[work] — Yu Stripovi

The Nostalgic World of "Yu Stripovi"

Where to Start

Sexual content was taboo, and direct political criticism of Tito was dangerous. But artists were clever. They set dystopian stories in fictional totalitarian states that looked suspiciously like a critique of bureaucracy. Violence was acceptable if it was allegorical.

A Window into Yugoslavian Society

If there is a godfather of this medium, it is Andrija Maurović. He started publishing in the 1930s but reached his zenith in the post-war era. Maurović was a master of adventure. His series Ljubav i smrt (Love and Death) and his adaptations of The Count of Monte Cristo set the standard. He was the first to prove that a comic strip in a Yugoslav newspaper could sell millions of copies. yu stripovi