /Escobar – šef/

 Giuseppe Palumbo  Guido Piccoli OBSEG: 3 deli, 136 strani ZALOŽBA: Dargaud DRŽAVA: Francija

PRVA OBJAVA: 2016

ablo Escobar is widely considered to have been the most successful criminal in history and to have invented modern-day drug trafficking. At the height of his career, the Colombian kingpin was making a million dollars a day smuggling cocaine into the United States. Here is the tale of the final days of “El Patrón,” folk hero to some, public enemy number one to others, doting father and family man, ruthless murderer and an outlaw like no other. (europecomics.com)

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The Zen of Steve Jobs /Zen Steva Jobsa/

 JESS3  Caleb Melby OBSEG: 80 strani ZALOŽBA: Wiley DRŽAVA: ZDA

PRVA OBJAVA: 2011

n illustrated depiction of Steve Jobs' friendship with Zen Buddhist Kobun Chino Otogawa and the impact it had on Jobs' career Apple cofounder Steve Jobs (1955–2011) had such an enormous impact on so many people that his life often took on aspects of myth. But much of his success was due to collaboration with designers, engineers and thinkers. The Zen of Steve Jobs tells the story of Jobs' relationship with one such person: Kobun Chino Otogawa. Kobun was a Zen Buddhist priest who emigrated to the U.S. from Japan in the early 1970s. He was an innovator, lacked appreciation for rules and was passionate about art and design. Kobun was to Buddhism as Jobs was to the computer business: a renegade and maverick. It wasn't long before the two became friends--a relationship that was not built to last. This graphic book is a reimagining of that friendship. The story moves back and forward in time, from the 1970s to 2011, but centers on the period after Jobs' exile from Apple in 1985 when he took up intensive study with Kobun. Their time together was integral to the big leaps that Apple took later on with its product design and business strategy. (goodreads.com)

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Tetris

The Games People Play /Tetris: igre, ki jih igrajo ljudje/

 Box Brown  Box Brown OBSEG: 254 strani ZALOŽBA: First Second DRŽAVA: ZDA

PRVA OBJAVA: 2016

t is, perhaps, the perfect video game. Simple yet addictive, Tetris delivers an irresistible, unending puzzle that has players hooked. Play it long enough and you’ll see those brightly colored geometric shapes everywhere. You’ll see them in your dreams. Alexey Pajitnov had big ideas about games. In 1984, he created Tetris in his spare time while developing software for the Soviet government. Once Tetris emerged from behind the Iron Curtain, it was an instant hit. Nintendo, Atari, Sega-game developers big and small all wanted Tetris. A bidding war was sparked, followed by clandestine trips to Moscow, backroom deals, innumerable miscommunications, and outright theft. In this graphic novel, New York Times–bestselling author Box Brown untangles this complex history and delves deep into the role games play in art, culture, and commerce. For the first time and in unparalleled detail, Tetris: The Games People Play tells the true story of the world’s most popular video game. (goodreads.com)

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Nick Cave – Mercy on Me  Reinhard Kleist  Reinhard Kleist PREVOD: Mojca Kranjc OBSEG: 328 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: V. B. Z. DRŽAVA: Nemčija

PRVA OBJAVA: 2016

leist v samosvojem biografskem grafičnem romanu ponuja vrtoglav vpogled v življenje in ustvarjanje avstralskega rokerskega velikana. Pri čemer se zdi, kot da tokrat še globje in še bolj suvereno zareže v biografski material, kajti tako na ravni grafičnega upodabljanja kot na ravni naracije, ki je premišljeno nelinearna, pred bralci nastaja skrajno intimen glas Nicka Cavea, ki skozi dialog s svojimi fiktivnimi figurami – odlična Kleistova avtorska domislica – kakršne je ustvaril tekom štiridesetletnega vsestranskega ustvarjanja, o samem sebi govori na način, ki ga je zmožen zgolj on: Nick Cave. Reinhard Kleist (1970) je v Berlinu stacioniran ilustrator in ustvarjalec stripov ter grafičnih romanov. Kleistovo delo je prepoznavno predvsem po njegovem specifičnem fiktivno-biografskem upodabljanju znanih oseb iz sveta politike in popularne kulture, od Castra do Johnnya Casha. Med drugim je dobitnik številnih mednarodnih nagrad. (vbz.si)

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300 STRIPOVSKIH

ZGODB ZA ODRASLE

AVTOBIOGRAFSKE IZPOVEDI in METAFIKCIJA Stripi se vrstijo po letu izida; večinoma so predstavljeni prelomni izdelki v tem žanru. Nekatere zgodbe so delno avtobiografske, lažno avtobiografske ali prikrito avtobiografske. Znotraj pričujočega projekta se več avtobiografskih zgodb nahaja tudi v kategorijah ZGODOVINA IN VOJNE ter MIGRACIJE.

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The New Sun /Novo sonce/

 Taro Yashima  Taro Yashima

OBSEG: 310 strani ZALOŽBA: University of Hawaii Press DRŽAVA: Japonska, (ZDA) PRVA OBJAVA: 1943

n 1939 the painter Iwamatsu Jun (1908-1994) and his artist wife, Tomoe, arrived in the U.S. as political refugees. During World War II, Iwamatsu used his artistic talents for the U.S. war effort, and he adopted a pseudonym, Taro Yashima, to protect his young son, whom he left behind in Japan. The New Sun, which was published in the U.S. in 1943, is an account of his life in prewar Japan. In its depiction of ordinary Japanese, The New Sun is both an indictment of Japanese militarism and a plea for American understanding of the enemy. Told mainly though Yashima's powerful artwork, it is a personal and political text of a rural doctor's son who becomes an anti-imperialist artist-activist. This work of quiet conscience and protest is now as relevant as when it first appeared more than sixty years ago. (goodreads.com)

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Trash Market /Tržnica nesnage/

 Tadao Tsuge  Tadao Tsuge

OBSEG: 272 strani ZALOŽBA: Garo (Japonska),

Drawn & Quarterly (ZDA) DRŽAVA: Japonska PRVA OBJAVA: 1968

adao Tsuge was one of the key contributors to the legendary avant-garde Japanese comics magazine Garo during its heyday in the late 1960s and early 1970s, renowned for his unpretentious journalistic storytelling and clear, eloquent cartooning. Trash Market brings together six of Tsuge’s compelling, character-driven stories about life in post–World War II Japan. “Trash Market” and “Gently Goes the Night” touch on key topics for Tsuge: the charming lowlifes of the Tokyo slums and the veterans who found themselves unable to forget the war. “Song of Showa” is an autobiographical piece about growing up in a Tokyo slum during the occupation with an abusive grandfather and an ailing father, and finding brightness in the joyful people of the neighborhood. Trash Market blurs the lines between fiction and reportage; it’s a moving testament to the grittiness of life in Tokyo during the postwar years. Trash Market features an essay from the collection’s editor and translator, Ryan Holmberg, who is a specialist in Japanese art history. He explores Tsuge’s early career as a cartoonist and the formative years the artist spent working in Tokyo’s notorious for-profit blood banks. (goodreads.com)

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Miyoko Asagaya kibun /Tisti Miyoko Asagaya občutek; That Miyoko Asagaya feeling/

 Shinichi Abe  Shinichi Abe OBSEG: 180 strani ZALOŽBA: Garo DRŽAVA: Japonska PRVA OBJAVA: 1970

hinichi Abe, his love Miyoko, the Asagaya living, and the bohemian days of drugs, sex, music, mingled with conversations with friends about art & life. Shinichi Abe's stories are the epitome of the best GARO. (goodreads.com)

suge Yoshiharu is usually credited for pioneering quasi-autobiographical shishosetsu-style manga in the mid-late 60s, but these Abe stories are really the first case of a Japanese cartoonist writing regularly and in a brutally frank way about his personal life. They are contemporaneous with Justin Green's Binky Brown (1972), but without all the cartoony absurdities and neurotic self-flagellation. Abe's freeform drawing, sometimes scratchy sometimes fluid, is also really amazing. Interestingly, a couple of the stories are told from his partner Miyoko's point of view. Rounding out the volume is an essay by Asakawa Mitsuhiro, who also selected the works. (blackhookpress.bigcartel.com)

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Terashima-Cho Kitan /Edinstvene zgodbe okrožja Terajima; Histoires Singulieres du Quartier de Terajima/

 Yu Takita  Yu Takita OBSEG: 204 strani ZALOŽBA: Seuli (Francija) DRŽAVA: Japonska PRVA OBJAVA: 1970

u Takita was a pioneer in autobiographical manga. He published his work in literary magazines and manga anthologies like Garo, and received numerous awards. Among his best-known works is 'Terajima-cho' (the 'Terajima Neighborhood Mystery tales'), in which he chronicles the years 19301940, when his family ran a tavern in Tokyo. (www.lambiek.net)

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Binky Brown Meets Holy Virgin Mary /Binky Brown sreča Sveto devico Marijo/

 Justin Green  Justin Green OBSEG: 64 strani ZALOŽBA: Last Gasp DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 1972

inky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary is a autobiographical comic by American cartoonist Justin Green, published in 1972. Green takes the persona of Binky Brown to tell of the »compulsive neurosis« with which he struggled in his youth and which he blamed on his strict Roman Catholic upbringing. Green was later diagnosed with obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) and came to see his problems in that light. In the story, sinful thoughts that he cannot control torment Binky Brown; to his alarm, phallic objects become literal penises and project what he calls »pecker rays« at religious objects such as churches and statues of the Virgin Mary. He develops an internal set of rules to obey and punishments for breaking them. The torment does not subside, and he comes to reject the Catholic Church in defiance as the source of it. The work combines a wide variety of visual and narrative techniques in a style that echoes the torment of its protagonist. Binky Brown had an immediate influence on contemporaries in underground comix: such cartoonists as Aline Kominsky, Robert Crumb, and Art Spiegelman soon turned to producing similarly confessional works. Binky Brown has gained a reputation as the first major work of autobiography in English-language comics, and many aspects of its approach have become widespread in underground and alternative comics. (en.wikipedia.org)

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Paracuellos /Ovratnice/

 Carlos Giménez  Carlos Giménez

OBSEG: 300 strani (A4), 600 strani (A5) ZALOŽBA: Papel Vivo DRŽAVA: Španija PRVA OBJAVA: 1975

aracuellos is a work of great courage, created at a time when telling the truth about Spain's political past could get one killed. It is arguably the most important graphic memoir ever created in comics. Carlos Gimenez s autobiographical account of the plight of children in post-World War II Fascist Spain has won virtually every comics award in Europe, including Best Album at the 1981 Angouleme Festival, and the Heritage Award atAngouleme in 2010. In the late 1930s when Spanish fascists led by Franco, and aided by Hitler and Mussolini, overthrew the elected government, almost 200,000 men and women fell in battle, were executed, or died in prison. Their orphaned children and others ripped from the homes of the defeated were shuttled from Church-run home to home and fed a steady diet of torture and disinformation by a totalitarian state bent on making them productive citizens. Carlos Gimenez was one of those children. In 1975, after Franco s death, Carlos began to tell his story. Breaking the code of silence proved to be a milestone, both for the comics medium and for a country coming to terms with its past. (goodreads.com)

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American Splendor:

The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar /Ameriški sijaj: življenje in časi Harveyja Pekarja/

 Robert Crumb, Joe Sacco, Frank Stack, Gary Dumm

 Harvey Pekar OBSEG: 39 epizod, izbor 150 strani ZALOŽBA: Harvey Pekar, Dark Horse,

DC Comics DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 1976

merican Splendor is a series of autobiographical comic books written by Harvey Pekar and drawn by a variety of artists. The first issue was published in 1976 and the last one in September 2008, with publication occurring at irregular intervals (Pekar died in 2010). Publishers were, at various times, Harvey Pekar himself, Dark Horse Comics, and DC Comics. The stories in American Splendor concern the everyday life of Pekar in Cleveland, Ohio, told in a brutally frank style akin to the writing of Henry Miller. Pekar's stories eschew traditional narrative structure, focusing on small moments and observations. As Robert Pulcini, co-writer and co-director of the American Splendor movie, said, »The whole point of the American Splendor comics is that life doesn’t really organize itself well.« (en.wikipedia.org)

merican Splendor is the world's first literary comic book. Cleveland native Harvey Pekar is a true American original. A V.A. hospital file clerk and comic book writer, Harvey chronicles the ordinary and mundane in stories both funny and touching. His dead-on eye for the frustrations and minutiae of the workaday world mix in a delicate balance with his insight into personal relationships. (goodreads.com)

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The R. Crumb Handbook /Priročnik Roberta Crumba/

 Robert Crumb  Robert Crumb OBSEG: 440 strani ZALOŽBA: M Q Publications DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 1974, (2015)

he R. Crumb Handbook is a brand new take on the life, trials and ideas of one of the most influential cartoonists of the last 40 years. Wry, self-deprecating, and candid, this is an exceptionally revealing and unexpectedly moving visual biography. Crumb is thoughtful and enlightening, with insights into 20th century popular culture that are hilarious, challenging, and acidly satirical. Described by art critic Robert Hughes as »the Brueghel of the 20th century,« Robert Crumb has become the only sixties counter culture artist to break through into the fine art world and today attracts celebrity collectors such as Steve Martin and author Alex Garland. (goodreads.com)

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A Contract With God and Other Tenement Stories /Pogodba z Bogom in druge blokovske zgodbe/

 Will Eisner  Will Eisner OBSEG: 196 strani ZALOŽBA: Baronet Books DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 1978

Contract with God and Other Tenement Stories is a graphic novel by American cartoonist Will Eisner. The book's short story cycle revolves around poor Jewish characters who live in a tenement in New York City. Eisner produced two sequels set in the same tenement: A Life Force in 1988, and Dropsie Avenue in 1995. Though the term »graphic novel« did not originate with Eisner, the book is credited with popularizing its use. Four stand-alone stories make up the book. The stories are thematically linked with motifs of frustration, disillusionment, violence, and issues of ethnic identity. Eisner uses large, monochromatic images in dramatic perspective, and emphasizes the caricatured characters' facial expressions; few panels or captions have traditional borders around them. (en.wikipedia.org)

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La straordinarie avventure di Pentothal /Pantothalove neverjetne dogodivščine/

 Andrea Pazienza OBSEG: 136 strani ZALOŽBA: Milano Libri DRŽAVA: Italija PRVA OBJAVA: 1982

ndrea Pazienza was an Italian comics artist and painter. He made his debut in the spring of 1977 in the magazine Alteralter with his first comic story, Le straordinarie avventure di Pentothal (Pentothal's extraordinary adventures), the surrealistic and psychedelic story of an alter ego named after a sedative (Penthothal). He later participated to such editorial experiences as Cannibale, Il Male and Frigidaire, where he created hundreds of comics with his unique and unmatched style, grown out of American underground comics (as represented by visionaries like Rick Griffin and Victor Moscoso), Italian Renaissance art and Walt Disney comics. Andrea Pazienza died at age 32 in Montepulciano, from an overdose of heroin. He is buried in cemetery of San Severo. In his memory in Cremona, the non profit association »Centro Fumetto Andrea Pazienza« was created to help young cartoonists develop their skills. In 2011, Andrea Pazienza was chosen by Italians #1 at the 150 Italians list which was dedicated to the 150 anniversary of the unification of Italy. (en.wikipedia.org)

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Jack Survives /Jack preživi/

 Jerry Moriarty  Jerry Moriarty OBSEG: 80 strani ZALOŽBA: revija Raw;

Buenaventura (zbirka) DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 1984

oriarty is best known now as a painter, but Jack Survives—his series of short painted comics vignettes about his father's life in the '40s and early '50s—first appeared in RAW magazine and a short book more than 20 years ago. (This edition begins with short essays by Art Spiegelman and Chris Ware.) These pieces, none longer than four pages and most only a single page, are generally tiny anecdotes about the way Jack clings to dignity. He's at the mercy of his environment, but he's armed with the props of his generation—coffee, a businessman's suit and hat, the politesse of universal small talk. The virtues of Moriarty's work, though, are mostly fine-art virtues: immaculately designed compositions that suggest a psychological state; forms suggested by a minimum of thick, tactile marks; a sense of being thoroughly layered and revised. A few word balloons have earlier drafts of dialogue faintly visible through white paint, and this volume includes ravishing pen-and-ink studies for several strips. (Publishers Weekly, Reed Business Information)

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Alec: The Years Have Pants /Alec: Leta imajo hlače/

 Eddie Campbell  Eddie Campbell OBSEG: 638 strani ZALOŽBA: Top Shelf Productions DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 1984

or the first time ever, the pioneering autobiographical comics of master cartoonist Eddie Campbell (From Hell) are collected in a single volume Brilliantly observed and profoundly expressed, the ALEC stories present a version of Campbell's own life, filtered through the alter ego of »Alec MacGarry.« Over many years, we witness Alec's (and Eddie's) progression »from beer to wine« - wild nights at the pub, existential despair, the hunt for love, the quest for art, becoming a »responsible breadwinner,« feeling lost at his own movie premiere, and much more Eddie's outlandish fantasies and metafictional tricks convert life into art, while staying fully grounded in his own absurdity. This Life-Size Omnibus edition of ALEC includes all the stories from The King Canute Crowd, Three-Piece Suit, How to be an Artist, and After the Snooter, as well as the very early, out-of-print ALEC stories and a staggering amount of bonus material. (goodreads.com)

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Munō no Hito /Nenadarjeni mož, The Man Without Talent/

 Yoshiharu Tsuge  Yoshiharu Tsuge

OBSEG: 240 strani DRŽAVA: Japonska PRVA OBJAVA: 1986

oshiharu Tsuge is one of comics’ most celebrated and influential artists, but his work has been almost entirely unavailable to English-speaking audiences. The Man Without Talent, his first book ever to be translated into English, is an unforgiving self-portrait of frustration. Swearing off cartooning as a profession, Tsuge takes on a series of unconventional jobs—used camera salesman, ferryman, and stone collector—hoping to find success among the hucksters, speculators, and deadbeats he does business with. Instead, he fails again and again, unable to provide for his family, earning only their contempt and his own. The result is a dryly funny look at the pitfalls of the creative life, and an off-kilter portrait of modern Japan. Accompanied by an essay from translator Ryan Holmberg that discusses Tsuge’s importance in comics and Japanese literature, The Man Without Talent is one of the great works of comics literature. (goodreads.com)

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Dori Stories /Dorijine zgodbe/

 Dori Seda  Dori Seda

OBSEG: 100 strani ZALOŽBA:

Last Gasp

DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 1986

his long awaited volume include all the published work by the legendary Dori Seda, plus »Ecstacy« a story completed shortly before her tragically early death (at the age of 36), and a story originally commissioned for another anthology-Includes biographical memoirs, photos, and tributes as well as a 20 page color section of Dori's paintings and comics. (goodreads.com)

eda was originally a painter and ceramics artist, graduating from in Illinois State University with a B.A. in art. To pursue her interest in comics, Seda took a job as a janitor at the San Francisco publisher Last Gasp, and soon after became a bookkeeper there. Her work intended to push boundaries that individuals upheld as communal prejudices. (en.wikipedia.org)

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A Sailor’s Story /Mornarjeva pripoved/

 Sam Glanzman  Sam Glanzman

OBSEG: 176 strani ZALOŽBA: Marvel DRŽAVA: ZDA

PRVA OBJAVA: 1987

olden Age comic book legend Sam Glanzman draws upon his own World War II experiences in this outstanding graphic novel. Hailed by Eisner Award-winning Astro City author Kurt Busiek as one of the most honest, dedicated and engaging cartoonists in comics history, Glanzman wrote and illustrated this intimate account of his life aboard a Navy destroyer, the USS Stevens. As legendary X-Men scribe Chris Claremont noted, this isn't a story of make-believe super-beings; these are real people, with real fears, being transformed by events and circumstances into men of courage. »No one, from Stephen Ambrose to Steven Spielberg, can tell a better story than A Sailor's Story.« Max Brooks, author of World War Z »What makes A Sailor's Story most compelling is its modest grace. It's not really a memoir of war, but of life aboard a floating town. Mr. Glanzman's stories are like those you'd hear from a favorite uncle, true tales about average men who were most concerned about beer, women and gambling, not life, death and the enemy.« The New York Times. (goodreads.com)

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Gli ultimi giorni di Pompeo /Pompeo: zadnji dnevi/

 Andrea Pazienza  Andrea Pazienza OBSEG: 144 strani ZALOŽBA: Editori del Grifo DRŽAVA: Italija PRVA OBJAVA: 1987

ompeo, Andrea Pazienza's last graphic novel is depicting the gradual downfall of a heroin addict (a largely autobiographical character) up to his eventual suicide, is generally considered his masterwork; the post-face to this work testifies that Pazienza tried to start a new life and, for a while, quit drugs. Pazienza was an Italian comics artist and painter. He died at age 32 in Montepulciano, from an overdose of heroin. In his memory in Cremona, the non profit association »Centro Fumetto Andrea Pazienza« was created to help young cartoonists develop their skills. In 2011, Andrea Pazienza was chosen by Italians #1 at the 150 Italians list which was dedicated to the 150 anniversary of the unification of Italy. (en.wikipedia.org)

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My Troubles With Women /Moje težave z ženskami/

 Robert Crumb  Robert Crumb OBSEG: 80 strani ZALOŽBA: Last Gasp DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 1990

obert Dennis Crumb is an American artist, recognized for the distinctive style of his drawings and his critical, satirical, subversive view of the American mainstream. Crumb was a founder of the underground comix movement and is regarded as its most prominent figure. Though one of the most celebrated of comic book artists, Crumb's entire career has unfolded outside the mainstream comic book publishing industry. Crumb has got to be one of the most confessional artists of all time, and certainly the most confessional artist ever in his chosen genre. In both interviews and art, he not only relates the external facts of his life but also turns his id inside-out. The three passions of his life, he's said, are sex, music, and his art, and all three of them get intertwined in both his personal life and his work. My Troubles with Women is a collection that especially speaks to the first passion. (goodreads.com)

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I Never Liked You /Nikoli mi nisi bil všeč/

 Chester Brown  Chester Brown OBSEG: 200 strani ZALOŽBA: Drawn & Quarterly DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 1994

f you ever doubted that a comic book could wrench your heart, I urge you to read I Never Liked You. Chester Brown looks back on his adolescent attempts at relationships – with his friends, his mother, the girl who always loved him – with such maturity and understatement that the result is an unspoken testament to the reality of life. The feeling you're left with after reading this comic is due in part to the skilled, reserved hand of Brown the artist: his comics flow so smoothly through time that once begun, this book is almost impossible to put down. The panels--often a tiny single frame on a page of pure black--convey such a sense of loneliness that in any other medium this story wouldn't be half as good. (goodreads.com)

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Jonas Fink  Vittorio Giardino  Vittorio Giardino

OBSEG: 3 deli, 334 strani DRŽAVA: italija PRVA OBJAVA: 1991

iardino was born in Bologna, where he graduated in electrical engineering in 1969. At the age of 30, he decided to leave his job and devote himself to comics. In 1991 Giardino created a new character, Jonas Fink for the Il Grifo magazine. Jonas is a young Jew in 1950's Prague whose father is arrested by the communist police. He and his mother have to cope with the discrimination and oppression of the Stalinist regime. The book, collected as A Jew in Communist Prague, won the Angoulème Alfred prize for best foreign work in 1995 as well as a Harvey Award at San Diego in 1999. Giardino detailed art style recalls the Belgian ligne claire, while his writing owes to hard boiled and spy story authors like Dashiell Hammett and John le Carré. (en.wikipedia.org)

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Peepshow: The Cartoon Diary /Peepshow: risani dnevnik/

 Joe Matt  Joe Matt OBSEG: 104 strani ZALOŽBA: Drawn & Quarterly DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 1992

or over ten years Joe Matt has been notorious in cult circles for the embarrassing frankness with which he reveals his distressing habits and predilections. Utterly shameless and completely self-absorbed, Joe Matt writes with an exhibitionist's enthusiasm for his favorite subject, himself. The first incarnation of Peepshow was these one-page strips in which Joe shows off virtuosity for shocking self-revelation. He is an immature, womanizing, cowardly, cheap, porn freak. He also has crack comic timing and a remarkable gift for (self) caricature. (goodreads.com)

ther collections of Peepshow are: The Poor Bastard (1996), Fair Weather (2002) and Spent (2007). (en.wikipedia.org)

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Our Cancer Year /Najino leto z rakom/

 Frank Stack  Harvey Pekar, Joyce Brabner

OBSEG: 252 strani ZALOŽBA: Thunder’s Mouth Press DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 1994

t was they year of Desert Storm that Harvey Pekar and his wife, Joyce Brabner, discovered Harvey had cancer. Pekar, a man who has made a profession of chronicling the Kafkaesque absurdities of an ordinary life - if any life is ordinary – suddenly found himself incapacitated. But he had a better-than-average chance to beat cancer and he took it – kicking, screaming and complaining all the way. The Pekar/Brabner coalition draws upon this and other trials to paint a portrait of a man beset with fears real and imagined – who survives. (goodreads.com)

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My True Story /Moja resnična zgodba/

 Spain Rodriguez  Spain Rodriguez

OBSEG: 136 strani ZALOŽBA: Fantagraphics Books DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 1994

anuel Rodriguez was born March 2, 1940, in Buffalo, New York. He picked up the nickname Spain as a child, when he heard some kids in the neighborhood bragging about their Irish ancestry, and he defiantly claimed Spain was just as good as Ireland. In New York City, during the late 1960s, he became a contributor to the underground newspaper The East Village Other, which published his own comics tabloid, Zodiac Mindwarp (1968). He covered the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago as a reporter for the East Village Other, adventures which were chronicled in My True Story (Fantagraphics Books, 1994). A co-founder (with Robert Crumb) of the United Cartoon Workers of America, Spain contributed to numerous underground comics in the 1960s–2000s. (goodreads.com)

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Approximate Continuum Comix /Stripi približnega kontinuuma/

 Lewis Trondheim  Lewis Trondheim OBSEG: 160 strani ZALOŽBA: Cornélius DRŽAVA: Francija PRVA OBJAVA: 1995

ne of the very first autobiographical graphic novels to come from France, Lewis Trondheim’s Approximate Continuum Comics set the standard for the honest, often hilarious chronicling of a cartoonist’s life. Trondheim’s typically graceful, confident cartooning shows him wrestling with his own demons (sometimes, in dream sequences, literally) and an often malevolent world, while trying to maintain his rising career as one of Europe’s most beloved cartoonists. As an artist and writer, Trondheim has earned an international following as one of the most inventive, versatile, and prolific graphic authors. From autobiography to adventure, from bestselling fantasy and children's books to visual essays, Trondheim's unique, seminal imagination consistently dazzles. His work has won numerous awards, including the Angoulême prize for best series with McConey and he also co-created the titanic fantasy epic Dungeon with Joann Sfar. (goodreads.com)

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Stripped /Do golega/

 Peter Kuper  Peter Kuper

OBSEG: 96 strani ZALOŽBA: Fantagraphics Books DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 1995

o autobiographical cartoonist can be said to have arrived without the obligatory work exposing the most hilarious and/or pathetic moments of his or her sexual coming of age. In Stripped, Kuper delivers, rendering himself as a Hugh Hefner-like, pipe-smoking, bathrobed narrator, he takes us on a trip back to his high school years. But Kuper was clearly no playboy; he portrays himself as a ridiculously timid »bunny-boy,« mortified by his own virginity, hopping away at strategic erotic moments, obsessed with sex but terrified at the prospect. Kuper rounds out his personal sex-u-mentary with a »girlfriend from hell« story that caps his development from frightened teenage sexual explorer to lovesick doormat. Kuper combines a great talent for comedic writing with an inventively cartoony-and sometimes dazzling-graphic style. Drawings are in b&w. (amazon.com, Reed Business Information, Inc.)

