{"id":868,"date":"2015-11-06T11:23:30","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T11:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theputto.com\/comic\/?p=868"},"modified":"2015-11-13T00:17:17","modified_gmt":"2015-11-13T00:17:17","slug":"czech-television-debut-for-the-sorrowful-putto-of-prague","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theputto.com\/comic\/czech-television-debut-for-the-sorrowful-putto-of-prague\/","title":{"rendered":"Czech Television debut for The Sorrowful Putto of Prague"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been a fantastic month for The Sorrowful Putto of Prague. Firstly, I was lucky enough to attend and speak at the excellent <a href=\"http:\/\/komiksfest.cz\/?lang=en#start\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">KomiksFEST!<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in Prague.<\/p>\n<p>It was a real honour to be there and something I\u2019ll be blogging about that in the very near future (along with some hugely humbling news about the Putto coming to the printed page).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_870\" style=\"width: 524px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theputto.com\/comic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CZ-Television-03.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-870\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-870\" alt=\"The horror!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theputto.com\/comic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CZ-Television-03.jpg\" width=\"514\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theputto.com\/comic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CZ-Television-03.jpg 514w, https:\/\/www.theputto.com\/comic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CZ-Television-03-300x166.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-870\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Big in \u017di\u017ekov<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As part of my promotional activity for Komiksfest I appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ceskatelevize.cz\/ivysilani\/1097206490-udalosti-v-kulture\/215411000121023\/obsah\/430766-komiksfest\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u010cesk\u00e1 televize<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>(state broadcasters) to talk about The Putto. The interview was arranged by the fantastic Petr Onufer of Argo.<\/p>\n<p>The interview can be watched here (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ceskatelevize.cz\/ivysilani\/1097206490-udalosti-v-kulture\/215411000121023\/obsah\/430766-komiksfest\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a><\/strong><\/span>). Don\u2019t worry if you don\u2019t speak Czech, the main interview with me is in English as my Czech language skills not quite comprehensive enough to wax lyrical about alcoholic, depressed baroque angels. Was wonderful to see AJ Bernardo&#8217;s artwork gracing the television boxes of The Republic.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_878\" style=\"width: 539px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theputto.com\/comic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CZ-Television-012.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-878\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-878\" alt=\"Kate\u0159ina B\u00edlkov\u00e1 introduces the segment\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theputto.com\/comic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CZ-Television-012.jpg\" width=\"529\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theputto.com\/comic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CZ-Television-012.jpg 529w, https:\/\/www.theputto.com\/comic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CZ-Television-012-300x155.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-878\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kate\u0159ina B\u00edlkov\u00e1 introduces the segment<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s hopefully the start of a very busy twelve months for The Putto in The Republic and the start of a lot of long-term dreams coming true. I\u2019ll expand on that very shortly in my blog on Komiksfest, so be sure to come back to find our more.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_874\" style=\"width: 503px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theputto.com\/comic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CZ-Television-02.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-874\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-874\" alt=\"CZ Television 02\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theputto.com\/comic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CZ-Television-02.jpg\" width=\"493\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theputto.com\/comic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CZ-Television-02.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.theputto.com\/comic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CZ-Television-02-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-874\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">That&#8217;s me in the corner, that&#8217;s me in the wine glass losing my&#8230;etc&#8230;etc<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Thanks to Kate\u0159ina B\u00edlkov\u00e1 and Ondrej Koutsky of Ceska Televize for the piece and Petr Onufer of Argo for arranging.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_881\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theputto.com\/comic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CZ-Television-06.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-881\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-881\" alt=\"AJ Bernardo's wonderful art shines out to The Republic\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theputto.com\/comic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CZ-Television-06.jpg\" width=\"515\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theputto.com\/comic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CZ-Television-06.jpg 515w, https:\/\/www.theputto.com\/comic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CZ-Television-06-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-881\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AJ Bernardo&#8217;s wonderful art shines out to The Republic<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_892\" style=\"width: 530px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theputto.com\/comic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Putto-Czech-TV-interview-Oct-2015.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-892\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-892\" alt=\"Ond\u0159ej Koutsk\u00fd of Czech Television and Putto writer James Stafford\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theputto.com\/comic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Putto-Czech-TV-interview-Oct-2015-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theputto.com\/comic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Putto-Czech-TV-interview-Oct-2015-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theputto.com\/comic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Putto-Czech-TV-interview-Oct-2015-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-892\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ond\u0159ej Koutsk\u00fd of Czech Television and Putto writer James Stafford<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_894\" style=\"width: 530px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theputto.com\/comic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Putto-Czech-TV-shot-01.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-894\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-894\" alt=\"Using witchcraft, images are beamed into people's homes across The Republic\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theputto.com\/comic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Putto-Czech-TV-shot-01-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theputto.com\/comic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Putto-Czech-TV-shot-01-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theputto.com\/comic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Putto-Czech-TV-shot-01-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-894\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Using witchcraft, images are beamed into people&#8217;s homes across The Republic<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sl\u00e1vu republice!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been a fantastic month for The Sorrowful Putto of Prague. 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