(Ján Kurinec) "Comics Post No. 1 is a story that literally tempts every reader to interpret it in his or her own way. As an illustrator, I was lucky with the script: many panels, even some double-page spreads, had a prescribed "improvise" or "draw your opinion on..." etc. In email exchanges between myself and the author, I even occasionally got the request, "It doesn't have to look like an echt comic drawing—I'd prefer it to look like your drawing; a free drawing". The double-page describing the rocket launch is all mine, including the script: I was inspired by the amazing work of the people from the Czech website Kozmonautix, who popularise science, cosmonautics and spaceflight. About the typography in the comic: I am very happy to support Slovak typography, even though many people don't even know it exists. The fonts used in the book were created by Miloš Mičátek (this is the so-called comics font), Ján Filípek (the font on the title page of the book and in the medallions about the authors) and Ondrej Jób (the font on the title page of the book).”


(Jana W. Petrová) "The script of the comics Post No. 1 is inspired by the literary works of Adamov, Zweig, Beckett, Ionesco and Dürrenmatt. The work also draws on 20th-century artistic movements that responded to major wartime conflicts (Dadaism, Austrian Expressionism) and pointed to the change in moral values, the transience of the moment, and the meaninglessness, ultimately, of anything. Instead of explaining the images and the whole plot, it is better if the reader accepts them as they are. You want a template for a story? Want to know if Post #1 adheres to Freytag's pyramid? So action here does not replace reaction, suspense here does not replace fallout, and the beginning is in the middle. Comics are one of the few places where realism hasn't gotten old. It doesn't even have wrinkles. How the hell does it do that? I'd take his visage! But is realism out? And is it possible to make abstract comics? Comics without text are common - but is it possible to make an abstract comic without text? I don't know. Anyway, I wanted realism as ordinary as putting on sneakers in the morning and going to buy fresh bread.”


Jana W. Petrová (1980, Bratislava) graduated from Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien (Buch und Dramaturgie). She is a copywriter and proofreader who collaborates on theatre and television scripts. She lives and works alternatively in Austria and Slovakia. For the script of the graphic novel Post No. 1 she was inspired by the works of Adamov, Zweig, Beckett, Ionesco and Dürrenmatt.


Ján Kurinec (1983, Šaľa) is an illustrator and book graphic designer. For fifteen years, he worked as an arts teacher. He is the co-author of the books that popularize science: Klikal som a čítal som (“I Clicked and Read”), Najznámejšie experimenty vo fyzike (“Most Famous Experiments in Physics”), Najznámejšie experimenty v psychológii (“Most Famous Experiments in Psychology”) and Dejiny pokazených zubov (“The History of Bad Teeth”). He lives in Nitra, Slovakia.