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Miki Muster – Centenary of his Birth

The Post of Slovenia has revealed the motif of the commemorative postage stamp Miki Muster – Centenary of his Birth, which will be issued on January 31, 2025, in the series Notable Personalities. On that day, it will be possible to obtain a first day of issue postmark and purchase FDC at the post office.

On this year’s stamp, dated 2025, the place was given to the unforgettable Joe Flayskin. Joe Flayskin is a little frog with a sword before whom the whole world trembles. Let me remind you that the other three heroes, Trickster, Hardie and Hungerly, were depicted on stamps as early as 1998.

Stamp presentation!

Stamp Design
Miki Muster

Design
Borut Bončina

Face Value
B

Size
29,82 x 42,60 mm

Date of Issue
31. januar 2025 / 31 January 2025

Quantity
25.000

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With Miki Muster through the history of Slovenian comics

At the end of October 2025, an exhibition will open at the Ljubljana City Museum to mark the centenary of the birth of Miki Muster. The exhibition will include, among other things, selected photo documents and objects, reminding us of the importance of inspiration and exchange, which was once few and therefore all the more significant, and will revive the resonant moments when Disney, Muster and Murillo began their work. This will also be an opportunity to show the difference between inspiration and copying. With this in mind, they will also return to a historical overview and the beginning of comics, remember the authors who laid the foundations in Slovenia, and look back at Muster’s fellow travelers, all the way to those born before 1945.

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The legendary Trickster, Hardie and Hungerly on two-euro coins

Next year we will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Miki Muster. A series of events will be dedicated to the great artist. The heroes of his comics, Trickster, Hardie and Hungerly, will also be depicted on commemorative two-euro coins. weekly magazine Ona (supplement of newspaper Delo and Slovenske novice) published an article on this topic by Uroš Sajko on December 10, 2024.

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Animated film Jump into the Future

On October 24, 2024, at the 27th Slovenian Film Festival held in Portorož, a short animated film entitled Jump into the Future was premiered.

The story of the film Jump into the Future is based on the comic of the same name by Miki Muster, which Muster drew in 1971 and in which he was far ahead of others in pointing out the problems of environmental, air and drinking water pollution. The heroes of the film (Trickster, Hardie and Hungerly) venture into the future, where they discover the causes of pollution in the present and fight for a better world.

Two researchers from the UP FAMNIT Department of Information Sciences and Technologies participated in the creation of the film: Assoc. prof. dr. Klen Čopič Pucihar participated as co-producer and administrator of the motion capture ...

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New Comic Book 16 and 17 in Colour

Strip.Art.nica Buch has published comic book of Miki Muster in colour. The books are in Slovene language, colour print, A4 hardcover and have 128 pages.

With the publication of the 17th book, the publication of books from the collection of Zvitorepec v barvah (Trickster in color) has come to an end. The collection contains 42 stories, which this time came to life in color for the first time. Igor Ribič, Neža Trobec and Uroš Horvat have a lot of credit for coloring the comics, from the first page to the last.

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A well-known commemorative coin for the 100th anniversary of the birth of Miki Muster

On March 8, 2024, the Bank of Slovenia announced a public anonymous competition for the design of artistic solutions for commemorative coins issued in 2025. The call was published in the announcement section of the Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, no. 19/24, and on the websites of the Bank of Slovenia. By the end of the competition on April 22, 2024, 33 artistic solutions for the commemorative coin commemorating the 100th anniversary of Miki Mustar’s birth had arrived.

The commission for the issue of commemorative coins, appointed by the Bank of Slovenia and the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Slovenia, has decided that the following prizes will be awarded for the commemorative coin commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Miki Muster redeem:

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New Comic Book 9 in Colour

Strip.Art.nica Buch has published comic book of Miki Muster in colour. The book is in Slovene language, colour print, A4 hardcover and have 132 pages.

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Occasional postage stamp of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Miki Muster

On January 31, 2025, The Post of Slovenia will issue a occasional postage stamp with the motif of Miki Muster on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth.

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New Comic Book 14 and 15 in Colour

Strip.Art.nica Buch has published comic book of Miki Muster in colour. The books are in Slovene language, colour print, A4 hardcover and have 128 or 124 pages.

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Commemorative coin of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Miki Muster

In accordance with the decision of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia, Bank of Slovenia will issue two commemorative coins in the year 2025. They will be intended for
(i) the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Miki Muster (commemorative coin) and
(ii) the European Capital of Culture 2025 Nova Gorica – Gorizia (collector coins).
For this purpose, we are announcing a public anonymous competition for the design of artistic solutions for the aforementioned occasional coins.

The artistic solutions received will be reviewed by the Commission for the Issue of Occasional Coins, which will select the most appropriate artistic solutions. The deadline for submitting artistic solutions is April 22, 2024, the competition documentation is published at the link.

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