“Pub cartoonist” Urban doing illustrations for new edition of Svejk

A new edition of Jaroslav Hašek’s classic novel The Good Soldier Svejk: And his Fortunes in the World War with illustrations by Petr Urban is being prepared for publication in September, Vanda Stankeová of publishers XYZ said on Thursday. Petr Urban is known for bawdy cartoons often involving Czech pub life. His work is closer to the spirit of Hašek than that of the other well-known illustrators who were interested in taking part in the project, said Ms Stankeová.