The beginnings of the comics genre in the Czechoslovakia are connected with the popular magazine Mladý hlasatel ("Young Herald"), published in the 1930s. In 1938, the magazine began publishing a popular comic series Rychlé šípy]], written by Jaroslav Foglar]] and drawn by Jan Fischer. The publishing of Rychlé šípy continued up to 1989, with stand-stills enforced by Nazis, and later by the Communist regime of Czechoslovakia. Among other significant personalities of the early Czech comics are Josef Lada]] and Ondřej Sekora]].