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251:(Muriel and Angels). The album depicts the story of a young physician Muriel, who meets an angel Ro, coming from a distant future. Ro attempts to introduce her to a world without hate, evil people, or death. (He modeled Muriel on actress Olga Schoberová and used his brother Jan for the antagonist general Xenon.) The communist censors believed the story to be politically suspect and banned its publication. Saudek's style was considered to be too "American"; some of his critics labelled his work as an example of bourgeois 169: 282:, a popular Czechoslovak action-drama television series. The original TV series was intended as political propaganda to support official communist positions. The Ministry of Interior rejected Saudek's adaptation and refused to allow publication, because the officials thought that the style seemed too "American" and there was too much "shooting" in it. In 1999, after the fall of the Soviet Union, the album was published under the title 38: 1159: 276:, inspired by 19th-century adventure stories, was banned by the party censors. They began to be more critical of Saudek's collaboration with the popular magazine, gradually restricting his work, and banning it altogether in the mid-1970s. From 1976 to 1978, Saudek created a comics series to the theme of 794:"Příběh o lodní lékařce, jež zachrání anděla, který jí představí svět bez nenávisti, zlých lidí i smrti, vystrašil dobovou cenzuru, a tak komiks Muriel a andělé, nakreslený podle scénáře Miloše Macourka, nakonec vyšel poprvé až v roce 1991." 886:"Společně jsme to nosili na ministerstvo vnitra do kachlíkárny na Letné ke schválení. Nakonec to zakázali. Nelíbilo se jim, že je to takové americké. Nelíbilo se jim střílení, dokonce ani v epizodě, v níž Zeman zastřelí agenta Bláhu" 857:"Spolupráce s českými časopisy však byla napadána "oficiální kritikou" (to je kritikou s níž bylo zakázáno polemizovat) a postupně příkazy "shora" omezována, až v polovině sedmdesátých let byla zlikvidována úplně." 1240: 993: 1264: 1248: 327:
Saudek continued his work. But in April 2006 he suffered a bad accident that left him in a coma. He was hospitalised in the Prague hospital Motol, and died on 26 June 2015.
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and featured her as a model of his comic character "sexy Jessie", who became one of his best known characters. He and Olga dated for a time. In 1966, the film director
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Saudek exhibited his works at more than 300 solo exhibitions in the Czechoslovakia and abroad. His drawings are included in significant Czech art collections (i. e.
828:"V komunistickém Československu se Saudek cítil jako cizinec ve vlastní zemi, jeho tvorba byla příliš "americká", její kritikové ji označovali za buržoazní kýč." 293:; the society sponsored publication of several of his comics series in the following decade. In the 1980s Saudek also co-created a popular TV series, 149:, and his Czech wife. Both of their families originated in Bohemia; Gustav was born in Děčín. After the Nazis invaded Czechoslovakia during 1382: 359: 257: 777: 700: 1294: 255:. The complete cycle of Muriel was published in 1991, after the change in governments. In 1971 Saudek contributed to the film 1101: 1202: 868: 839: 1232: 806: 1044:
Slovník českých a slovenských výtvarných umělců XIII. (Ro-Se) (Lexicon of the Czech and Slovak Visual Artists, part XIII.)
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Saudek drew from family and friends in creating his comic characters. In 1969 he published a part of the comic series
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In September 2009, three of his works ranked among the top five of Czech comics in a poll organized by the newspaper
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in Czechoslovakia, many of Saudek's works were published in new editions. He collaborated with the comics journal
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At the beginning of the 1970s, Saudek worked as an illustrator for the Czechoslovak magazine
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Karel and Jan Saudek were born in Prague in 1935, twin sons of Gustav Saudek, who was
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comics illustrator and graphic artist. He was considered one of the best artists of
