Gradimir Smudja ( sr-cyr, Градимир Смуђа, born in

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, 1956) is a

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and

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. He is currently resident of

Lucca Città di Lucca ( ; ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the Serchio River, in a fertile plain near the Ligurian Sea. The city has a population of about 89,000, while its Province of Lucca, province has a population of 383,9 ...

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, (

). Smudja only recently published an acclaimed

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"Le Cabaret des Muses" (first called "Le Bordel des Muses"; tomes: I, II, III, IV), telling the life story of the French masterpainter

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. The comic is being sold all over Europe and has been published in French, Dutch, Spanish, Serbian, German, Hungarian, Italian and other languages. This was a follow-up to the much-acclaimed comic Vincent et Van Gogh, the epic story about the Dutch painter

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and his cat.

Published works

Comics: * Vincent et Van Gogh - Delcourt (2003), * Le Bordel des Muses "Au Moulin Rouge" - Delcourt (2004), * Le Cabaret des Muses "Mimi et Henri" - Delcourt (2005), * Le Cabaret des Muses "Allez Darling" - Delcourt (2007), * Le Cabaret des Muses "Darling, pour toujours" - Delcourt (2008), * Vincent et Van Gogh "Trois lunes" - Delcourt (2010), Art books: * Circo dell'Arte - Nebelsplater/Verlag (1991), * Schneeflöckli - Carlo De Simoni (1999), ISBN W002 99 * Die Sonnenschein-Bande - Pepperwood/Smudja (2000), * Dylan Faces Book - Zanpano (2009),

External links

Comic Creator: Gradimir Smudja
Lambiek Comiclopedia

Bedetheque (fr)

(fr) 1956 births Artists from Lucca Artists from Novi Sad Serbian comics artists Serbian comics writers Serbian graphic novelists 20th-century Serbian painters 21st-century Serbian painters 20th-century Serbian illustrators 21st-century Serbian illustrators Serbian expatriates in Italy Living people {{cartoonist-stub