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Poland

1920

In short

Polish comics are called komiks; in the Polish People's Republic they were known as 'historyjki obrazkowe' or 'kolorowe zeszyty'.

The first Polish comic cycle appeared in Lwów in 1919, comics were effectively forbidden from 1947 to 1957, and Tytus, Romek i A'Tomek began as the ban ended and ran until 2009.

Comics from Poland

From the shelf

Poland in numbers

01 • 04

Poland in numbers · 01 • 04

1920

1970s

Artists

Artists from Poland in the archive.

Comics from Poland in the archive.

Dzieje Hanysa Kocyndra, the earliest comic from Poland in the archive.

The decade when the most new comics from Poland began.

Artists from Poland in the archive.

Comics from Poland in the archive.

Dzieje Hanysa Kocyndra, the earliest comic from Poland in the archive.

The decade when the most new comics from Poland began.

komiks

komiks · Comics from Poland

History

Poland in 3 chapters

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World Comics Heritage

Poland.

3 chapters

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Chapter 1

1919

to 1946

Interwar beginnings

Koziołek Matołek

Tytus, Romek i A'Tomek ran from 1957 to 2009, and Świat Młodych carried comics by Henryk Jerzy Chmielewski, Janusz Christa and Szarlota Pawel, alongside the state propaganda series Kapitan Żbik and the magazine Relax. Grzegorz Rosiński drew Thorgal from 1977, close to 900 comics were published in Polish in 2015, and the National Museum in Kraków's 2018 exhibition 'Teraz Komiks' showed more than 600 objects.

1957 to today

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The comics to know Comics from Poland

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Cover

1919
to 1946
Chapter 01
Interwar beginnings
The first Polish comic cycle, Szczutek's 'Przygody Szalonego Grzesia', appeared in Lwów in February 1919. Koziołek Matołek by Makuszyński and Walentynowicz followed in the early 1930s.
1947
to 1957
Chapter 02
The ban
Comics were effectively forbidden in Poland from 1947 to 1957.
1957
to today
Chapter 03
Revival
Tytus, Romek i A'Tomek ran from 1957 to 2009, and Świat Młodych carried comics by Henryk Jerzy Chmielewski, Janusz Christa and Szarlota Pawel, alongside the state propaganda series Kapitan Żbik and the magazine Relax. Grzegorz Rosiński drew Thorgal from 1977, close to 900 comics were published in Polish in 2015, and the National Museum in Kraków's 2018 exhibition 'Teraz Komiks' showed more than 600 objects.