Ervin Rustemagić is Bosnian

Bosnians

Bosnians are people who reside in, or come from, Bosnia and Herzegovina. By the modern state definition a Bosnian can be anyone who holds citizenship of the state. This includes, but is not limited to, members of the constituent ethnic groups of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bosniaks, Bosnian Serbs and...

 comic producer and distributor, born in Sarajevo

Sarajevo

Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....

, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

 currently based in Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

. He was the founder of Strip Art Features

Strip Art Features

Strip Art Features is a comic-book publishing house currently based in Celje, Slovenia. SAF was founded by comic book author and publisher Ervin Rustemagić in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1972. With the beginning of the Bosnian war in early 1992, SAF offices in Sarajevo suburb Ilidza were...

 in Sarajevo

Sarajevo

Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....

, as well as the magazine Strip Art of the former Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....

 which won the Yellow Kid Prize of Lucca, Italy

Lucca

Lucca is a city and comune in Tuscany, central Italy, situated on the river Serchio in a fertile plainnear the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Lucca...

 as Best Foreign Comics Publisher in 1984.

A known agent in the European comics industry, he represents artists such as Hermann Huppen

Hermann Huppen

Hermann Huppen is a Belgian comic book artist. He is better known under his pen-name Hermann. He is most famous for his post-apocalyptic comic Jeremiah which was made into a television series.-Biography:...

, Bane Kerac

Branislav Kerac

Branislav "Bane" Kerac is a popular Serbian comic book creator, known best for his series Cat Claw. He was a drummer for the heavy metal bandGeroMetal.-External links:**...

 and Joe Kubert

Joe Kubert

Joe Kubert is an American comic book artist who went on to found The Kubert School. He is best known for his work on the DC Comics characters Sgt. Rock and Hawkman...

.

His personal plight documented by telefax during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina was the theme of the graphic novel Fax from Sarajevo

Fax from Sarajevo

Fax from Sarajevo is a graphic novel by veteran American comic book artist Joe Kubert. It was initially released as a 207-page hardcover book and two years later as a 224-page trade paperback....

by Joe Kubert. This work was awarded with both an Eisner Award and a Harvey Award in 1997.

External links

• Strip Art Features official site
• Interview with Ervin Rustemagić Dark Horse Comics