Polish comics explained

Date:1930s
Pub1:Egmont Polska
Pub2:Taurus Media
Pub3:Mucha Comics
Pub4:Timof i Cisi Wspólnicy
Pub5:Kultura Gniewu
Pub6:Scream Comics
Pub7:Wydawnictwo Komiksowe
Pub8:Wydawnictwo Kurc
Pub9:Japonica Polonica Fantastica
Pub10:Waneko
Title1:Funky Koval
Title2:Jeż Jerzy
Title3:Kapitan Żbik
Person1:Tadeusz Baranowski
Person2:Henryk Chmielewski
Person3:Janusz Christa
Person4:Szarlota Pawel
Person5:Grzegorz Rosiński
Series1:Koziołek Matołek
Series2:Tytus, Romek i A'Tomek
Series3:Osiedle Swoboda
Series4:Kajko i Kokosz
Lang1:Polish
Related1:European comics
Related2:Czech comics
Related3:Hungarian comics

Polish comics are comics written and produced in Poland. Very few of these comics have been published in languages other than Polish.

History

One of the first and most famous Polish comics was Koziołek Matołek (Matołek the Billy-Goat), created by Kornel Makuszyński (story) and Marian Walentynowicz (art) in 1933. It became a cult classic, still popular today, and is an important part of the canon of Polish children's literature.

In the People's Republic of Poland the term comic (komiks) was discouraged as a "demoralising Western influence," and the terms "graphic stories" (historyjki obrazkowe) or "color books" (kolorowe zeszyty) were preferred instead; they were actually illegal and forbidden from 1947 to 1957. In modern Poland those terms have largely been forgotten, and the formerly discouraged English loanword "comics" (Polish "komiks") is now the main term for the medium.

One of the most notable series created in 1957 (and concluded in 2009) was Tytus, Romek i A'Tomek (eng. Tytus, Romek, and A'Tomek), which became the longest-published and one of the most popular Polish comic book series. Created by Henryk Jerzy Chmielewski (aka Papcio Chmiel), it centers on Romek and A'Tomek, two Boy Scouts, and Tytus de Zoo, a chimpanzee with the ability of human speech.

Over the past few years, the market for comics in Poland has grown rapidly; there is an increasing number of Polish comic books and magazines. Japanese manga has been introduced, and the first Polish manga-style publications have appeared. As throughout the world, webcomics have also become increasingly popular.

List of popular Polish comics

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