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Luža in GERMAN OCCUPIED Poland]]. Many of their Jewish family members died in the
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Kniha o Saudkovi se rodila v bolestech, neochotná byla rodina i sběratelé (iDnes)
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and others. He was influential in the expanding popular culture of the country.
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2002 – Prague, Czech Museum of Visual Arts. "Czech Comics (?) and Visual Arts"
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Kája Saudek byl zlatý tehdy a je i teď, potvrzuje výstava komiksů (iDnes)
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Monografie Káji Saudka zmizela z pultů za pár dní, dotisk není jistý
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in his early years. He was first inspired mainly by the works of
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Vyšla monografie komiksového mistra Káji Saudka. Konečně (iDnes)
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Kája Saudek & 60's (Prague.tv – Prague's City Guide)
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is an internationally known photographer and painter.
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Rozhovor s Kájou Saudkem" 172:Kája Saudek in his atelier in the mid-1980s. 1233:Interview with Kája Saudek (Source: Reflex) 443:Lips Tullian, nejobávanější náčelník lupičů 16:Czech comics illustrator and graphic artist 1295: 1281: 1173:Complete catalogue of works by Kája Saudek 1096:(in Czech). Prague: Arbor vitae societas. 775: 732: 696: 694: 692: 690: 688: 1050:: Výtvarné centrum Chagall. p. 268. 776:Čechlovská, Magdalena (9 November 2009). 653: 651: 649: 647: 215:used Saudek's comic drawings in the film 1302: 871:(in Czech). Revue Dialog. Archived from 842:(in Czech). Revue Dialog. Archived from 701:Irene Carpintero, "Kaja Saudek and '60s" 232:Popmusic Express (Underground Com-comix) 167: 1091: 771: 769: 685: 603: 556:(Peruvian Diary) (1984) – published by 1345: 1131:Jak a proč jsem kreslil Majora Zemana. 1113:(1994–95). Prague: Modrý jezdec 1995. 712: 644: 1276: 1143:. Prague: Agentura Kdo je kdo, 2002. 996:(in Czech). iDnes.cz. 2 December 2009 967:Kubíčková, Klára (5 September 2009). 804: 543:(The Blue Ravine) (1984) – script by 766: 125:; 13 May 1935 – 26 June 2015) was a 1383:Jewish concentration camp survivors 900:(in Czech). iDNES.cz. 21 April 2006 805:Farná, Kateřina (9 December 2009). 626:2003 – Prague, Mánes. "Film Poster" 475:(Black Phillip) (1974) – script by 13: 1085: 14: 1409: 1150: 713:Asiedu, Dita (16 December 2001). 533:(The Well) (1984) – published in 305:. The series was produced by the 163:Theresienstadt concentration camp 1157: 1141:Who is Who in the Czech Republic 1133:In: Lidové noviny, 1 July 1999. 1111:Who is Who in the Czech Republic 284:Major Zeman and Six of His Cases 176:Saudek had become familiar with 36: 1065:Mrázková, Daniela, ed. (2005). 1008: 986: 960: 934: 912: 890: 861: 673:. Czech Radio. 28 February 2005 671:"The "four-leaf clover" comics" 832: 798: 744: 706: 663: 157:(mixed-blood) children in the 1: 1069:(in Czech). Prague: Slovart. 1064: 1034: 1018:(in Czech). Almanach Labyrint 738: 715:"Saudek Brothers Documentary" 703:, Prague TV, 30 November 2009 629:2009 - Prague, Czech Center. 392:(1969) – 4 parts, script by 360:Čtyři vraždy stačí, drahoušku 258:Čtyři vraždy stačí, drahoušku 942:"Zemřel kreslíř Kája Saudek" 437:Ostravský Kulturní Zpravodaj 314:fall of the communist regime 140: 7: 1067:Jan Saudek – fotograf český 598:Czech Speleological Society 589:Czech Speleological Society 576:Czech Speleological Society 567:Czech Speleological Society 558:Czech Speleological Society 549:Czech Speleological Society 526:Czech Speleological Society 517:Czech Speleological Society 508:Czech Speleological Society 499:Czech Speleological Society 291:Czech Speleological Society 279:Thirty Cases of Major Zeman 10: 1414: 18: 1311: 1042:Malá, Alena, ed. 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Index

Saudek

Prague
Czechoslovakia
Czech Republic
penciller
inker
Czech
Czech comics
Jan Saudek
Jewish
World War II
Mischlinge
Nazi concentration camp
Theresienstadt concentration camp

American comics
Walt Disney
Iron Curtain
Robert Crumb
Richard Corben
technical writer
Barrandov Film Studios
Olga Schoberová
Miloš Macourek
Who Wants to Kill Jessie?
Czechoslovakia
Jaroslav Foglar
Ondřej Neff
Muriel a andělé

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