Photo: Aleš Vopat, Památník národního písemnictví – Muzeum literatury
An exhibition dedicated to Rychlé šípy or The Rapid Arrows, a legendary Czech comic series by Jaroslav Foglar about the adventures of five boys in the city, got underway at the Museum of Literature this week. Among other things, it showcases the original first editions of the legendary comic strip. I spoke to its curator Pavel Kořínek:
For those who have never heard of the comics The Rapid Arrows, how would you describe it? Who are its main characters?
“It is a comic that tells a story of this group of five young boys, aged between 10 and 14, who came together as a sort of club. They live in some big city and enjoy adventures in the countryside as well as in the streets of the city. It is a quite interesting genre of comics; we in Czech comic history tend to call it club comics. And the Rapid Arrows are really the most important Czech comics of the 20th century.”