Illustrations for the three-part dystopian series about robots

By Veronika Lochmanová

Mar 3 – Aug 23, 2026

Book designer and illustrator Jindřich Janíček (1990) graduated from Tomáš Baťa University in Zlín and the Illustration Studio at UMPRUM in Prague. He has twice won the Czech Grand Design Award and is also the recipient of the Muriel Award from the Czech Academy of Comics. In 2015, he and his wife Nikola founded the publishing house and bookstore Take take take, where, among other things, he produced his successful book project, The Illustrated Constitution of the Czech Republic. In Cheb, he is now presenting original illustrations for his comic trilogy The Wondrous Robot Expedition, The Unexpected Robot Exodus, and The Torment of Robot Existence. Their main protagonists are the fearless explorer Meriwether and the timid scientist William. These books, which are also being successfully published abroad, are based on stories full of linguistic humor, written by screenwriter Taťána Rubášová.

Illustrations for the three-part dystopian series about robots -

Gallery of Fine Arts in Cheb