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Journal /Dnevnik/

 Fabrice Neaud  Fabrice Neaud

OBSEG: 4 deli, 780 strani ZALOŽBA: Ego comme X DRŽAVA: Francija PRVA OBJAVA: 1996

abrice Neaud is a French comics artist. He is a co-founder of the Ego comme X association. In 1994, the first number of the Ego comme X magazine was released. In it, Fabrice Neaud published his first works. It was the beginning of his Journal, an ambitious autobiographical project. The first volume was released in 1996. It got a prize Alph'art (best work by a young artist) in Angoulême in 1997. Fabrice Neaud keeps on drawing his Journal. Three more volumes have been published between 1998 and 2002. Some of his works have been translated into Italian and Spanish. (en.wikipedia.org)

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Seven Miles a Second /7 milj na sekundo/

 James Romberger, Marguerite Van Cook  David Wojnarowicz OBSEG: 68 strani ZALOŽBA: Vertigo DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 1996

Miles a Second is the story of legendary artist David Wojnarowicz, written during the last years before his AIDS-related death in 1992, and drawn by James Romberger with colors by Marguerite Van Cook. The graphic novel depicts Wojnarowicz’s childhood of prostitution and drugs on the streets of Manhattan, through his adulthood living with AIDS, and his anger at the indifference of government and health agencies. Originally published as a comic book in 1996 by DC’s Vertigo Comics, an imprint best-known for horror and fantasy material such as The Sandman, 7 Miles a Second was an instant critical success, but struggled to find an audience amongst the typical Vertigo readership. It has become a cult classic amongst fans of literary and art comics, just as Wojnarowicz’s influence and reputation have widened in the larger art world. Romberger and Van Cook’s visuals give stunning life to Wojnarowicz’s words, blending the gritty naturalism of Lower East Side street life with a hallucinatory, psychedelic imagination that takes perfect advantage of the comics medium. This new edition will finally present the artwork as it was intended: oversized, and with Van Cook’s elegant watercolors restored. It also includes several new pages created for this edition. (goodreads.com)

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A Touch of Silver /Srebrni dotik/

 Jim Valentino  Jim Valentino OBSEG: 120+ strani ZALOŽBA: Image Comics DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 1998

im Valentino is an American writer, penciler, editor and publisher of comic books. He is a co-founder of Image Comics and served as the company's publisher from 1999-2004. Jim created such diverse series as normalman, A Touch of Silver, Vignettes and ShadowHawk. He also wrote and drew Guardians of the Galaxy for Marvel Comics. This is the story of Timmy Silver, a disenfranchised young boy of the 1960s with a hyperactive imagination, struggling through a dysfunctional life. A poignant, funny, and brutal examination of parental abuse, racial prejudice, and peer pressure through the eyes of a precocious and sensitive 10year old boy (goodreads.com)

n 1997 he began a series in black and white called A Touch of Silver, a semi-autobiographical book about a young comic book fan coming of age in the 1960s. Also during this time he repackaged most of his earliest autobiographical work into a trade paperback called Vignettes, with an introduction by Dave Sim. (en.wikipedia.org)

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It’s a Good Life If You Don’t Weaken /Življenje je dobro, če ne ošibiš/

 Seth  Seth OBSEG: 176 strani ZALOŽBA: Drawn and Quarterly DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 1998

n his first graphic novel one of the best-selling D & Q titles ever Seth pays homage to the wit and sophistication of the old-fashioned magazine cartoon. While trying to understand his dissatisfaction with the present, Seth discovers the life and work of Kalo, a forgotten New Yorker cartoonist from the 1940s. But his obsession blinds him to the needs of his lover and the quiet desperation of his family. Wry self-reflection and moody colours characterize Seth's style in this tale about learning lessons from nostalgia. His playful and sophisticated experiment with memoir provoked a furious debate among cartoon historians and archivists about the existence of Kalo, and prompted a Details feature about Seth's »hoax«. (goodreads.com)

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A Child’s Life /Otrokovo življenje/

 Phoebe Gloeckner  Phoebe Gloeckner

OBSEG: 152 strani ZALOŽBA: Frog Books DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 1998

hoebe Gloeckner's first book collects her highly praised autobiographical accounts of a teenage girl's loss of innocence through sex, drugs, rape, and AIDS. Long respected as one of the finest and most original of today's underground comics artists, Gloeckner shows both technical artistry and tremendous range—from her sly, lurid, and brilliantly colored posters for rock groups to her textbook-quality medical illustrations; from her sharp naturalistic juxtapositions for The Atrocity Exhibition (J.G. Ballard) to the signature comics for which she is best known. Pages include both black and white and color comics, some that were published before in obscure comic books, and some of her classics in addition to new stories. In detailed, nuanced panels, these strips depict the isolation, horror, and disappointment—but also the revolutionary, transformative power—of young women trapped in circumstances ringed with drugs and sexual abuse. (goodreads.com)

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Moj newyorški dnevnik /My New York Diary/

 Julie Doucet  Julie Doucet PREVOD: Bojan Albahari OBSEG: 98 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: Forum DRŽAVA: Kanada PRVA OBJAVA: 1999

ulie Doucet je kanadska striparka in prejemnica nagrade Harvey za najboljšega novega avtorja/avtorico. Njena stripovska pot se je začela po končani akademiji s samostojnim ustvarjanjem kontroverznega fotokopiranega zina Dirty Plotte, širšo stripovsko sceno pa je nase opozorila s stripi v Crumbovi reviji Weirdo. Moj newyorški dnevnik je njeno prvo daljše delo, v katerem opisuje in orisuje svoje zgode in nezgode v New Yorku, kamor se je preselila po končanem študiju v Montrealu. Bralec dobi občutek, da nenehno hodi po robu ‘normalnega’, saj se zdi, kot da prav privlači samo neke čudake, neprilagojence in druge posebneže. (stripburger.org)

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Perzepolis /Persepolis/

 Marjane Satrapi  Marjane Satrapi PREVOD: Uroš Zorman OBSEG: 2 knjigi, 342 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: Društvo za oživljanje zgodbe 2 koluta, Društvo KINO! DRŽAVA: Francija PRVA OBJAVA: 2000

erzepolis je poučna, zabavna in srce parajoča zgodba o odraščanju avtorice Marjane Satrapi v Iranu. Skozi njene oči spoznavamo krizo odraščanja, identitete, iranske revolucije, ideologije, kršenje človekovih pravic. S presunljivostjo, kot jo premore le črno – bel strip, nam Marjane pripoveduje o svojem življenju v Teheranu med njenim devetim ter štirinajstim letom. Perzepolis prikaže slikovit kontrast med javnim ter zasebnim v vsakdanjem življenju v Iranu. Je zgodba o odraščanju. Je opomnik, kakšno ceno plača človek zaradi vojne in političnega zatiranja. Hkrati pa pokaže, kako lahko tako z nasmehom kot solzami nadaljujemo življenje absurdnosti dogodkov navkljub. Leta 2001 je strip prejel nagrado Alph-Art Coup de Coeur za najboljši prvenec ter Zlati lev, ki ga podeljuje Comic Strip Centre of Brussels. (www.dobreknjige.si)

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Pilules bleues /Modre tabletke; Blue Pills/

 Frederik Peeters  Frederik Peeters

OBSEG: 192 strani ZALOŽBA: Atrabile DRŽAVA: Švica PRVA OBJAVA: 2001

rom one of Europe’s most celebrated young comics artists, a deeply personal story that will resonate with all who have chosen to love in the face of great challenges. One summer night at a house party, Fred met Cati. Though they barely spoke, he vividly remembered her gracefulness and abandon. They meet again years later, and this time their connection is instantaneous. But when things become serious, a nervous Cati tells him that she and her three-year-old son are both HIV positive. With great beauty and economy, Peeters traces the development of their intimacy and their revelatory relationship with a doctor whose affection and frankness allow them to fully realize their passionate connection. (goodreads.com)

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Na božjastni poti /L’Ascension du Haut Mal; Epileptic/

 David B.  David B. PREVOD: Aleš Berger OBSEG: 368 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: Forum DRŽAVA: Francija PRVA OBJAVA: 2002

a božjastni poti je življenjsko delo Davida B.-ja, kompleksna avtobiografija, ki predstavlja eno ključnih del francoskega novega stripa. Božjast oz. epilepsija, po kateri je knjiga naslovljena, predstavlja pripovedni okvir, v katerem spoznamo avtorjevo družino in njen zagrizeni boj z boleznijo. Enajstletni Jean-Christophe, pripovedovalčev brat, je podvržen zahodni medicini, akupunkturi, magnetni terapiji, medijem in makrobiotskim dietam, vendar bolezni, ki je medtem okupirala življenje celotne družine, ne morejo odpraviti. David B. (Pierre-François Beauchard) je ustanovni član l’Association, francoskega kolektiva stripovskih avtorjev, ki se je leta 1990 začel ukvarjati z založništvom, zaradi slogovno in snovno izvirnih ter domiselno oblikovanih izdaj pa je v devetdesetih postal vodilna evropska stripovska založba. Za svoje stripovske albume je prejel številne nagrade. (stripburger.org)

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Broderies /Vezenje/

 Marjane Satrapi  Marjane Satrapi

OBSEG: 144 strani ZALOŽBA: L’Association DRŽAVA: Francija PRVA OBJAVA: 2003

rom the best–selling author of Persepolis comes this gloriously entertaining and enlightening look into the sex lives of Iranian women. Embroideries gathers together Marjane’s tough–talking grandmother, stoic mother, glamorous and eccentric aunt and their friends and neighbors for an afternoon of tea drinking and talking. Naturally, the subject turns to love, sex and the vagaries of men. By turns revealing and hilarious, these are stories about the lengths to which some women will go to find a man, keep a man or, most important, keep up appearances. Full of surprises, this introduction to the private lives of some fascinating women, whose life stories and lovers will strike us as at once deeply familiar and profoundly different from our own, is sure to bring smiles of recognition to the faces of women everywhere—and to teach us all a thing or two. (goodreads.com)

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Odeje /Blankets/

 Craig Thompson  Craig Thompson

PREVOD: Mojca Krevel OBSEG: 582 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: Mladinska knjiga DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2003

tripi imajo po navadi vsaj enega superjunaka, ki s svojimi nadnaravnimi močmi rešuje svet, a Craig Thompson ni pristaš takih stripov. Morda je prav zato glavni junak v Odejah avtor sam. Mladi Craig odlično riše, starši pa bi raje videli, da bi ostal na domačiji v zaostalem Wisconsinu. Z mlajšim bratom si morata deliti posteljo, Craig pa bi si veliko raje posteljo delil z Raino iz oddaljenega kraja, ki jo je spoznal med zimskimi počitnicami. Vse, kar mu preostane, so pisma in sanjarjenje v strogem krščanskem okolju, v katerem ni prostora za užitek. Avtobiografičnost daje temu stripovskem romanu iskreno in osebno noto, ki bralca potegne v spomine svoje mladosti. (emka.si)

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Poulet aux prunes /Piščanec s slivami/

 Marjane Satrapi  Marjane Satrapi OBSEG: 84 strani ZALOŽBA: L’Association DRŽAVA: Francija PRVA OBJAVA: 2004

ragična priča prepuna melankolije i humora vodi nas u Teheran 1958. godine. Glavni junak, autoričin ujak Ali Naser kan, uživa slavu diljem Irana zahvaljujući svome nenadmašnom talentu za sviranje tara. Kada mu u jednoj od bezbrojnih svađa žena razbije njegov obožavani instrument, Ali Naser kan očajnički pokušava pronaći novi tar koji će mu vratiti užitak sviranja i želju za životom. Ali svi pokušaji su uzaludni i on odluči umrijeti. Kroz narednih osam dana, čekajući da mu Azriel, anđeo smrti, pokuca na vrata, Ali Naser kan kontemplira o svojoj tužnoj egzistenciji i prošlosti, te nas postupno vodi kroz svoju priču oca, muža, brata, glazbenika, ali i velikog egoista slomljena srca, otkrivajući nam pritom tajnu svoga glazbenog umijeća. (fibra.hr)

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Pagatova izpoved  Matej Kocjan  Matej Kocjan

OBSEG: 72 strani ZALOŽBA: Forum DRŽAVA: Slovenija PRVA OBJAVA: 2005

agatova izpoved je zgodba o blaznilu in brezumju sodobnega sveta, je na pol avtobiografska izpoved, ki bralca potegne iz njegove udobne brezskrbnosti in ga sooči z eksistencialno krizo malega človeka … Matej Kocjan – Koco je čez dan učitelj na gimnaziji in oče, ponoči pa se prelevi v risarja stripov. O svojih padcih in vzponih razmišlja v jeziku stripa. Živi in dela v trikotniku med slovenskimi vasicami Povir, Koper in Ljubljana. Pagatova izpoved je avtorjeva prva izdaja v obliki albuma. (stripburger.org)

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Mamin rak /Mom’s Cancer/

 Brian Fries PREVOD: Žiga Valetič OBSEG: 128 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: Primus, Zenit DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2006

amin rak je navdihujoč, večkrat nagrajeni osebnoizpovedni strip o boju neke družine z maminim pljučnim rakom. Gre za iskren, nepretrgan in občasno duhovit pogled na praktične in čustvene učinke, ki jih ima takšna resna bolezen na paciente ter njihove svojce. Nenazadnje pa je to tudi zgodba o upanju, prikazana z edinstvenim stripovskim prepletom ilustracij in besedila. Nagrade: Eisnerjeva nagrada za najboljši spletni strip, nemška nagrada za mladinsko književnost, nagrada Harvey za najboljši novi talent, nagrada lulu blooker. Brian Fies je pisatelj in ilustrator, živi v Severni Kaliforniji z ženo Karen. Je tudi avtor nagrajenega risoromana Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow? (Le kaj se je zgodilo z jutrišnjim svetom?) ter spletnega stripa The Last Mechanical Monster (Poslednja mehanska pošast). (zalozba-zenit.si)

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Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic /Pogrebni zavod: družinska tragikomedija/

 Alison Bechdel  Alison Bechdel OBSEG: 232 strani ZALOŽBA: Houghton Mifflin DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2006

n this graphic memoir, Alison Bechdel charts her fraught relationship with her late father. Distant and exacting, Bruce Bechdel was an English teacher and director of the town funeral home, which Alison and her family referred to as the Fun Home. It was not until college that Alison, who had recently come out as a lesbian, discovered that her father was also gay. A few weeks after this revelation, he was dead, leaving a legacy of mystery for his daughter to resolve. Alison Bechdel is an American cartoonist. Originally best known for the long-running comic strip Dykes To Watch Out For, in 2006 she became a best-selling and critically acclaimed author with her graphic memoir Fun Home. (goodreads.com)

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María y yo /Maria in jaz/

 Miguel Gallardo  Miguel Gallardo, Maria Gallardo

OBSEG: 64 strani ZALOŽBA: Astiberri Ediciones DRŽAVA: Španija PRVA OBJAVA: 2007

iving a father's insight into life with his daughter Maria, aged 12, who has autism, this comic tells the story of their week holiday in the Canary Islands, Spain. Delightful illustrations and dialogue between father and daughter show the day-to-day challenges that people with autism and their carers face, and how Miguel and Maria overcome them. Funny and endearing, this comic helps to show how Maria sees and experiences the world in her own way and that she's unique, just like everyone else. (goodreads.com)

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Heute ist der letzte Tag vom Rest deines Lebens /Danes je zadnji dan tvojega življenja/

 Ulli Lust OBSEG: 464 strani ZALOŽBA: Avant-verlag DRŽAVA: Nemčija, Avstrija PRVA OBJAVA: 2009

utobiografski ep plod je više od četiri godine rada Ulli Lust. Ta Austrijanka koja živi u Berlinu, poznata po strip-reportažama (Fashionvictims, Trendverächter) i erotski mitološkim stripovima (Airpussy), ovim je stripom napravila dosad najdužu slikovnu priču na njemačkom jeziku. Dvomjesečno putovanje sedamnaestogodišnje Ulli i njezine prijateljice, nimfomanke Edi, bez novca i dokumenata, samo s jednom vrećom za spavanje i jednom rezervnom majicom, vodi ih iz Beča, preko Alpa, Verone, Rima i Napulja do Sicilije. U jednom trenutku djevojke se razdvajaju, sreću narkomane, ulične slikare, ezoteričare natopljene talijanskim mačizmom, maloljetne mafioze i odrasle glave obitelji, koji svi za djevojke iskazuju uznemirujuće mnogo zanimanja unatoč mafijaškim ratovima u Palermu. Ulli brzo shvaća da insistiranje na elementarnim osobnim pravima u svijetu prastarih vrijednosti i običaja nalikuje rovovskom ratu pod stalnom paljbom. (fibra.hr)

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Stitches /Šivi/

 David Small  David Small

OBSEG: 336 strani ZALOŽBA: W. W. Norton DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2009

n Stitches, Small, the award-winning children’s illustrator and author, re-creates this terrifying event in a life story that might have been imagined by Kafka. As the images painfully tumble out, one by one, we gain a ringside seat at a gothic family drama where David—a highly anxious yet supremely talented child—all too often became the unwitting object of his parents’ buried frustration and rage. Believing that they were trying to do their best, David’s parents did just the reverse. Edward Small, a Detroit physician, who vented his own anger by hitting a punching bag, was convinced that he could cure his young son’s respiratory problems with heavy doses of radiation, possibly causing David’s cancer. Elizabeth, David’s mother, tyrannically stingy and excessively scolding, ran the Small household under a cone of silence where emotions, especially her own, were hidden. Depicting this coming-of-age story with dazzling, kaleidoscopic images that turn nightmare into fairy tale, Small tells us of his journey from sickly child to cancer patient, to the troubled teen whose risky decision to run away from home at sixteen—with nothing more than the dream of becoming an artist—will resonate as the ultimate survival statement. (goodreads.com)

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Psychiatric Tales /Zgodbe s psihiatrije/

 Darryl Cunningham  Darryl Cunningham OBSEG: 104 strani ZALOŽBA: Blank Slate Books DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2010

his books delves inside the mysteries of mental disorders - presenting explanations and recollections using the cartoonist's own experiences as both a psychiatric and care nurse and as someone who himself has suffered from depression.Being able to see the issue from both sides allows Darryl to present matters in a forthright and instantly accessible way which will allow many to understand the trials of both sufferers and those connected to them - perhaps for the first time. Topics covered include Bi-polar disorder, self harming, suicide, depression and theauthor also shows how for some famous people mental disorders were part of what may have made them great. Frank, hard hitting and moving. (goodreads.com)

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Peaceful Warrior /Miroljubni bojevnik/

 Andrew Winegarner  Dan Millman OBSEG: 192 strani ZALOŽBA: HJ Kramer DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2010

he book Way of the Peaceful Warrior, shared among friends and families, became a multimillion-copy worldwide bestseller, inspiring men and women of all ages. Now author Dan Millman and illustrator Andrew Winegarner meld the peaceful warrior story into the style and dynamism of the graphic novel. Here is a story of growing up and waking up — about a young athlete who finds himself on a path less traveled. Haunted by dark dreams and a vague sense that something is missing from his life, Dan wanders into an all-night gas station. There he meets an old man named Socrates, and his world begins to change. Guided by this mysterious old warrior, and drawn to an elusive young woman named Joy, Dan begins an odyssey into realms of light and shadow — a journey that leads him toward a final confrontation that may deliver or destroy him. (goodreads.com)

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Cuba: My revolution /Kuba: moja revolucija/

 Dean Haspiel, José Villarrubia

 Inverna Lockpez OBSEG: 144 strani ZALOŽBA: Vertigo DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2010

uba: My Revolution is a semiautobiographical graphic novel. Seventeen-year-old Sonia, a medical student with dreams of becoming a modernist painter, is caught up in Fidel Castro’s revolution from the moment it captures Havana on New Year’s Eve 1958. While her eccentric mother hatches an increasingly desperate series of plans to flee Cuba, Sonia joins the militia and volunteers as a medic at the Bay of Pigs — where she encounters her mortally wounded high school sweetheart as an enemy fighter, then is arrested and tortured for treating another CIA-trained brigadier. Scarred, yet clinging to her revolutionary ideals, she seeks fulfillment in an artists’ collective, only to be further disillusioned by increasing repression under Castro. Finally, she flees to America where she has been a painter and influential arts activist. (goodreads.com)

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The Harappa Files /Poročilo iz Harape/

 Sarnath Banerjee  Sarnath Banerjee OBSEG: 216 strani ZALOŽBA: Harper Collins India DRŽAVA: Indija PRVA OBJAVA: 2011

he Greater Harappa Rehabilitation, Reclamation and Redevelopment Committee (GHRRRC) has conducted a gigantic survey of the current ethnography and urban mythology of a country on the brink of great hormonal changes. Changes of such enormity that they would be barely comprehensible to civil society. And now, the decade-long findings are finally going to be made public by one Sri Sarnath Banerjee, who has created the Harappa Files, a series of graphic commentaries that analyse the cracks in postliberalized India. Although impressed by the far-sightedness of the government in setting up the GHRRRC, Banerjee has one niggling concern: he is worried that the consequence of his project will be the release of the dreaded Harappa recommendations, making it mandatory for all citizens to sign the draconian, ultrainvasive Form 28B, giving the government the power to decide the fate of every single citizen. Sarnath Banerjee is an Indian graphic novelist, artist, and film maker and a co-founder of the comics publishing house, Phantomville. The Harappa files is the author's third graphic novel after Corridor and The Barn Owl's Wondrous Capers. (goodreads.com)

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My Friend Dahmer /Moj prijatelj Dahmer/

 Derf Backderf  Derf Backderf OBSEG: 224 strani ZALOŽBA: Abrams ComicArts DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2012

ou only think you know this story. In 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer — the most notorious serial killer since Jack the Ripper — seared himself into the American consciousness. To the public, Dahmer was a monster who committed unthinkable atrocities. To Derf Backderf, “Jeff” was a much more complex figure: a high school friend with whom he had shared classrooms, hallways, and car rides. In My Friend Dahmer, a haunting and original graphic novel, writer-artist Backderf creates a surprisingly sympathetic portrait of a disturbed young man struggling against the morbid urges emanating from the deep recesses of his psyche — a shy kid, a teenage alcoholic, and a goofball who never quite fit in with his classmates. With profound insight, what emerges is a Jeffrey Dahmer that few ever really knew, and one readers will never forget. (goodreads.com)

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Darkroom: A Memoir in Black and White /Temnica: Spomini v črno-belem/

 Lila Quintero Weaver  Lila Quintero Weaver OBSEG: 264 strani ZALOŽBA: University of Alabama Press DRŽAVA: ZDA, (Argentina) PRVA OBJAVA: 2012

arkroom: A Memoir in Black and White is an arresting and moving personal story about childhood, race, and identity in the American South, rendered in stunning illustrations by the author, Lila Quintero Weaver. In 1961, when Lila was five, she and her family emigrated from Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Marion, Alabama, in the heart of Alabama’s Black Belt. As educated, middle-class Latino immigrants in a region that was defined by segregation, the Quinteros occupied a privileged vantage from which to view the racially charged culture they inhabited. Weaver and her family were firsthand witnesses to key moments in the civil rights movement. But Darkroom is her personal story as well: chronicling what it was like being a Latina girl in the Jim Crow South, struggling to understand both a foreign country and the horrors of our nation’s race relations. Weaver, who was neither black nor white, observed very early on the inequalities in the American culture, with its blonde and blue-eyed feminine ideal. Throughout her life, Lila has struggled to find her place in this society and fought against the discrimination around her.. (goodreads.com)

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Marbles:

Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me

/Kolesca: manija, depresija, Michelangelo in jaz/

 Ellen Forney  Ellen Forney OBSEG: 256 strani ZALOŽBA: Gotham/Penguin Books DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2012

artoonist Ellen Forney explores the relationship between “crazy” and “creative” in this graphic memoir of her bipolar disorder, woven with stories of famous bipolar artists and writers. Shortly before her thirtieth birthday, Forney was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Flagrantly manic and terrified that medications would cause her to lose creativity, she began a years-long struggle to find mental stability while retaining her passions and creativity. Searching to make sense of the popular concept of the crazy artist, she finds inspiration from the lives and work of other artists and writers who suffered from mood disorders, including Vincent van Gogh, Georgia O’Keeffe, William Styron, and Sylvia Plath. She also researches the clinical aspects of bipolar disorder, including the strengths and limitations of various treatments and medications, and what studies tell us about the conundrum of attempting to “cure” an otherwise brilliant mind. Darkly funny and intensely personal, Forney’s memoir provides a visceral glimpse into the effects of a mood disorder on an artist’s work, as she shares her own story through bold black-and-white images and evocative prose. (goodreads.com)

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Arabec prihodnosti /L’Arabe du futur/

 Riad Sattouf  Riad Sattouf PREVOD: Barbara Pogačnik OBSEG: 5 knjig, 900+ strani ZALOŽBA: Forum, LUD Literatura DRŽAVA: Francija PRVA OBJAVA: 2014

iad Sattouf v svojem udarnem in virtuoznem slogu, ki prikazuje tako otroško neposrednost kot tudi gorečnost političnega idealizma, pripoveduje o svojem nomadskem otroštvu in odraščanju v podeželski Franciji, Gadafijevi Libiji in Asadovi Siriji. Vse dogajanje poteka v senci njegovega očeta, sirskega panarabista, ki celotno družino potegne v svoja prizadevanja za uresničitev visokoletečih sanj arabskega naroda. Arabec prihodnosti kipi od življenja in temačnega humorja, razkrivajoč resnico in teksture neke ekscentrične družine na absurdnem Bližnjem vzhodu, ob tem pa izpostavlja Sattoufa kot mojstrskega striparja in avtorja dela, ki bo postalo klasika med stripovskimi življenjepisi. (www.stripburger.org) V slovenščini je zaenkrat izšla samo prva od petih knjig Arabca prihodnosti.

