Argo is a major Czech publisher, renowned for its vast list of literary fiction, nonfiction and poetry, as well as trade and mass market fiction. Their books have won extraordinary acclaim since 1992, including numerous Czech and international awards. Their ability to combine literary excellence with commercial success brings them to the fore of the Czech Republic’s publishing market.

Translations make up approximately seventy per cent of Argo's titles. They publish such present-day literary stars as Orhan Pamuk, Kazuo Ishiguro, Leïla Slimani, Margaret Atwood, Peter Høeg and Roberto Bolaño, alongside classics by James Joyce, Flannery O’Connor, George Orwell, Jorge Luis Borges, Herman Hesse, Franz Kafka, Jack Kerouac and more.

Argo pay special attention to contemporary fiction in English, continually introducing British and American writers. A substantial part of their catalogue consists of bestselling works, encompassing books from Dan Brown, Khaled Hosseini, Paulo Coelho, G. R. R. Martin, Philip Pullman and Umberto Eco.

Among Argo’s quickly expanding genre segments are science fiction and fantasy, along the lines of J. R. R. Tolkien, Philip K. Dick, Douglas Adams, Neil Gaiman and Jeff VanderMeer; children’s and young adults’ books by writers such as David Walliams and Markus Zusak; and comics, for instance by Alan Moore, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Moebius.

Representing Argo at the International Comics Rights Market

Richard Klíčník is the head of the comics line of the Argo publishing house and has been interested in comics all his life.

What Argo is looking for...

In addition to publishing foreign comics, Argo also produces original projects, some of which have already been successful in a number of countries.

The comics published in Argo try to target the more demanding reader, but reality is relentless and there is no way to do without commercial titles. Argo's range is therefore wide, from comics by Alan Moore, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Alberto Breccia to Moebius and Jeff Lemire to Joe Benitez. Argo pays special attention to French comics and tries to introduce contemporary BD to readers in the Czech Republic. It focuses mainly on comics for adult readers.

Web Links

• Official Site: argo.cz
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