From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Croatian writer and illustrator (born 1966)
Darko Macan (born 1966) is a
Croatian writer and
illustrator who has created and collaborated on
comics , essays and
science fiction and
fantasy . He is also an editor.
Biography
Born in
Zagreb , where he still lives, he has a degree in
history and
archeology from the
University of Zagreb .
He has drawn and written many
comic books , mostly in Croatian, but in 1993 he broke into the American comics industry when he and fellow Croatian artist
Edvin Biuković submitted their work to
Dark Horse Comics . He has also done
Donald Duck and
Mickey Mouse for
Disney comics. He was nominated for the
Eisner Award twice (Grendel Tales: Devils and Deaths and Prayer to Sun ).
As a writer, he has sold more than forty
science fiction and
fantasy short stories, two science fiction novels and three
children's books . He has won four
SFERA Awards and two Grigor Vitez Awards.
Under the pseudonym Cecile Quintal he has written essays about comics.
He was editor of nine
Annual Collections of Croatian SF . He is editor-in-chief of the
Q strip comics magazine.
Bibliography
A cover of the
Q strip comics magazine.
Science fiction and fantasy prose
Ona koju vole bogovi ,
novel (with Tatjana Jambrišak,
Goran Konvični , Damir Starešinić and Berislav Lopac) (included in annual collection Zagreb 2014 by
SFera , 1998)
Koža boje masline , novel (included in annual collection Dvije tisuće šarenih aliena by
SFera , 2000),
SFERA Award
Teksas Kid (i još neka moja braća) , short story collection, includes Koža boje masline (Mentor, 2003)
42 (pročitaj i daj dalje) , short stories (Mentor, 2009)
Books about science fiction
Macan čita! (obdukcija SF-žanra u Hrvata) (Mentor, 2007)
Books for children
Knjige lažu! (Znanje, 1997),
Grigor Vitez Award
Pavo protiv Pave (Mozaik kniga, 2002)
Žuta minuta: rock'n'roll bajka (Autorska kuća, 2005),
Grigor Vitez Award
Dlakovuk (Knjiga u centru and Autorska kuća, 2007)
Jadnorog (Knjiga u centru, 2008)
Comics
Citati (with
Edvin Biuković , Stripagent, 1993, 2000)
Strossmayer (with Radovan Devlić and Dušan Gačić, Glas koncila, 1993)
Grendel Tales: Devils and Deaths (with
Edvin Biuković ,
Dark Horse Comics , 1996)
Star Wars: X-Wing: The Phantom Affair (with
Michael Stackpole and
Edvin Biuković ,
Dark Horse Comics , 1997)
Borovnica (Školska knjiga, 1998)
Tarzan: Carson of Venus (with
Igor Kordej ,
Dark Horse Comics , 1999)
Hellblazer #144-145 (with
Gary Erskine ,
Vertigo , 2000)
Star Wars: Vader's Quest (with
Dave Gibbons ,
Dark Horse Comics , 2000)
Weird War Tales (with
Edvin Biuković , "A Prayer to the Sun",
Vertigo , 2000)
Star Wars Tales 3: Lady Luck (with
Rich Handley ,
Dark Horse Comics , 2001)
Star Wars: Chewbacca (with a group of other artists,
Dark Horse Comics , 2001)
Komarac: Prop'o plan (with Štef Bartolić; Profil, 2001)
Star Wars: Jedi vs Sith (with
Ramon Bachs ,
Dark Horse Comics , 2002)
La Bête Noire #1-5 (with Milan Jovanović, Drugi pogled, 2001 and 2002)
Mister Mačak (with Robert Solanović and Tihomir Tikulin; Bookglobe, 2002)
Cable : The End (with
Igor Kordej ,
David Tischmann and
Mike Huddlestone ,
Marvel Comics , 2002)
Soldier X #1-8 (with
Igor Kordej ,
Marvel Comics , 2002)
Mr. Meow (with Robert Solanović) in Furrlough issue #113,
Radio Comix , 2002
La mort dans les yeux (with Danijel Žeželj,
Mosquito , 2004)
Mister Mačak protiv zvjezdanog roja (with Robert Solanović; Bookglobe, 2005)
Borovnica - - - protiv Paje Pauka! (Mentor, 2005)
Borovnica - - - predvodi čopor! (Mentor, 2007)
Borovnica: pasice (Mentor, 2007)
Pirati - cio svijet na internet! (Autorska kuća, 2007)
Kolumbo (Mentor, 2007)
Martina Mjesec (with
Goran Sudžuka ; Mentor, 2007)
Svebor i Plamena (with
Goran Sudžuka and
Matija Pisačić ;
Fibra , 2007)
Mali Guj i njegov Zmuj (with
Frano Petruša ; Mentor, 2007)
Borovnica - - - rani dani! (Mentor, 2008)
Mišo: štakori trče počasni krug! (Mentor, 2008)
Bočko: 20 godina s nama (Mentor, 2008)
Sergej: stare priče (Mentor, 2008)
Dnevniq (Mentor, 2009)
Nous, les morts 1-4 (with Igor Kordej,
Delcourt , 2015)
Marshal Bass 1-8 (with Igor Kordej,
Delcourt , 2017)
Books about comics
Stripocentrik : (Kvintalove tjedne kartice) (Mentor, 2005)
Hrvatski strip : 1945.-54. (Mentor, 2007)
Video games
See also
References
External links
International National Other