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Husyckie wątki religijne w najnowszym czeskim komiksie historycznym
Hussite religious themes in the latest Czech historical comics

Author(s): Mariusz Guzek
Subject(s): Cultural history, Visual Arts, Social history, Sociology of Art, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Jan Hus; Hussite wars; historical comics; Czech national identity; comics market in Central Europe;

Summary/Abstract: The creators of Czech historical comics are active participants in the debate on national identity and the role of historical memory in today’s political practices. Above all, they preferred to refer to the events of the past century, which defined such currently important concepts as responsibility, heroism and sacrifice, among other things. However, the history of Jan Hus and the Hussite movement, recalled on this anniversary, proved just as relevant to comics’ strategies. The article discusses inspirations and references in projects such as the two-volume albums by Z. Ležak and M. Kocián, the evangelistic notebooks by A. Mrazek and the online frames by a cartoonist who signs his works with the pseudonym jaz.

  • Issue Year: 35/2023
  • Issue No: 44
  • Page Range: 99-116
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish
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