Štěpánka Jislová
ILLUSTRATIONS & COMICS
Heartcore
Heartcore, 240 pages, published by Paseka publishing in September 2023 What creates a romantic attachment? Is it just genetics, do our parents play a part or is it simply a magical uncontrollable process? What if every …
Book Cover (unused)
Supro: Heroes on Credit
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas
Výroční zpráva pro Cestu domů
Pygmalion (G. B. Shaw)
Pygmalion (G. B. Shaw), nakladatelství Leda Profesor se vsadí s přítelem, že naučí mladou květinářku vybrané mluvě a chování, takže ji za pár měsíců nikdo nerozezná od rozené vévodkyně.
Book Cover (unused)
Přeřekadla
Přeřekadla, nakladatelství Meander Tradiční rčení a přísloví podané dětem zábavným a interaktivním způsobem. Aby na ně příště už nekoukaly jak tele na nový vrata!
Batman and Catwoman (Blank cover)
Europe 2050
The Muse of the 9th Art
Detective books covers
Me
In the Gutter
Two (illustration for KOMA festival)
Atopická výprava
Dead Souls (Nikolai V. Gogol)
Mrtvé duše (Nikolaj Vasiljevič Gogol), nakladatelství Leda
WITCH
Birds of Prague
Birds of Prague is a book that can make your experience of the Czech capital very different. Written by an author with a moving lifestory, Wahl, after years in resistance, was shot in 1950 in …
Půlliterka (pro rumunský časopis POC#1)
Mural
Illustrations for Centrum Bavaria Bohemia (CeBB)
Dopisy z Ruska (nerealizováno)
Invisible shade (Guide to Female Autism)
Girl Gang
PF 2022
Broumov Architecture
Hunt for Macbeth
Expulsion
Illustration of the displacement of the German population after IIWW for the publishing house 65. pole
The Tooth Fairy Tree
Commission for a dentist office
Here and Now
One page comics for an exhibition of Czech comics artists with a goal to explore how the world looks right here, right now.
National Park Krkonoše
Poster for madebythe to raise money and awareness of nature protection: https://madebythe.sk/collections/plagaty/products/038-krkonose-stepanka-jislova
3Demons
These illustrations were made for 3Demons and their Kickstarter campaing to promote 3D printed creatures:
How we met before we met
T-shirt prints for Aviation Club
A series of illustrations for various merchandise of the Aviation Club.
Quarantine comics
The Architect
Inside a home
Ada Lovelace
The Forest
Quarantine
Hairless
Tooth
comics covers
Milada Horakova (comics biography book)
funny girls
(e)READING – temporary tattoos
jewish history
I am so over 2019
flower run I.-III.
Benátský karneval
Dragon Warrior
Bird Garden
Lost in Connection II
wedding invite vol. II
The Garden of Choice
flower girls
wedding invite
Fighteress (5/5)
Mad Max Series: Movie Marathon Poster
Poster for Mad Max Marathon for the Aero cinema in Prague.
Witch 2.0
PIN UP GIRL
Lost in Connection
Game for Two
3x Detective Kalle (Cover + Flyleaf)
F
3x Detective Kalle (Illustrations)
Portrait for KB
Tools of Trade
Back into my arms
Prague Monuments Postcards (5 pieces)
Series of postcards made for Meander Publishing to celebrate the many many monuments of the city of Prague.
A very weary garden
PF 2019 (Filio)
New Year’s card for Filio, who gave me complete freedom to draw as I like, as long as I include vila Sandi.
Tweeting
Akvaponie
Pro web zabývající se spojením domácího pěstování bylinek a akvaristiky Farma v pokoji dělám (a ještě nějakou dobu dělat budu) infografické popisy toho, jak akvaponie funguje. Sérii doprovází skupinka komiksových postaviček, které v akvárku žijí …
Goat the Gardener
Daniel in Lion’s Den (edition Manamana)
Daniel in Lion’s Den, published by Meander Publishing, is a part of the Manamana series, which aims to present bible stories in a kid-friendly way to children and their parents.
