Helena Klakocar


Helena Klakocar is a Croatian artist alternative cartoonist known for her autobiographical, social, and political observations.

Life and work

Helena Klakocar was born in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, into an ethnic Croat family. When she was seven years old her family moved to Maribor, Slovenia, where she attended primary and grammar school.
She studied graphic art at the Art Academy in Zagreb, Croatia and became successful as a comics author, designer of posters and animation films.
In summer 1991 she went on a sailing holiday with her husband and two-year-old daughter. Their return from Greece was prolonged because of the outburst of the war in Former Yugoslavia. On a small catamaran during the winter she was capturing daily life and memories of her homeland in drawings and text, depicted in her award-winning graphic novel "Restless Sea 1" which is translated into several languages.
She received a grant by Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam, and later from Centre de la livre, Paris, to continue with this story.

Comics

Animated Films

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