Jiří Grus (1978) is a painter, comics artist and screenwriter. He gained renown particularly for his work in the field of comics. Since 1999 his comics have appeared in many domestic and foreign titles (Aargh!, Crew, Pot, Zkrat and Živel magazines, the Inseminator anthology, Polish Komiks catalogue, Portuguese Comix magazine, Greek 9 weekly and American Heavy Metal magazine.) He received a number of awards for comics. In book illustrations he follows on the traditions of prestigious Czech interwar literary series.