Jiří Winter

Jiří Winter, known by his pen name Neprakta (12 July 1924 – 30 October 2011), was a Czech painter, caricaturist, illustrator and humorist.

Neprakta was a prolific author, who drew more that 35 000 jokes and gags (this achievement is recorded in Guinness World Records) and illustrated hundreds of books. After the completion of his study at gymnasium, he moved on to Graphic College of higher education. During the World War II, he was sentenced to two years in prison for illegal possession of weapons. After the war, he studied several semesters at the Charles University, Faculty of Natural Sciences.

He became an active artist in 1948, for many years collaborating with Bedřich Kopecký creating a Neprakta project. He later on worked with the Czech humorist Miloslav Švandrlík. They brought significant contributions to the Czechoslovakian satire magazine Dikobraz. Neprakta illustrated many of Miloslav Švandrlík's books from the Neuvěřitelné příhody žáků Kopyta a Mňouka series.

Jiří Winter as author

• Špehýrky, 1969, Publisher – Vysočina
• 929x Neprakta, 1984, Publisher – Práce
• S Nepraktou v hospůdce, 2007, Publisher – Epocha
• Tučná linka černou tuší, 2012, Publisher – Epocha

Jiří Winter as ilustrator

• "Hrdinové a jiní podivíni", Miloslav Švandrlík, 1972, Publisher – Středočeské nakladatelství
• Doktor od Jezera hrochů, Miloslav Švandrlík, 1980, Publisher – XYZ
• "Dospělým vstup zakázán" , MUDr. Miroslav Plzák, CSc., Publisher – Státní pedagogické nakladatelství
• "Černí baroni" , Miloslav Švandrlík, 1990, Publisher – Mladá fronta
• "Ještě máme co jsme chtěli" , Miloslav Švandrlík, 1991, Publisher – Rozmluvy
• "Unesli Mňouka, Baskerville!" , Miloslav Švandrlík, 1992, Publisher – Petrklic
• Sek a Zula, Miloslav Švandrlík, 1994, Publisher – Epocha
• Kdo se bojí, nesmí na hřbitov, Miloslav Švandrlík, 1995, Publisher – XYZ
• Válka skřetů, Miloslav Švandrlík, 1996, Publisher – Naše Vojsko
• 100 nejlepších hororů, Miloslav Švandrlík, 2004, Publisher – Epocha
• NEPRAKTYcká historie, Miloslav Švandrlík, 2006, Publisher – Epocha
• S Nepraktou za zvířenou, Miloslav Švandrlík, 2007, Publisher – Epocha
• S Nepraktou v mokrém živlu, Miloslav Švandrlík, 2008, Publisher – Epocha
• S Nepraktou u výprasku, Miloslav Švandrlík, 2008, Publisher – Epocha