Polish comics

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Polish comics
Earliest publications1930s
Publishers
Kajko i Kokosz"
LanguagesPolish
Related articles
European comics
Czech comics
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

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

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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