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Arsene Schrauwen  Olivier Schrauwen  Olivier Schrauwen

OBSEG: 256 strani ZALOŽBA: Fantagraphics Books DRŽAVA: ZDA, (Belgija) PRVA OBJAVA: 2014

n 1947, the author s grandfather, Arsene Schrauwen, traveled across the ocean to a mysterious, dangerous jungle colony at the behest of his cousin. Together they would build something deemed impossible: a modern utopia in the wilderness but not before Arsene falls in love with his cousin s wife, Marieke. Whether delirious from love or a fever-inducing jungle virus, Arsene's loosening grip on reality is mirrored by the graphic novel reader s uncertainty of what is imagined or real by Arsene. This first full-length graphic novel from the critically-acclaimed Olivier Schrauwen is an engrossing, sometimes funny, slightly surreal and often beautiful narrative.« (goodreads.com)

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Can’t We Talk about Something More Pleasant? /Se ne moremo pogovarjati o čem bolj prijetnem?/

  Roz Chast OBSEG: 228 strani ZALOŽBA: Bloomsbury USA DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2014

n her first memoir, Roz Chast brings her signature wit to the topic of aging parents. Spanning the last several years of their lives and told through four-color cartoons, family photos, and documents, and a narrative as rife with laughs as it is with tears, Chast's memoir is both comfort and comic relief for anyone experiencing the life-altering loss of elderly parents. When it came to her elderly mother and father, Roz held to the practices of denial, avoidance, and distraction. But when Elizabeth Chast climbed a ladder to locate an old souvenir from the »crazy closet«—with predictable results—the tools that had served Roz well through her parents' seventies, eighties, and into their early nineties could no longer be deployed. The themes are universal: adult children accepting a parental role; aging and unstable parents leaving a family home for an institution; dealing with uncomfortable physical intimacies; managing logistics; and hiring strangers to provide the most personal care. An amazing portrait of two lives at their end and an only child coping as best she can, Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant will show the full range of Roz Chast's talent as cartoonist and storyteller. (goodreads.com)

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Katarza /Catharsis/

 Luz  Luz

PREVOD: Katja Šaponjić OBSEG: 130 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: VigeVageKnjige DRŽAVA: Francija PRVA OBJAVA: 2015

atarza je nekakšen intimni dnevnik – zbirka različno dolgih epizod o tem, kako je Luz doživljal mesece po terorističnem napadu na uredništvo satiričnega tednika Charlie Hebdo 7. januarja 2015. Je neprecenljiv dokument dogodkov, ki so bistveno spremenili naše dojemanje realnosti. Zdaj krik, zdaj šepet, zdaj nežna, že boleče intimna, spet drugič ogorčena, cinična, divja in jezna je Katarza spopad preživelega posameznika z nedopovedljivo grozo, ki mu je vzela sodelavce, prijatelje in življenje, kakršno je dotlej poznal. Srhljiva moč surove risbe, ki se le redko posveča detajlom in olepševanju, pride tu v svoji enkratni spojenosti z vsebino polno do izraza. Obvezno čtivo za kritične premišljevalce o svetu tukaj in zdaj. (vigevageknjige.org)

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Fahrradmod /Modsi/

 Tobias Dahmen  Tobias Dahmen

OBSEG: 480 strani ZALOŽBA: Carlsen DRŽAVA: Nemčija PRVA OBJAVA: 2015

odsi, skinhedi, skuterbojsi – britanska supkultura stiže i u Vezel, mali grad u kom je autor odrastao. Tobi svoju potvrdu traži kod modsa, preuzima njihov modni stil i uranja u svet ska i soul muzike. Prelazi u druge supkulture su neosetni, laki – i opasni. Svojim autobiografskim grafičkim romanom o odrastanju Tobi Damen uspeva da stvori upečatljivu sliku o kulturi mladih i o opasnostima koje nosi skretanje na pogrešan put. Ovo je priča o devedesetim, o odrastanju u malom gradu. I o prijateljstvu. Iznad svega, ovo je knjiga o ljubavi prema muzici. (komiko.rs)

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Carnet de sante foireuse /Poročilo o slabem zdravju/

 Pozla OBSEG: 368 strani ZALOŽBA: Delcourt DRŽAVA: Francija PRVA OBJAVA: 2016

ežka hospitalizacija, zapletena bolezen in zvezek kot rešilna vrv ... To je izhodišče tega osupljivega grafičnega potovanja, ki ga je vrhunsko uprizoril edinstven avtor in nadarjen risar Rémi Zaarour, bolj znan po nadimku Pozla. Posuto s humorjem in samoironijo. (goodreads.com)

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La Légèreté /Lahkotnost/

 Catherine Meurisse  Catherine Meurisse

OBSEG: 136 strani ZALOŽBA: Dargaud DRŽAVA: Francija PRVA OBJAVA: 2016

n the aftermath of the murderous attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices on January 7, 2015, cartoonist Catherine Meurisse struggles with the trauma of losing her friends and looks for a way to move forward with her life and her art. She soon enters a dissociative state where she loses her memories, especially those associated with esthetic experiences. This leads her on a quest to seek beauty and lightness in the world around her with the help of guiding lights including Proust, Stendhal, Baudelaire, and two provocative graffiti artists. Throughout the book, Meurisse uses her limber cartooning and dynamic writing to weave a tapestry raw emotion of philosophical reflection all laced with a dark strain of wry humor. (goodreads.com)

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Spinning /Vrtenje/

 Tillie Walden  Tillie Walden

OBSEG: 400 strani ZALOŽBA: First Second DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2017

oignant and captivating, Ignatz Award winner Tillie Walden's powerful graphic memoir, Spinning, captures what it's like to come of age, come out, and come to terms with leaving behind everything you used to know. It was the same every morning. Wake up, grab the ice skates, and head to the rink while the world was still dark. Weekends were spent in glitter and tights at competitions. Perform. Smile. And do it again. She was good. She won. And she hated it. Over time, as she switched schools, got into art, and fell in love with her first girlfriend, she began to question how the close-minded world of figure skating fit in with the rest of her life, and whether all the work was worth it given the reality: that she, and her friends on the figure skating team, were nowhere close to Olympic hopefuls. It all led to one question: What was the point? The more Tillie thought about it, the more Tillie realized she'd outgrown her passion--and she finally needed to find her own voice. (goodreads.com)

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Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos

/V rokavicah: devet mesecev pazljivega kaosa/

 Lucy Knisley  Lucy Knisley OBSEG: 248 strani ZALOŽBA: First Second Books DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2019

f you work hard enough, if you want it enough, if you’re smart and talented and “good enough,” you can do anything. Except get pregnant. Her whole life, Lucy Knisley wanted to be a mother. But when it was finally the perfect time, conceiving turned out to be harder than anything she’d ever attempted. Fertility problems were followed by miscarriages, and her eventual successful pregnancy plagued by health issues, up to a dramatic, near-death experience during labor and delivery. This moving, hilarious, and surprisingly informative memoir not only follows Lucy’s personal transition into motherhood but also illustrates the history and science of reproductive health from all angles, including curious facts and inspiring (and notorious) figures in medicine and midwifery. Whether you’ve got kids, want them, or want nothing to do with them, there’s something in this graphic memoir to open your mind and heart. (goodreads.com)

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Time For Lights Out /Čas, da se ugasnejo luči/

 Raymond Briggs  Raymond Briggs OBSEG: 188 strani ZALOŽBA: Jonathan Cape DRŽAVA: Velika Britanija PRVA OBJAVA: 2019

n extraordinary exploration of old age in words and pictures, by the much-loved author of The Snowman and Ethel & Ernest. In his customary pose as the grumpiest of grumpy old men, Raymond Briggs contemplates old age and death… and doesn’t like them much. Illustrated with Briggs’s inimitable pencil drawings, Time for Lights Out is a collection of short pieces, some funny, some melancholy, some remembering his wife who died young, others about life with his partner Liz, the joy of grandchildren, of walking the dog… He looks back at his schooldays and his time as an evacuee during the war, and remembers his parents and the house in which he grew up. But some are about his home in Sussex... (goodreads.com)

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Gender Queer /Spol queer/

 Maia Kobabe  Maia Kobabe

OBSEG: 240 strani ZALOŽBA: Oni Press DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2019

n 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time, it was the only thing e felt comfortable with strangers knowing about em. Now, Gender Queer is here. Maia's intensely cathartic autobiography charts eir journey of self-identity, which includes the mortification and confusion of adolescent crushes, grappling with how to come out to family and society, bonding with friends over erotic gay fanfiction, and facing the trauma of pap smears. Started as a way to explain to eir family what it means to be nonbinary and asexual, Gender Queer is more than a personal story: it is a useful and touching guide on gender identity – what it means and how to think about it – for advocates, friends, and humans everywhere. (goodreads.com)

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In Waves /V valovih/

 A.J. Dungo  A.J. Dungo

OBSEG: 376 strani ZALOŽBA: Nobrow DRŽAVA: Velika Britanija, ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2019

n this graphic novel, surfer and illustrator AJ Dungo remembers his late partner and the shared love of surfing that endured throughout their time together. Dungo explores the beauty and complexity of his relationship with his partner as they face her prolonged battle with cancer. With his passion for surfing uniting many narratives, he intertwines his own story with those of some of the great heroes of surf. AJ Dungo was born in Fort Myers, Florida. He then moved to Toronto, then settled in Los Angeles where he attended Art Center in Pasadena. When he’s not making comics he works as an illustrator and designer. And when he’s not working on anything, he’s working on his cutbacks on his surfboard and slappies on his skateboard. (goodreads.com)

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The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist /Osamljenost risarja na daljavo/

 Adriane Tomine  Adriane Tomine OBSEG: 200 strani ZALOŽBA: Drawn & Quarterly DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2020

hat happens when a childhood hobby turns into a lifelong career? Adrian Tomine's funniest and most revealing foray into autobiography, offers an array of unexpected answers. When a sudden medical incident lands Tomine in the emergency room, he begins to question if it was really all worthwhile: despite the accolades, awards, and opportunities of a seemingly charmed career, it's the gaffes, humiliations, slights, and insults he's experienced (or caused) within the industry that loom largest in his memory. In a bold departure in style from his award-winning Killing and Dying, Tomine distills his art to the loose, lively essentials of cartooning. Designed as a sketchbook complete with place-holder ribbon and an elastic band, The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist shows an acclaimed artist at the peak of his career. (goodreads.com)

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TRK KULTUR, BEGUNCI NOVINARSTVO IN POTOPISI Stripi se – kolikor je mogoče – vrstijo po geografskih regijah in delno po zapletih. Nekatere zgodbe so dokumentarne, druge popolna fikcija ali avtobiografska izpoved, vsem pa je skupno poudarjanje različnih kultur, krajev in svetov.

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The Encyclopedia of Early Earth /Enciklopedija zgodnjega sveta/

 Isabel Greenberg  Isabel Greenberg OBSEG: 176 strani ZALOŽBA: Jonathan Cape DRŽAVA: Velika Britanija PRVA OBJAVA: 2013

efore our history began, another now forgotten civilization thrived. The people who roamed Early Earth were much like us: curious, emotional, funny, ambitious, and vulnerable. In this series of illustrated and linked tales, Isabel Greenberg chronicles the explorations of a young man as he paddles from his home in the North Pole to the South Pole. There, he meets his true love, but their romance is ill-fated. Early Earth's unusual and finicky polarity means the lovers can never touch. As intricate and richly imagined as the work of Chris Ware, and leavened with a dry wit that rivals Kate Beaton's in Hark! A Vagrant, Isabel Greenberg's debut will be a welcome addition to the thriving graphic novel genre. (goodreads.com)

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Manga Yonin Shosei

/Manga štirih priseljencev/

 Yoshitaka Kiyama  Yoshitaka Kiyama OBSEG: 152 strani ZALOŽBA: Stone Bridge Press (1998) DRŽAVA: Japonska, (ZDA) PRVA OBJAVA: 1931

he Four Immigrants Manga (1931), also known as The Four Students Manga is a Japanese-language manga written and illustrated by Henry Kiyama (born Yoshitaka Kiyama, 1885–1951).It is an early example of autobiographical comics. The manga was created around 1924–1927 as 52 »episodes«, each a two-page spread intended for serialization in a Japanese-language newspaper. Racism between the immigrants and the locals was predominantly between Japanese immigrants and American locals, however »racial animosity . . . existed between Chinese and Japanese immigrants in the United States.« Shaenon K. Garrity comments on the prevalence of racism of that era: »a hundred years ago, everyone, of every background, was openly and casually racist.« The »four immigrants [refer] to white people as keto and black people as kuroto.« (en.wikipedia.org)

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Citizen 13660 /Državljan 13660/

 Mine Okubo  Mine Okubo

OBSEG: 210 strani ZALOŽBA: Columbia University Press DRŽAVA: ZDA, (Japonska) PRVA OBJAVA: 1946

ine Okubo was one of more than a hundred thousand people of Japanese descent – nearly two-thirds of whom were American citizens – who were forced into »protective custody« shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Citizen 13660, Okubo's illustrated memoir of life in relocation centers in California and Utah, illuminates this experience with poignant drawings and witty, candid text. This classic in Asian American literature and American history, with a new introduction by Christine Hong, is available for the first time in both a traditional paperback format and an artist's edition, oversize and in hardcover to better illustrate the innovative artwork as originally envisioned by Okubo. (goodreads.com)

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They Called Us Enemy /Rekli so nam sovražniki/

 Harmony Becker  George Takei, Steven Scott, Justin Eisinger OBSEG: 208 strani ZALOŽBA: Top Shelf Productions DRŽAVA: ZDA, (Japonska) PRVA OBJAVA: 2019

graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Long before George Takei braved new frontiers in Star Trek, he woke up as a four-year-old boy to find his own birth country at war with his father's – and their entire family forced from their home into an uncertain future. In 1942, at the order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, every person of Japanese descent on the west coast was rounded up and shipped to one of ten »relocation centers,« hundreds or thousands of miles from home, where they would be held for years under armed guard. They Called Us Enemy is Takei's firsthand account of those years behind barbed wire, the joys and terrors of growing up under legalized racism, his mother's hard choices, his father's faith in democracy, and the way those experiences planted the seeds for his astonishing future. (goodreads.com)

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The Best We Could Do /Težko bi naredili bolje/

 Thi Bui  Thi Bui OBSEG: 330 strani ZALOŽBA: Harry N. Abrams DRŽAVA: ZDA, (Vietnam) PRVA OBJAVA: 2017

his illustrated memoir is about the search for a better future and a longing for the past. Exploring the anguish of immigration and the lasting effects that displacement has on a child and her family, Bui documents the story of her family’s daring escape after the fall of South Vietnam in the 1970s, and the difficulties they faced building new lives for themselves. At the heart of Bui’s story is a universal struggle: While adjusting to life as a first-time mother, she ultimately discovers what it means to be a parent—the endless sacrifices, the unnoticed gestures, and the depths of unspoken love. Despite how impossible it seems to take on the simultaneous roles of both parent and child, Bui pushes through. (goodreads.com)

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Welcome to the New World /Dobrodošli v novi svet/

 Michael Sloan  Jake Halpern OBSEG: 176 strani ZALOŽBA: Metropolitan Books DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2020

fter escaping a Syrian prison, Ibrahim Aldabaan and his family fled the country to seek protection in America. The family had reached a safe harbor, but woke up to the world of Donald Trump and a Muslim ban that would sever them from the grandmother, brothers, sisters, and cousins stranded in exile in Jordan. Welcome to the New World tells the Aldabaans’ story. Resettled in Connecticut with little English, few friends, and even less money, the family of seven strive to create something like home. The America in which the Aldabaans must make their way is by turns kind and ignorant, generous and cruel, uplifting and heartbreaking. Delivered with warmth and intimacy, Jake Halpern and Michael Sloan's Welcome to the New World is a wholly original view of the immigrant experience, revealing not only the trials and successes of one family but showing the spirit of a town and a country, for good and bad. (goodreads.com)

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Medena koža /Couleur de peau : miel/

 Jung  Jung PREVOD: Maja Meh OBSEG: trije deli, 432 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: Društvo za oživljanje zgodbe 2 koluta DRŽAVA: Belgija PRVA OBJAVA: 2007

oman v stripu Medena koža pripoveduje zgodbo avtorja Junga, ki je bil rojen v Koreji in posvojen v Belgijo. Ob koncu korejske vojne je bilo na tisoče korejskih otrok posvojenih na Zahod in Jung je bil eden izmed njih. Odraščal je kot edini Azijec v belgijski družini. Bil je problematičen otrok, ki ni zmogel najti pravega stika z okolico, zato se je zatekal v domišljijski svet in veliko risal. Na srečo mu je kljub mladostniškim težavam uspelo življenje obdržati na pravih tirnicah. Več let pozneje se je vrnil v Seul, da bi našel svojo biološko mamo ali pa preprosto zato, da bi preveril, koliko se v Koreji počuti doma. Odrasli Jung tako spretno izriše svojo lastno zgodbo o večnem iskanju identitete, polno humorja in osebnega uvida. Zaradi obravnavanja občutljivih tem rasne različnosti, kulturne identitete, težavnega obdobja odraščanja in pripovedi v dvoumnem žanru avto-biografije, predstavlja roman v stripu neprecenljivo vrednost za starostno skupino mladih odraslih, ki je tudi najbolj občutljiva skupina za oblikovanje bralne kulture. (medenakoza.animateka.si)

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Grass /Trava/

 Keum Suk Gendry-Kim  Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

OBSEG: 480 strani ZALOŽBA: Drawn and

Quarterly (ZDA, 2019) DRŽAVA: Koreja PRVA OBJAVA: 2017

rass is a powerful antiwar graphic novel, telling the life story of a Korean girl named Okseon Lee who was forced into sexual slavery for the Japanese Imperial Army during the Second World War—a disputed chapter in twentieth-century Asian history. Beginning in Lee’s childhood, Grass shows the lead-up to the war from a child’s vulnerable perspective, detailing how one person experienced the Japanese occupation and the widespread suffering it entailed for ordinary Koreans. Grass is painted in a black ink that flows with lavish details of the beautiful fields and farmland of Korea and uses heavy brushwork on the somber interiors of Lee’s memories. (goodreads.com)

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Une vie chinoise /Kitajsko življenje/

 Li Kunwu  Philippe Ôtié

OBSEG: 704 strani ZALOŽBA: Dargaud DRŽAVA: Francija, Kitajska PRVA OBJAVA: 2009

Chinese Life is an astonishing graphic novel set against the backdrop of the creation of the People’s Republic of China in 1949. This distinctively drawn work chronicles the rise and reign of Chairman Mao Zedong, and his sweeping, often cataclysmic vision for the most populated country on the planet. Though the storyline is epic, the storytelling is intimate, reflecting the real life of the book’s artist. Li Kunwu spent more than 30 years as a state artist for the Communist Party. He saw firsthand what was happening to his family, his neighbors, and his homeland during this extraordinary time. Working with Philippe Ôtié, the artist has created a memoir of self and state, a rich, very human account of a major historical moment with contemporary consequences. Mao said, “The masses are the real heroes,” but A Chinese Life shows those masses as real people. (goodreads.com)

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Pyongyang  Guy Delisle  Guy Delisle

OBSEG: 192 strani ZALOŽBA: L’Association DRŽAVA: Francija PRVA OBJAVA: 2003

amously referred to as one of the »Axis of Evil« countries, North Korea remains one of the most secretive and mysterious nations in the world today. In early 2001 cartoonist Guy Delisle became one of the few Westerners to be allowed access to the fortress-like country. While living in the nation's capital for two months on a work visa for a French film animation company, Delisle observed what he was allowed to see of the culture and lives of the few North Koreans he encountered; his findings form the basis of this graphic novel. Guy Delisle was born in Quebec City in 1966 and has spent the last decade living and working in the South of France with his wife and son. (goodreads.com) Sorodna avtorjeva azijska potopisa sta tudi Burma Chronicles in Shenzhen: A Travelogue from China.

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Aruku Hito /Pohajkovalec; The Walking Man/

 Jirō Taniguchi  Jirō Taniguchi

OBSEG: 160 strani DRŽAVA: Japonska PRVA OBJAVA: 1990

hoever takes the time these days to climb a tree in bare feet? To stop and observe the comings and goings of the birds? To play in the puddles after the rain has gone? To return a shell to the sea? The Walking Man follows a modern day Japanese business man as he strolls at random through urban Japan – often silent, usually alone – with his vivid dreams that let time stand still. Every corporate American should have a copy on their desk and, in times of stress, take two chapters, twice a day. Take a little stress out of your life and relax with The Walking Man, a little step every day. Lovingly reversed in collaboration with the creator to read left to right. (goodreads.com)

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The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye /Umetnost Charlieja Chana Hock Chyea/

 Sonny Liew OBSEG: 320 strani ZALOŽBA: Epigram Books DRŽAVA: ZDA, (Singapur) PRVA OBJAVA: 2015

he Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye is a (fictional) biography showcasing the life and work of Chan Hock Chye, a pioneering but largely forgotten comics artist in Singapore. With a career spanning more than five decades, from pre-independent Singapore through its three Prime Ministers, Chan’s work reflects the changing political and economic environment in Singapore. Containing Chan’s original illustrations, paintings and sketches, this is a groundbreaking work and labour of love aimed at recapturing the portrait of an artist, whose deep passion for comics and country is given a fitting tribute by award-winning comics artist Sonny Liew. (goodreads.com)

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Year of the Rabbit /Leto zajca/

 Tian Veasna  Tian Veasna OBSEG: 384 strani ZALOŽBA: Drawn and Quarterly DRŽAVA: ZDA, Kampučija PRVA OBJAVA: 2020

ear of the Rabbit tells the true story of one family’s desperate struggle to survive the murderous reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. In 1975, the Khmer Rouge seized power in the capital city of Phnom Penh. Immediately after declaring victory in the war, they set about evacuating the country’s major cities with the brutal ruthlessness and disregard for humanity that characterized the regime ultimately responsible for the deaths of one million citizens. Cartoonist Tian Veasna was born just three days after the Khmer Rouge takeover, as his family set forth on the chaotic mass exodus from Phnom Penh. Year of the Rabbit shows the reality of life in the work camps, where Veasna’s family bartered for goods, where children were instructed to spy on their parents, and where reading was proof positive of being a class traitor. Constantly on the edge of annihilation, they realized there was only one choice—they had to escape Cambodia and become refugees. Veasna has created a harrowing, deeply personal account of one of the twentieth century’s greatest tragedies. (goodreads.com)

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The River of Stories /Reka zgodb/

 Orijit Sen  Orijit Sen OBSEG: 58 strani ZALOŽBA: Kalpavriksha DRŽAVA: Indija PRVA OBJAVA: 1994

iver of Stories is regarded as one of the first Indian graphic novels, written and illustrated by Orijit Sen. This short work tells the story of the environmental, social and political issues surrounding the construction of the controversial Narmada Dam. It was published in 1994 with the help of a small grant from an NGO. Orijit Sen is probably one of the earliest graphic novel practitioners in India. He came out with the ‘River of Stories’ in 1994 and subsequently went on to do many shorter comics for magazines like Chemuranga. He is also one of the co-founders of People’s Tree and is currently creating ‘Karnama’, an animatic, and a graphic novel on Kabir. Orijit studied graphic design at the National Institute of Design, and has worked on several exhibition and museum design projects in India, the United Kingdom and Russia. (en.wikipedia.org)

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Footnotes in Gaza /Sprotne opombe v Gazi/

 Joe Sacco  Joe Sacco OBSEG: 432 strani ZALOŽBA: Metropolitan Books DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2009

afah, a town at the bottommost tip of the Gaza Strip, is a squalid place. Raw concrete buildings front trash-strewn alleys. On the border with Egypt, swaths of Rafah have been bulldozed to rubble. Rafah is today and has always been a notorious flashpoint in this bitterest of conflicts. Buried deep in the archives is one bloody incident in 1956, that left 111 Palestinians dead, shot by Israeli soldiers. Seemingly a footnote to a long history of killing, that day in Rafah— cold-blooded massacre or dreadful mistake—reveals the competing truths that have come to define an intractable war. In a quest to get to the heart of what happened, Joe Sacco immerses himself in daily life of Rafah and the neighboring town of Khan Younis, uncovering Gaza past and present. (goodreads.com)

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The Wolf of Baghdad /Bagdadski volk/

 Carol Isaacs  Carol Isaacs OBSEG: 208 strani ZALOŽBA: Myriad DRŽAVA: Velika Britanija PRVA OBJAVA: 2018

n the 1940s a third of Baghdad’s population was Jewish. Within a decade nearly all 150,000 had been expelled, killed or had escaped. This graphic memoir of a lost homeland is a wordless narrative by an author homesick for a home she has never visited. Transported by the power of music to her ancestral home in the old Jewish quarter of Baghdad, the author encounters its ghost-like inhabitants who are revealed as long-gone family members. As she explores the city, journeying through their memories and her imagination, she at first sees successful integration, and cultural and social cohesion. Then the mood turns darker with the fading of this ancient community’s fortunes. This beautiful wordless narrative is illuminated by the words and portraits of her family, a brief history of Baghdadi Jews and of the making of this work. (goodreads.com)

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Chroniques de Jérusalem /Jeruzalemske kronike/

 Guy Delisle  Guy Delisle OBSEG: 334 strani ZALOŽBA: Éditions Delcourt DRŽAVA: Francija PRVA OBJAVA: 2011

uy Delisle expertly lays the groundwork for a cultural road map of contemporary Jerusalem, utilizing the classic stranger in a strange land point of view that made his other books, Pyongyang, Shenzhen, and Burma Chronicles required reading for understanding what daily life is like in cities few are able to travel to. In Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City, Delisle explores the complexities of a city that represents so much to so many. He eloquently examines the impact of the conflict on the lives of people on both sides of the wall while drolly recounting the quotidian: checkpoints, traffic jams, and holidays. When observing the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim populations that call Jerusalem home, Delisle's drawn line is both sensitive and fair, assuming nothing and drawing everything. Jerusalem showcases once more Delisle's mastery of the travelogue. (goodreads.com)

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Carnet de Voyage /Potopis/

 Craig Thompson  Craig Thompson OBSEG: 224 strani ZALOŽBA: Casterman DRŽAVA: Belgija/Francija, (ZDA) PRVA OBJAVA: 2004

arnet de Voyage is a 2004 graphic novel by cartoonist Craig Thompson. The book is a combination of a travelogue and sketches that Thompson compiled while traveling through France, Barcelona, the Alps and Morocco, during a promotional tour for his earlier graphic novel Blankets. Thompson also documents some of the research he did for his follow up graphic novel, Habibi. (en.wikipedia.org)

raig Thompson spent three months traveling through Barcelona, the Alps, and France, as well as Morocco, researching his next graphic novel, Habibi. Spontaneous sketches and a travelogue diary document his adventures and quiet moments, creating a raw and intimate portrait of countries, culture and the wandering artist. (goodreads.com)

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Afrika  Hermann Huppen  Hermann Huppen

OBSEG: 64 strani ZALOŽBA: Le Lombard DRŽAVA: Belgija PRVA OBJAVA: 2007

he masterpiece by Belgian comics creator Hermann is available in English for the first time! A misanthropic European expatriate, Dario Ferrer, acts as guardian of a Tanzanian wildlife preserve. Accompanied by Charlotte, a naive European journalist, Ferrer discovers a village under fire from mysterious agents of the foreign-backed government. Ferrer and Charlotte must fight not only to protect the preserve, but to expose government corruption--and survive to see another day. * From award-winning creator and international bestseller Hermann! Gorgeous watercolor art and a fast-paced, violent story! (goodreads.com)

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Kililana Song  Benjamin Flao  Benjamin Flao

