Kateřina Čupová (1992) is a Czech animator and comic book artist, and a graduate from the renowned Department of Animation at the Tomáš Baťa University in Zlín. Many of her works have been published in magazines and comic anthologies. Her webcomic The Author’s Apprentice was published in print following a successful Kickstarter campaign. She won the Muriel Award for a short graphic story and was also nominated for her R.U.R this year’s comic book adaptation. Her eye-catching, cartoon-like style is firmly rooted in decades of prized Czech animation.