Alan Ford goes to Yugoslavia : from tautology to ideology

Komel, Mirt (author)

Alan Ford, originally an Italian comic book created in 1969 by Max Bunker and Magnus, soon after its translation into Serbo-Croatian, gained huge popularity in Yugoslavia. Its ironic take on the genre of espionage, combined with a surreal black humour and a satiri- cal critique of Italy and the West in general, apparently brilliantly translated as an ironic depiction not only of Yugoslav party politics of the period, but also of contemporary politics in post-Yugoslav countries. The article thus deals with the comic aspects of the Yugoslav Alan Ford, focusing on its specific irony and tautology, since both provide a direct link between the spheres of comedy and ideology.

• Language: English
• Keywords: Alan Ford, Jugoslavija, komedija, ideologija
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2024
• Number of pages: Str. 197-209
• Numbering: Letn. 56, št. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-174741
• UDC: 316.75:741.52(497.1)
• ISSN on article: 0587-5161
• DOI: 10.26493/2630-4082.56.197-209
• COBISS.SI-ID: 235575555
• Publication date in RUL: 09.10.2025

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Anthropos : časopis za psihologijo in filozofijo ter za sodelovanje humanističnih ved
• Shortened title: Anthropos
• Publisher: Društvo psihologov Slovenije, Slovensko filozofsko društvo, Društvo psihologov Slovenije, Slovensko filozofsko društvo, Založba Univerze na Primorskem
• ISSN: 0587-5161
• COBISS.SI-ID: 736516

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• License: CC BY-SA 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
• Description: This Creative Commons license is very similar to the regular Attribution license, but requires the release of all derivative works under this same license.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Alan Ford gre v Jugoslavijo

Abstract

Alan Ford, italijanski strip, ki sta ga leta 1969 ustvarila Max Bunker in Magnus, je kmalu po prevodu v srbohrvaščino pridobil izjemno popularnost v nekdanji Jugoslaviji. Njegov ironični pristop k žanru vohunjenja, združen z nadrealističnim črnim humorjem in s satirično kritiko Italije ter Zahoda, je očitno odlično preveden kot ironična upodobitev jugoslovanske politike tistega obdobja, ki je večinoma vplivala tudi na sodobno politiko v postjugoslovanskih državah. Prispevek se osredotoča na komične vidike jugoslovanskega Alan Forda, še zlasti pa na ironijo in tavtologijo kot dvoje specifičnih tehnik proizvajanja komičnega učinka, ki si jih komedija deli z ideologijo.