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Zoran Janjetov

Summary

Zoran Janjetov (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Јањетов; born 23 June 1961) is a Serbian comics artist. Janjetov is among most prominent comics creators of former Yugoslavia, published worldwide.[1][2] He is best known as the illustrator of Avant l'Incal and The Technopriests, written by Alejandro Jodorowsky.[3]

Zoran Janjetov
Born (1961-06-23) 23 June 1961 (age 62)
Subotica, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Area(s)Penciller, inker, colorist
Notable works
The Technopriests
Adventures of young John Difool
Bernard Panasonik

During the mid-1980s, Janjetov was a vocalist for the Yugoslav art rock band Heroina, with which he recorded one album.

Biography edit

Early biography edit

Janjetov started to draw at very early age with strong support from his parents. His father, an architect by profession, gave him the knowledge needed to start his career. Young Janjetov was influenced by the works of Walt Disney, and had already made his first short comic at age seven.

After finishing high school, he continued his education at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, where he graduated.

Career in comics edit

From 1981 to 1995, Janjetov worked on the Bernard Panasonik, published in magazines Yu strip magazin and Vreme zabave.

In 1986, Janjetov was chosen by Alejandro Jodorowski to finish the colour art in The Incal.[4]

Musical career and cover design edit

In 1983, Janjetov became a vocalist for the art rock band Heroina.[5] With the band he recorded one self-titled album, produced by Mitar Subotić and released in 1985.[5]

Janjetov designed the album artwork for Heroina along with artwork for a number of other Yugoslav acts, including Oktobar 1864, Viktorija, Angel's Breath, but also for international world music acts, like Zuco 103, Konono Nº1, Bebel Gilberto, Celso Fonseca, Tartit, Taraf de Haïdouks, Mahala Raï Banda, Kasai Allstars, Kočani Orkestar and other acts.[6]

Bibliography edit

  1. Les Deux Orphelins (1988), republished under the title Adieu le père (2002)
  2. Détective privé de classe “R” (1990)
  3. Croot (1991)
  4. Anarco-psychotiques (1992)
  5. Ouisky, SPV et homéoputes (1993)
  6. Suicide Allée (1995)
  • Les Technopères written by Alexandro Jodorowsky, colored by Fred Beltran, Les Humanoïdes Associés, France
  1. La Pré-école techno (1998)
  2. L’École pénitentiaire de Nohope (1999)
  3. Planeta Games (2000)
  4. Halkattraz, l’étoile des bourreaux (2002)
  5. La Secte des Techno-évêques (2003)
  6. Les Secrets du Techno-Vatican (2004)
  7. Le Jeu parfait (2005)
  8. La Galaxie promise (2006)
  • Les armes du Méta-Baron : Vol. 1 (2004), written by Alexandro Jodorowsky, co-drawn with Travis Charest, Les Humanoïdes Associés, France
  • El Gladiator contre Mango (2010), written by Jerry Frissen, drawn by 38 artists, Les Humanoïdes Associés, France
  • L'Ogregod, written by Alexandro Jodorowsky, Delcourt, France
  1. Les Naufragés (2010)
  2. Sans futur (2012)
  • Centaurus, written by Leo and Rodolphe, Delcourt, France
  1. Terre Promise (2015)
  2. Terre étrangère (2016)
  3. Terre de folie (2017)
  4. Terre d'angoisse (2018)

Discography edit

With Heroina edit

  • Heroina (1985)

References edit

  1. ^ Peter Nicholls; John Clute (1993). New Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. St. Martin's Press. p. 1362. ISBN 978-0-312-09618-2.
  2. ^ Živković, Zoran (1990). Enciklopedija naučne fantastike. pp. 333–335.
  3. ^ Zoran Stefanović; Zdrako Zupan; Živojin Taburić (2011). Stripovi koje smo voleli: izbor stripova i stvaralaca sa prostora bivše Jugoslavije u XX veku. Belgrade: Omnibus. pp. 75–77.
  4. ^ Janjetov biography on Lambiek Comiclopedia
  5. ^ a b Janjatović, Petar (2007). EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006. Belgrade: self-released. p. 100.
  6. ^ Zoran Janjetov at Discogs

External links edit

  • Interview with Zoran Janjetov, by Christophe Labussière, Premonition Magazine (in English)
  • International bibliography at Comic books database (partial) (in English)
  • Zoran Janjetov bio-bibliography at Les Humanoïdes Associés, official page of the publisher (in French)
  • Comics Culture in Yugoslavia: World-Class Innovators & Remarkable Visionaries by Paul Gravett

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