Edvin Biuković (1969 – December 5, 1999) was a Croatian comics artist. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 63 BC - Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Croatia (Hrvatska ˈxȓvatska officially the Republic of Croatia ( Republika Hrvatska) is a southern Central European country at the crossroads between Comics (via Latin from the Greek "" kōmikos, of or pertaining to "comedy" from kōmos "revel" He made his debut in 1987 with the strip Dokaz. He spent several more years working on comic projects in Croatia.
His big break came in 1993 when Dark Horse published Devils and Deaths, his collaboration with writer Darko Macan, in Grendel Tales. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) This article describes dark horse candidates For other uses see Dark Horse. Darko Macan (born 1966 is a Croatian author and Illustrator who has created and collaborated on Comics, essays and Science fiction and Fantasy Grendel is a long-running series of Comic books originally created by American author Matt Wagner. The pair were subsequently asked back to do a four-issue sequel, Devil's Choices. He was awarded the Russ Manning Best Newcomer Award in 1995. The Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award is an award presented to a Comic book artist whose first professional work appeared within the previous two years Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995
Prior to his untimely death in December 1999, he illustrated the Peter Milligan revival of Len Wein's creation Human Target, giving strength to the project which has not since been equalled.
He died suddenly of a brain tumor in his hometown Zagreb, a short two weeks after it was initially diagnosed. He was only thirty years old.
He has influenced people with his comics, including Gerard Way, and his series entitled 'The Umbrella Academy'. The Umbrella Academy is a Comic book Limited series written by Gerard Way of the rock band My Chemical Romance.
Comics
- Citati (with Darko Macan, Stripagent, 1993)
- Grendel Tales: Devils and Deaths (with Darko Macan, Dark Horse Comics, 1996)
- Star Wars: X-Wing: The Phantom Affair (with Michael Stackpole and Darko Macan, Dark Horse Comics, 1997)
- Star Wars: The Last Command (Dark Horse Comics, 1999)
- The Human Target" (Vertigo/DC Comics, 1999)
- Negative Burn" (Caliber Comics, 1996-1997)
- Strange Adventures #1 (DC Comics, November 1999)
- A Bullet for Me" (with Darko Macan, published in The Mammoth Book of Best War Comics)
- Combat Zone" (with Darko Macan, published in The Mammoth Book of Best War Comics)
- A Prayer To The Sun" (with Darko Macan)
External links
- Press release from Dark Horse Comics
- TheForce.net Interview with Darko Macan, mentioning Biuković
- Vertigo's Graphic Novel Page - Human Target 1
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| NAME | Biuković, Edvin |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Croatian comics artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1969 |
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| DATE OF DEATH | December 5, 1999 |
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