K never made it to the Castle but he can take some solace in the fact that his struggle will now grace the shelves alongside the battles between caped heroes and masked villains with the publication of the comic The Castle. By way of the Czech Literature Portal I came upon the recent release of […]
It was just about a year ago that I first spotted the comic The Sorrowful Putto of Prague, with its living, moving Baroque angel Xavier. Having written my own living, moving Baroque angel story I was fascinated to see a very different take on the subject, and one that came with so much humor, fantastic […]
Czech graphic artist Kája Saudek finally gets his due with new Prague museum The artistic style is unmistakable to Czech eyes: cowboys, aliens, machine gun-toting gangsters, stylish super cars and an abundance of scantily-clad, big-breasted women. With the opening of Kája Saudek Comics Museum off of Prague’s Wenceslas Square, the artist’s work will gain the […]
A preview of Komiksfest 2011 on Czech Position. The festival features guests such as Pascal Rabaté, Dave McKean, Anke Feuchtenberger, Konstantin Komardin, Dario Adanti and Paco Roca. Hopefully, I will have some interviews up next week. Read the full article here … Photos – 1) From Ibicus by Pascal Rabaté, 2) Black Holes by Dave McKean, […]
An innovative animated film shows often dark passages of Czech history through the eyes of a small-town stationmaster At a press conference presenting the film “Alois Nebel,” Jaroslav Rudiš recounted how he and co-writer Jaromír 99 (the pen name of Jaromír Švejdík) came up with the original idea for the comic on an autumn evening […]
An interview with the creator of the comicbook Baroque anti-hero Xavier of the House of the Sorrowful Snows Since 1989 and the reemergence of Prague on the world stage, the city has become ever more closely linked with its Baroque artistic heritage. Write a novel that takes place in Prague and chances are the book […]
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