The Final Adventure of Kaktus Kid

Aleksandar Zograf a renowned cartoonist discovers an unusual comic book from World War II The comics hero is Kaktus Kid a small cactus trapped in his pot Intrigued Zograf investigates into the life of Kaktus Kids creator little known artist Veljko Kockar He soon discovers that Kockar was arrested just after the liberation of Belgrade in 1944 He was charged for being a Gestapo agent and executed Zografs investigation reveals a far more complex story Kockars identity and artistic works were stolen he possibly has an affair with the girlfriend of a guerilla soldier and he drew anticommunist propaganda for the Nazis As he explores the story and pieces together the scraps of evidence 70 years after it happened Zograf is faced with his own personal and artistic dilemmas why do these little drawings have such power to give consolation but also lead to violence