The Czech Republic’s annual Muriel Award for best comic book of the year was given to the graphic novel Bez vlasů or Without Hair. The autobiographical novel is a joint endeavour by writer Tereza Drahoňovská and Štěpánka Jislová and describes the struggles of living with alopecia, an autoimmune disease causing hair loss.
At the age of 30, writer Tereza Drahoňovská was diagnosed with alopecia and within just a few months she lost all her hair. The writer, who today prefers to walk around without a wig, says it took her some time to be able to talk about her problem openly.