Zoran Janjetov

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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

Zoran Janjetov (

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]

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

Biography

Early biography

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

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

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

Mahala Raï Banda, Kasai Allstars, Kočani Orkestar and other acts.[6]

Bibliography

  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)
  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

With Heroina

  • Heroina (1985)

References

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  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

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