Dragan Kalmarević (1925) published his first work in the Belgrade newspaper Pravda at the age of 10. At the age of 13, he worked for Mika Miš magazine, drawing stories like ‘Heroj neba’ and ‘Pakleni pronalazak’. For the magazine Paja Patak, he produced ‘Grešnica’, ‘Živo gvožđe’ and ‘Osveta kraljice Tao Kaj’. In the 1950s, he returned to comics with ‘Šuma gori’ in Robinzon magazine. Also, for Veseli Zabavnik, he made ‘Dovedite ih žive’. In the 1960s, he made a new version of ‘Šuma gori’ for Zenit magazine.

Dragan Kalmarević: “Šuma gori” #14, 35,5 x 44 cm