"Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life."
—Captain James T. Kirk
JONAS LEDECKY
1993
Visual artist, writer and a musician.
Jonas worked as a cartoonist for Playboy (Czech Edition), creating comics like The Empress, Kitty Style and co-creating Pussycat Assassins.
Recently he's been creating children's books. He's the author of Love Seal (2022). And the illustrator of Verše potrhlé [Wacky Rhymin'] (2021) and Verše potrhlé 2 [Wacky Rhymin' 2] (2025).
Jonas is the co-creator of Afterpunk (2024), a comic book anthology of stories set in dystopian future. He was also the head writer and artist on Kapsy (2018), the first comic book adaptation of Karel Čapek's Tales From Two Pockets. And worked as the head artist on Karel IV. Pán světa [Charles IV: Emperor of the World] (2016), a graphic novel about the Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV. He's the creator of KIWI (2009, 2017), a comic strip about flightless birds.
Since 2014 he’s been designing racing apparel for his sister—Ester Ledecka—the first athlete to win a gold medal in two different sports in a single Winter Olympic Games.
His work also includes commissions for Red Bull, Bogner, Level Gloves, Crew & DC Comics, Mattel, Coca-Cola, Schweppes, Audi, Elle magazine [CZ], Vogue magazine [CZ], SG Snowboards, Future Gate Festival and more.
He is playing and creating music with his band The Cold Licks.
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JONAS LEDECKY
1993
Výtvarník, hudebník
Autor knihy Tulíňkovi (2022), a knih komiksových stripů KIWI (2009, 2017). Spoluator komiksu Afterpunk (2024) a knih Verše potrhlé (2021) a Verše potrhlé 2 (2025).
Scénárista a ilustrátor komiksu Kapsy (2018) – první komiksové adaptace Povídek z jedné a druhé kapsy Karla Čapka. Ilustrátor komiksu Karel IV. Pán světa (2016).
V letech 2018–2020 vytvářel komiksy pro magazín Playboy.
Od roku 2014 navrhuje kombinézy a další závodní výbavu pro svoji sestru – Ester Ledeckou (trojnásobnou olympijskou vítězku).
Jeho práce zahrnuje i zakázky pro Red Bull, Bogner, Level Gloves, Coca-Cola, Vogue, Elle, Crew & DC Comics, Mattel, Audi, SG Snowboards, R. U. Robot Studios, Future Gate Festival a další.
Skládá hudbu a koncertuje se svojí kapelou The Cold Licks.