Over the past ten years, Slovak comics have undergone a fundamental change in form. Instead of existing solely in periodicals, as was common in the last century, they have—aligned with global trends—migrated to bookstore shelves and the format of a book. It could be said that they have matured both formally and in terms of content. The lecture will focus on the phenomenon of the contemporary Slovak comic novel (graphic novel), introduce its most interesting representatives, and attempt to identify the unique features of individual works.
Martin Foret was a comics journalist, and now he dedicates himself to comics as a theorist and historian, also lecturing about it at universities. He is the co-author of publications V panelech a bublinách. Kapitoly z teórie komiksu, Před komiksem: Formování domácího obrázkového seriálu ve 2. polovině XIX. století, and Dějiny československého komiksu 20. století.