Back to Kitchen
Rolemodels
Date with an Ex
Sharp Objects
NucleArt
The visual theme for postapocalyptic festival Summer Nuclear Art Jam.
The Big Mermaid
The Amazing Adventures of Josef Tulka
Kill the Swans (Deconstruction of Myth)
Swans are Evil (Deconstruction of Myth)
Glass Children
Glass Children (script and drawings: Štěpánka Jislová, 4 pages, 2018)
Gavina the Witch (The Wyrd)
Wyrd is the story of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, or rather the story behind Shakespeare’s Macbeth, told from the perspective of the three wyrd sisters who make that story happen. Gavina is a mankilling, flesheating teenage girl, …
Wynda the Witch (The Wyrd)
Wyrd is the story of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, or rather the story behind Shakespeare’s Macbeth, told from the perspective of the three wyrd sisters who make that story happen. Wynda is a time-walking reality-hacker, a clever …
Morag the Witch (The Wyrd)
Wyrd is the story of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, or rather the story behind Shakespeare’s Macbeth, told from the perspective of the three wyrd sisters who make that story happen. Morag is a thousand-year-old hedge witch, cunning …
How to deal with a break-up (in a healthy way)
How to deal with a break-up (in a healthy way) (script and drawings: Štěpánka Jislová, 6 pages, 2018)
Attachement styles
Attachement styles (script and drawings: Štěpánka Jislová, 5 pages, 2017) This homage to art nouveau and old fairy-tales was created at Laydeez do Comics symposium under the theme Princesses: Happily Ever After. Balancing on the edge …
Hasiči radí
Výběr z ilustrací pro dětskou příručku správného jednání v krizových situacích
Vykoumej komiks
cell division
dead
practicalities
Not Yet (series)
How to Save the World
How to Save the World (script and drawings: Štěpánka Jislová, 8 pages, 2017) This story was originally made for the Re-Animate Europe competition, organized by the Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung Foundation with cooperation with the Comics Strip Center in Brussels. The …
character development
moving on
my girl
The Test
(script and drawings: Štěpánka Jislová, 2 pages, 2017)
spring cleanse
nowhere else to go
Assumption
Deathbed for a Knight / Gateway for a Queen
Cement and Rebar
Cement and Rebar (script and drawings: Štěpánka Jislová, 8 pages, 2016) One of my projects from the loveliest residency in Chapman University, California. Based on the theme Home and Identity, it was created thanks to the EU …
We are the Land
A tribute to Standing Rock and all the The Dakota Access Pipeline protesters, based on the fact that nature doesn’t need us and once we’re gone, it’ll just use us to go on.
Poems
eat your veggies
Studies
Treasure Island
Illustration for the all time children classic book Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Hoarder’s heart
One of my favorite pieces so far. Even though it’s pretty self-explanatory and the heart hopefully clearly visible, the original idea was to put together an image of someone who is hoarding things and people …
Homewrecker
One house, two versions of it. The order of before/after is unknown.
Last Secrets (Cover Art)
BUY THE BOOK Illustration for the cover of the book Last Secrets. Time travelling! Children detectives! Haggis!
We are running
We are running (script and drawings: Štěpánka Jislová, 4 pages, 2016) This is one of my favorite Uni projects, a submission to an anthology with a uniting theme of NIGHTMARES. By coincidence I have finished …
The Royal Scissors
No matter how romantically dramatic it might feel at that time, in love triangles somebody is bound to get hurt, as simple as it is. This image was later on used as a motive for …
Little book of dreams
Little book of dreams (script and drawings: Štěpánka Jislová, 4 pages, 2016) BUY DIRTY DIAMONDS or BUY XEROX This comics was originally made for the all-female anthology Dirty Diamonds and it got featured in its 7th …
1938: How Beneš yielded to Hitler
1938: Jak Beneš ustoupil Hitlerovi, edice Češi (scénář Pavel Kosatík, kresba: Štěpánka Jislová, 80 stran, 2016) KOUPIT KNÍŽKU Předposlední díl série Češi podle seriálu ČT České století s názvem 1938: Jak Beneš ustupil Hitlerovi vyšel …
Period Monthly
Period Monthly (script and drawings: Štěpánka Jislová, 3 pages, 2016) This three page long parody magazine called Period monthly was created at Gender: Redefined symposium, an event organized by the Czech branch of Laydeez Do Comics. It has one …
The Horrors of Krusne Mountains
Illustrations for a TV series about the legends in Krusne mountains.
