Croatia

[Steve Hubbell]

I've just replied to topic at stripovi.com's forum, so there's the answer to the question asked here too.

http://forum.stripovi.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=38207

If there's anything else I can help you with feel free to ask.

That is such an active forum there, I am not sure which reply was yours... VJ?

[Elmo]

Yups, that's me.

[Steve Hubbell]

I ran across this earlier while checking various Croatian web-sites....

[Elmo]

Looks like it's from a Commodore 64 game, which was a first time I actually met Usagi, long time ago... didn't even know it's a comic character then. But it's not, C64 had less pixels and colors.

[Aco]

Hello mr.Sakai, hello everybody, this is my first post here. I live in SLovenia, a small coauntry next to Croatia and i really am happy to meet you in Zagreb next month. I´m sure you will enjoy your visit.

Warmest regards to you and all fans of Usagi.

[Elmo]

Originally posted by VJ
[br]2 issues of Usagi were published in 1994. (I guess) by Bookglobe.

In issue #1 the first story has no title but it's "The goblin of Adachighara" in English.
2nd one is named "Usamljeni zec i djete" in Croatian ("Lone rabbit and child").

Issue #2 has the cover of Fantagraphics' issue #37 but it doesn't contain the same stories
as the american one. Tere are 3 stories inside: "Lovac na ucjene" ("Bounty hunter"),
"Konjokradica" ("Horse thief") and "Selo straha" ("Village of fear").

Editor and translator was the owner of the publishing house Bookglobe, Nebojiša Radić.

There are 7 books with hard covers published also by Bookglobe.
They're exact copies of Fantagraphics' TP editions so everything matches execpt for the
covers of books 2 and 3. Editors are Nebojiša Radić and Bernard Radovčič.

#1 (2001) - translated by Ozren Švarc
#2 (2001) - translated by Ozren Švarc
#3 (04/2003) - translated by Martin Babić
#4 (06/2004) - translated by Martin Babić
#5 (06/2005) - translated by Vuk Radić
#6 (06/2005) - translated by Vuk Radić
#7 (10/2006) - translated by Ivana Lieli

And as BiDi already mentioned there were few stories of Usagi in
"Garfield zabavnik" magazine:

#1 (06/2004)

No title in Croatian ("The goblin of Adachighara") - 8 pgs.
"Usamljeni zec i djete" ("Lone rabbit and child") - 20 pgs.

#2 (07/2004)

"Priznanje" ("The confession") - 15 pgs.

#3 (08/2004)

"Lovac na glave" ("Bounty hunter") - 10 pgs.
"Kradljivac konja" ("Horse thief") - 10 pgs.

#4 (09/2004)

Selo straha ("Village of fear") - 8 pgs.
No title in Croatian ("A quiet meal") - 10 pgs.

#5/6 (10/2004)

"Slijepo prase s mačem" ("Blind swords-pig!") - 10 pgs.
"Povrtak kući" ("Homecoming!") - 10 pgs.

Book #8 (published by Bookglobe) came out few days ago:

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[Steve Hubbell]

And, according to Nebojsa Radic at Bookglobe, Book 9 is supposed to be out around the end of the month.