Janusz Christa (19 July 1934,
Wilno
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– 15 November 2008,
Sopot
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) was a Polish author of
comic book
A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are of ...
s, creator of the comic book series ''
Kajtek i Koko'' and, perhaps his most well-known, the ''
Kajko i Kokosz
''Kajko and Kokosz'' or ''Kayko and Kokosh'' (Polish: ''Kajko i Kokosz'') is a Polish comic book series by Janusz Christa that debuted in Poland in 1972 and was published primarily until 1992. Mixing history and fantasy tropes it is centered on l ...
'' series. He debuted in 1957 and many of his works have been printed in the ''
Wieczór Wybrzeza'' and ''
Świat Młodych ''Świat Młodych'' (Youth's World) was a youth magazine in Poland, published from 1949 to 1993. Part of the magazine was dedicated to scouting, but it is most remembered for its last page comics, where many leading Polish comic books artists and ...
'' magazines. He stopped creative work in the 1990s due to declining health.
Many of his works have been recently re-released in Poland. Notably, one of Kajko and Kokosz books "Szkoła Latania" ("Flying School") became the first comic book to be mandatory school reading. In 2018, some of his books finally received foreign translations, including English, French and Ukrainian. One book was also published in Esperanto.
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Short bio
1934 births
Polish comics artists
2008 deaths
Recipients of the Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis
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