Borovnica (comic strip)

"Borovnica" is a short comic strip published in Croatian children's magazine "Modra Lasta". Created in 1992 by Darko Macan, "Borovnica" was originally printed in black and white, although versions in color appeared in later years. Each strip usually consists of six frames.

"Borovnica" usually has one joke for each strip, but sometimes a few jokes are strung together in a single strip to form a story. One example is: Borovnica gets lost in the forest, joins the wolves, and then arrives back in civilization. In another story she leaves her comic, forcing Macan to hold auditions for a new character to play Borovnica. In another one she argues with her dad over popcorn.

Characters

*"Borovnica": Her name means "blueberry" in Croatian. Her clothing consists of a pink dress with black spots. Her hair is drawn as a big black ball with a ponytail. It is unknown how long her hair is and when her rubber band snaps her hair covers whole Earth. Her personality is dark, angry, and rude. She is afraid of spiders and, despite her personality, has lots of friends. She is crazy about Honesty Chase. The victims of her pranks are usually teachers, her father, or the character Oraščić. She has a giant wooden hammer under her pillow. She hates taking out the trash because she thinks her friends will laugh at her. She hates spinach.
*"Oraščić": His name means "small nut" in Croatian. He is the most common victim of Borovnica's pranks. His clothing consists of a T-shirt with white and orange stripes, and black trousers. He wears glasses. He is smart and loves science.
*"Teacher": She is usually drawn wearing a blue shirt. She has blonde hair and dislikes Borovnica. Borovnica often makes fun of her low salary. She likes holidays the most because then she doesn't need to spend time with her students.
*"Pajo the Spider": Borovnica's enemy. Oraščić introduced the spider (He was amazed by this spider because Pajo only had six legs when he found him) to Borovnica, but her fear of spiders caused her to kick him, leaving one of his legs in Oraščić's hand. Since that moment the spider has sought revenge for the loss of his leg. He sometimes has his own short strip at the end of a regular strip.
*"Kesten": Borovnica's brother. Very badly dressed (black shirt, T-shirt with an A in a circle on it and striped trousers), almoust bald. He is missing one tooth, he smokes and drinks. He usually holds a chain. His name means "chestnut" in Croatian.
*"Banana": She is the tallest one of Borovnica's friends. She has a long hair and is never shown without her friends. She is blonde.
*"Mandarina": Her name means "tangerine" in Croatian. Also always seen with the rest of the kids. She is usually seen looking at her nails, fixing up her hair etc. She has an orange hair.
*"Pipun": Fat boy with black hair. His text is always written with small letters. He hates birthdays and never goes wild like the rest of the kids. On his black shirt is a small Dinamo Zagreb logo.