OBSEG: 128 strani ZALOŽBA: Futuropolis DRŽAVA: Francija PRVA OBJAVA: 2012

edanaestogodišnje siroče Naïm živi na otočju Lamu, u kenijskim vodama, kod svoje tete Maïmounije koju obožava. Odbija ići u kuransku školu jer nije sklon disciplini, pa više voli markirati i, unatoč tome što ga njegov brat Hassan redovito progoni, provodi vrijeme lunjajući, šetajući i viseći po predgrađima, živeći od sitnih spletaka. Znatiželjan po prirodi, otvoren prema životu i drugima, svaki djelić dana, svaki susret koji mu se dogodi daju mu materijala za njemu karakteristično zdravorazumsko mozganje. Susreće tako i Gűntera, kapetana nizozemske mornarice, nasukanog na otočju zbog ilegalnog trgovanja hašišem, koji navrat-nanos mora naći 70 000 dolara kako bi dobio natrag svoj brod i dokumente ... (fibra.hr)

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Alpha: od Abidjana do Gare du Norda

/Alpha. Abidjan-Gare du Nord: Abidjan-Gare du Nord/

 Barroux  Bessora PREVOD: Mojca Medvedšek OBSEG: 128 strani ZALOŽBA: V.B.Z. DRŽAVA /SLO/: Francija PRVA OBJAVA: 2014

lpha, večkratno nagrajeni strip belgijsko-gabonske pisateljice Bessore in francoskega ilustratorja Barrouxa, je prvoosebna pripoved simpatičnega begunca po imenu Alpha, ki se odpravi na pot od Abidjana, glavnega mesta Slonokoščene obale, do Pariza, kjer naj bi se združil s svojo prebeglo ženo in sinom. Tako se pred bralci začne odvijati puščavski strip ceste, ki ga riše Aphov naiven, hudomušen, a tudi vsega hudega vajen pogled na svet. Toda – to je cesta bega, usmrajenih taborišč, saharskega peska v očeh, sredozemskega morja v usahlih pljučih in nenavadne vztrajnosti. Alpha je realen vpogled v kruto stvarnost življenj, ki se v vrtincu političnega in ekonomskega izkoriščanja ter preproste želje po normalnem življenju pogosto končajo na mejah zahodnega – evropskega – sveta. (vbz.si)

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Sanje o olimpijadi

/Der Traum von Olympia: Die Geschichte von Samia Yusuf Omar/

 Reinhard Kleist  Reinhard Kleist PREVOD: Mojca Krajnc OBSEG: 152 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: VigeVageKnjige DRŽAVA: Nemčija PRVA OBJAVA: 2018

amia Yusuf Omar (1991–2012) je bila somalijska tekačica, ena od dveh športnikov, ki sta leta 2008 zastopala Somalijo na poletnih olimpijskih igrah v Pekingu. Ko je obiskovala osmi razred, je bil njen oče ubit v napadu na tržnico Bakaara, kjer je delal. Pustila je šolo, da bi pomagala mami skrbeti za brate in sestre ter kasneje pričela trenirati tek v svojem rojstnem mestu Mogadišu na stadionu, razrušenem v državljanski vojni. Zaradi nenehnih groženj lokalnih milic, ki so ženskam prepovedovale ukvarjanje s športom, je v iskanju boljših razmer za trening prebegnila v Etiopijo. Kasneje je kot begunka želela priti v Italijo, da bi zastopala svojo državo na poletnih olimpijskih igrah v Londonu. Aprila 2012 je med poskusom prebega iz Libije v Italijo utonila, stara 21 let. To je njena življenjska zgodba. (vigevageknjige.org)

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Ailefroide : Altitude 3954 /Ailefroide: 3954 metrov nadmorske višine/

 Jean-Marc Rochette  Olivier Bocquet OBSEG: 296 strani ZALOŽBA: Casterman DRŽAVA: Belgija/Francija PRVA OBJAVA: 2018

t 16, bivouacked on a mountainside beneath a sky filled with stars, Jean-Marc Rochette has already begun measuring himself against some of Europe’s highest peaks. At times, they are a playground for adventure, at others, they are a battlefield. The young climber is acutely aware that death lurks in the frozen corridors of this Alpine range. In Altitude, Rochette tells the story of his formative years, as a climber and as an artist. Part coming-of-age story, part love letter to the Alps, this autobiographical graphic novel captures the thrill and the terror invoked by high mountains, and considers one man’s obsession with reaching the top of them. (amazon.com)

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Un printemps à Tchernobyl /Pomlad v Černobilu/

 Emmanuel Lepage  Emmanuel Lepage OBSEG: 168 strani ZALOŽBA: Futuropolis DRŽAVA: Francija PRVA OBJAVA: 2012

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je travanj 1986. U Černobilu se srce reaktora nuklearne centrale počinje topiti. Oblak pun radionuklida putuje tisućama kilometara. U to vrijeme Emmanuel Lepage ima 19 godina. U nevjerici gleda i sluša informacije s televizije. 22 godine kasnije, u travnju 2008., odlazi u Černobil kako bi tekstom i crtežom dočarao život preživjelih i njihove djece na iznimno kontaminiranoj zemlji. Kada je onamo odlučio otići na nagovor udruge Dessin'Acteurs (Crtaktivisti), Emmanuelu se činilo da izaziva smrt. Kada se nađe u vlaku koji ga vodi u Ukrajinu, gdje se nalazi nekadašnja centrala, muči ga jedno pitanje: što ja ovdje radim? (fibra.hr)

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Nemirno morje /Nemirno more/

 Helena Klakočar Vukšić  Helena Klakočar Vukšić

OBSEG: 200 strani ZALOŽBA: Forum DRŽAVA: Bosna PRVA OBJAVA: 2008

emirno morje je avtobiografska pripoved. Začne se leta 1991, ko pride na družinskem jadranju po Jadranu do nepredvidenega zasuka. Počitnice se iztečejo drugače, kot so pričakovali, saj jih sredi morja zaloti vojna v domači državi, bivši Jugoslaviji, zato nadaljujejo jadranje proti jugu. Da je morje bolj ali manj nemirno tudi v daljnih pristanih, spoznamo v drugem delu knjige med spremljanjem življenja družine na Nizozemskem, kjer se na koncu znajdejo. Ne vedoč, kaj jih čaka, dajo prednost svobodi pred varnostjo, ki jo daje status begunca. Gre za dnevniški zapis, nadgrajen v roman v stripu, v katerem avtorica tankočutno opazuje in opisuje svet okoli sebe. S preprosto, skicozno risbo s tušem in čopičem brez olepševanja in patetike pripoveduje zgodbo o vsakdanu izseljencev, ki jih je od doma pregnala vojna. (stripburger.org)

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Portugal  Cyril Pedrosa  Cyril Pedrosa

OBSEG: 262 strani ZALOŽBA: Dupuis DRŽAVA: Francija PRVA OBJAVA: 2011

ez inspiracije, bez želja, bez projekata, strip-crtač i scenarist Simon Muchat blago vegetira u poslu i dovodi do očaja svoju djevojku Claire koja bi htjela da se malo više posveti njihovoj vezi. Hoće li, kad ga pozovu na nekoliko dana u Portugal odakle potječe njegova obitelj i kamo nije išao od djetinjstva, otkriti novi način življenja? A možda i pronaći zametak nove inspiracije? Cyril Pedrosa daje nam introspektivnu priču koja istražuje egzistencijalne slojeve i nabore jedne isprazne svakodnevice koja je izgubila suštinu i okus, ali i priču o novom rođenju kroz ponovno otkrivanje mjesta iz djetinjstva, skrivenog u maglama sjećanja. (fibra.hr)

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New York: Life in the Big City /New York: velemestno življenje/

 Will Eisner  Will Eisner

OBSEG: 422 strani DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 1986

ith an unparalleled eye for stories and expressive illustration, Will Eisner, the master and pioneer of American comics art, presents graphic fiction's greatest celebration of the Big Apple. No illustrator evoked the melancholy duskiness of New York City as expressively as Eisner, who knew the city from the bottom up. This new hardcover presents a quartet of graphic works (New York, The Building, City People Notebook, and Invisible People) and features what Neil Gaiman describes as »tales as brutal, as uncaring as the city itself.« From ancient buildings »barnacled with laughter and stained with tears« to the subways, »humorless iron reptiles, clacking stupidly on a webbing of graceful steel rails,« Will Eisner's New York includes cameo appearances by the author himself; several new illustrations sketched by Eisner, posthumously inked by Peter Poplaski; and three previously unpublished »out-takes« – treasure for any Eisner fan, and sure to become a collectible. Introduction by Neil Gaiman. (goodreads.com)

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Paying the Land /Plačilo za zemljo/

 Joe Sacco  Joe Sacco OBSEG: 272 strani ZALOŽBA: Metropolitan Books DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2020

he Dene have lived in the vast Mackenzie River Valley since time immemorial, by their account. To the Dene, the land owns them and it is central to their livelihood and very way of being. But the subarctic Canadian Northwest Territories are home to valuable resources, including oil, gas, and diamonds. With mining came jobs and investment, but also road-building, pipelines, and toxic waste, which scarred the landscape, and alcohol, drugs, and debt, which deformed a way of life. In Paying the Land, Joe Sacco travels the frozen North to reveal a people in conflict over the costs and benefits of development. Sacco recounts the shattering impact of a residential school system that aimed to “remove the Indian from the child”; the destructive process that drove the Dene from the bush into settlements and turned them into wage laborers; the government land claims stacked against the Dene Nation; and their uphill efforts to revive a wounded culture. (goodreads.com)

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Paul Up North /Paul na severu/

 Michel Rabagliati  Michel Rabagliati

OBSEG: 184 strani ZALOŽBA: Les éditions La Pastèque DRŽAVA: Kanada PRVA OBJAVA: 2015

abagliati continues his award-winning semi-autobiographical Paul series in this coming of age story. The action takes place in 1975-76 just before and during the summer Olympics in Montreal. Remember gymnast Nadia Comaneci or Canadian high-jumper Greg Joy? Paul is now 16, a teenager, and he finds new experiences, changes schools, hitchhikes, falls deeply in love, gets dumped, smokes pot and drinks beer. All of this over a Peter Frampton musical soundtrack. Paul travels »up north« to the Laurentian cottage country of Quebec where he gets to know himself better. Another epic graphic novel from a master of the form at the height of his powers. (goodreads.com)

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You & a Bike & a Road /Ti & kolo & cesta/

 Eleanor Davis  Eleanor Davis OBSEG: 172 strani ZALOŽBA: Koyama Press DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2017

n 2016, acclaimed cartoonist and illustrator Eleanor Davis documented her cross-country bike tour as it happened. The immediacy of Davis’ comics journal makes for an incredible chronicle of human experience on the most efficient and humane form of human transportation. Eleanor Davis is a cartoonist and illustrator. She lives in Athens, GA and was born in Tucson, Arizona. In 2009, Davis won the Eisner's Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award and was named one of Print magazine's New Visual Artists. In 2015, her book How To Be Happy won the Ignatz Award for Outstanding Anthology or Collection. (goodreads.com)

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ZGODB ZA ODRASLE

FIKCIJA, DRAMA Stripi se vrstijo po letu izida. Žanri so zelo različni – od grozljivke do detektivke, znanstvene fantastike, erotičnega stripa in drame ... Največ stripov iz celotne zgodovine je bilo ustvarjenih ravno v kategoriji fikcije, zato je izbor bolj subjektiven kot v preostalih kategorijah.

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Mon Livre d’Heures; Le Soleil; La Ville /Strastno potovanje; Sonce; Mesto/

 Frans Masereel DRŽAVA: Belgija, Francija PRVA OBJAVA: 1919

rans Masereel je eden od stripovskih pionirjev, proslavil se je z zgodbami brez besed, ki jih je ustvarjal s tehniko lesoreza. Tri najbolj znane zgodbe so Strastno potovanje, Sonce in Mesto. (ŽiVal)

pacifist during World War I, Belgian-born Frans Masereel (1889-1972) sympathized with the struggles of the working classes and strived to make his art accessible to ordinary people. His evocative woodcuts convey scenes of work and leisure, wealth and deprivation, and joy and loneliness. Banned by the Nazis, Masereel's works were championed in Communist countries; however, the artist steered clear of political affiliations. His clarity of vision transcends any propagandist use of the images, which stand as timeless indictments of oppression and injustice. Thomas Mann described Masereel's works as »so strangely compelling, so deeply felt, so rich in ideas that one never tires of looking at them.« Epic and unflinching in its scope, The City continues to influence modern fine and graphic art, while recapturing the mood of a vanished era. (goodreads.com)

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6 novels in woodcuts /Šest grafičnih romanov v lesorezu/

 Lyn Ward

DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 1929

rom the eve of the Great Depression to the start of World War II, Lynd Ward (1905 1985) observed the troubled American scene through the double lens of a politically committed storyteller and a visionary graphic artist. His medium—the wordless »novel in woodcuts«—was his alone, and he quickly brought it from bold iconographic infancy to subtle and still unrivalled mastery. Gods' Man (1929), the audaciously ambitious work that made Ward's reputation, is a modern morality play, an allegory of the deadly bargain a striving young artist often makes with life. Madman's Drum (1930), a multigenerational saga worthy of Faulkner, traces the legacy of violence haunting a family whose stock in trade is human souls. Wild Pilgrimage (1932), perhaps the most accomplished of these early books, is a study in the brutalization of an American factory worker whose heart can still respond to beauty but whose mind is twisted in rage against the system and its shackles.Prelude to a Million Years (1933) is a dark meditation on art, inspiration, and the disparity between the ideal and the real. Song Without Words (1936), a protest against the rise of European fascism, asks if ours is a world still fit for the human soul. Vertigo (1937), Ward's undisputed masterpiece, is an epic novel on the theme of the individual caught in the downward spiral of a sinking American economy. Its characters include a young violinist, her luckless fianc. (goodreads.com)

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El Eternauta /Eternaut/

 Francisco Solano López  Héctor Germán Oesterheld

OBSEG: več knjig ZALOŽBA: Editorial Frontera DRŽAVA: Argentina PRVA OBJAVA: 1957

his seminal Argentinian science fiction graphic novel was originally released as a serial from 1957–59. Juan Salvo, its inimitable protagonist, along with his friend Professor Favalli and the tenacious metalworker Franco, face what appears to be a nuclear accident, but quickly turns out to be something much bigger than they imagined. Cold War tensions, aliens of all sizes, space—and time travel—this one has it all. The Eternaut is also thinly disguised political allegory: its writer, Héctor Germán Oesterheld (HGO), because he was involved in groups who protested the military dictatorship, was “disappeared” and presumed dead in 1977. Classical artist Francisco Solano López (who had to flee Argentina for Spain) illustrated the book in a gritty, realistic style. This collaboration between two of the biggest names in Latin American comics is still powerful: the story of Juan Salvo, fighting to save Argentina and the world, lives on in sequels, retellings, and adaptations. (goodreads.com)

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Red Colored Elegy /Rdeče obarvana elegija/

 Seiichi Hayashi  Seiichi Hayashi OBSEG: 240 strani ZALOŽBA: Sekishoku Erejii DRŽAVA: Japonska PRVA OBJAVA: 1970

eiichi Hayashi produced Red Colored Elegy between 1970 and 1971, in the aftermath of a politically turbulent and culturally vibrant decade that promised but failed to deliver new possibilities. With a combination of sparse line work and visual codes borrowed from animation and film, the quiet, melancholy lives of a young couple struggling to make ends meet are beautifully captured in this poetic masterpiece. Uninvolved with the political movements of the time, Ichiro and Sachiko hope for something better, but they’re no revolutionaries; their spare time is spent drinking, smoking, daydreaming, and sleeping—together and at times with others. While Ichiro attempts to make a living from his comics, Sachiko’s parents are eager to arrange a marriage for her, but Ichiro doesn’t seem interested. Red Colored Elegy is informed as much by underground Japanese comics of the time as it is by the French nouvelle vague, and its cultural referents range from James Dean to Ken Takakura. Its influence in Japan was so great that Morio Agata, a prominent Japanese folk musician and singer/songwriter, debuted with a love song written and named after it. (goodreads.com)

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Ayako  Osamu Tezuka  Osamu Tezuka

OBSEG: 704 strani ZALOŽBA: Shogakukan DRŽAVA: Japonska PRVA OBJAVA: 1972

ong considered as one of Osamu Tezuka’s most political narratives, Ayako is also considered to be one of his most challenging as it defies the conventions of his manga by utilizing a completely original cast and relying solely on historical drama to drive the plot. Tezuka weaves together a tale which its core simply focuses on a single family, a family that could be considered a metaphor for a rapidly developing superpower. Overflowing with imagery of the cold war seen through Japan’s eyes, Ayako is firmly set in realism taking inspiration from a number of historical events that occurred over the American occupation and the cultural-revolution which soon followed. Believed to be Tezuka’s answer to the gekiga (dramatic comics) movement of the 60’s, Ayako should be considered one of the better early examples of a seinen (young adult) narrative to be published. (goodreads.com)

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Mämmilä  Tarmo Koivisto  Tarmo Koivisto, Hannu Virtanen

OBSEG: številni zvezki ZALOŽBA: Finnish News; Me; ... DRŽAVA: Finska PRVA OBJAVA: 1974

ämmilä is a fictional small country municipality, supposedly in the Häme region, and was originally modeled on the municipality of Orivesi. The cartoon depicted various contemporary issues in Finnish life, from various social changes to the coming of African refugees and membership in the European Union. The municipality has numerous colorful characters, from local political leaders and potentates to Varpu-Viljami (local dowser) and Mohammed al-Zomal (Somalian refugee). Unusually for comic strips, the storyline happens in real time, and the characters in Mämmilä age normally, at the same pace as the comic strip in real life. For example, a girl called Sari was born in the comic in 1980, and is now an adult punk-style girl. (goodreads.com)

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Jésuite Joé/ L’uomo del grande nord /Jésuite Joé; Mož z velikega severa/

 Hugo Pratt OBSEG: 96 strani ZALOŽBA: Dargaud, CEPIM DRŽAVA: Francija, Italija PRVA OBJAVA: 1980

esuit Joe is a mysterious character who appears in the eponymous story of Italian comics creator Hugo Pratt. The laconic, anti-heroic and unpredictable main character, a Canadian native dressed in the uniform of a Sergeant in the Canadian Mounties, travels the wilderness during late 19th or early 20th century Canada, occasionally assisting those he finds in need of help. He rescues a kidnapped child and frees an imprisoned couple, but also shoots a bird for being too happy and stabs a priest in the hand. The concerns of famed Italian cartoonist Hugo Pratt included responsibility, humanity, and social justice. Skepticism of European ideals in colonial settings is a common theme in his stories and forms the main thrust of Jesuit Joe. (wikipedia.org)

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L’Incal  Mœbius  Alejandro Jodorowsky

OBSEG: 308 strani (prva knjiga) ZALOŽBA: Les Humanoïdes Associés DRŽAVA: Francija PRVA OBJAVA: 1980

he Incal is a French graphic novel series written by Alejandro Jodorowsky and originally illustrated by Jean Giraud. The Incal introduced Jodorowsky's »Jodoverse« (or »Metabarons Universe«), a fictional universe in which his science fiction comics take place. It is an epic space opera blending fantastical intergalactic voyage, science, technology, political intrigues, conspiracies, messianism, mysticism, poetry, debauchery, love stories, and satire. The Incal includes and expands the concepts and artwork from the abandoned film project Dune directed by Jodorowsky and designed by Giraud from the early 1970s. The story is set in the dystopian capital city of an insignificant planet in a human-dominated galactic empire, wherein the Bergs, aliens who resemble featherless birds and reside in a neighboring galaxy, make up another power bloc. It starts in medias res with Difool thrown from the Suicide Alley to the great acid lake below by a masked group, luckily saved by a police cruiser. During the questioning he denies that he received the Light Incal, a crystal of enormous and infinite powers (it guides and protects those who believe in it), from a dying Berg. (wikipedia.org)

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Bar Joe /Joe’s Bar/

 José Muñoz  Carlos Sampayo

PREVOD: Mateja Seliškar Kenda OBSEG: 124 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: Forum DRŽAVA: Argentina, Belgija PRVA OBJAVA: 1981

zakajeni atmosferi temačne beznice svoje začasno pribežališče sredi New Yorka, metropole ameriških sanj in bede, iščejo bolj ali manj izgubljeni stripovski liki. Arhitekt Pepe ob večerih v baru pomiva posodo, saj ne dobi zelene karte, ki bi mu omogočila kakšno drugo delo, nekoč slavni boksar s propadlo kariero pa cele dneve samo popiva, medtem ko se v njem nabira vse več jeze, ki bo enkrat morala izbruhniti na plan. Za sosednjo mizo sedi poklicni morilec, ki se spoprijatelji s svojo žrtvijo in z njo debatira o filateliji, medtem ko Mike razmišlja o Rosi in svojem očetu, predvsem pa o hrani, v kateri nenehno išče uteho. Tu je še Ella, ki tujim življenjem sledi skozi objektiv fotoaparata, tako kot Muñoz in Sampayo v svojih stripih iz številnih drobcev tketa večplastne in osupljive pripovedne pokrajine, v katerih se vsebina, vzdušje in forma prepletajo z neverjetno močjo. Z zgodbami iz Bara Joe sta ustvarila mračno, a tudi poetično mojstrovino, ki nam odstira pogled v senčne kotičke človeškega obstoja, tisto drugo, temno plat družbe, ki nas s svojo brezkompromisno surovostjo pretrese, a kjer je človek, navkljub svoji ranljivosti in krhkosti, vendarle najvišja vrednota. (stripburger.org)

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V for Vendetta /V kot vendeta/

 David Lloyd, Tony Weare  Alan Moore

OBSEG: 296 strani ZALOŽBA: Quality Communications DRŽAVA: Velika Britanija PRVA OBJAVA: 1990

frightening and powerful tale of the loss of freedom and identity in a chillingly believable totalitarian world, V for Vendetta stands as one of the highest achievements of the comics medium and a defining work for creators Alan Moore and David Lloyd. Set in an imagined future England that has given itself over to fascism, this groundbreaking story captures both the suffocating nature of life in an authoritarian police state and the redemptive power of the human spirit which rebels against it. Crafted with sterling clarity and intelligence, V for Vendetta brings an unequaled depth of characterization and verisimilitude to its unflinching account of oppression and resistance. (goodreads.com)

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Love and Rockets /Ljubezen in rakete/

 Gilbert, Jaime in Mario Hernandez

OBSEG: serija raznovrstnih daljših zgodb, na tisoče strani ZALOŽBA: Fantagraphics DRŽAVA: ZDA, Mehika PRVA OBJAVA: 1982

ove and Rockets is a comic book series by the Hernandez brothers: Gilbert, Jaime, and Mario. It was one of the first comic books in the alternative comics movement of the 1980s. The Hernandez brothers produced stories in the series independently of each other. Gilbert and Jaime produced the majority of the material, and tended to focus on particular casts of characters and settings. Those of Gilbert usually focused on a cast of characters in the fictional Central American village of Palomar; the stories often featured magic realist elements. The Locas stories of Jaime centered on a social group in Los Angeles, particularly the Latin-American friends and sometime-lovers Maggie and Hopey. Many attempts have been made to make L&R into a movie, or series of movies. However, until recently, the movie rights had been held up in litigation for over 15 years. (wikipedia.org)

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Les Cités obscures /Obskurna mesta/

 François Schuiten  Benoît Peeters OBSEG: serija raznovrstnih daljših zgodb ZALOŽBA: Casterman DRŽAVA: Belgija PRVA OBJAVA: 1983

he Obscure Cities is a graphic novel series set on a Counter-Earth, started by the Belgian comics artist François Schuiten and his friend, writer Benoît Peeters in the early 1980s. In this fictional world, humans live in independent city-states, each of which has developed a distinct civilization, each characterized by a distinctive architectural style. Schuiten's graphic representations and architectural styles within Les Cités obscures is, among other historical themes, heavily influenced by Belgian Art Nouveau architect Victor Horta, who worked in Brussels at the turn of the 20th century. An important motif is the process of what he calls Bruxellisation, the destruction of this historic Brussels in favor of anonymous, low-quality modernist office and business buildings. Various commentators, as well as Schuiten himself, have identified visual and theme influences in Les Cités obscures from as diverse works as those by Jules Verne, Winsor McCay, Franz Kafka, René Magritte, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Victor Horta, Henry Fuseli, and Jean-Léon Gérôme. (en.wikipedia.org)

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The World of Edena /Svet Edene/

 Jean “Mœbius” Giraud  Jean “Mœbius” Giraud OBSEG: 350 strani ZALOŽBA: Les Humanoïdes Associés,

Casterman DRŽAVA: Francija PRVA OBJAVA: 1983

tel and Atan are interstellar investigators trying to find a lost space station and its crew. When they discover the mythical paradise planet Edena, their lives are changed forever. Moebius's World of Edena story arc comprises five chapters – Upon a Star, Gardens of Edena, The Goddess, Stel, and Sra. A storyboard artist and designer (»Alien, Tron, The Fifth Element,« among many others) as well as comic book master, Moebius's work has influenced creators in countless fields. (goodreads.com)

œbius started out the series by restricting himself to a 'Clear Line' style (Ligne Claire), with minimal details, though in later outings, especially the short stories »The Still Planet« and »The Repairmen«, his signature intricate Mœbius graphic style started to resurface, before returning to his original art style for the last outing in the main narrative, Sra. (en.wikipedia.org)

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Tutto ricominciò con un’estate indiana /Indijansko poletje/

 Milo Manara  Hugo Pratt OBSEG: 152 strani ZALOŽBA: Edizioni Milano Libri DRŽAVA: Italija PRVA OBJAVA: 1983

17. smo stoljeću, u puritanskoj Americi iz vremena prvih kolonija. Traje “indijansko” ljeto, varljiv kratkotrajni period sunčana vremena pred sam kraj jeseni, kad zima tek treba stići. Radnja je smještena u malom, naizgled spokojnom selu New Canaan čiji je mir narušilo silovanje jedne djevojke, tragičan događaj koji će dati povoda strašnom sukobu između Indijanaca i doseljenika. U pozadini te mržnje je, međutim, mnogo više od jednog nasilnog događaja… Indijansko ljeto rezultat je prve suradnje između genijalnog pripovjedača, slavnog Huga Pratta i velikog crtača Mila Manare u naponu snage, avantura s izvanrednom crtačkom i narativnom snagom koja se danas svojom ljepotom nameće kao klasično remek-djelo autorskog stripa. (fibra.hr)

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Watchmen /Varuhi/

 Dave Gibbons, John Higgins  Alan Moore

OBSEG: 416 strani ZALOŽBA: DC Comics DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 1986

n an alternate world where the mere presence of American superheroes changed history, the US won the Vietnam War, Nixon is still president, and the cold war is in full effect. Watchmen begins as a murder-mystery, but soon unfolds into a planet-altering conspiracy. As the resolution comes to a head, the unlikely group of reunited heroes - Rorschach, Nite Owl, Silk Spectre, Dr. Manhattan and Ozymandias - have to test the limits of their convictions and ask themselves where the true line is between good and evil. In the mid-eighties, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons created Watchmen, changing the course of comics' history and essentially remaking how popular culture perceived the genre. Popularly cited as the point where comics came of age, Watchmen's sophisticated take on superheroes has been universally acclaimed for its psychological depth and realism. (goodreads.com)

