2011-10-02

The Best 33 Czech Cartoonists


Exhibition named The Best 33 Czech Cartoonists and prepared by Laco Torma from the Czech Cartoonists´ Union took place at Kremnice Gags - the 31st European festival of humour and satire. Slovakian audience could see my work again.

2011-09-17

Comic Stories from the Czech History Coming in Saturdays Newspaper

Life stories of the second world war and totalitarianism eyewitnesses have published in Saturdays newspaper MF Dnes from today. Stories about people in the second world war, holocaust, gulags and totalitarianism were collected by documentarists from the citizens' association Post Bellum. Comics drawn by 10 Czech artists including me will be published till November 19. Comic book Life Stories of the 20th Century will be published in November. Authors of the project believe that comics book could be interesting for generation from 15 to 35. Czech radio – Radio Cesko has broadcasted documentary series with the same name but their listeners are older.

2011-08-09

Pilsen - City of Beautiful Books

Municipal Library of Pilsen celebrates 135 anniversary and that is why they gave themselves gift. They prepared exhibition Pilsen - City of Beautiful Books that takes place in the City Hall from 8 to 26th August 2011. I am presented as illustrator and writer of the children books and comics author as well as regular author of the magazine Pilsen Literary Life and long-time co-worker of the Municipal Library of Pilsen. If you would like you can see valued bibliophile works by my father Stanislav Jurik (1948-1993) as well.