Czech Republic.

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Czech Republic

1933

In short

Czech comics are called komiks, an older term being 'kreslený seriál'.

Ondřej Sekora's Ferda Mravenec (1933) and Jaroslav Foglar's Rychlé šípy (1938) date from the interwar years, and in a 2009 expert poll Kája Saudek and Miloš Macourek's Muriel a andělé (1967 to 1969) was named the best Czech comic of all time.

Comics from Czech Republic

From the shelf

Czech Republic in numbers

01 • 04

Czech Republic in numbers · 01 • 04

137

1933

2000s

Artists

Artists from Czech Republic in the archive.

Comics from Czech Republic in the archive.

Ferda Mravenec, the earliest comic from Czech Republic in the archive.

The decade when the most new comics from Czech Republic began.

Artists from Czech Republic in the archive.

Comics from Czech Republic in the archive.

Ferda Mravenec, the earliest comic from Czech Republic in the archive.

The decade when the most new comics from Czech Republic began.

komiks

komiks · Comics from Czech Republic

History

Czech Republic in 3 chapters

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Czech Republic.

3 chapters

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Chapter 1

1926

to 1937

Pioneers

Ferda Mravenec

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1926
to 1937
Chapter 01
Pioneers
Josef Lada and Ladislav Vlodek were pioneers with Adolf and Koule (1926 to 1927), and Ondřej Sekora's Ferda Mravenec followed in 1933.
1938
to 1989
Chapter 02
Rychlé šípy and its interruptions
Foglar and Jan Fischer's Rychlé šípy began in Mladý hlasatel in 1938 and was interrupted by the Nazis and the Communists until 1989. Muriel a andělé appeared from 1967 to 1969, and Čtyřlístek has run continuously since 1969.
1990
to today
Chapter 03
After 1989
Crew magazine launched in 1997, Rudiš and Jaromír 99 made the Alois Nebel trilogy, and Pérák comics have appeared since 2018.