Edvin Biuković (22 June 1969 – 5 December 1999) was a

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artist.

Biography

Biuković made his debut in 1987 with the strip ''Dokaz'' published in the third issue of Croatian magazine ''Patak''. He spent several more years working on comic projects in Croatia and collaborated with his good friend

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on the pages of German magazine '' Gespenster Geschichten''. Most of those stories were later translated to Croatian (and collected into one volume titled '' Citati''), as well as English (reprinted in various issues of

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''). His big break came in 1994 when

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published '' Grendel Tales: Devils and Deaths'', his another collaboration with Macan. The pair were subsequently asked back to do a four-issue sequel, ''Devil's Choices''. In 1995, Biuković was nominated in the Best Penciller/Inker category and awarded the Russ Manning Best Newcomer Award in 1995. In December 1999, he died suddenly of a brain tumor in his hometown

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, two weeks after it was initially diagnosed. Edvin Biuković was thirty years old. Prior to his death, he was working on yet another project with Macan titled ''Silver Sun'' as well as a short story that was posthumously released in

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Special''. Many people have cited Biuković as their influence, including

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singer and comic book writer

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'') as well as fellow Croatian artist Goran Sudžuka ('' Outlaw Nation'', ''

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was referred by Biuković to DC/Vertigo.

Bibliography

Interior comic work includes: * '' Grendel Tales'' (with

): ** ''Devils and Deaths'' #1-2 (1994) ** ''Devil's Choices'' #1-4 (1995) * ''

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'' (Dark Horse): ** '' X-Wing Rogue Squadron'' #5-8 (with

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and Darko Macan, 1996) ** '' The Last Command'' #1-6 (with

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and

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, 1997–1998) * ''

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'' #1-4 (with

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, 1999) * ''

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'' vol. 2 #2: "Third Toe, Left Boot" (with Bruce Jones,

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, Vertigo, 1999) * ''

Special'': "A Prayer to the Sun" (with Darko Macan, anthology

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, Vertigo, 2000)

Covers only

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'' vol. 2 #3 (

, 2000) *'' Flinch'' #10 (Vertigo, 2000)

References

External links

Edvin Biuković Fan Club
on

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* * 1969 births 1999 deaths Croatian comics artists Artists from Zagreb Deaths from brain cancer in Croatia Burials at Mirogoj Cemetery {{Europe-comics-creator-stub