Skica za portret: gavrilo princip u stripu

One full century after the assassination in Sarajevo, Gavrilo Princip continues to capture a lot of attention, both for his character and the symbolic potential of his act that changed the course of history. That is why his appearance in modern comic books does not come as a sur- prise, and this paper is going to focus on two titles – Linije fronta, a nine-book collection by var- ious artists published between 2014 and 2020, as well as Atentat – s one strane patnje, a graphic novel written by Boris Stanić and Guido van Hengel. The nature of these two pieces, as well as numerous differences that set them apart – technical, organizational, stylistic, poetic, ideologi- cal, and thematic – cause a different representation of the First World War and the assassination in Sarajevo, on the one hand, and the character of Gavrilo Princip, on the other. These similari- ties and differences will be a part of the analysis, and by emphasizing them, we will try to reach a more detailed view of the position of Gavrilo Princip in the world of modern comic books.