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Tomie  Junji Ito  Junji Ito

OBSEG: 3 deli, 752 strani ZALOŽBA: Asahi Sonorama DRŽAVA: Japonska PRVA OBJAVA: 1987

omie Kawakami is a femme fatale with long black hair and a beauty mark just under her left eye. She can seduce nearly any man, and drive them to murder as well, even though the victim is often Tomie herself. While one lover seeks to keep her for himself, another grows terrified of the immortal succubus. But soon they realize that no matter how many times they kill her, the world will never be free of Tomie Junji Itō was inspired from a young age by his older sister's drawing and Kazuo Umezu's comics and thus took an interest in drawing horror comics himself. Upon graduation he trained as a dental technician, and until the early 1990s he juggled his dental career with his increasingly successful hobby — even after being selected as the winner of the prestigious Umezu prize for horror manga. Ito's universe is very cruel and capricious; his characters often find themselves victims of malevolent unnatural circumstances for no discernible reason or punished out of proportion for minor infractions against an unknown and incomprehensible natural order. (goodreads.com)

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From Hell /Iz pekla/

 Eddie Campbell  Alan Moore

OBSEG: 572 strani ZALOŽBA: Knockabout Comics,

Top Shelf Productions DRŽAVA: Velika Britanija PRVA OBJAVA: 1989

lan Moore turned his ever-incisive eye to the squalid, enigmatic world of Jack the Ripper and the Whitechapel murders of 1888. Weighing in at 576 pages, From Hell is certainly the most epic of Moore's works and remarkably and is possibly his finest effort yet in a career punctuated by such glorious highlights as Watchmen and V for Vendetta. Going beyond the myriad existing theories, which range from the sublime to the ridiculous, Moore presents an ingenious take on the slaughter. Eddie Campbell's stunning black and white artwork, replete with a scratchy, dirty sheen, is perfectly matched to the often-unshakeable intensity of Moore's writing. Between them, each murder is rendered in horrifying detail, providing the book's most unnerving scenes, made more so in uncomfortable, yet lyrical moments as when the villain embraces an eviscerated corpse, craving understanding; pleading that they »are wed in legend, inextricable within eternity«. (goodreads.com)

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Sin City /Mesto greha/

 Frank Miller  Frank Miller

OBSEG: 7 zvezkov, 1456 strani ZALOŽBA: Dark Horse Comics DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 1991

riter-artist Frank Miller rose to fame within the American comics industry with his 1981–1983 work on Marvel Comics' Daredevil, and the 1986 DC Comics miniseries The Dark Knight Returns, both of which exhibited subtle elements of film noir.[1] Miller's venture into the film noir genre would deepen with his creator-owned series Sin City. Basin City, almost universally referred to by the nickname »Sin City«, is a fictional town in the Western United States. The Basin City Police Department are more or less along the lines of paramilitary or SWAT, as they have to deal with incredibly high crime rates among criminals and civilians alike, which is why they have access to what most would consider »heavy weaponry« and full body armor. (en.wikipedia.org)

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Flood!: A Novel in Pictures /Poplava!: roman v slikah/

 Eric Drooker  Eric Drooker OBSEG: 138 strani ZALOŽBA: Four Walls Eight Windows DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 1992

n American Book Award winner and an Editor's Choice of the New York Times, Flood! is the powerful first graphic novel by Eric Drooker, frequent cover artist for the New Yorker. Flood! is a modern novel written in the ancient language of pictures, with an expressionist, film noir edge. This »definitive edition« of Flood! is a unique record of our country's turbulent past - and corporate present - and a must-read for students of graphic storytelling. This third edition also features a new cover by Drooker and a complete re-design. Flood! A Novel in Pictures, was followed by Drooker's acclaimed book, Blood Song: A Silent Ballad. (goodreads.com)

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The Tale of One Bad Rat /Zgodba o slabi podgani/

 Bryan Talbot  Bryan Talbot OBSEG: 118 strani ZALOŽBA: Dark Horse Comics DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 1994

elen Potter lived a happy life until she got lost in a nightmare of sexual abuse. Now she's on a journey that takes her through urban and rural England along the same path that another Potter, Beatrix Potter, once took. Across the decades, two lives touch, and Helen discovers that the strength of two is far greater than one. She becomes the armored knight before her own personal demons in this story of heroism and courage. (goodreads.com)

ne Bad Rat is the most mainstream of Talbot's works and is drawn in a simple, naturalistic style with painted colours. Unusually for Talbot (and the comics industry in general), all of the characters were drawn from life, and the locations from photographs of real places. (en.wikipedia.org)

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Trait de craie /Proga krede/

 Miguelanxo Prado  Miguelanxo Prado

OBSEG: 256 strani DRŽAVA: Španija (Galicija) PRVA OBJAVA: 1994

n the occasion of NBM’s 40th anniversary, a classic is brought back in print! A small streak of an island in the Atlantic. On no map. In heavy summer heat. One general store with a woman and her taciturn boy. A lighthouse with no light. Memories and messages graffitied on the pier wall. A chance encounter with a beautiful elusive woman. A Murder. Or was it? Nothing seems completely real. Only the graffitied memories are constant. A mysterious multifaceted novel steeped in magical realism that can be read a number of ways, Streak of Chalk is one of Spain’s best comics authors’ magnum opus. (goodreads.com)

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Black Hole /Črna luknja/

 Charles Burns  Charles Burns

OBSEG: 368 strani ZALOŽBA: Kitchen Sink Press/

Fantagraphics DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 1995

uburban Seattle, the mid-1970s. A strange plague has descended upon the area’s teenagers, transmitted by sexual contact. As we inhabit the heads of several key characters — some kids who have it, some who don’t, some who are about to get it — what unfolds isn’t the expected battle to fight the plague, or bring heightened awareness to it, or even to treat it. What we become witness to instead is a fascinating and eerie portrait of the nature of high school alienation itself — the savagery, the cruelty, the relentless anxiety and ennui, the longing for escape. And then the murders start. As hypnotically beautiful as it is horrifying, Black Hole transcends its genre by deftly exploring a specific American cultural moment in flux and the kids who are caught in it – back when it wasn’t exactly cool to be a hippie anymore, but Bowie was still just a little too weird. (goodreads.com)

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Svet duhov /Ghost World/

 Daniel Clowes  Daniel Clowes

PREVOD: Matej de Cecco OBSEG: 80 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: Forum DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 1995

vet duhov, z več kot 100.000 prodanimi izvodi Clowesova najpopularnejša knjiga, je bil v tem smislu prelomno delo, saj je tukaj Clowes prvič na dolgometražnem polju človeškim značajem in odnosom dal prednost pred opisovanjem bizarnih situacij. Večplastna, hkrati melanholična in zabavna zgodba o dveh odraščajočih prijateljicah, katerih prihajajoča ločitev daje negotovi podobi sveta, ki ga skupaj opazujeta in analizirata, skoraj mistično avro, je začel postajati kultna klasika še med izhajanjem v reviji Eightball, dokončno pa je postal del globalne popularne kulture s filmom, ki ga je leta 2001 posnel – s Clowesovim sodelovanjem pri scenariju – Terry Zwigoff. Film je bil tako kot stripovska predloga večkrat nagrajen in nominiran. (goodreads.com)

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Jimmy Corigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth /Jimmy Corigan: Najbistrejši otrok na svetu/

 Chris Ware OBSEG: 380 strani ZALOŽBA: Pantheon Books DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 1995

immy Corrigan has rightly been hailed as the greatest graphic novel ever to be published. It won the Guardian First Book Award 2001, the first graphic novel to win a major British literary prize. It is the tragic autobiography of an office dogsbody in Chicago who one day meets the father who abandoned him as a child. With a subtle, complex and moving story and the drawings that are as simple and original as they are strikingly beautiful, Jimmy Corrigan is a book unlike any other and certainly not to be missed. (goodreads.com)

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Les Soeurs Zabîme /Sestre Zabime/

 Aristophane Boulon  Aristophane Boulon OBSEG: 96 strani ZALOŽBA: Ego comme x DRŽAVA: Francija PRVA OBJAVA: 1996

n the first day of summer vacation, teenaged sisters M'Rose, Elle, and Célina step out into the tropical heat of their island home and continue their headlong tumble toward adulthood. Boys, schoolyard fights, petty thievery, and even illicit alcohol make for a heady mix, as The Zabime Sisters indulge in a little summertime freedom. The dramatic backdrop of a Caribbean island provides a study of contrasts—a world that is both lush and wild, yet strangely small and intimate—which echoes the contrasts of the sisters themselves, who are at once worldly and wonderfully naïve. Master storyteller Aristophane's The Zabime Sisters takes a keen look at some of the universal experiences of children on the cusp of growing up, in the fascinating setting of Guadeloupe. Aristophane's bold, graphic brushwork weaves a wild texture through this gentle, clear-eyed tale. (goodreads.com)

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A History of Violence /Senca preteklosti/

 Vince Locke  John Wagner OBSEG: 286 strani ZALOŽBA: Paradox Press, Vertigo DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 1997

n this suspenseful crime story, Tom McKenna is a family man who becomes an instant media celebrity when he thwarts a robbery at his own diner – a robbery attempted by wanted murderers. McKenna’s newfound fame draws the attention of a group of merciless mobsters who have been looking to settle a score with him for over 20 years. Now, as the killers descend upon his small town in Middle America, the Brooklyn native must face the actions of his youth and relive his past history of violence as he attempts to salvage the life he has built and keep his family out of harm’s way. Hard-hitting graphic novel that inspired the Academy Award-nominated 2005 motion picture starring Viggo Mortensen, Ed Harris and William Hurt. (goodreads.com)

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Hicksville  Dylan Horrocks  Dylan Horrocks

OBSEG: 250 strani ZALOŽBA: Black Eye Comics DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 1998

orld-famous cartoonist Dick Burger has earned millions and become the most powerful man in the comics industry in the few short years since the publication of his first Captain tomorrow graphic novel. But behind his rapid rise to success, there lies a dark and terrible secret, as biographer Leonard Batts discovers when he visits Burger's hometown in remote New Zealand. For Hicksville is no ordinary small town. In Hicksville sheep-farmers and fishermen argue the relative merits of early newspaper strips, while in the local bookshop & lending library, obscure Mongolian minicomics share the shelves with a complete run of action comics. But why does everyone there seem to hate Dick Burger? And what is the secret of the lighthouse? (goodreads.com)

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Stigme /Stigmata/

 Lorenzo Mattotti  Claudio Piersanti

PREVOD: Gašper Malej OBSEG: 188 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: Forum DRŽAVA: Italija PRVA OBJAVA: 1998

Stigmah sta ustvarjalne moči združila risar Lorenzo Mattotti in scenarist, večkrat nagrajeni romanopisec, Claudio Piersanti. Glavna odlika te mistično obarvane zgodbe o svetništvu v modernem času so Mattottijeve skicozne, vendar energične risbe. Stigme so prvič izšle v francoski izdaji leta 1998 in so postale eno najbolj znanih Mattottijevih stripovskih del. V življenju svetnikovstigme oziroma Kristusove rane predstavljajo znamenje posebne božje milosti. Za junaka istoimenskega stripa – brezimnega hrusta in alkoholika z družbenega roba – pa so prej prekletstvo kot blagoslov. Skrivnostne rane, ki se brez pravega razloga pojavijo na njegovih dlaneh, še poslabšajo njegov nezavidljivi položaj; stanejo ga službe, stanovanja, in ga prisilijo, da zapusti rodno mesto. Tako se junak poda na mukotrpno romanje, razpet med življenjem, kot ga je poznal dotlej in vlogo, ki mu jo narekujejo stigme, in v kateri bi ga radi videli tudi mnogi izmed ljudi, s katerimi se srečuje. (goodreads.com)

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Uzumaki  Junji Ito  Junji Ito

OBSEG: 3 knjige, 653 strani ZALOŽBA: Shogakukan DRŽAVA: Japonska PRVA OBJAVA: 1998

urouzu-cho, a small fogbound town on the coast of Japan, is cursed. According to Shuichi Saito, the withdrawn boyfriend of teenager Kirie Goshima, their town is haunted not by a person or being but by a pattern: uzumaki, the spiral — the hypnotic secret shape of the world. This bizarre masterpiece of horror manga is now available in a single volume. Fall into a whirlpool of terror! Junji Ito's longest work, the three-volume Uzumaki, is about a town's obsession with spirals: people become variously fascinated with, terrified of, and consumed by the countless occurrences of the spiral in nature. Apart from the ghastly, convincingly-drawn deaths, the book projects an effective atmosphere of creeping fear as the town's inhabitants become less and less human, and more and more bizarre things begin to happen. (goodreads.com)

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Dekalog /Le Decalogue/

 Različni striparji, (Tomaž Lavrič)  Frank Giroud PREVOD: Miha Šorl OBSEG: 3 knjige, 648 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: Buch DRŽAVA: Francija PRVA OBJAVA: 2001

na najbolj priljubljenih in najbolj prodajanih stripovskih serij v Franciji (prodanih je bilo preko dva milijona izvodov) je dočakala tudi slovensko različico, ki jo je prevedel Miha Šorl. Dekalog (Le Decalogue) je serija v enajstih delih, ki se dotika zgodovinskih, filozofskih in verskih tem. Scenarist serije je Franck Giroud, četrti del pa je narisal slovenski stripovski velikan Tomaž Lavrič. Osnova za zgodbo je knjiga Nahik, ki obravnava zapis desetih božjih zapovedi drugače kot jih poznamo. Serijal je izšel v treh integralih in predstavlja prvo tako obsežno stripovsko delo, prevedeno v slovenščino. (goodreads.com)

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Lomm  Tomaž Lavrič  Tomaž Lavrič

OBSEG: 152 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: Buch DRŽAVA: Slovenija, Francija PRVA OBJAVA: 2002

isoko v gnezdu letečih mutantov se rodi nenavaden otrok – človeško bitje. Brez krempljev, čekanov in strupenih bodic ima le malo možnosti za preživetje. A deček Lomm raste in se bori, odkriva zakone divjega, novega sveta in išče svoje mesto med plemeni letačev in čistih ljudi, demonov in zveri. Znanstveno-fantastična distropija, izdana v treh albumih pri francoski založbi Vents d Ouest, je zdaj prvič predstavljena kot zaključena integralna zgodba. Zaključena, a ne končana. Kdo ve, morda se bo nekoč nadaljevala. Morda, če bo taka volja Antonova. (goodreads.com)

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Bulvar razbitih sanj /The Boulevard of Broken Dreams/

 Kim Deitch  Kim Deitch, Simon Deitch PREVOD: Bojan Albahari OBSEG: 164 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: Forum DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2002

godba je postavljena v čas tik pred zlato dobo ameriške animacije, v čas razvoja te kulturne industrije in pojava animacijskih studiev, še preden se je na sceni uveljavil določeni Walt D. Ted Mishkin je risar in animator z izrednim talentom, kar pa ima tudi svojo ceno. Nenehno se mu namreč prikazuje nekakšen človekoliki maček z imenom Waldo, ki ga stalno provocira in draži, a mu tudi pomaga in ga navdihuje. Tedov brat Al je njegov šef in producent, njegova velika ljubezen je sodelavka Lillian Freer, njegov mentor pa stari Winsor Newton, v katerem poučeni bralci hitro prepoznajo hommage pionirju tako stripa kot animacije Winsorju McKayu. Tudi avtorjev oče, Gene Deitch, je dolgo delal za enega od takih studiev, zato Deitch dobro pozna takratno animacijsko sceno. Bulvar razbitih sanj zato ni zgolj strip, ki bralcu na duhovit način predstavlja to sceno in samosvoje osvetljuje vlogo ter pomen umetnosti in umetnika v družbi, ampak tudi stripovski poklon vsem tistim, ki so razvijali nove umetnosti in utirali nove poti, vsakič pa se bere tudi kot stara ameriška risanka, kjer vsakodnevni predmeti pojejo in plešejo, mozoljasti Mesec pa se navihano smeji z neba. (goodreads.com)

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Le Chat du Rabbin /Rabinov maček/

 Joann Sfar  Joann Sfar OBSEG: 184 strani ZALOŽBA: Delcourt DRŽAVA: Francija PRVA OBJAVA: 2002

otovo je nevjerojatno koliko tema Rabinov mačak obuhvaća, a u potpunosti fascinantno koliko pronicljivo o njima govori. Jedna jednostavna priča o starom rabinu u Alžiru i njegovom mačku s filozofskim aspiracijama pokazuje nam različita lica istih religija i društava. Čitao sam više odličnih stripova koji govore o ozbiljnim temama, ali niti jedan toliko zabavan i humorističan kao ovaj. No nije sve u priči. Sfar ovdje pokazuje da njegovo crtačko umijeće nimalo ne zaostaje za onim spisateljskim. Čarobne vedute Alžira i ostalih lokacija kroz koje likovi prolaze pravi su melem za oči i izvrsno pogođene kulise za neobičnu pripovijest o rabinu i njegovom mačku. Bilo da propitkuje religiju, otkriva nam naše vlastite nesigurnosti ili se dotiče složenih društveno-političkih odnosa, Mačak to radi toliko šarmantno da mu se ne može odoljeti. I zato željno iščekujem daljnje mačkove dogodovštine, a do tada ću se često i rado vraćati ovom jedinstvenom stripu. (stripovi.com)

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Špeh: Zatreskan v Tino /Ripple: A Predilection for Tina/

 Dave Cooper PREVOD: Matej de Cecco OBSEG: 184 strani ZALOŽBA: Fantagraphics Books DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2003

ipple is a breakthrough graphic novel for Dave Cooper, creator of the wildly surreal and critically-acclaimed graphic novels Crumple and Suckle. Unlike those works, Ripple is a highly realistic story in terms of subject matter and drawing style. Martin is a floundering painter desperately attempting to pursue his fine art inclinations rather than toil in the world of commercial art. He hires a homely model, Tina, to pose for a series of »erotic« paintings that he hopes will be his breakthrough into the gallery world. Over time, Martin and Tina's relationship evolves from a tenuous working relationship to a confused sexual one. Throughout it all, Ripple is a complex love story poked and prodded from all angles, from Martin and Tina's physical and emotional feelings toward each other, Martin's dishonesty to himself, Tina's self-loathing, and everything in between. Sad, funny, and often uncomfortably titillating, Ripple is a remarkably introspective graphic novel, rendered with kinetic realism in a pen technique that calls to mind a more controlled Edward Sorel and Jules Feiffer. (goodreads.com)

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Appunti per una storia di guerra /Beležke za vojno zgodbo/

 Gipi  Gipi OBSEG: 128 strani ZALOŽBA: Coconino Press DRŽAVA: Italija PRVA OBJAVA: 2004

otes for a War Story is an astonishing look at life in a lawless, war-torn nation, heightened by the harsh, moving, pencil and watercolor artwork of Italy's best graphic novel author. »The war arrived in our village on the 18th of January. Obviously there were other wars going on, but they didn't have anything to do with us. There were wars for blacks. Wars for Arabs. Wars for Slavs. Our war started on the 18th of January, and in a few days, everything had changed.« So recounts Giuliano, a loner among outsiders, one of three young drifters caught up in the whirlwind of a war in the Balkans. The three boys are like passing shadows; they live in abandoned houses, dodge the occasional bomb, and steal car parts for money. Meeting Felix—a powerful, fast-talking mercenary—changes everything for them. Felix is an expert manipulator; he speaks to their ambition and to their desires for power, wealth, and purpose. They're instantly hooked, especially the trio's unofficial leader, Stefano, and they soon escalate from petty crime to working on behalf of a mafia-style militia, bullying and extorting money in Felix's name. But as Giuliano comes to realize, they don't know what they're fighting for—if they're even fighting for anything. (goodreads.com)

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DMZ /DMZ: Demilitarizirana cona/

 Riccardo Burchielli, John Paul Leon  Brian Wood

OBSEG: 10 zvezkov, 1200+ strani ZALOŽBA: Vertigo DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2005

he series is set in New York City, sometime in the near future and in the midst of a civil war that has turned the island of Manhattan into a demilitarized zone. The conflict concerns two primary forces: the federal government of the United States of America and the Free States armies. The Free States are less a geographical entity than »an idea«, and that the movement began with an uprising of secessionist groups that formed a separate government in Montana before spreading across the country. DMZ Manhattan is mainly empty, with only 400,000 people still on the island (compared with 1.5 million in the 2000 census), populated only by the poor who were not evacuated, snipers and holdouts. The comic series begins when reporter Matty Roth arrives in Manhattan, five years after the outbreak of the war. Through the first part of the series DMZ followed Matty through various crises in his first year and a half around the DMZ and the surrounding areas, such as military bases of the Free Armies and of the United States. Later Brian Wood started several tangents from the main storyline and devoted single issues to the stories of several other characters from the DMZ. (wikipedia.org)

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Exit Wounds /Izhodne rane/

 Rutu Modan  Rutu Modan

OBSEG: 168 strani ZALOŽBA: Drawn & Quarterly DRŽAVA: ZDA, Izrael PRVA OBJAVA: 2007

et in modern-day Tel Aviv, a young man, Koby Franco, receives an urgent phone call from a female soldier. Learning that his estranged father may have been a victim of a suicide bombing in Hadera, Koby reluctantly joins the soldier in searching for clues. His death would certainly explain his empty apartment and disconnected phone line. As Koby tries to unravel the mystery of his father's death, he finds himself piecing together not only the last few months of his father's life but his entire identity. With thin, precise lines and luscious watercolors, Rutu Modan creates a portrait of modern Israel, a place where sudden death mingles with the slow dissolution of family ties. Modan has received several awards in Israel and abroad. (goodreads.com)

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The Essex County /Okrožje Essex/

 Jeff Lemire  Jeff Lemire OBSEG: 512 strani ZALOŽBA: Top Shelf Productions DRŽAVA: Kanada, ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2008

here does a young boy turn when his whole world suddenly disappears? What turns two brothers from an unstoppable team into a pair of bitterly estranged loners? How does the simple-hearted care of one middle-aged nurse reveal the scars of an entire community, and can anything heal the wounds caused by a century of deception? Award-winning cartoonist Jeff Lemire pays tribute to his roots with Essex County, an award-winning trilogy of graphic novels set in an imaginary version of his hometown, the eccentric farming community of Essex County, Ontario, Canada. In Essex County, Lemire crafts an intimate study of one community through the years, and a tender meditation on family, memory, grief, secrets, and reconciliation. With the lush, expressive inking of a young artist at the height of his powers, Lemire draws us in and sets us free. (goodreads.com)

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Dnevnik Ane Tank  Iztok Sitar  Iztok Sitar

OBSEG: 110 strani ZALOŽBA: UMco DRŽAVA: Slovenija PRVA OBJAVA: 2008

ekoč sem na nekem žuru v neki grapi pod Blegošem spoznal neko dekle. Ime ji je bilo Ana. Stara je bila osemnajst let in že dve leti je bila na metadonu. Njena ljubljanska klapa je po ogromnih količinah piva in trave počasi omagala, tako da sva ostala na koncu sama, celo noč sva pila in se pogovarjala (zaupala mi je tudi, da piše dnevnik) in spat sva šla šele proti jutru. Ko sem se pozno popoldne prebudil, Ane ni bilo več poleg mene (s klapo je odšla nazaj v Ljubljano), za slovo pa mi je pustila dnevnik. Iztok Sitar (1962) je eden najpomembnejših sodobnih stripovskih ustvarjalcev pri nas. Spada v t. i. tretjo generacijo slovenskih striparjev (skupaj z Lavričem, Kastelicem in Smiljanićem), ki se je kalila na Mladini in ki je konec osemdesetih let formirala t. i. novi slovenski strip, osvobojen vseh predsodkov proti Državi, Družbi in Cerkvi. Od leta 1992, ko je izšel svoj prvi stripovski album, je do danes izdal štirinajst žanrsko precej različnih albumov, od otroških in najstniških preko ljubezenskih in erotičnih do političnih in družbeno kritičnih, po katerih je postal poznan tudi v tujini, za svoje ustvarjanje pa je do sedaj prejel več domačih in tujih nagrad ter priznanj. (www.bukla.si)

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Sam /Tout Seul/

 Christophe Chabouté  Christophe Chabouté

PREVOD: Katja Šaponjić OBSEG: 368 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: VigeVageKnjige DRŽAVA: Francija PRVA OBJAVA: 2008

o je tiha knjiga. Morje neskončne miline. Brutalnost obsodbe na samoto. Knjiga o pogumu. Slovar sveta. Himna domišljiji. Hvalnica besedi. Alegorija življenja. Sam velja za Chaboutéjevo magistralno delo. Christophe Chabouté (1967, Alzacija) je večkrat nagrajeni francoski stripar ter ilustrator otroških in mladinskih knjig. Študiral je umetnost v Angoulêmu in Strasbourgu. Je mojster črno-bele risbe, njegov risarski in pripovedovalski slog je izrazito intimen, njegova dela zato često evocirajo romaneskno formo, kar doseže tudi, kadar uporablja v njih komaj kaj besed. Širše prepoznaven je postal leta 1998, ko je izdal albuma Čarovnice (Sorcières) in Nekaj poletnih dni (Quelques jours d'été), od ostalih del iz njegove obsežne bibliografije pa velja izpostaviti vsaj še življenjepis serijskega morilca v risoromanu z naslovom Henri Désiré Landru (2006), Klop (Un peu de bois et d'acier, 2012) ter adaptacijo romana Moby Dick v dveh delih (2014). (vigevageknjige.org)

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Swallow Me Whole /Pogoltni me vase/

 Nate Powell  Nate Powell OBSEG: 216 strani ZALOŽBA: Top Shelf Productions DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2008

n his Eisner-Award-winning breakthrough, Nate Powell quietly explores the dark corners of adolescence – the countless tiny moments of madness, the vague relief of medication, and mixed blessing of family ties. Swallow Me Whole is a love story carried by rolling fog, terminal illness, hallucination, apophenia, insect armies, secrets held, unshakeable faith, and the search for a master pattern to make sense of one's unraveling. Nate Powell quietly explores the dark corners of adolescence – not the cliched melodramatic outbursts of rebellion, but the countless tiny moments of madness, the vague relief of medication, and mixed blessing of family ties. As the story unfolds, two stepsiblings hold together amidst schizophrenia, obsessive compulsive disorder, family breakdown, animal telepathy, misguided love, and the tiniest hope that everything will someday make sense. Deliberately paced, delicately drawn, and drenched in shadows, Swallow Me Whole is a landmark achievement for Nate Powell and a suburban ghost story that will haunt readers long after its final pages. (goodreads.com)

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Lulu Femme Nue /Osvobojena Lulu/

