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Dubravko Mataković (illustrator)

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Dubravko Mataković (born 20 August 1959) is a Croatian illustrator best known for his grotesque comic books.[1][2][3]

Mataković was born in Ivankovo near Vinkovci, and graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb in 1983. He has published comics since 1984.[4] His work was published in the newspapers Nedjeljna Dalmacija, Jutarnji list, as well as children's newspapers Smib and Modra lasta. He teaches at the Fine Arts Academy in Osijek.

Among his most popular characters are little Ivica, his mother Veresija, Glištun Gmižić, Vitomir and Marva Škakljikavdžija, inspector Dane (visually conceived as a parody of Lee Falk's The Phantom) and the superhero Protman, a mutant crime-fighter who is able to fly, propelled by his intestinal gasses.[5]

In 2003, Mataković co-founded heavy metal/punk band called Septica, that published an eponymous album Septica for Aquarius Records in 2006.[6][7]

The city theatre in Vinkovci produced a play based on Mataković's strip characters, in which Mataković himself produced the scene, costumes and most of the music.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Dubravko Mataković snima svoj prvi animirani film Cigla". Globus (in Croatian). 25 May 2010. Archived from the original on 31 May 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Mataković u vinkovačkoj Vili Lenije predstavlja "Overkloking"". Večernji list (in Croatian). 27 January 2010. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  3. ^ "OVERKLOKING Svakodnevica u šest slika". Glas Slavonije (in Croatian). 30 January 2010. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  4. ^ "Večer stripa s Dubravkom Matakovićem" (in Croatian). City of Vukovar. 7 July 2010. Archived from the original on 30 December 2010. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  5. ^ "Od Starog Mačka i Tupka do Horny Dyke: Oni su najzanimljiviji likovi domaćeg stripa". tportal.hr (in Croatian). 1 February 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Septica". Aquarius Records. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  7. ^ "Zlatna Koogla za Flyer, Rooglo za Feminnem". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). 3 April 2005. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  8. ^ ""Iz Kabula s ljubavlju" - Dubravko Mataković" (in Croatian). City Theatre "Joza Ivakić" Vinkovci. Archived from the original on 10 April 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
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