Aleksandar Zograf

Saša Rakezić (born 1963 in Pančevo, Serbia), better known by his pen name Aleksandar Zograf, is a Serbian cartoonist. His works focus mostly on life in the former Yugoslavia, such as Life Under Sanctions, Psychonaut, Dream Watcher and Bulletins from Serbia.

Career

In 2017, Zograf signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins.

Bibliography

• Life Under Sanctions (Fantagraphics, 1994)
• Psychonaut (#1-2 published by Fantagraphics, 1996; #3 by Monster Pants Comics/Freight Films, 1999)
• Flock of Dreamers (Kitchen Sink Press, 1997)
• Bulletins from Serbia: E-Mails & Cartoon Strips From Beyond the Front Line (Slab-O-Concrete, 1999) — translated into several languages.
• Dream Watcher (Slab-O-Concrete, 1999)
• Jamming with Zograf (self-published, 2002) — collaborations with other cartoonists, including Jim Woodring and Robert Crumb.
• Regards from Serbia (Top Shelf Productions, 2007)

References

External links

• www.aleksandarzograf.com, official site
• An Interview at The High Hat, (2004) https://thehighhat.com/Marginalia/008/lanier_zograf.html
• The Comics Reporter's Short Interview With Aleksandar Zograf (2007) https://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/resources/interviews/7202/
• Regards from Pancevo: an interview with Aleksandar Zograf conducted by Nina Bunjevac (2012) http://bturn.com/6987/regards-from-pancevo-an-interview-with-aleksandar-zograf
• “I Am a Quiet Man, Busy with My Thoughts” – Artist Aleksandar Zograf on Serbian Comics, Flea Markets and Why the Graphic Novel is Not His Medium of Choice (2020) https://www.brokenfrontier.com/aleksandar-zograf-serbian-comics-kaktus-kid/
• An interview with Zograf regarding ‘The Final Adventure of Kaktus Kid’ and his book ‘Partisanenpost’ published by Bahoe Books of Vienna (2020) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITE-CRAmI0s
• Trailer for ‘The Final Adventure of Kaktus Kid’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-1UmNE2S7U&t=133s