| Walter Neugebauer | |
|---|---|
| Born | 28 March 1921 Tuzla, Kingdom of Serbs Croats and Slovenes |
| Died | 31 May 1992 (aged 71) Geretsried, Germany |
| Nationality | Croatian |
| Area(s) | Writer, Artist |
| Pseudonym(s) | Valter Nojgebauer |
Walter Neugebauer (sometimes Slavicized as Valter Nojgebauer;[1] March 28, 1921 - May 31, 1992) was a German-Croatian comic book author. Neugebauer is considered one of the builders of comics in Croatia, along with Andrija Maurović.[2]
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Neugebauer debuted his first strip in the Zagreb review Oko in October, 1935. In 1943, Walter and his brother Norbert launched the weekly comic Zabavnik, which was published for two years before being banned by the new communist government in May 1945.[3] In 1945, Neugebauer was creating an illustrated version of Brother Jaglenac and Sister Rutvica from Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić's Tales of Long Ago which was not completed.