Niko Barun (born 1965) is a

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cartoonist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comics illustrators/artists in that they produce both the litera ...

and

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. He experiments with different styles, so one of his works may be distinctly different from other art by him. His comics include '' Krapinjonci'', ''Pipo'', ''Small History of Money'', and many more.

Works

His 200

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and over 300 illustrations have appeared in the following books, journals and magazines: "Trojica u trnju" "Samoborski list, "Naš Samobor", "Sraka", "Glas Slavonije", "Večernji list", "Slobodna Dalmacija". "Moja domovina Hrvatska", "Fun to Learn", "Junior Achievement", "Povratak profesora Baltazara", "Filipove bebe". To date, he has over 400 of comic pages in journals, including: "Gespenster", "Click-Clack", album "Mala povijest novca", "Striporama". Barun has had three

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s: "Barokna strip alternativa" in

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(1994), "Sferakon" in

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(1996), and "Gag strip" in

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(2000). He has also worked as an

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, fazer and drawer in for films, including: "Prozor na grad" and "Povratak profesora Baltazara".

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