Viktor Bogdanovic

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Viktor Bogdanovic
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Bogdanovic at the Comiciade convention in Aachen (2018)
Born1981
Basel, Switzerland
Area(s) Penciller, Inker
Notable works
Batman: Arkham Knight
New Super-Man
Wolverine

Viktor Bogdanovic is a comic book artist best known for his work on DC and Marvel superheroes.

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Biography

Bogdanovic was born in Basel, Switzerland (where he attended School of Arts) and moved to Berlin, Germany with his family. [1] He started drawing his own Superman and Spider-Man stories at the age of 12. His first paid work was drawings for a piercing shop. Viktor did a few indie books before he got the chance to work on his first mini-series for Image Comics, which was called Reality Check. His career really took off after his Batman: Arkham Knight run written by Peter Tomasi. Bogdanovic co-created New Super-Man with Gene Luen Yang, [2] and followed that with short stints on Superman with Dan Jurgens and Terrifics with Jeff Lemire. [3]

In 2020, he collaborated with Benjamin Percy on a story for Wolverine #1, [4] which topped the sales charts in February, [5] and was the regular artist on volume 7 before going back to DC.

His style was influenced by Erik Larsen, Greg Capullo and others. [6]

Bogdanovic is of Serbian descent and studied at The Faculty of Philology at the University of Belgrade. [7]

Bibliography

Image Comics

DC Comics

Marvel Comics

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References

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