- Freelance illustrator, writer, author of comics and cartoons
- Artist of TV animation series for Czech Television “The White Lady Baby Sitter”
- Member of the unofficial new wave of Czech and Slovak comics Generation Zero and presidium of The Czech Cartoonists‘ Union
Telefon: +420 775 033 106
E-mail: vrabec@vhrsti.cz
Awards
- Silver medal in the competition BESA (The Best European Schoolbook Awards) – 2013
- Price of Czech Teachers for contribution to children’s literature – I’m Not Afraid of the Darkness Any More – 2007
- The Best Comics Website in the Czech Republic – 2006
- Certificate of Excellence from National Press Club of Canada, Ottawa – 2006
- Special jury award at the 1st International Shop of Young Comics, Belgrade – 2003
Books
- The White Lady Baby Sitter (with Petr Friedl and Pavel Brycz) – 2013
- I Want to Be an Adult – 2013
- Mirek & Co. (Vojtech Steklac) – 2012
- A Handful of Fairy Tales from Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia (Marketa Cekanova, Zdenek Zajicek) – 2012
- Legends of the Central Brdy Region (Tomas Makaj) – 2012
- Learning to Read and Write. Czech Language 1 – Genetic Method – 2012
- Now We Can Read and Write. Czech Language 2 – Genetic Method – 2012
- The Secret of Snowflakes – 2011
- Pilsen Calendar 2012 – 2011
- The Worst Class & Co.The Battle in the Dragon’s Cave – 2011
- Summer School for the 2nd Grade – 2011
- Half a Bunch to a Bunch of Fairy Tales and Stories from the Whole of Bohemia (Marketa Cekanova, Zdenek Zajicek) – 2010
- The Worst Class & Co. The Magnetic Mobile (Vojtech Steklac) – 2010
- Let’s Save Johanka! – audiobook (Katerina Richterova, Krystof Hadek) – 2010
- Ales & Co. (Vojtech Steklac) – 2010
- The Worst Class & Co. The Golden Credit Card (Vojtech Steklac) – 2009
- Pilsen’s Ghosts Cookbook (Miroslava Kuntzmannova, Zdenek Zajicek) – 2009
- Bohousek & Co. (Vojtech Steklac) – 2009
- Holiday in Heaven – 2008
- Half a Bunch of Pilsen Fairy Tales and Stories (Marketa Cekanova, Zdenek Zajicek) – 2007
- Pilsen Calendar 2008 – 2007
- I’m Not Afraid of the Dark Any More – 2007 – Price of Czech Teachers for contribution to children’s literature
- Two Dozen Pilsen Fairy Tales and Stories (Marketa Cekanova, Zdenek Zajicek) – 2006
Anthologies, catalogues
- New Czech Comics (2000-2012) – 2012
- We Are Still at War – Life Stories of the 20th Century – 2011
- Generation Zero: Czech Comics 2000-2010 – 2010
- 2cet – 2010
- Cartoon Meeting Point – 2010
- KomiksFEST! 2007 – 2007
- Q International (Italy) – 2006
- CZekomiks – 2006
- Warburger (Slovenia) – 2003
Magazines
- Aargh!, Bedeman, Daily Fresh (Fresh Films Fest), Denik, K8 (the Ukraine), KomiksFEST! Revue, Labyrint Revue, LINK (People in Need), MF Dnes, Moje 1. noviny (My 1st Newspaper), Novy prostor (streetpaper), Pravo, Q International (Italy), Revue Rozrazil, Slunicko, Stripburger (Slovenia), Via Nostra Revue, Zkrat, company magazines (Skoda Steel, TNT Post, Schneider Bohemia) etc.
Other Interesting Publications and Projects
- Blogs of Czech personalities at Aktualne.cz – plenty of Vhrsti’s articles on various topics (in Czech only) – from 2007
- Comics exhibition Endless Tram in regular line tram in Brno – 2007 – 2008
- National competition Let’s Finish Vhrsti’s Comics – 2007
- The Museum of Ghosts and Fairy Tales in Pilsen – art collaboration from 2007
- Fairy Tales from the Pocket – 2007
- Ghostly Game – 2007
- Magic Coloring Book – 2007
- Motanice (Tangle) – 2007
- Official booklet of the 1th historic mp3 CD of the famous Czech songster Jaromir Nohavica The Prague Burned – 2006
- Comics The Fisherman was published in special issue Q International dedicated to XX Olympic Winter Games TORINO 2006 – 2006
- Daily comic strip Endless Bus in newspaper Deník – 2006
- Comics Peace was published in the Warburger – world anthology of anti-war comics – 2003
Collective and One-man Exhibitions
- Barcelona, Berlin, Belgrade, Bratislava, Brno, Hranice, Knokke-Heist, Kozuchow, Litvinov, Ljubljana, Lysa nad Labem, Most, Olomouc, Ottawa, Pancevo, Pisek, Porto, Prague, Uhersky Brod, Zadar etc.
Collaboration with Companies
- Albi, KomiksFEST!, People in Need, Pilsen City Library, RLA Stallion, SEQENCE o.s., Skoda Steel, Speaker Agency, Theatre V Boude, TNT post, Transport Company of the City of Pilsen etc.