Fedor Vico


Fedor Vico is a Slovak caricaturist.

Early life

Fedor Vico was born on 9 November 1944, in the eastern Slovak village of Šapinec. He studied at the Secondary School of Arts and Crafts in Bratislava.

Work

He started to collaborate with humoristic magazine Roháč, for which he created the popular cartoon Jánošík. The series was published in book form in 1969. As he also criticised the political situation at the time, the book was withdrawn and he was banned from publishing. It was not until 1975 that he received permission, but only for regional press. He chose to work for Nove žitja, where he published the Rusyn series Il'ko Sova z Bajusova. Later, he decided to publish Il'ko Sova z Bajusova in Narodny novinky.
He also made caricatures for Slovak SME and Czech Lidové noviny.

Awards

Other activities

Vico is the vice-chairman of Rusínska Obroda. He was among the six people featured in the 2006 documentary film Iné svety directed by Marko Škop.