 Étienne Davodeau  Étienne Davodeau OBSEG: 158 strani ZALOŽBA: Futuropolis DRŽAVA: Francija PRVA OBJAVA: 2008

ulu, obična četrdesetogodišnja majka obitelji, nestala je prije više od dva tjedna, napustivši muža i djecu te uznemirivši prijatelje. Jedan od njih, Xavier, pronašao joj je trag. A večeras se poduhvatio da ostalima ispriča sve što je Lulu doživjela tijekom svojega putovanja: Lulu je iskoračila iz svakodnevnoga života nakon što je izašla s tko zna kojega neuspjeloga razgovora za posao. Ništa nije planirala. Sve se dogodilo samo od sebe. Otputovala je sa ženom o kojoj ništa nije znala i prisvojila si je nekoliko dana slobode i samoće na obali, bez druge namjere doli da dokraja uživa, bez grižnje savjesti, u tim nesmetanim praznicima. Gotovo iznenađena vlastitom odvažnošću, Lulu sreće čudne ljude koji, svaki na svoj način, kroče rubom svijeta. Opojna će, osvježavajuća, opasna i okrutna nenadana pustolovina od Lulu učiniti posve novu ženu. Privremeno se ostavivši dokumentaraca i nacrtanih reportaža, Étienne Davodeau vraće se literaturi, na svoj način, što će reći onaj blizak narodu i svakodnevnome životu, svim srcem ukotvljen za stvarnost. Pričajući nam o Lulu i njezinu neobičnomu putovanju, Étienne Davodeau nas čini sretnim – čas suzdržano a čas eksplozivno – što smo upoznali jednostavnu i veličanstvenu ženu s kojom ćemo se definitivno sprijateljiti. (fibra.hr)

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Blast  Manu Larcenet  Manu Larcenet

PREVOD: Katja Šaponjić OBSEG: 4 knjige, 816 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: VigeVageKnjige DRŽAVA: Francija PRVA OBJAVA: 2009

a policijski postaji zaslišujejo moškega. Moški je Polza Mancini, 38-letni 150-kilski pisatelj. Pravzaprav, nekoč pisatelj, zdaj brezdomec. Brezdomec, ne klošar – kot rad poudari in tudi pojasni, zakaj. Kriv je ... umora? Kako smo prišli do sem? To, in nič manj kot to, poskuša iz Polze izvleči policija. Povedal nam bo, a s svojimi besedami in v svojem času. Povedal nam bo o smrti očeta, zagrizenega komunista, ter o »blastu« – nori epifaniji, ki mu je omogočila blažen trenutek razsvetljenja, uvida v svet brez spon in morale ter ga za vedno spremenila. In ki jo išče vse odtlej. To je zgodba o obupanem, a nikakor brezupnem duhovnem boju moža, ki se je odločil, da bo živel po lastnih zakonih, ki so morda še najbližji naravi, najbrž edinem elementu, ki zares govori njegov jezik. Je zgodba o duševnem neravnovesju. Je divje, epsko potovanje in globoko pretresljiv triler. Masa sala je prvi del večkrat nagrajene Larcenetove mojstrske tetrologije. Delo je črno-belo, razen blasta. Risba je natančna, igra svetlobe in senc impresivna. Kot že v Brodeckovem poročilu ne vemo, kje se konča beseda in začne podoba. (vigevageknjige.org)

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Asterios Polyp  David Mazzucchelli  David Mazzucchelli

OBSEG: 344 strani ZALOŽBA: Pantheon Books DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2009

eet Asterios Polyp: middle-aged, meagerly successful architect and teacher, aesthete and womanizer, whose life is wholly upended when his New York City apartment goes up in flames. In a tenacious daze, he leaves the city and relocates to a small town in the American heartland. But what is this “escape” really about? As the story unfolds, moving between the present and the past, we begin to understand this confounding yet fascinating character, and how he’s gotten to where he is. And isn’t. And we meet Hana: a sweet, smart, first-generation Japanese American artist with whom he had made a blissful life. But now she’s gone. We are enthralled by Mazzucchelli’s extraordinarily imagined world of brilliantly conceived eccentrics, sharply observed social mores, and deftly depicted asides on everything from design theory to the nature of human perception. Asterios Polyp is David Mazzucchelli’s masterpiece: a great American graphic novel. (goodreads.com)

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Rdeči alarm  Tomaž Lavrič  Tomaž Lavrič

OBSEG: 96 strani ZALOŽBA: Forum DRŽAVA: Slovenija PRVA OBJAVA: 2010

prvi vrsti je to Lavričev hommage ljubljanski punkovski sceni zgodnjih osemdesetih let prejšnjega stoletja. Prav tako pa lahko v tem stripu uživajo bralci, ki znajo ceniti preprosto, nepretenciozno, vendar zelo življenjsko zgodbo o odraščanju, uporništvu in nostalgiji, ali pa jih navdušujeta Lavričeva realistično-karikirana risba ter dinamična stripovska pripoved. Kratka zgodba Rdeči alarm je bila prvič objavljena leta 1996 v tedniku Mladina kot samostojno delo. V letu 2010 je kot logično nadaljevanje in zaključek prvotnih treh zgodb nastala nova. Francoski prevod albuma je pod naslovom Alerte Rouge letos izšel pri založbi Éditions çà et là ter bil nominiran za nagrado Prix du patrimoine na najprestižnejšem stripovskem festivalu v Angoulêmu! (stripburger.org)

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Market Day /Dan na tržnici/

 Market Day  James Sturm

OBSEG: 96 strani ZALOŽBA: Drawn and Quarterly DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2010

endleman’s life goes through an upheaval when he discovers that he can no longer earn a living for his growing family doing the work that defines him—making well-crafted rugs by hand. A proud artisan, he takes his donkey-drawn cart to the market only to be turned away when the distinctive shop he once sold to now stocks only cheaply manufactured merchandise. As the realities of the marketplace sink in, Mendleman unravels. James Sturm draws a quiet, reflective, and beautiful portrait of eastern Europe in the early 1900s–bringing to life the hustle and bustle of an Old World marketplace on the brink of industrialization. Market Day is an ageless tale of how economic and social forces can affect a single life. (goodreads.com)

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Polina  Bastien Vivès  Bastien Vivès

OBSEG: 214 strani ZALOŽBA: Casterman DRŽAVA: Francija PRVA OBJAVA: 2011

olina Ulinova, djevojčica iznimno nadarena za ples, postaje učenica Nikite Bojinskog, strogog i zahtjevnog učitelja baleta koji istovremeno izaziva divljenje i strah. Tijekom višegodišnjeg školovanja Polina sa svojim mentorom razvija složen odnos koji varira između nepomirljivosti i pokornosti. Nakon što taj odnos raskida, samostalno kreće u istraživanje novih umjetničkih doživljaja... Bastien Vivès, trenutno najzanimljiviji mladi strip-autor u Francuskoj, svojim radovima i dalje impresionira lakoćom i jasnoćom. Ovim dojmljivim remek-djelom, koje zadivljava od početka do kraja, Vivès je napravio veliki korak prema zrelosti. (fibra.hr)

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Big Questions /Velika vprašanja/

 Anders Nilsen  Anders Nilsen

OBSEG: 592 strani ZALOŽBA: Drawn and Quarterly DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2011

haunting postmodern fable, Big Questions is the magnum opus of Anders Nilsen. This beautiful minimalist story is the culmination of ten years and more than six hundred pages of work that details the metaphysical quandaries of the occupants of an endless plain, existing somewhere between a dream and a Russian steppe. A downed plane is thought to be a bird and the unexploded bomb that came from it is mistaken for a giant egg by the group of birds whose lives the story follows. The indifferent, stranded pilot is of great interest to the birds—some doggedly seek his approval, while others do quite the opposite, leading to tensions in the group. Nilsen seamlessly moves from humor to heartbreak. His distinctive, detailed line work is paired with plentiful white space and large, often frameless panels, conveying an ineffable sense of vulnerability and openness. Big Questions has roots in classic fables—the birds and snakes have more to say than their human counterparts, and there are hints of the hero’s journey, but here the easy moral that closes most fables is left open and ambiguous. Rather than lending its world meaning, Nilsen’s parable lets the questions wander where they will. (goodreads.com)

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Habibi  Craig Thompson  Craig Thompson

OBSEG: 672 strani ZALOŽBA: Pantheon Books DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2011

prawling across an epic landscape of deserts, harems, and modern industrial clutter, Habibi tells the tale of Dodola and Zam, refugee child slaves bound to each other by chance, by circumstance, and by the love that grows between them. We follow them as their lives unfold together and apart; as they struggle to make a place for themselves in a world (not unlike our own) fueled by fear, lust, and greed; and as they discover the extraordinary depth—and frailty—of their connection. At once contemporary and timeless, Habibi gives us a love story of astounding resonance: a parable about our relationship to the natural world, the cultural divide between the first and third worlds, the common heritage of Christianity and Islam, and, most potently, the magic of storytelling. (goodreads.com)

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Anya’s Ghost /Anjin duhec/

 Vera Brosgol  Vera Brosgol

OBSEG: 224 strani ZALOŽBA: First Second Books DRŽAVA: ZDA, Kanada PRVA OBJAVA: 2011

f all the things Anya expected to find at the bottom of an old well, a new friend was not one of them. Especially not a new friend who’s been dead for a century. Falling down a well is bad enough, but Anya's normal life might actually be worse. She's embarrassed by her family, self-conscious about her body, and she's pretty much given up on fitting in at school. A new friend— even a ghost—is just what she needs. Or so she thinks. Spooky, sardonic, and secretly sincere, Anya's Ghost is a wonderfully entertaining debut from author/artist Vera Brosgol. (goodreads.com)

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Daytripper /Izletnik/

 Fábio Moon, Gabriel Bá  Fábio Moon, Gabriel Bá

OBSEG: 256 strani ZALOŽBA: Vertigo DRŽAVA: ZDA, Brazilija PRVA OBJAVA: 2011

eet Brás de Oliva Domingos. The miracle child of a world-famous Brazilian writer, Brás spends his days penning other people's obituaries and his nights dreaming of becoming a successful author himself—writing the end of other people's stories, while his own has barely begun. But on the day that life begins, would he even notice? Does it start at 21 when he meets the girl of his dreams? Or at 11, when he has his first kiss? Is it later in his life when his first son is born? Or earlier when he might have found his voice as a writer? Each day in Brás's life is like a page from a book. Each one reveals the people and things who have made him who he is: his mother and father, his child and his best friend, his first love and the love of his life. And like all great stories, each day has a twist he'll never see coming... In Daytripper, the Eisner Award-winning twin brothers Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá tell a magical, mysterious and moving story about life itself—a hauntingly lyrical journey that uses the quiet moments to ask the big questions. (goodreads.com)

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The Nao of Brown /Nao Brown/

 Glyn Dillon  Glyn Dillon OBSEG: 204 strani ZALOŽBA: SelfMadeHero DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2012

ao Brown trpi za obsesivno kompulzivno motnjo, ne pa tudi za pranjem rok in pretirano urejenostjo, ki jo ljudje pogosto zasmehujejo. Trpi zaradi morbidne obsedenosti z nasiljem, njena kompulzivna dejanja pa so v obliki nevidnih duševnih ritualov. Občasno dela v trgovini z “dizajnerskimi” plastičnimi igračami, medtem pa poskuša postati ilustratorka in še vedno išče nedosegljivo popolno ljubezen. In ko sreča človeka svojih sanj, spozna … da so njene sanje precej nenavadne. Z meditacijo poskuša umiriti um in odpreti svoje srce, ter spozna, da navsezadnje ni vse črno ali belo. V resnici je bolj … rjavo. (stripi.si)

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Punk Rock Jesus  Sean Murphy  Sean Murphy

OBSEG: 224 strani ZALOŽBA: Vertigo Comics DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2012

reality TV show starring a clone of Jesus Christ causes chaos across the U.S. of the near future in Punk Rock Jesus. J2 causes both outrage and adulation. Religious zealots either love or hate the show, angry politicians worry about its influence on the nation, and members of the scientific community fear the implications of cloning a human being at all, let alone the Son of God. Thomas McKael is the clones's bodyguard and former IRA operative, who despite his turbulent past is hired to protect the new Jesus — a baby who captivates the world, but grows up to become an angry teenager. When falling ratings force the network to cut Jesus's mother from the series the young star runs away, renounces his religious heritage and forms a punk rock band. And what starts off as babysitting for Thomas becomes an epic battle, as Jesus goes to war against the corporate media complex that created him. (goodreads.com)

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Un Peu de Bois et d’Acier /Klop v parku/

 Christophe Chabouté  Christophe Chabouté OBSEG: 336 strani ZALOŽBA: Glenat DRŽAVA: Francija PRVA OBJAVA: 2012

habouté's enchanting story of a park bench was first published to critical acclaim in France in 2012. Through Chabouté's elegant graphic style, we watch people pass, stop, meet, return, wait and play out the strange and funny choreography of life. Fans of The Fox and the Star, The Man Who Planted Trees and Richard Linklater's Boyhood will find this intimate graphic novel about a simple park bench – and the people who walk by or linger – poignant, life-affirming and brilliantly original. (goodreads.com)

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Ardalen  Miguelanxo Prado  Miguelanxo Prado

OBSEG: 256 strani ZALOŽBA: Norma Editorial DRŽAVA: Španija, (Galicija) PRVA OBJAVA: 2012

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jećanja mi dolaze i odlaze, a mnogo ih je i ne uspijevam ih smjestiti. Nikada nisam siguran što se desilo prije ili poslije, plešu mi imena, lica... Sjećanja mi dolaze i odlaze, mnogo ih je i ne uspijevam ih smjestiti. Nikada nisam siguran što se desilo prije ili poslije, plešu mi imena, lica... Kao da se knjiga mog ondašnjeg života raspala, a u ruci mi ostao pregršt listova koje ne znam nanovo poredati. Katkada čak kao da nisu moja... nisam siguran da razlikujem što su maštarije, a što sjećanja...“ Mi smo ono čega se sjećamo. Ali pamćenje nije objektivan i nepromjenjiv registar. Uz pomoć Fidelovih sjećanja Sabela pokušava rekonstruirati priču, dio svoje priče. Ali u tome oživljavanju postoji još mnogo niti koje se isprepleću, drugi ljudi, druga pamćenja. Jer mi smo i ono čega se drugi sjećaju. A u tim sjećanjima, vlastitima i tuđima, postoji ljubav i pažnja, a postoji i ogorčenje i mržnja. (fibra.hr)

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Fashion Beast /Modna zverina/

 Facundo Percio, Hernan Cabrera  Alan Moore, Malcom McLaren, Antony Johnston OBSEG: 256 strani ZALOŽBA: Avatar Press DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2013

lan Moore's lost masterpiece comes to life as an incredible comic book series almost three decades later! The mid-80's were a stunning period of brilliance for Alan Moore, seeing him create true masterpieces including Miracleman, Watchmen – and Fashion Beast! Working with Malcom McLaren (Sex Pistols), Moore turned his attention to a classic re-telling of a Beauty and the Beast through his unyielding and imaginative vision. At long last, Fashion Beast is presented in deluxe trade paperback and hardcover collections of the complete ten issue Fashion Beast series. Doll was unfulfilled in her life as a coat checker of a trendy club. But when she is fired from the job and auditions to become a »mannequin« for a reclusive designer, the life of glamour she always imagined is opened before her. She soon discovers that the house of Celestine is as dysfunctional as the clothing that define the classes of this dystopian world. (goodreads.com)

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Gugalnica  Gašper Rus  Žiga Valetič

OBSEG: 98 strani ZALOŽBA: Ozara, Celjska

Mohorjeva družba DRŽAVA: Slovenija PRVA OBJAVA: 2013

isani roman Gugalnica obravnava zahtevno temo samomora skozi otroške oči. Pretresljiva zgodba pripoveduje o očetu, ki pove svoji hčerki, da je bil izgubil svojega očeta zaradi samomora. Tema, ki bi lahko ostala boleč tabu, se izteče v katarzo in bo na pot do nje pomagala tudi bralcem, ki so ljubljeno osebo morda izgubili na podoben način. Mojstrski stripovski prvenec ilustratorja in striparja Gašperja Rusa ter scenarista Žige Valetiča. Pred nami je zgodba o fantu, katerega oče je končal življenje po lastni odločitvi. Fant se kot odrasel moški sooča s tem, kako naj hčerki na primeren način pove, da je njegov oče naredil samomor. Ravno v tej časovni perspektivi je ena od posebnosti in vrednosti stripa: v časovnem potovanju vidimo stisko tistih, ki žalujejo zaradi samomora, najprej skozi otroške, pozneje pa tudi skozi odrasle oči. (mohorjeva.org)

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This One Summer /Drugačno poletje/

 Jillian Tamaki  Mariko Tamaki OBSEG: 320 strani ZALOŽBA: First Second DRŽAVA: ZDA, Kanada PRVA OBJAVA: 2014

very summer, Rose goes with her mom and dad to a lake house in Awago Beach. It's their getaway, their refuge. Rosie's friend Windy is always there, too, like the little sister she never had. But this summer is different. Rose's mom and dad won't stop fighting, and when Rose and Windy seek a distraction from the drama, they find themselves with a whole new set of problems. It's a summer of secrets and sorrow and growing up, and it's a good thing Rose and Windy have each other. In This One Summer two stellar creators redefine the teen graphic novel. Cousins Mariko and Jillian Tamaki, the team behind Skim, have collaborated on this gorgeous, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful story about a girl on the cusp of her teen age—a story of renewal and revelation. (goodreads.com)

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Southern Bastards

/Južnjaške barabe/

 Jason Latour, Chris Brunner  Jason Aaron, Jason Latour OBSEG: 576 strani ZALOŽBA: Image Comics DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2014

arl Tubb is an angry old man with a big ol' stick. Coach Euless Boss has buried more bodies under his bleachers than there are championship rings on his fingers. And they're just two of the kind of bastards that have always seemed to flourish in Craw County, Alabama. When Earl comes home after 40 years, he finds some family business that still needs settlin' and Coach Boss is at the center of it all. Welcome to Craw County, Alabama, home of Boss BBQ, the state champion Runnin' Rebs football team...and more bastards than you've ever seen. From the acclaimed team of Jason Aaron and Jason Latour, the same bastards who brought you Scalped and Wolverine: Japan's Most Wanted, comes a southern fried crime series that's like the Dukes of Hazzard meets the Coen Brothers...on meth. (goodreads.com)

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All Quiet in Vikaspuri /Vse je tiho v Vikaspuriju/

 Sarnath Banerjee  Sarnath Banerjee OBSEG: 152 strani ZALOŽBA: Lorem DRŽAVA: Indija PRVA OBJAVA: 2015

cintillating graphic fiction from the master of the genre. A Homeric tale of a man's journey to the centre of the earth in search of the mythical river Saraswati, this graphic novel is set against the fictitious yet ever-so-real Water Wars of Delhi. It is a dystopian landscape where neighbourhoods fight brutal battles against each other and even victory must end in defeat. Sarnath Banerjee (born 1972) is an Indian graphic novelist, artist, and film maker and a co-founder of the comics publishing house, Phantomville. (goodreads.com)

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Dežela potomcev /La terra dei figli/

 Gipi  Gipi

PREVOD: Bojan Albahari OBSEG: 288 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: Forum DRŽAVA: Italija PRVA OBJAVA: 2016

b zastrupljenem jezeru, na obalo katerega naplavlja trupla, se razteza Dežela potomcev, ki jo je mojstrsko upodobil priznani italijanski stripovski avtor Gian Alfonso Pacinotti, bolj znan kot Gipi. V neki postapokaliptični prihodnosti je človečnost tistih redkih ljudi, ki še poseljujejo opustošen in surov svet, v katerem ni prostora za nežnost, postavljena pred preizkušnjo. Z njo se soočita tudi fanta, ki z očetom živita odmaknjeno od domnevno nevarnih človeških skupnosti. Nasilen dogodek prekine njun vsakdan in ju spodbudi, da se odpravita v svet iskat nov smisel življenja kot tudi lastno identiteto. Nezmotljivo artistična, gipijevsko dosledna in vizualno pismenemu bralcu zelo všečna črno-bela risba s spretnim kadriranjem in bogato ekspresivnostjo brezšivno podpira zanimivo zgodbo, ki načenja univerzalna vprašanja človeškosti, identitete posameznika in njegove vloge v svetu in nagovarja bralce iz vseh okolij in družb, ne da bi pri tem izgubila svojo pripovedno moč. (goodreads.com)

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Sputa tre volte /Pljuni trikrat/

 Davide Reviati  Davide Reviati

OBSEG: 568 strani ZALOŽBA: Coconino Press DRŽAVA: Italija PRVA OBJAVA: 2016

uido and his pals Moreno and Katango are rebels without a cause living in a rural town of the Po Valley, a forsaken corner of the Italian countryside turned peripheral wasteland. Disaffected students of the local vocational high school, they spend their days trying to get high as a way to forget about the bleak hopelessness around them. Near Guido live the Stancic, a family of Romani who escaped the communist regime of Marshal Tito and settled there just after World War II. Spit Three Times is unlike any conventional graphic novel. Its language is more poetic than narrative. The dialogue is deeply suggestive and fraught with resonances and multiple meanings. Add to this the beautiful artwork and its every page is lyrical and moving. (goodreads.com)

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Otto – uzrti človek /OTTO, l’homme réécrit/

 Marc-Antoine Mathieu PREVOD: Katja Šaponjić OBSEG: 88 strani

DRŽAVA: Francija

ZALOŽBA /SLO/: VigeVageKnjige

PRVA OBJAVA: 2016

tarodavno življenjsko vodilo pravi: spoznaj samega sebe. Toda − zakaj? Ker boš lahko le na ta način imel možnost čutiti kot katerikoli drugi človek, katerokoli drugo bitje, odgovarja Otto. Otta Spiegla, slovitega umetnika, med enim od njegovih uspešnih performansov na temo »metafizike dvojnika« zajame močna vrtoglavica, ki jo sproži nenadno in vseprežemajoče občutenje notranje praznine. Nekaj dni pozneje izve za smrt svojih staršev in za njuno nenavadno zapuščino: skrinjo, polno dokumentarnih zapisov v realnem času o njegovih prvih sedmih letih življenja, letih, ki tako odločilno oblikujejo človekovo osebnost. To odkritje ga bo spodbudilo k vrtoglavemu raziskovanju lastne preteklosti in sebe samega. Zakaj smo takšni, kot smo, in ne drugačni? Kaj je naše notranje bistvo in zakaj ga tako redko uzremo? Kako si razlagamo lastne fobije, strahove, obsesije in občutja? Zakaj je barva, ki je meni tako ljuba, tebi tako odbijajoča? Kako zelo se, navsezadnje, zavedamo počel lastne usode? Otto poskuša najti odgovore na vsa ta vprašanja v upanju, da bi mu morda na koncu s pomočjo odgovorov uspelo sestaviti zrcalo, v katerem bo končno uzrl svojo pravo podobo, s tem pa tudi v hipu doumel, kdo smo kot človeška bitja, od kod prihajamo in kam gremo. Otto, uzrti človek je fascinantna sinteza celotnega Mathieujevega ustvarjanja, saj povezuje filozofsko-znanstveno razmišljanje in ludizem z izleti v kvantno fiziko, vse to pa v prizadevanju, da bi ponazoril, kako majhen, smešen in nepomemben je človek, vpet v silnice vesolja. (goodreads.com)

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Une soeur /Sestra/

 Bastien Vivès  Bastien Vivès

OBSEG: 212 strani ZALOŽBA: Casterman DRŽAVA: Francija PRVA OBJAVA: 2017

jeto u Bretanji. Trinaestogodišnji Antoine i njegov mlađi brat provode duge praznike u obiteljskoj kući. Na programu je lov na rakove, Pokémoni i kule od pijeska. Ali, iznenadni dolazak šesnaestogodišnje Hélène, kćeri obiteljske prijateljice, izmijenit će ratni plan. Susret dvoje mladih ubrzo budi uzbuđenje, želju i zbunjenost… Sestra nije hvalospjev »zelenom raju djetinjih ljubavi« što ga je opjevao Baudelaire. U odnosima mladih ljudi novog doba, na društvenim mrežama i u izazovnim video uradcima na internetu, nema ničeg platonskog, no sve je to još uvijek prožeto određenom nevinošću. Hélène preuzima inicijativu, postaje prijatelj, osoba od povjerenja i zaštitnica, ne toliko ljubav, koliko starija sestra, zvijezda, nebesko tijelo čija privlačnost Antoinea nježno odvlači od djetinjstva. (fibra.hr)

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My Favourite Thing Is Monsters /Moja najljubša stvar so pošasti/

 Emil Ferris  Emil Ferris OBSEG: 416 strani ZALOŽBA: Fantagraphics DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2017

et against the tumultuous political backdrop of late ’60s Chicago, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters is the fictional graphic diary of 10-year-old Karen Reyes, filled with B-movie horror and pulp monster magazines iconography. Karen Reyes tries to solve the murder of her enigmatic upstairs neighbor, Anka Silverberg, a holocaust survivor, while the interconnected stories of those around her unfold. When Karen’s investigation takes us back to Anka’s life in Nazi Germany, the reader discovers how the personal, the political, the past, and the present converge. Full-color illustrations throughout. (goodreads.com)

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Roughneck  Jeff Lemire  Jeff Lemire

OBSEG: 272 strani ZALOŽBA: Simon & Schuster DRŽAVA: ZDA, Kanada PRVA OBJAVA: 2016

graphic novel about a brother and sister who must come together after years apart to face the disturbing history that has cursed their family. Derek Ouellette’s glory days are behind him. His hockey career ended a decade earlier in a violent incident on ice, and since then he’s been living off his reputation in the remote northern community where he grew up, drinking too much and fighting anyone who crosses him. When his long-lost sister Beth shows up, on the run from an abusive boyfriend, the two escape to a secluded hunting camp in the woods. There, living off the land, they reconnect with each other, the painful secrets of their past, and their Cree heritage...and start to heal. But Beth’s ex-boyfriend is hunting them. As he circles closer, he threatens to shatter this newfound peace and pull both Derek and Beth back into the world of self-destruction they’ve fought so hard to leave behind. (goodreads.com)

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Sabrina /Sabrina/

 Nick Drnaso  Nick Drnaso

OBSEG: 204 strani ZALOŽBA: Drawn & Quarterly DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2018

hen Sabrina disappears, an airman in the U.S. Air Force is drawn into a web of suppositions, wild theories, and outright lies. He reports to work every night in a bare, sterile fortress that serves as no protection from a situation that threatens the sanity of Teddy, his childhood friend and the boyfriend of the missing woman. Sabrina’s grieving sister, Sandra, struggles to fill her days as she waits in purgatory. After a videotape surfaces, we see devastation shown through a cinematic lens, as true tragedy is distorted when fringe thinkers and conspiracy theorists begin to interpret events to fit their own narratives. The follow-up to Nick Drnaso’s Beverly, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Sabrina depicts a modern world devoid of personal interaction and responsibility, where relationships are stripped of intimacy through glowing computer screens. Presenting an indictment of our modern state, Drnaso contemplates the dangers of a fake-news climate. Timely and articulate, Sabrina leaves you gutted, searching for meaning in the aftermath of disaster. (goodreads.com)

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Bezimena  Nina Bunjevac  Nina Bunjevac

