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''Muriel a andělé'' (''Muriel and Angels'') is a comic album written by Miloš Macourek and drawn by Kája Saudek, originally created in the late 1960s and published in 1991. The album is considered one of the masterworks of Czech comics; it was voted the best Czech comic in a poll held by the newspaper ''Mladá fronta DNES'' in 2009. ''Muriel and Angels'' tells the story of a young physician Muriel Ray and her friend Ro, a winged angel who came to Earth from a distant future. The main character was inspired by the Czech film star Olga Schoberová, and the main antagonist, militant general Ian Xeron, was inspired by Saudek's twin brother, photographer Jan Saudek.〔 == Background == Kája Saudek met Macourek in 1960, through Olga Schoberová, a young shopgirl in a Prague's ironmongery.〔Prokůpek (2009), p. 148 ''"Přivedla mě k němu Olga Schoberová, půvabná prodavačka ze železářství u Rotta..."''〕 Their artistic collaboration began in 1966, and was initially focused on film. Saudek created special effects for the film ''Kdo chce zabít Jessii?'' (Who Wants to Kill Jessie?); Macourek was a co-author of the screenplay.〔Prokůpek (2009), p. 148 ''"Macourek k filmu napsal (společně s režisérem Václavem Vorlíčkem) scénář a Saudek dostal na starosti celkovou výtvarnou stylizaci..."''〕〔(Kdo chce zabít Jessii? ) at imdb.com〕 Following that, both artists decided to work also in the comics genre. The cycle about the adventures of a beautiful doctor Muriel was intended to have twelve parts; however, only two parts have been created. The cycle was initially inspired by the French comic ''Barbarella'', later adapted to a film by Roger Vadim. The main characters of the French and Czech albums are similar—a winged man and a beautiful young woman.〔Prokůpek (2009), p. 149〕 The publishing of the first part of the cycle was announced in 1969 in the magazine ''Mladý svět'', however, the tightened communist censorship following the Prague Spring considered the story potentially dangerous and banned its publishing.〔 ''"Příběh o lodní lékařce, jež zachrání anděla, který jí představí svět bez nenávisti, zlých lidí i smrti, vystrašil dobovou cenzuru, a tak komiks Muriel a andělé, nakreslený podle scénáře Miloše Macourka, nakonec vyšel poprvé až v roce 1991."''〕〔Diesing (2009), p. 269 ''"...z politických důvodů však nebyla nakonec vydána ani jedna z nich."''〕 ''Muriel and Angels'' was eventually published in 1991, following the fall of the Czechoslovak communist régime. ''Muriel and Angels'' is considered one of Saudek's master works.〔Diesing (2009), p. 257 ''"Saudek sám se předvedl v mistrovské formě, jež snese srovnání se světovou špičkou."''〕 It was inspired by "visual psychedelia" of the hippie culture of the 1960s, but additionally uses some elements of futurism and symbolism. Another characteristic feature of the book is Saudek's processing of the sequences of pictures, similar to film editing.〔Diesing (2009), p. 257 ''"Komiks vyniká takřka dokonale filmovými záběry a střihem..."''〕 The formatting of individual pages is unusual, given the time of the creation of the book. It makes use of bevelled frames, enabling innovative work with the space and perspective.〔Diesing (2009), p. 257 ''"...vynikajícím způsobem se zde pracuje s perspektivou a nezvyklé na svou dobu je různě zkosené formátování panelů..."''〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Muriel a andělé」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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