JONAS LEDECKY (comics book artist; Czechia)
Guest presence: Saturday 6. April 2024
Jonáš Ledecký is a Czech comic book artist and musician. He's the creator of KIWI (Primus, 2009; Albatros, 2017), THE EMPRESS (Playboy [CZ], 2018-2019), KITTY STYLE (Playboy [CZ], 2018-2019) and the co-creator of PUSSYCAT ASSASSINS (Playboy [CZ], 2018-2019).
He also was the head writer and artist on KAPSY (Euromedia, 2018) - the first comic book adaptation of Karel Čapek's Povídky z jedné a druhé kapsy. And worked as the head artist on KAREL IV. PÁN SVĚTA (Albatros, 2016) - a graphic novel about the holy roman emperor Charles IV.
Since 2014 he's been designing racing apparel for his sister - Ester Ledecka (the first woman to win a gold medal in two different sports in a single Winter Olympic Games).
His work also includes commissions for Elle magazine [CZ], Vogue magazine [CZ], Coca-Cola magazine [CZ], Crew / DC Comics, Mattel, Schweppes, Drumphonic, Continental AG, Audi, Future Gate festival and more.
Together with Michal Suchánek, he releases an original comic titled AFTERPUNK (Crew, 2024).
