On the occasion of the Comic Strip Festival, we present an exhibition of about thirty Polish cartoonists

© K.Babis

If there is one trend that unites Polish artists and distinguishes them from European comics, it would be this attraction to artistic comics. Contemporary Polish comics are developing primarily as an art form rather than as commercial entertainment. Of course, this modest exhibition does not show the whole wealth of our comics, but only a part. We present works by a selection of contemporary cartoonists and some artists who created during the communist and pre-war periods, while hoping to encourage you to gain a better understanding of Polish comics and their artists. Among the works on display are plates from the first Wiedźmin comic book “The Witcher”, based on the prose of Andrzej Sapkowski. Several Polish artists have already published in French, including Tadeusz Baranowski, Jakub Rebelka, Trust and Gawron. Maria Rostocka’s comic book “The End of July” has been nominated for an award at the FIBD Angoulême 2022.

© M.Sowa	© Zavka	© K.Babis
© J.Karpowicz	© U.Odya	© M.Rostocka

Artists :
Katarzyna Babis*, Tadeusz Baranowski, Janusz Christa, Olaf Ciszak, Stanisław Dobrzyński, Krzysztof « Gawron » Gawronkiewicz, Aleksandra Herzyk, Sławomir Jezierski, Joanna Karpowicz, Berenika Kołomycka, Anna Krztoń, Nikola Kucharska, Zbigniew Lengren, Tomasz Lew Leśniak, Piotr Nowacki, Unka Odya, Jerzy Ozga, Marcin Podolec, Bogusław Polch, Jakub Rebelka, Maria Rostocka, Wojciech Stefaniec*, Franciszek Struzik, Rafał Szłapa, Michał Śledziński, Rafał « Otoczak » Tomczak, Przemysław « Trust » Truściński, Marek Turek, Jerzy Wróblewski, Katarzyna « Zavka » Zawadka*;

Screenwriters :
Jerzy Bolski, Michał Kalicki, Daniel Odija, Maciej Parowski, Michał Rostocki, Rafał Skarżycki, Marzena Sowa*, Sztybor, Jerzy Szyłak, Dennis Wojda;

Curator :
Piotr Machłajewski* – curator, author of numerous catalogues and anthologies of Polish comics.

* Present at the Comic Book Festival

Programme of proposed activities

– workshops, meetings, book signings –

Friday – 09/09
4-5 pm  Meeting with Piotr Machłajewski and the authors present at the Festival on “Contemporary Polish comics and the history of Polish comics in a few words” (Polish translated into French)

Saturday – 10/09
12-2pm  Book signing with Wojciech Stefaniec  
3-4pm  Meeting with Ukrainian artist Yulia Vus moderated by Paweł Timofiejuk (English)
4-5 pm  Workshop for children held by Yulia Vus “What is sketching” (English)
4-6pm  Book signing with Marzi

Sunday – 11/09
12-1pm  Book signing with Zavka
1-2pm  Book signing with Kasia Babis
2-4pm  Workshop for children held by Marzi “Create a character” (French)
4-5pm  Workshop for children held by Kasia Babis & Zavka “Create your own comic, step by step” (English)
4-6pm  Book signing with with Yulia Vus 

Registration for the workshops is mandatory, by e-mail : bruksela@instytutpolski.pl
or during the festival at the Polish stand, depending on the number of places available 

Friday 9 September from Midday to 6pm
Saturday 10 September from 10am to 6pm
Sunday 11 September from 10am to 6pm

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