Kafka Comic Book

The graphic book brings an austere life story of Franz Kafka, one of the world’s most significant modern writers. The German-writing phenomenon of Prague’s cultural milieu from the turn of the 19th & 20th centuries is depicted as a sportsman and vegetarian who frequented Prague cafés and took part in passionate discussions. The book guides us through places of his childhood and teens, his favourite cafés as well as to meet his friends. It can also serve as a specific guide on Kafka’s Prague.

Prague was, however, Kafka’s central theme. The city he tried to escape but whose gravitational force would keep drawing him closer was his strongest source of inspiration. “This old crone has claws,” he famously wrote to a friend.

The comic book was created by the acclaimed Czech illustrator Štěpán Mareš exclusively for the City of Prague.

• Dimensions: 18 x 26 cm (7 x 10.2 in)
• Pages: 4
• Designed and produced in Prague

Štěpán Mareš is a prolific illustrator of books, graphic novels, strips, and freelance artist. An author of the legendary Green Raoul, political satire one page comic strips published in a Czech weekly for 28 years. He belongs to the prominent illustrator community.  

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