Jaromír 99 is a Czech comics artist, musician and writer, born Jaromír Švejdík in 1963 in Jeseník. He co-created the graphic novel trilogy Alois Nebel with writer Jaroslav Rudiš; the film adaptation won the European Film Award for Best Animated Film in 2012. As a musician he co-founded the cult band Priessnitz, the literary-musical project Kafka Band, and in 2019 launched Letní kapela. His signature style - stark, expressive black-and-white drawing - runs through his comics, book illustrations and stage work alike.
An exhibition of the best comics by Jaromír 99 took place at the Collective House in Zlín (April 30 - June 4, 2025).
Jaromír 99 completed illustrations for the book Sudety: Ztracený ráj (ten authors, Host publishing house), which is being published in 2025.
Summer Chapel released on November 15, 2024 their second album Jako pes, which premiered in December at the Prague Akropolis Palace.
Kafka Band opened an outdoor exhibition of illustrations by Jaromír 99 for Kafka's Castle on the fence of the Czech embassy in London (November 2024 - March 2025).
Kafka Band released the album Der Process (The Trial), the third part of a trilogy inspired by the works of Franz Kafka, and toured the Czech Republic and Germany.
A musical-literary project transforming Franz Kafka's works into alternative rock. The band will perform selections from all three of their albums inspired by Kafka's novel fragments.
A music-literary project transforming Franz Kafka's novels into alternative rock, featuring acclaimed writer Jaroslav Rudiš and musicians Dušan Neuwerth and others. A long, dark, and dance-driven evening of Kafkaesque atmosphere.