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Danijel Zezelj was born in Zagreb,
Croatia.
He started publishing comics during his first year at the Academy of
Fine
Arts in Zagreb. Since 1986 his comics and illustrations have appeared
in
magazines and anthologies in ex-Yugoslavia, Croatia, Slovenia, England,
Switzerland,
France, Italy, Spain, Sweden and the USA. He is author of more than
twenty
graphic novels and short comics collections. He moved to London, UK in
1991
and then to Montepulciano, Italy in 1992. In 1993 Editori del Grifo
published
his first graphic novel "Il Ritmo Del Cuore" (The Rhythm of the Heart)
with
an introduction by Federico Fellini. In 1995 Danijel moved to USA.
Since
then he has illustrated many short and long comic stories for DC
Comics/Vertigo
and Marvel Comics. His illustrations are currently published in The New
York
Times Book Review, San Francisco Guardian, The Stranger, Washington
Chronicle,
Seattle Weekly, Real Change, etc. His graphic novels are published in
France
by Mosquito Editions and in Italy by Edizioni Di. Since 1997 he has
created
a series of multimedia performances in collaboration with
musician/composer
Jessica Lurie and writers/pilots Greiner & Kropilak. They were
premiered
in Italy, USA and Croatia. In 2001 in Zagreb, Croatia. Greiner,
Kropilak
and Zezelj have founded a publishing company and graphic workshop
Petikat.
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