Magazines such as Mika Miš (Mickey the Mouse), Mikijevo carstvo , and the legendary Politikin Zabavnik (founded in 1939) dominated newsstands.

Following WWII, the new communist regime initially viewed comics as a "decadent Western product" and effectively banned them.

: Unlike many other magazines that relied heavily on translated foreign comics (like Italian Bonelli titles), YU Strip was the premier venue for Serbian and other Yugoslav artists and writers to showcase original work.

Whether you call them stripi, stripovi, или стрипови —these panels are a testament to the fact that even in a divided world, a good drawing and a great story can build a common language.