Born in 1987 in Olomouc. Studied as an art carver at the Secondary School of Carving in Tovačov. Graduated from the Painting Studio at the Faculty of Arts in Ostrava. A paranoid schizophrenic with sparse hair, neglected teeth, and overweight. Has a tendency toward addictive substances, prone to emotional swings, with severe social phobia.
Lyricist and frontman of the band Schwarzprior (album IDDQD, 2014), occasional actor (Vienna Calling 2018, Morava, krásná zem 3: Genesis 2019), and comic creator (Komiksová Kytice, 2016; Hrdelní zločiny Tišnova a okolí, 2017; Midnight in Prague, 2018; TRAUM Season 1, 2019; TRAUM Season 2, 2020). His artistic medium is comics, with drawings and illustrations emerging from comic aesthetic. His work is characterized by complex narrative thoughts with a gloomy and mysterious atmosphere, black humor, irony, with dirt and industrial elements. Obsession with the bizareness of human civilization, a crackpot approach, body horror, and white trash aesthetics. The protagonists are wrecks, lost characters without prospects.
You had the opportunity to see him at the Panel in two presentations and in Artist Alley. During the first edition, he showcased a humorous demotivational comic coaching, and at BRaK x Panel 2025, he talked about his comic series TRAUM.
Insta: motal_tomas
TRAUM comic series
Traum is a comic series drawn from sci-fi, horror, crime stories, noir, black comedy and satire genre. Take place mostly inside the Eastern Europe and reflect historical events of post-Soviet states. Through fictional events, real and fake characters and fantastic elements enrich historical reality.
All expected millenium approaching tightly. In 1999, the world began spinning differently. The global events changed the world totally. What disseminates is fear and uncertainty, alarming news about the end of the world and paranormal activities. Don´t all these events have their origin deeply in the past time of the Cold War? Stories about common people who make bad things to other common people working ordinarily in the dying world. A bit retro, a bit post-apocalyptic, conspirative sci-fi. As if someone in the 90´s made the X-Files, the Outer Limits, Arrival, Children of Men, District 9, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Fargo or Half Life in Czech for instance.
Presentation – BRaK x Panel 2025
TRAUM and Others
Tomáš Motal is a Czech comic scriptwriter and artist known for his dark, mysterious style filled with black humor and irony. He is the creator of the series TRAUM, which combines sci-fi, horror, crime, and satire, set in a post-Soviet Eastern European environment. He expands historical events with fictional stories, real and invented characters, and fantastical elements.
Lecture – Panel year 2022
Tomáš Motal’s Demotivational Comic Coaching
The lecture by comic creator Tomáš Motal was about why it is better to do anything other than comics. With humor and perspective, he discussed how challenging the creation of a comic work is, from production to distribution.