How Beneš yielded to Hitler
Cover art for the graphic novel How Beneš yielded to Hitler, hopefully capturing the conflict between the violent and the diplomatic ways of handling the situation.
Last Secrets (Illustrations)
BUY THE BOOK Illustrations for the book Last Secrets. Time travelling! Children detectives! Haggis!
Heroine
All dead things
All Dead Things (script, drawings: Štěpánka Jislová, 2 pages, 2015) BUY One of the last projects of the legendary Komiksfest was presenting the Generation 2.0, a group of young Czech and Slovak comics artists. Part of the …
Starring role
Drawing melancholic hipsters is almost soothing for some reasons.
Knightie
Why bother with photo-shopping selfies when you can just re-design yourself from the scratch!
Underneath it all
Inspired by Marina and the Diamonds!
Holy Heart Abbey
Holy Heart Abbey (script and drawings: Štěpánka Jislová, 80 pages, 2015) HHA is my bachelor project, that turned out to be way more challenging than I imagined. The idea for a monk order living in …
Untitled
Untitled (script and drawings: Štěpánka Jislová, 2 pages, 2015) This two-page long anecdote that is still missing a title, came to be when I was still at high school and at said time I thought …
Jock of Hearts
BLUE SEASON (2016) Blue Season is a series about the various means of communication that doesn’t happen face to face. I went through my Facebook messages and pick the most interesting parts, then proceeded to …
Queen of Hearts
BLUE SEASON (2016) Blue Season is a series about the various means of communication that doesn’t happen face to face. I went through my Facebook messages and pick the most interesting parts, then proceeded to …
The Unsavvy Means of Good Intentions
BLUE SEASON (2016) Blue Season is a series about the various means of communication that doesn’t happen face to face. I went through my Facebook messages and pick the most interesting parts, then proceeded to …
The Warmth Of Perfection
BLUE SEASON (2016) Blue Season is a series about the various means of communication that doesn’t happen face to face. I went through my Facebook messages and pick the most interesting parts, then proceeded to …
The Approximate Direction Of Intimacy
MODRÁ SEZÓNA (2016) Cyklus Modrá sezóna je série dvaceti ilustrací doplněných o autentický úryvek z internetové komunikace. Texty jsou neupravené a v takové podobě, jaké je lidé napsali, včetně internetového slangu a překlepů. Cyklus slouží …
Off to Pay His Crimes
BLUE SEASON (2016) Blue Season is a series about the various means of communication that doesn’t happen face to face. I went through my Facebook messages and pick the most interesting parts, then proceeded to …
The Well Deserved Emptiness
BLUE SEASON (2016) Blue Season is a series about the various means of communication that doesn’t happen face to face. I went through my Facebook messages and pick the most interesting parts, then proceeded to …
The Arguable Safety of Motion
BLUE SEASON (2016) Blue Season is a series about the various means of communication that doesn’t happen face to face. I went through my Facebook messages and pick the most interesting parts, then proceeded to …
New future – old guilt
Project Phoenix
I Am a Ruin
Inspired by Marina and the Diamonds!
Infinite loop
FanArts
Caution! Border crossing
Caution! Border crossing (script and drawings: Štěpánka Jislová, 5 pages, 2015) Human trafficking carries quite a different connotation in the countries of Eastern bloc, especially when it comes to human smugglers. The symposium Superheroes of …
Nudes
wait
Our mercy
Tree house
Succession
The Succession (script, drawings: Štěpánka Jislová, 4 pages, 2014) I made this comics during one lovely week in Ústí nad Labem, where I participated in the 4th edition of TOP, an international series of workshops …