Walter Neugebauer (sometimes Slavicized as Valter Nojgebauer; 28 March 1921 – 31 May 1992) was a

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artist and animator. Neugebauer is considered one of the founders of comics in Croatia, along with

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Biography

Neugebauer debuted his first strip in the Zagreb review ''Oko'' in October 1935. In 1943, Walter and his brother Norbert launched the weekly comic ''Zabavnik'', which was published for two years before being banned by the new

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in May 1945.HiES - Croatian Comic Strips Before WWII
/ref> In 1945, Neugebauer was creating an illustrated version of ''Brother Jaglenac and Sister Rutvica'' from

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'' which was never completed. Later he worked in West Germany for ''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Neugebauer, Walter 1992 deaths 1921 births Artists from Tuzla Croatian comics artists Yugoslav artists