My Cartoons & Comics:

Cartoons, caricatures and comics I made for papers and web sites in past decades.

My Favorite Links:

Shinbukan School of martial arts,

Serbian Budo Council and

International Shinbudo Association,

martial arts organizations founded by me,

my small  contribution to promotion of

all the best aspects of

martial arts and sports.

My name is Ivica Zdravkovic (pronounce it as "E-we-tzah", or just call me Ivan), I am from Pozarevac, Serbia. I was born on July 7th 1969. I work as a GP specialist, doctor of medicine in Pozarevac. Rest you can see bellow:

- Married with Ljiljana (Liki) Zdravkovic (born Dzunic), an outstanding accountant, computer programmer and University degree economist, emplyed by the Ministy of Justice. Father of two most beautiful children, Ana (born 1998) and Jovan (born 2001). My mother Desanka lives in Pozarevac with her husband Stojan (Stole or Cone). She is retired school teacher. My sister Ankica is living in Toronto, Canada, with her husband Zoran and their son Ivan. My father died and is buried in Australia.

- Finished primary and secondary school in Pozarevac, as the best student in generation. Graduated from Medical School (Faculty) of Belgrade University in February 1995. Completed specialization in General Practice/Family Medicine in 2005.

- My most important "hobby" is martial arts. I am the head instructor (shihan) in my Shinbukan school of martial arts and in Serbian Budo Council. Also, I run International Shinbudo Association which organizes Sport Ju-Jutsu and Sport Kenjutsu (modern Japanese fencing) competitions.

- Aside from martial arts, I also enjoy playing piano, guitar, bass and accordion, sometimes blues harp... I draw cartoons and comics, and I spend a lot of time behind my PC, designing various flyers, posters etc. I also like reading and surfing the Net. In my younger days I was reading and writing on Oriental philosophies and religion. Now, I am devopted sceptic and atheist.

- I like traveling. So far I went to several foreign countries, including former Yugoslavian countries (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro), and Hungary, Bulgaria, Greece, Austria, Germany, France, Czech Republic, Italy, England, Ukraine, Russia, USA and Japan.

My Motto:

Although some people may disagree with it,

I believe there is only one good rule for living a happy life.

My humble advise, follow it and you will not miss:

CARPE DIEM!