PREVOD: Tadeja Spruk OBSEG: 224 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: VigeVageKnjige DRŽAVA: Kanada PRVA OBJAVA: 2018

ezimena, tretji risoroman kanadske striparke in ilustratorke Nine Bunjevac, ki je odraščala v bivši Jugoslaviji, je sodobna predelava mita o Artemidi in Siproitu. Mladec (v nekaterih verzijah mladi vojak) je boginjo opazoval pri kopanju – za kazen ga je slednja spremenila v žensko. Ta vsebinski zastavek doživi v risormanu Nine Bunjevac pretresljivo in izjemno subtilno upodobitev. Avtorica s svojo mojstrsko, prepoznavno tehniko ustvari čuten in srhljiv estetski presežek, ki izrazito pozornost posveča detajlu in prerašča klasične meje stripovskega žanra. V Bezimeni raziskuje iztirjenost spolnega delinkventa, pri čemer črpa iz lastnih travmatičnih spominov na doživeto spolno nasilje. Zgodba pripoveduje o moškem, ki razvije sprevrženo obsesijo do nekdanje sošolke ter postopoma izgublja stik s stvarnostjo. Z razraščajočo živostjo njegovih fantazij se krepi tudi nadrealističnost podobja v izrazito noirovskem risoromanu, ki se skozi presenetljiv razplet znova vrne k izhodišču: problematizaciji vprašanja, kaj človeka prižene do zlobnih dejanj. Knjigo sklepa obsežen avtoričin pripis, ki zgodbo umešča v osebni kontekst in se konča z navedkom: »Če se ozrem v preteklost, vem, da je bila selitev v Kanado lahko pobeg. Če bi se o dogodku pogovorila s sošolkami, če ne bi tako hitro obupala nad tem, da bi razkrinkala Kristijana in Snežano, bi bilo žrtev gotovo manj, kot jih je. Tega si ne bom nikoli oprostila in s tem bom morala živeti do konca svojih dni. (vigevageknjige.org)

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À travers /Through a Life; Skozi življenje/

 Tom Haugomat  Tom Haugomat

OBSEG: 184 strani ZALOŽBA: Thierry Magnier DRŽAVA: Francija PRVA OBJAVA: 2018

his powerfully silent graphic novel follows the saga of a boy who grows up to be an astronaut, just like he always wanted, until a fatal space shuttle crash upends his life, and he begins to find solace in beauty here on earth. Told through a series of poignant vignettes, Through A Life is a sweeping story of dreams, expectations, nature, and loss. Rodney spends his life looking through. Windows give way to screens as he comes of age dreaming of what lies beyond Earth's atmosphere. This powerfully silent graphic novel follows the saga of a boy who grows up to be an astronaut, just like he always wanted, until a fatal space shuttle crash upends his life, and he begins to find solace in the beauty here on earth. Tom Haugomat is an illustrator and animated film director based in Paris, France. His works have been shown in publications like XXI, Le Monde and many others. (goodreads.com)

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Rain /Dež/

 Bryan Talbot  Mary M. Talbot

OBSEG: 160 strani

DRŽAVA: ZDA

ZALOŽBA: Dark Horse Books

PRVA OBJAVA: 2019

rom acclaimed writer/historian Mary M Talbot and graphic-novel pioneer Bryan Talbot comes Rain, a chronicle of the growing relationship of two young women, one an environmental activist, set against the backdrop of the disastrous 2015 floods in northern England. The wild Bronte moorlands are being criminally mismanaged as crops are being poisoned, and birds and animals are being slaughtered. While the characters are fictional, the tragedy is shockingly real. Rain is the fourth graphic-novel collaboration between Mary M Talbot and husband Bryan Talbot, a partnership that has produced the award winning Dotter of Her Father's Eyes, Sally Heathcote: Suffragette (with Kate Charlesworth), and The Red Virgin and the Vision of Utopia. (goodreads.com)

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The Hard Tomorrow /Težavni jutri/

 Eleanor Davis  Eleanor Davis OBSEG: 152 strani ZALOŽBA: Drawn and Quarterly DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2019

annah is a thirty-something wife, home-health worker, and antiwar activist. Her husband, Johnny, is a stay-at-home pothead working—or »working«— on building them a house before the winter chill sets in. They're currently living and screwing in the back of a truck, hoping for a pregnancy, which seems like it will never come. Helping Johnny build the house is Tyler, an off-the-grid conspiracy theorist driven sick by his own cloudy notions of reality. Told with tenderness and care in an undefined near future, Eleanor Davis's The Hard Tomorrow blazes unrestrained, as moments of human connection are doused in fear and threats. Her astute projections probe at current anxieties in a cautionary tale that begs the question: What will happen after tomorrow? (goodreads.com)

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Rusty Brown  Chris Ware  Chris Ware OBSEG: 356 strani ZALOŽBA: Pantheon Books DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2019

major graphic novel event more than 16 years in the making. Rusty Brown is a fully interactive, full-color articulation of the time-space interrelationships of six complete consciousnesses on a single midwestern American day and the tiny piece of human grit about which they involuntarily orbit. A sprawling, special snowflake accumulation of the biggest themes and the smallest moments of life, Rusty Brown literately and literally aims at nothing less than the coalescence of one half of all of existence into a single museum-quality picture story, expertly arranged to present the most convincingly ineffable and empathetic illusion of experience for both life-curious readers and traditional fans of standard reality. From childhood to old age, no frozen plotline is left unthawed in the entangled stories of a child who awakens without superpowers, a teen who matures into a paternal despot, a father who stores his emotional regrets on the surface of Mars and a late-middle-aged woman who seeks the love of only one other person on planet Earth. (goodreads.com)

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Fant, krt, lisica in konj /The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse/

 Charlie Mackesy  Charlie Mackesy OBSEG: 128 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: Učila DRŽAVA: Velika Britanija PRVA OBJAVA: 2019

niverzalna, vzgojna povest, namenjena tako mladim kot starim. Pripoveduje o prijateljstvu med radovednim fantom, krtom, ki je požrt in poln življenja, oprezno lisico, ki je doživela veliko hudega, in modrim, prijaznim konjem. Četverica raziskuje širni svet. Drug drugega sprašujejo. Dohiti jih nevihta. Naučijo se, kako ljubiti. Ta oda o nedolžnosti in prijaznosti nam daje življenjske napotke, ki so se dotaknili več kot milijon src po svetu. Charlie Mackesy je bil risar za revijo The Spectator in ilustrator knjig za Oxford University Press. Sodeloval je z Richardom Curtisom za Comic Relief in Nelsonom Mandelo na litografskem projektu »The Unity Series«. Delal je kot likovni umetnik in je razstavljal slike v Londonu in New Yorku. (felix.si)

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Mestne ptice  Gašper Krajnc  Gašper Krajnc

OBSEG: 70 strani ZALOŽBA: VigeVageKnjige DRŽAVA: Slovenija PRVA OBJAVA: 2020

mbrož je risar v tridesetih, ki živi v Ljubljani, v stanovanju svoje punce, z njo, dvema mačkama in ostarelim psom Darvinom, ki je bolan. Preživlja se z delom za agencijo, ki mu jemlje večino časa, tako da se z risanjem pravzaprav ne more več ukvarjati zase in svoje veselje. Risoroman Mestne ptice se osredotoča na obdobje v življenju glavnega junaka, ko pride vse na kup in se mora Ambrož odločiti, kako bi rad živel in kaj mu je v resnici pomembno, ter prevzeti odgovornost in dokončno odrasti – točka, torej, ki nas jo večina še kako dobro pozna. Ob za Krajnca tako značilni melanholični atmosferi, ki jo dosega predvsem s premišljeno rabo barvne palete, so Mestne ptice tudi premišljen prikaz mestnega utripa, v katerem ne manjka niti duhovitih prebliskov, saj se avtor odlikuje kot prvovrsten, skrajno subtilen opazovalec sveta in ljudi okoli sebe. V estetskem smislu je Krajncu blizu ameriški strip, goji pa tudi izjemno pozornost do detajla in veselje do metafor, kakršna je tudi naslovna. (vigevageknjige.org)

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Flake /Kosmič/

 Matthew Dooley  Matthew Dooley

OBSEG: 176 strani ZALOŽBA: Jonathan Cape DRŽAVA: Velika Britanija PRVA OBJAVA: 2020

n the small seaside town of Dobbiston, Howard sells ice creams from his van, just like his father before him. But when he notices a downturn in trade, he soon realises its cause: Tony Augustus, Howard’s half-brother, whose ice-cream empire is expanding all over the North-West… Flake, Matthew Dooley’s debut graphic novel, tells of how this epic battle turns out, and how Howard – helped by the Dobbiston Mountain Rescue team – overcomes every obstacle and triumphs in the end. A stunning first graphic novel by a Cape/Comica/Observer graphic short story competition winner – a tale of a skirmish in the ice-cream wars that is worthy of Alan Bennett. (goodreads.com)

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300 STRIPOVSKIH

ZGODB ZA ODRASLE

LEPOSLOVJE V STRIPU Stripi se vrstijo po letu izida. Knjige sem primarno naslovil s slovenskimi verzijami naslovov, saj je bila večina prevedenih. Nekatere predelave literarnih del so v veliki meri spremenjene ali pa se celo dogajajo v drugem času, na primer v sedanjosti.

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Pod svobodnim soncem  Sergej Solovjev  Sergej Solovjev, Franc Saleški Finžgar OBSEG: 50+ strani ZALOŽBA: revija Mikijevo carstvo;

časopis Slovenec DRŽAVA: Srbija/Slovenija PRVA OBJAVA: 1940

rvo stripovsko priredbo književnih klasikov smo dobili že leta 1940, ko je Sergej Solovjev (1901–1975), ruski emigrant, ki je po boljševistični revoluciji prebegnil v Jugoslavijo in se po krajših postankih v različnih mestih kraljevine (nekaj časa je živel tudi v Ljubljani) ustalil v Beogradu, kjer je končal tudi likovno akademijo, narisal narodnobuditeljski strip po znanem Finžgarjevem romanu Pod svobodnim soncem. Strip je prvotno izhajal v nadaljevanjih v beograjski stripovski reviji Mikijevo carstvo (v kateri je bil Solovjev, sicer eden najboljših predvojnih jugoslovanskih striparjev sploh, hišni avtor), nedolgo zatem pa ga je ponatisnil tudi ljubljanski dnevnik Slovenec. Po koncu vojne je bil strip kot produkt dekadentnega kapitalizma nezaželen, zato se je Solovjev v času informbiroja , ko je zaradi ruskih sankcij in rožljanja z orožjem Jugoslavija na stežaj odprla vrata na Zahod, odšel v Italijo, v Jugoslavijo pa je prišel strip ter si spet in tokrat dokončno pridobil domovinsko pravico. (Iztok Sitar, članek Od Finžgarja do Dostojevskega, pogledi.delo.si) Risbi sta iz srbske revije Mikijevo carstvo

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Bobri  Kostja Gatnik  Kostja Gatnik, Janez Jalen

OBSEG: 50+ strani ZALOŽBA: revija Zvitorepec DRŽAVA: Slovenija PRVA OBJAVA: 1967

omišljijska zgodovinska tematika je bila nasploh zelo priljubljena med bralci, sitih socialistične stvarnosti, zato se je je lotil tudi takratni študent likovne akademije, Kostja Gatnik, ki je leta 1967 začel v Zvitorepcu objavljati strip v nadaljevanjih po prazgodovinskih Jalnovih Bobrih, v katerih sicer še ni zaslediti njegovega undergroundovskega stila iz kultne Magne Purge, v kateri je tudi satirična interpretacija Petra Klepca (prvotno izšla v Pavlihi leta 1970), ki je bila neposreden vzor za kasnejše znamenite Mladinine Slovenske klasike. (Iztok Sitar, članek Od Finžgarja do Dostojevskega, pogledi.delo.si)

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Ramajana, kot jo je zapisal Valmiki /Valmiki’s Ramayana/

 Anant Pai  Anant Pai, Valmiki OBSEG: 100 strani ZALOŽBA: Amar Chitra Katha DRŽAVA: Indija PRVA OBJAVA: 1975

amayana is the story of Rama, the prince of Ayodhya. Poet Valmiki describes Rama as a dutiful son, loving brother, devoted husband, fierce warrior and wise statesman, of pleasant manners and speech. Rama is above all an upholder of Dharma so it is no wonder that he is hailed as an avatar or incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Anant Pai popularly known as Uncle Pai, was an Indian educationalist and creator of Indian comics, in particular the Amar Chitra Katha series in 1967, along with the India Book House publishers, and which retold traditional Indian folk tales, mythological stories, and biographies of historical characters. (goodreads.com)

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Zgodba o O /Histoire d’O/

 Guido Crepax  Guido Crepax, Pauline Réage

OBSEG: 244 strani DRŽAVA: Italija PRVA OBJAVA: 1978

is a young, beautiful fashion photographer in Paris. One day her lover, Rene, takes her to a chateau, where she is enslaved, with Rene's approval, and systematically sexually assaulted by various other men. Later, Rene turns O over to Sir Stephen, an English friend who intensifies the brutality. But the final humiliation is yet to come. (goodreads.com)

uido Crepas (15 July 1933, in Milan–31 July 2003, in Milan) better known by his nom de plume Guido Crepax, was an Italian comics artist. He is most famous for his character Valentina, created in 1965 and very representative of the spirit of the 1960s. The Valentina series of books and strips became noted for Crepax's sophisticated drawing, and for the psychedelic, dreamlike storylines, generally involving a strong dose of erotism. His work was often politically motivated too, inspired by his Communist convictions. A film based on his work called Baba Yaga, featuring the character Valentina, was made in 1973. (wikipedia.org)

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Vam /La Saga de Vam/

 Igor Kordej  Igor Kordej, Vladimir Colin

OBSEG: 144 strani ZALOŽBA: Les Humanoïdes Associés DRŽAVA: Francija, Hrvaška PRVA OBJAVA: 1985

am je kultni strip jednog od najvećih hrvatskih autora stripa, Igora Kordeja, nastao prema romanu rumunjskog pisca Vladimira Colina. Objavljen je 1985. godine u crno-bijeloj verziji u novosadskoj Stripoteci, da bi ga zatim Igor osobno obojao i doradio za francusko tržište. Nakon više od dvadeset pet godina, domaća publika konačno ima priliku vidjeti ultimativno, dopunjeno i redigirano, »director's cut« izdanje Vama u boji. IIgor Kordej (Zagreb, 23. lipanj 1957.), živa legenda strip scene bivše Jugoslavije, član Novog Kvadrata i jedan od najboljih domaćih crtača stripa svih vremena. Živio u Francuskoj, Danskoj i Kanadi, a odnedavno (ponovno) živi i radi u Zagrebu, zaokupljen uglavnom radom za francuskog izdavača Delcourt za kojeg nevjerojatnim tempom od 6 albuma godišnje crta nekoliko serijala kao što su Tajna povijest, Imperija, Taras Buljba, Srce bitaka i Keltos. (fibra.hr)

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Stekleno mesto /City of Glass/

 David Mazzucchelli  Paul Auster, Paul Karasik PREVOD: Ivan Mitrevski, Primož Čučnik, Ana Pepelnik OBSEG: 140 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: Lud Literatura in Forum Ljubljana DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 1994

aniel Quinn, nekoč obetavni pesnik, sedaj pod psevdonimom piše detektivske romane; prejme klic namenjen Paulu Austerju in možakar po imenu Peter Stillman ga najame, da popazi na njegovega očeta, lingvista, ki so ga ravnokar izpustili iz zapora. Oče je v prepričanju, da bo sin v izolaciji od zunanjega sveta spregovoril Božji jezik, v preteklosti z njim eksperimentiral in ga imel zaprtega v majhni temni sobi. Quinn se vmes zaplete v lingvistove blazne teorije ter začenja razumeti nevarnosti zgodbe. V izvirnem romanu je Paul Auster v detektivsko zgodbo vpletel fascinatno razmišljanje o identiteti in fikciji. Karasikova in Mazzucchellijeva priredba v roman v stripu pa ni zgolj ilustracija besedila, temveč gre za kompleksno nadgradnjo. Z deljenjem posameznih strani na sobe, okna, načrte mest in ponavljajočimi se motivi avtorja ustvarita še bolj ekspresivno zgodbo. Stekleno mesto spada po mnenju ugledne revije The Comic Journal med sto najboljših stripov dvajsetega stoletja. (stripburger.org)

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Gemma Bovery  Posy Simmonds  Posy Simmonds, Gustav Flaubert

PREVOD: Maja Novak OBSEG: 112 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: Forum DRŽAVA: Velika Britanija PRVA OBJAVA: 1999

emma Bovery, ki je v knjižni obliki prvič izšla leta 1999, je mejno delo v opusu Posy Simmonds (r. 1945), angleške striparke in ilustratorke. Ta izjemni roman v stripu nam, tako kot njegov literarni vzor, živo upodobi zgodbo mlade ženske, ki podleže hlastanju za lastnimi fantazijami, preveč idealiziranimi, da bi jih lahko kdaj zares udejanjila. Hkrati pa je Gemma Bovery tudi prefinjena satira s poudarkom na angleškem srednjem sloju in kulturnih razlikah med sosednjima narodoma, razmejenima z Rokavskim prelivom. Zgodba govori o Raymondu Joubertu, peku v normandijskem mestecu, sicer pa nedeljskim intelektualcem, ki je brezbrižen do množice Angležev in drugih Nefrancozov, ki v njegovi bližnji in širši okolici kupujejo vikende in hiše. Prostodušnost pa izgine, ko se v sosednjo hišo vseli mlajši angleški par. Vse bolj obseden z novo sosedo Gemmo Bovery ugotavlja, da jo z eno najslavnejših junakinj francoske literature ne povezuje le podoben zven imena in priimka … (stripburger.org)

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4000: politična melodrama  Iztok Sitar  Iztok Sitar, Ivan Tavčar

OBSEG: 82 strani ZALOŽBA: samozaložba DRŽAVA: Slovenija PRVA OBJAVA: 2001

ran Levstik je v Popotovanju od Litije do Čateža mlajšim kolegom svetoval: »Pišite tako, da se bo Slovenec videl kot v ogledalu.« Iztok Sitar se v trilogiji Svobodna Slovenija striktno drži tega nasveta. V prvem albumu zbirke, Črni možje, bele kosti, bralcem razkrije slovensko katoliško cerkev; v drugem, 4000, slovensko (desničarsko) politiko, v tretjem, Glave, pa se v ogledalu vidi bolj ali manj celotna slovenska družba s pojavi, kot so nacionalizem, ksenofobija, homofobija, šovinizem, nestrpnost do drugače mislečih, do manjšin, žensk ... (bukla.si)

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Ostržek /Pinocchio/

 Winshluss  Winshluss, Carlo Colodi

OBSEG: 192 strani ZALOŽBA: Les Requins Marteaux DRŽAVA: Francija PRVA OBJAVA: 2008

his award-winning graphic novel re-imagines the story Pinocchio as a noir fairy tale both comic and tragic. In this dark rendition, a greedy Geppetto builds Pinocchio as a metallic weapon of war, while Jiminy Cockroach is a homeless squatter living the good life in Pinocchio's skull. Critically acclaimed, Pinocchio won the Grand Prize at France's Angouleme comics festival in 2009. Exquisite drawings by celebrated cartoonist Winshluss bring to life a rich tale of greedy fools, lust, sadness, redemption, and hope. Teamed with brilliant colorist Cizo, Winshluss creates an epic adventure through a lush world. (goodreads.com)

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Mojster in Margareta /The Master and Margarita/

 Andrzej Klimowski  Danusia Schejbal, Mikhail Bulgakov OBSEG: 160 strani ZALOŽBA: Self Made Hero DRŽAVA: ZDA, Poljska PRVA OBJAVA: 2008

he Master and the Margarita, beautifully painted in this stunning graphic novel, follows the devil and his retinue as they systematically wreak havoc in Moscow. Caught up in the chaos are two lovers: The Master, a writer broken by criticisms of his novel about Pontius Pilate, and Margarita, for whom the devil has his own plans. Initially banned by the very bureaucracy it criticised, Bulgakov's satirical novel comes to life in this new adaptation. Mixing absurdity and erudition, it depicts fantastical events with a macabre humour, contrasting mischief and murder with humility and love. (goodreads.com)

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Mali princ /Le Petit Prince/

 Joann Sfar  Joann Sfar, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

OBSEG: 110 strani ZALOŽBA: Galimard DRŽAVA: Francija PRVA OBJAVA: 2008

or over sixty-five years Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince has captured the hearts and minds of its readers. The whimsical story with a fairy tale touch has sold over 80 million copies in 230 languages. This exciting graphic adaptation features beautiful, new artwork by Joann Sfar. Hand-chosen by Saint-Exupéry's French publishers for his literary style and sensitivity to the original, Sfar has endeavored to recreate this beloved story, both honoring the original and stretching it to new heights. A vibrant, visual gift for longtime fans and those experiencing the story for the first time. (goodreads.com)

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Geneza /The Book of Genesis/

 Robert Crumb  Robert Crumb, (Mojzes, iz Svetega pisma)

OBSEG: 224 strani ZALOŽBA: W. W. Norton & Company DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2009

nvisioning the first book of the bible like no one before him, R. Crumb, the legendary illustrator, reveals here the story of Genesis in a profoundly honest and deeply moving way. Originally thinking that he would do a take off of Adam and Eve, Crumb became so fascinated by the Bible’s language, “a text so great and so strange that it lends itself readily to graphic depictions,” that he decided instead to do a literal interpretation using the text word for word in a version primarily assembled from the translations of Robert Alter and the King James bible. Crumb’s Book of Genesis, the culmination of 5 years of painstaking work, is a tapestry of detail and storytelling. (goodreads.com)

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Odiseja /The Odyssey/

 Gareth Hinds  Gareth Hinds, Homer

OBSEG: 256 strani ZALOŽBA: Candlewick DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2010

ith bold imagery and an ear tuned to the music of Homer’s epic poem, Gareth Hinds reinterprets the ancient classic as it’s never been told before. Fresh from his triumphs in the Trojan War, Odysseus, King of Ithaca, wants nothing more than to return home to his family. Instead, he offends the sea god, Poseidon, who dooms him to years of shipwreck and wandering. Battling man-eating monsters, violent storms, and the supernatural seductions of sirens and sorceresses, Odysseus will need all his strength and cunning— and a little help from Mount Olympus—to make his way home and seize his kingdom from the schemers who seek to wed his queen and usurp his throne. Award-winning graphic artist Gareth Hinds masterfully reinterprets a story of heroism, adventure, and high action that has been told and retold for more than 2,500 years—though never quite like this. (goodreads.com) Gareth Hinds je na soroden način upodobil tudi Homerjevo Ilijado, legendo Beowulf ter življenje samuraja Minamota Yoshitunea.

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Pesem sodobnega mornarja /The Rime of the Modern Mariner/

 Nick Hayes  Nick Hayes, Samuel T. Coleridge PREVOD: Jedrt Lapuh Maležič OBSEG: 336 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: V.B.Z. DRŽAVA: Velika Britanija PRVA OBJAVA: 2011

esem sodobnega mornarja je stripovska priredba klasične romantične pesnitve Samuela Taylorja Coleridgea, aktualizirana za čase okoljske krize. V njej se v mejah fantastičnega in nezavednega potapljamo v nenavadno peripetijo, o kateri stari mornar pripoveduje naključnemu svatu. Hayesova aktualizacija že v izhodišču ubere drugačno pot, kajti za mornarjevega sogovornika postavi ločenca in s tem napove zgodbo o razkroju in razvezi. To je seveda razveza človeka in narave ter ekološki, a hkrati tudi moralni razkroj. Ko naključni mornar, ki se na ocean odpravi v želji po hitrem zaslužku, po inerciji ustreli albatrosa, se namreč nad posadko zgrne prekletstvo človeškega odnosa do narave, ki dobiva demonično, na trenutke psihedelično in odrešiteljsko podobo. Prvenec Nicka Hayesa, prvič objavljen 2011, je narisan s kompleksnimi, ikoničnimi podobami, ki spominjajo na stare lesoreze. Simbioza ilustracije in vestnega vpletanja tem originalne pesmi prinaša mračno in žugajoče opozorilo o posledicah izkoriščanja narave. (goodreads.com)

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Zadnji dnevi Stefana Zweiga /Les derniers jours de Stefan Zweig/

 Guillaume Sorel  Guillaume Sorel, Laurent Seksik OBSEG: 92 strani ZALOŽBA: Casterman DRŽAVA: Francija PRVA OBJAVA: 2012

ship slices through the waves of the Atlantic ocean. On board is Stefan Zweig, the renowned Austrian writer, and his second wife, Lotte. They have left New York and are bound for Brazil; President Vargas has just announced that he will welcome European Jews who have been forced into exile. Will they find peace there? On 22 February 1942, Stefan Zweig and Lotte committed suicide in Petropolis, putting an end to their wanderings. Their lives during these last few months in Brazil are the subject of this graphic novel, an adaptation of the novel by Stefan Seksik. (goodreads.com)

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Romeo in Julija /Romeo and Juliet/

 Gareth Hinds  Gareth Hinds, William Shakespeare

OBSEG: 144 strani ZALOŽBA: Candlewick Press DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2013

areth Hinds’s stylish graphic adaptation of the Bard’s romantic tragedy offers modern touches — including a diverse cast that underscores the story’s universality. She’s a Capulet. He’s a Montague. But when Romeo and Juliet first meet, they don’t know they’re from rival families — and when they find out, they don’t care. Their love is honest and raw and all-consuming. But it’s also dangerous. How much will they have to sacrifice before they can be together? In a masterful adaptation faithful to Shakespeare’s original text, Gareth Hinds transports readers to the sun-washed streets and market squares of Shakespeare’s Verona, vividly bringing the classic play to life on the printed page. (goodreads.com) Gareth Hinds je na soroden način upodobil tudi zgodbe in pesmi Edgarja Alana Poea in Shakespearjeve drame Macbeth, Beneški trgovec ter Kralj Lear.

