Within Reach
Young Tolja arrives in the West hoping for a better life. Instead, he encounters the dead-end reality of an agency worker, and discovers true freedom only within the sixteen ropes of a boxing ring. There, he can not only take punches, but throw them as well. Soon, however, it becomes clear that the hardest blows come where no gloves are worn and no rules apply. A contemporary graphic novel by the authors of the The Return of the King of Šumava trilogy.
Karel Osoha
Karel (1991) is a comic artist, illustrator, and storyboard artist. He studied animation at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague (UMPRUM), in the Studio of Film and TV Graphics. For the album The Czechs 1948: How the Communist Party Seized Power, he received the Muriel Award for Best Artwork. He illustrated all three volumes of the book trilogy Prašina. For his work on the series, as well as on the comic trilogy The Return of the King of Šumava, he was nominated for the Czech Grand Design Awards. He later received another Muriel Award for Best Artwork for the comic series Prašina: The Chalk Figure. He created storyboards for the feature films Little Crusader, Saving One Who Was Dead by Václav Kadrnka, and Arvéd by Vojtěch Mašek.
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Ondřej Kavalír
Ondřej (1980) is a screenwriter, translator, and editor. He collaborated on the film Alois Nebel, which won the European Film Award for Best Animated Feature in 2012. He is the screenwriter (together with Vojtěch Mašek) of the comic trilogy The Return of the King of Šumava (2018–2020) and the graphic novel Octobriana (with Marek Berger, 2023). As a translator and editor, he has worked on numerous award-winning comic and literary projects for Labyrint Publishing House. His translation of the comic Alois Nebel: Rudo received the Muriel Award (2015), and his translation of the children’s book Journey into the World was awarded the Golden Ribbon (2016). Since 2008, he has been the dramaturge of Prague’s Night of Literature festival.