ESAD RIBIĆ (comic book artist; Croatia)
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Esad Ribić is a Croatian comic book artist and animator. Ribić graduated from the School of Applied Arts and Design in Zagreb as a graphic designer. He started making comics in the early 90s, doing shorts strips and illustrations for the Croatian Plavi magazine (Vjesnik) and German Gespenster Geschichten (Bastei Verlag). Ribić also worked for Zagreb Film as a film animator.
In January 2013 Ribić and writer Jason Aaron started the series THOR: GOD OF THUNDER. This series was voted as the 8th best Thor story by Comicbook.com.
In 2015, Ribić was announced as one of the artists working on the new Méta-Baron series written by Alejandro Jodorowsky and Jerry Frissen, although his chapters were not released due to series cancellation. That May, he drew the SECRET WARS limited series with writer Jonathan Hickman. The series was released to positive reviews, with critics praising the storyline, characters, action, and art styles.
In 2019 Ribić both wrote and drew the CONAN THE BARBARIAN: EXODUS one-shot. September 2019 saw the debut of the four-issue miniseries, KING THOR, on which Ribić re-teamed with Aaron.