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Jezdec /Der Schimmelreiter: Graphic Novel nach Theodor Storm/

 Ute Helmbold  Ute Helmbold, Theodor Storm PREVOD: Mojca Kranjc OBSEG: 236 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: VigeVageKnjige DRŽAVA: Nemčija PRVA OBJAVA: 2013

ovela Jezdec, prvič izšla v letu avtorjeve smrti, predstavlja vrh literarnega ustvarjanja Theodorja Storma. Ute Helmbold je uporabila pretežni del njegovega besedila, ki ga je praviloma umestila v spodnjo tretjino strani svojega risoromana, kjer teče v običajni literarni postavitvi. Zgornji dve tretjini knjige pa sta rezervirani za izjemno subtilno vizualno interpretacijo zgodbe v zelenih, modrih in rjavih odtenkih, ki jih kar najbolj neposredno narekuje vsebina. Zgodba, ki se odvija na skrajnem severu Nemčije, pripoveduje o življenju ambicioznega Haukeja Heina, ki s predanim delom iz sebe napravi gospodarja nasipov. V krajih, kjer so ljudje ključno odvisni od tega, koliko zemlje bodo uspeli iztrgati morju, gre za eno najbolj spoštovanih funkcij, ki pa poleg strahospoštovanja, ki ga vzbuja v ljudeh, pomeni tudi nenehno čuječnost. En vihar je dovolj, da je skrbno načrtovani ter v mukah zgrajeni nasip ogrožen. Odgovornost na eni in brezkompromisna predanost na drugi strani odločilno odlikujeta protagonistov karakter, Ute Helmbold pa se v risbi dramatično odziva še na eno ključno lastnost Stormove novele, namreč na elemente strašljivega, tesnobnega in mističnega, ki jih med drugim pooseblja tudi naslovna metafora. (goodreads.com)

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Frankenstein /Gris Grimly’s Frankenstein/

 Gris Grimly  Gris Grimly, Mary W. Shelley

OBSEG: 208 strani ZALOŽBA: Balzer + Bray DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2013

ris Grimly, the New York Times bestselling artist and creator of the beloved Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Mystery and Madness, has long considered Mary Shelley's classic tale of terror to be one of his greatest inspirations. He is now paying homage to it with a lavishly illustrated full-length adaptation, the first of its kind in this or any format. The tale of the hubris of Victor Frankenstein, the innocence of his monstrous creation, and the darkest desires of the human heart have never been more vividly represented on the page. Using an abridged version of the original text, Gris has created an experience that is part graphic novel, part prose novel, and all Gris Grimly: a bold sewing-together of elements both classic and contemporary. Beautifully terrifying and terrifyingly beautiful, this is Frankenstein as you've never seen it before. (goodreads.com)

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Tujec /L’Étranger/

 Jacques Ferrandez  Jacques Ferrandez, Albert Camus

OBSEG: 144 strani ZALOŽBA: Gallimard DRŽAVA: Francija PRVA OBJAVA: 2013

he day his mother dies, Meursault notices that it is very hot on the bus that is taking him from Algiers to the retirement home where his mother lived; so hot that he falls asleep. Later, while waiting for the wake to begin, the harsh electric lights in the room make him extremely uncomfortable, so he gratefully accepts the coffee the caretaker offers him and smokes a cigarette. The same burning sun that so oppresses him during the funeral walk will once again blind the calm, reserved Meursault as he walks along a deserted beach a few days later—leading him to commit an irreparable act. This new illustrated edition of Camus's classic novel The Stranger portrays an enigmatic man who commits a senseless crime and then calmly, and apparently indifferently, sits through his trial and hears himself condemned to death. (goodreads.com)

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Živalska kmetija /Animal Farm/

 Damijan Stepančič  Andrej Rozman Roza, George Orwell

OBSEG: 80 strani ZALOŽBA: Miš DRŽAVA: Slovenija PRVA OBJAVA: 2014

rwellovo zgodbo o tem, da so vse živali enakopravne, vendar so nekatere enakopravnejše od drugih je Andrej Rozman Roza najprej povsem v svoji maniri dramatiziral, nato pa prelil še v strip za vse generacije in dokazal, kako je mogoče klasiko uporabiti za učinkovito ogledalo sedanjosti. Tipično crossover delo je namenjeno bralcem od dvanajstega leta naprej. (miszalozba.com)

cenarist Andrej Rozman Roza in stripar Damijan Stepančič (Dama z železnim ugrizom in druge zgodbe, Trbovlje, Bohinj, Čarovnikov vajenec) sta naredila avtorsko predelavo slavne romaneskne basni ter jo postavila v današnjo Slovenijo. »Farmo« sta zamenjala z »Janežičevo kmetijo«, kjer se živali uprejo pijanskemu in zatiralskemu kmetu in s hitro revolucijo prevzamejo oblast. Vodilne položaje si priskrbijo inteligentni prašiči, ki pristanejo – izključno v prid idejam preminulih očakov – celo na trgovsko izmenjavo z ljudmi, toda dlje ko je kmetija v prašičjih rokah, večji so problemi. Izvirna zgodba postane v novi interpretaciji še bolj mračna, z izvrstnimi pesniškimi poudarki tudi groteskna, zahrbtno pa prihajajo na površje tudi nove politične téme kot npr. ekologija, ki jih v izvirniku slutimo malo manj. Petarda za vse sisteme. (ŽiVal, bukla.si)

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Ponižani in razžaljeni  Matjaž Bertoncelj  Matjaž in Jelena Bertoncelj Fjodor M. Dostojevski OBSEG: 114 strani ZALOŽBA: KUD Apokalipsa DRŽAVA: Slovenija PRVA OBJAVA: 2014

a Bertoncljeve stripe je značilen izrazito avtorski pristop z močno ekspresivnostjo in črnim humorjem ter velika žanrska raznolikost: »avtobiografske anekdote in meditacije, družbenokritične refleksije, krajše fabule in gege, po medijih povzete kuriozitete, izganjanje lastnih 'demonov', obračunavanja z 'nasprotniki', filozofska razmišljanja, do poudarjeno liričnih, težko umestljivih stripov izbranih besed, zastrtih sporočil in abstraktnega videza, pravzaprav nekakšnih stripovskih 'pesmi'. (sl.wikipedia.org)

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Moby Dick  Christophe Chabouté  Christophe Chabouté, Herman Melville

OBSEG: 256 strani ZALOŽBA: Vents d’Ouest (Glenat) DRŽAVA: Francija PRVA OBJAVA: 2014

masterful adaptation of the timeless literary classic, faithfully and beautifully rendered by an award-winning artist. In striking black-and-white illustrations, Chaboute retells the story of the Great American Novel. Captain Ahab strikes out on a voyage, obsessively seeking revenge on the great white whale that took his leg. (goodreads.com)

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Pijani zajec  David Krančan  David Krančan, rezijska (Milko Matičetov)

OBSEG: 56 strani ZALOŽBA: Forum DRŽAVA: Slovenija PRVA OBJAVA: 2015

avid Krančan je tokrat na 54 straneh upodobil ljudsko zgodbo o zajcu, ki živi samotarsko življenje v hišici izven vasi, nekje v Reziji. Upokojeni zajček, bivši gastarbajter, živi skromno življenje, trdo dela in pomaga bližnjemu sosedu, da si lahko ob posebnih priložnostih privošči kaj več kot zgolj repo in krompir. Nekoč se na božični večer odpravi v vaško cerkev na božičnico, povzpne na kor in pridruži pevcem. Slovesnost dogodka ga razvname, a njegov zanos ne naleti na dober odziv. Osamljen, užaloščen in osramočen, zajček poseže po tradicionalnem načinu za preganjanje slabe volje. Zgodba o pijanem zajcu se ponaša s Krančanovo zanesljivo risbo in dinamično kompozicijo, izostrenim občutkom za stripovsko naracijo in izrednim posluhom za ritem izvirne pripovedi. (stripburger.org)

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Brodeckovo poročilo /Le Rapport de Brodeck/

 Manu Larcenet  Manu Larcenet PREVOD: Katja Šaponjić OBSEG: 322 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: VigeVageKnjige DRŽAVA: Francija PRVA OBJAVA: 2015

godba se odvija v neimenovani samotni vasi, kjer vsak pozna vsakogar, stiki z zunanjim svetom pa so skrajno redki. Po vojni, ki ni nikoli natančneje opredeljena, aluzije na drugo svetovno vojno pa so očitne, se moški vrnejo trajno zaznamovani, nekako ”nori”, kot to opiše Brodeck. V vas pride Anderer (Drugi), ki ga sprva sprejmejo z veseljem, toda že kmalu se pokaže, kako drugačen je od njih – zanima ga umetnost, slika, posluša glasbo in bere, hodi po okolici in skicira ter zapisuje … Vse to v vaščanih, prestrašenih od vojne, kmalu vzbudi sumničenje, saj predstavlja Anderer zanje vse večjo grožnjo že zgolj z lastno prisotnostjo, nastavlja jim namreč ogledalo, oni pa bežijo pred lastno podobo. Knjiga izjemne izpovedne moči, ki nadvse prepričljivo združuje risbo in besedilo v komplementarno, presežno celoto. Slog Larcenetove risbe je realističen, risoroman je v celoti črno-bel, položni format knjige pa se premišljeno prilega nemim, večinoma zasneženim krajinam, nekakšni rdeči niti, ki s svojo tišino nadvse učinkovito komentira dogajanje. (vigevageknjige.org)

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Velike zgodbe Stare zaveze /La Bible: Les récits fondateurs/

 Serge Bloch  Frédéric Boyer PREVOD: Aleš Berger, Jasmina Rihar OBSEG: 192 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: Družina DRŽAVA: Francija PRVA OBJAVA: 2016

knjigi Ilustrirano Sveto pismo je na novo povedanih 35 zgodb Stare zaveze, od Stvarjenja do Danielove knjige. Svetopisemske zgodbe so povedane na novo v izredno lepem sodobnem jeziku. Skozi svoje podobe in besedilo svetopisemske zgodbe govorijo o današnjem svetu, v katerem živimo: o preseljevanjih, vojnah, ljubezni in moči, bratstvu in ljubosumju, prevarah in smrti. Besedilo je polno duha poezije in iskrivega humorja. To je Sveto pismo za vsakogar – v njem bo vsak bralec odkril 3000 let stare zgodbe, ki so temelj naše današnje kulture. »Sveta pisma za odrasle do redno brez ilustracij, v tej Bibliji pa jih kar mrgoli. Duhovitemu besedilu šele dajejo pravi okus. V čudovitem sozvočju z besedilom te risbe bralcu pričarajo razgibanost in dramatičnost dogajanja.« – dr. Marijan Peklaj. (druzina.si)

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Inferno /Pekel (Božanska komedija)/

 Marcel Ruijters  Marcel Ruijters, Dante Alighieri PREVOD: Mateja Seliškar Kenda OBSEG: 160 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: Forum DRŽAVA: Nizozemska PRVA OBJAVA: 2016

oman v stripu Inferno je navdihnilo zimzeleno delo evropske književnosti – Božanska komedija Danteja Alighierija. Stripovska obdelava te klasike se v Ruijtersovi interpretaciji preobraža v grotesken in pomenljiv pasticcio, ki bralcem postreže z domiselno fabulo in povsem nepričakovanim koncem. Sodobna inačica popotovanja skozi devet krogov pekla je izrisana v Ruijtersovi prepoznavni neogotski maniri; delo kot celoto odlikuje bogata metaforičnost, ki se zlahka prenese na aktualni trenutek. Ta svobodna predelava klasičnega dela Danteja Alighierija je nastala kot satira kapitalizma, in je prvotno izšla v nizozemščini le nekaj mesecev pred borznim zlomom leta 2008. Za Inferno, ki je v izvirniku izšel leta 2008 v Amsterdamu (založba Oog & Blik), je Ruijters prejel ugledno nizozemsko nagrado VPRO za roman v stripu. (stripburger.org)

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Tolpa mladega Ješue /Sveto pismo nove zaveze/

 Tomaž Lavrič, Gorazd Vahen (barve)

 Tomaž Lavrič OBSEG: 3 knjige, 144 strani ZALOŽBA: Buch DRŽAVA: Slovenija PRVA OBJAVA: 2017

alestina, leto 64. Zgodovinar Zaharija, goreč pripadnik obskurne, preganjane verske sekte, zbira pričevanja o življenju božjega izvoljenca iz Galileje. Ob pomoči vina in srebrnikov mu uspe pregovoriti starca Aarona, zadnjo živo pričo dogodkov, da mu razkrije resnično zgodbo o čudodelcu Ješui. A ta ni takšna, kot bi si je želel. Dežela ječi pod rimsko okupacijo. Ješua, sin druge žene tesarja iz Nazareta, se s tolpo brezdelnih ribičev klati po galilejski provinci. Preživljajo se z drobnimi krajami in izsiljevanjem. Posel jim cveti, a je nevaren, in ko srečajo uličnega čarodeja Asso, se odločijo za novo kariero. Sveto pismo nove zaveze je le skupek besedil, ki so jih po ustnem izročilu zapisali različni pisci mnogo let po dogodkih, ki jih opisuje, nato pa so jih še stoletja dodajali, odvzemali in prekrajali vse do različice latinske Vulgate v začetku 5. stoletja in njene dokončne potrditve na tridentinskem koncilu leta 1546. A kaj se je zgodilo v resnici? Kakšna bi bila lahko resnična zgodba o življenju Ješue, božjega izvoljenca, začetnika največje svetovne religije, okleščena vraževerja in blodenj, olepšav in pretiravanja, političnih kompromisov in cerkvenih dogem? Poskus povsem ateistične razlage življenja nekega mesije. Strip je izšel v treh delih: Čarodej, Zdravilec, Kralj. (stripi.si)

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Cankar v stripu /Moj lajf; Hlapec Jernej in njegova pasja pravica; Hlapci: Ko angeli omagajo/

 Različni avtorji  Različni avtorji, Ivan Cankar OBSEG: 3 knjige, 370 strani

DRŽAVA: Slovenija

ZALOŽBA: Škrateljc

PRVA OBJAVA: 2017

njige zbirke Cankar v stripu so ustvarili vrhunski avtorji in vrhunski ilustratorji: Andrej Rozman Roza in Damijan Stepančič sta premlevala Hlapce in ustvarila strip: Hlapci – ko angeli omagajo; Boštjan Gorenc Pižama in Tanja Komadina sta pretresala Moje življenje ter spisala in izrisala Moj lajf; Žiga X Gombač in Igor Šinkovec sta pravičniško premišljevala Hlapca Jerneja in njegovo pravico in ustvarila stripovsko basen Hlapec Jernej in pasja pravica. Cankar v stripu je priložnost, da poskusimo današnjemu bralcu na sodoben, komunikativen in dinamičen način približati Cankarjevo delo. Zakaj strip? Ker je strip medij, ki dopušča veliko svobode pri interpretiranju in umeščanju nekega dela v širše kontekste: zgodovinske, kulturne, politične. Ker je strip prav tako subverzivna forma, kot je bilo pred več kot sto leti subverzivno Cankarjevo ustvarjanje. Komunikativnost, aktualnost in povezovanje besede in podobe bodo bralce pritegnili k branju in premisleku močnih Cankarjevih sporočil. (skrateljc.wordpress.com)

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Jane /Jane Eyre/

 Ramón K. Pérez  Aline Brosh McKenna, Charlotte Brontë

OBSEG: 224 strani ZALOŽBA: Archaia DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2017

reimagining of Charlotte Brontë’s classic novel Jane Eyre set in present day, written by acclaimed screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna and Eisner Award-winning illustrator Ramón K. Pérez. Growing up in a broken home in a small fishing town, Jane dreamed of escaping to art school and following the allure of New York City. When that dream becomes a reality however, it’s not long before she feels out of place by the size of the city and the talent of her peers. She soon discovers her place as she begins to nanny a young girl named Adele, but that is upended when she falls for the girl’s father, Rochester, a sardonic man of power, wealth, and unexpected charm. Jane learns that in the world of New York’s elite, secrets are the greatest extravagance and she’ll have to decide if she should trust the man she loves or do what ever it takes to protect Adele from the consequences of his deception. (goodreads.com)

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Ningen Shikkaku /Razčlovečen/

 Junji Ito  Junji Ito, Osamu Dazai

OBSEG: 616 strani ZALOŽBA: Ningen Shikkaku DRŽAVA: Japonska PRVA OBJAVA: 2017

lagued by a maddening anxiety, the terrible disconnect between his own concept of happiness and the joy of the rest of the world, Yozo Oba plays the clown in his dissolute life, holding up a mask for those around him as he spirals ever downward, locked arm-in-arm with death. Osamu Dazai's immortal and supposedly autobiographical work of Japanese literature, is perfectly adapted here into a manga. The imagery wrenches open the text of the novel one line at a time to sublimate Yozo's mental landscape into something even more delicate and grotesque. This is the ultimate in art by Ito, proof that nothing can surpass the terror of the human psyche. (goodreads.com)

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Dnevnik Anne Frank /Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation/

 David Polonsky  Ari Folman, Anna Frank OBSEG: 152 strani ZALOŽBA: Penguin Random House DRŽAVA: Izrael, ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2017

he only graphic novelization of Anne Frank's diary that has been authorized by the Anne Frank Foundation and that uses text from the diary – it will introduce a new generation of young readers to this classic of Holocaust literature. This adaptation of Anne Frank's Diary of a Young Girl into a graphic version for a young readership, maintains the integrity and power of the original work. With stunning, expressive illustrations and ample direct quotation from the diary, this edition will expand the readership for this important and lasting work of history and literature. (goodreads.com)

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Ubiti ptico oponašalko /To Kill a Mockingbird/

 Fred Fordham  Fred Fordham, Harper Lee OBSEG: 274 strani ZALOŽBA: Harper DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2018

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hoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.’ A portrait of race and class, innocence and injustice, hypocrisy and heroism, tradition and transformation in the Deep South of the 1930s, Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird remains as important today as it was upon its initial publication in 1960, during the turbulent years of the Civil Rights movement. Now, reborn as a graphic novel. Scout, Jem, Boo Radley, Atticus Finch and the small town of Maycomb, Alabama, are all captured in illustrations by artist Fred Fordham. (goodreads.com)

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Srce teme /Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness/

 Peter Kuper  Peter Kuper, Joseph Conrad PREVOD: Primož Čučnik OBSEG: 192 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: LUD Literatura DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2019

elo Srce teme stripovskega mojstra Petra Kuperja je nastalo po istoimenskem romanu Josepha Conrada. Roman, ki je prvič izšel leta 1899, je med drugim navdihnil kultni vojni film Francisa Forda Coppole Apokalipsa zdaj! (1979), predlani pa še ameriškega striparja Petra Kuperja, avtorja več kot dveh ducatov knjig, med njimi najdemo tudi priredbe Kafkovih zgodb (Forum Lj., 2020). Kuper v predgovoru pojasni, da je bilo delo na stripovski interpretaciji odisejada, kontroverzni roman je leta 1975 nigerijski pisatelj Chinua Achebe označil za rasistično delo, zato je Kuper ob prirejanju “obravnaval tudi bolj zamegljene in odbijajoče vidike knjige, ne da bi s tem skušal izničiti to, kar jo uvršča v kanon velike literature.” 160-stransko popotovanje v srce teme, ki ga je prevedel in priredil Primož Čučnik, vzbuja srh s svojo temačnostjo in prvinskostjo. (ludliteratura.si)

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Glad /Sult/

 Martin Ernsten  Martin Ernsten, Knut Hamsun

OBSEG: 228 strani ZALOŽBA: Minuskel DRŽAVA: Norveška PRVA OBJAVA: 2019

nut Hamsun’s Hunger (1890) is arguably the most influential Norwegian novel in history – a true classic of modern literature, and a forerunner of the psychologically driven fiction of Kafka, Camus and Saramago. Now comics artist Martin Ernstsen has turned it into a graphic novel “with the potential of becoming as great a classic as the original novel”, according to Dagbladet’s critic Erle Marie Sørheim. Hunger is the story of a Norwegian artist who wanders the streets of Christiania (now Oslo), struggling on the brink of starvation while trying to sell his articles to the local newspaper. As hunger overtakes his body and mind, the writer slides inexorably into paranoia and despair. The descent into madness is recounted by the unnamed narrator in increasingly urgent and disjointed prose as he loses his grip on his body and on reality itself. (booksfromnorway.com)

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Deklina zgodba /The Handmaid’s Tale/

 Renée Nault  Renée Nault, Margaret Atwood

OBSEG: 240 strani ZALOŽBA: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday DRŽAVA: Kanada PRVA OBJAVA: 2019

ffred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, where women are prohibited from holding jobs, reading, and forming friendships. She serves in the household of the Commander and his wife, and under the new social order she has only one purpose: once a month, she must lie on her back and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, because in an age of declining births, Offred and the other Handmaids are valued only if they are fertile. Provocative, startling, prophetic, The Handmaid's Tale has long been a global phenomenon. With this stunning graphic novel adaptation of Margaret Atwood's modern classic, beautifully realized by artist Renee Nault, the terrifying reality of Gilead has been brought to vivid life like never before. (goodreads.com)

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Džungla /The Jungle/

 Kristina Gehrmann  Kristina Gehrmann, Upton Sinclair

OBSEG: 384 strani ZALOŽBA: Ten Speed Press DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2019

compelling graphic novel adaptation of Upton Sinclair's seminal protest novel that brings to life the harsh conditions and exploited existences of immigrants in Chicago's meatpacking industry in the early twentieth century. Long acclaimed around the world, Upton Sinclair's 1906 muckraking novel The Jungle remains a powerful book even today. Not many works of literature can boast that their publication brought about actual social and labor change, but that's just what The Jungle did, as it led to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906. In today's society, where labor and safety of the food we eat remain key concerns for all, Sinclair's shocking story still resonates. Bringing new life and energy to this classic work, adapter and illustrator Kristina Gehrmann takes Sinclair's prose and transforms it through pen and ink, allowing you to discover (or rediscover) this book and see it from a whole new perspective. (goodreads.com)

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Prevarantska Indija /Les Indes fourbes/

 Juanjo Guarnido  Alain Ayroles, Francisco de Quevedo PREVOD: Špela Žakelj OBSEG: 160 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: Graffit DRŽAVA: Francija PRVA OBJAVA: 2019

on Pablos iz Segovie, zloglasni, a izjemno simpatični malopridnež, nam pripoveduje o svojih pikaresknih dogodivščinah v času španske zlate dobe v Ameriki, ki so jo tedaj še vedno imenovali Indija. Naš junak doživi vse, od skrajne revščine do bogastva, od zaničevanja do oboževanja, od beraštva na ulici do življenja v palačah, od vrhov Kordiljer do meandrov Amazonke, prigode pa ga vodijo v tisti mitski kraj, kjer se kristalizirajo vse sanje o Novem svetu: v Eldorado! Vrhunsko delo devete umetnosti dveh izmed najpomembnejših avtorjev sodobnega evropskega stripa. Največkrat nagrajeni evropski strip leta 2019. Najbolje prodajani samostojni evropski strip leta 2019. (knjigarna.net) Strip je narejen po štiristo let starem romanu Francisca de Queveda y Villegasa, ki je bil napisan v enakem duhovito pustolovskem duhu.

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Dracula

 Georges Bess  Georges Bess, Bram Stoker

OBSEG: 208 strani ZALOŽBA: Glénat DRŽAVA: Francija PRVA OBJAVA: 2019

odine 1897. na stranicama epistolarnog romana koji je napisao Bram Stoker javnost otkriva izuzetan lik Drakule, besmrtnog bića koje se hrani krvlju živih kako bi i njih pretvorilo u zlotvore. Iako Stoker nije izmislio figuru vampira, dao joj je njezin suvremeni oblik učinivši od Drakule ikonu i simbol koji su nadahnuli generacije drugih autora. Sjajni crtač Georges Bess ovdje se prihvatio stvaranja svoje verzije tog mita, držeći do toga da prikaže dušu romana što je moguće bolje. Obdaren svojom poznatom grafičkom virtuoznošću, za table mračne ljepote odabire crno-bijelu tehniku kako bi istaknuo snagu svojih linija i pridao im dah gotike, za njega prilično neuobičajen. Njegov Drakula majstorsko je djelo koje još jednom dokazuje da je Bess neosporno jedan od najboljih crtača suvremenog stripa. (fibra.hr)

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Butalci v stripu  Marko Kociper  Marko Kociper, Fran Milčinski

OBSEG: 80 strani ZALOŽBA: Forum DRŽAVA: Slovenija PRVA OBJAVA: 2020

arko Kociper, stripovski zajedljivec z ostrim peresom in brez dlake na čopiču, je izbor humoresk iz Butalcev Frana Milčinskega (1867–1932) »v nizane podobe postavil«. A s tem ni ustvaril sodobne adaptacije«, Butalcev ni »posodobil za naš čas«, da bi »nam jih približal«. Ravno obratno! Zakaj le, mar ni posodabljanje šega današnjega časa? Danes to vsi počnejo! Zato, ker strip pač ni pasirana papica za škrbavce in mlečnozobce, Milčinski pa ni nek davni dinozaver, ki ga sodobni bralci ne bi znali brati. Ta strip nam jasno kaže, zakaj so Butalci aktualni tudi brez posodabljanja. So takšni, kot so, robati in kratke pameti, ker točno takšni Butalci še vedno obstajajo, ker živijo med nami in nekateri nam celo vladajo. Butalska neumnost je pač večna in vsenavzoča, zato je Milčinski velik, Kociper pa njegov prerok. V času, ko se zaradi satire padajo glave, naj bralci in bralke raje pokajo od smeha. Kajti tam, kjer je resno(bno)st zapovedana, postane humor dejanje upora. (stripburger.org)

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300 STRIPOVSKIH

ZGODB ZA ODRASLE

STVARNI IZJEMI Čeprav sem v izboru 300 stripovskih zgodb za odrasle zaobšel stripe s stvarno in didaktično vsebino, pa nikakor ne morem zaobiti dveh stripov Scotta McClouda o stripih in striparjenju ...

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Kako razumeti strip /Understanding Comics/

 Scott McCloud  Scott McCloud PREVOD: Izar Lunaček OBSEG: 216 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: Cankarjeva založba DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 1993

»Če ste imeli kdaj slabo vest, ker ste življenje potratili s prebiranjem stripov, si čim prej preberite to klasiko Scotta McClouda. Morda se vam bo še vedno zdelo, da ste življenje potratili, a boste vsaj vedeli, zakaj, in boste na to ponosni.« – Matt Groening »McCloudova knjiga je na videz preprosta in našemljena v lahko berljiv strip, a ob tem razgrajuje skrivni jezik stripa in nam mimogrede razkriva skrivnosti časa, prostora in kozmosa. Že dolgo nisem videl tako pametnega stripa. Bravo.« – Art Spiegelman »Bravo!! … Kako razumeti strip je prelomna razčlenitev in intelektualna preučitev stripa kot upoštevanja vrednega medija. Vsi … kdorkoli, ki ga zanima ta pripovedna zvrst, jo mora prebrati.« – Will Eisner.

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Kako nastane strip /Making Comics/

 Scott McCloud PREVOD: Maša Peče OBSEG: 266 strani ZALOŽBA /SLO/: Društvo za oživljanje zgodbe 2 koluta, Društvo KINO! DRŽAVA: ZDA PRVA OBJAVA: 2006

cott McCloud piše, riše in analizira stripe od leta 1984. Njegovi knjigi Understanding Comics in Kako nastane strip sta bili prevedeni v več kot dvajset svetovnih jezikov. Pri nastanku knjig so McCloudu svetovali priznani stripovski avtorji, od Neila Gaimana do Steva Bisseta in Paula Smitha, s ključnimi pripombami pa je sodeloval tudi starosta stripovske teorije in produkcije Will Eisner. Po izdaji knjig si je McCloud pridobil status vrhunskega stripovskega teoretika. Odlika McClouda kot predavatelja je v tem, da je neverjetno razumljiv razlagalec in obenem rojen zabavljač. Bistvo njegovega dela je v razlagi načina, na katerega podobe posredujejo informacije in spretnost razlaganja kompleksnih idej s pomočjo nekaj preprostih linij in kopice šarma ima v mezincu. Provokativno pa je, da obenem rad postavlja izjemno preproste kategorične sheme, znotraj katerih vse, kar najdemo v posameznih kategorijah, lahko natančno umestimo v peščico podkategorij. Humor v knjigi Kako nastane strip nastopi že v kazalu, kjer drobne vizualne ikone pojasnjujejo naslove posameznih poglavij in podpoglavij. Nekaj strani kasneje pa že naletimo na prve sporne taksonomije. (bukla.si)

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