Gradimir Smudja is a Serbian

Serbs

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 cartoonist

Cartoonist

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/painter

Painting

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 in Italy

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 and France

France

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. He is currently resident of Lucca

Lucca

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, Tuscany

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, (Italy

Italy

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).

Smudja only recently published an acclaimed comic "Le Cabaret des Muses" (first called "Le Bordel des Muses"; tomes: I,II,III,IV), telling the life story of the French masterpainter Toulouse-Lautrec. 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 Vincent Van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh

Vincent Willem van Gogh , and used Brabant dialect in his writing; it is therefore likely that he himself pronounced his name with a Brabant accent: , with a voiced V and palatalized G and gh. In France, where much of his work was produced, it is...

and his cat.

Published works

Comics:

• Vincent et Van Gogh - Delcourt (2003), ISBN 2-84055-998-6
• Le Bordel des Muses "Au Moulin Rouge" - Delcourt (2004), ISBN 2-84789-171-4
• Le Cabaret des Muses "Mimi et Henri" - Delcourt (2005), ISBN 2-84789-780-1
• Le Cabaret des Muses "Allez Darling" - Delcourt (2007), ISBN 978-2-7560-0565-2
• Le Cabaret des Muses "Darling, pour toujours" - Delcourt (2008), ISBN 2-7560-1123-1
• Vincent et Van Gogh "Trois lunes" - Delcourt (2010), ISBN 978-2-7560-2030-3

Art books:

• Circo dell'Arte - Nebelsplater/Verlag (1991), ISBN 3.85819.163-9
• Schneeflöckli - Carlo De Simoni (1999), ISBN W002 99
• Die Sonnenschein-Bande - Pepperwood/Smudja (2000), ISBN 3-905691-00-0
• Dylan Faces Book - Zanpano (2009), ISBN 978-2-915757-17-0

External links

• Comic Creator: Gradimir Smudja, Lambiek Comiclopedia
• Smudja Bio-Bibliography, Bedetheque (fr)
• Bordel des muses / Cabaret des muses (Le) (fr)