Kasia Babis
| Kasia Babis | |
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| File:Kasia Babis.jpg Babis in 2021 | |
| Born | Katarzyna Monika Babis 20 December 1992 Lublin, Poland |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist, Writer, Penciller, Artist, Inker, Letterer, Colourist |
| Pseudonym(s) | Kiciputek, Kittypat |
Notable works | Maja z Księżyca, Słoń w pokoju, Re: Constitutions |
| kasiababis | |
Katarzyna Monika (Kasia) Babis (born 20 December 1992)[1] is a Polish author of comic books, cartoonist, illustrator, painter, author of children's books, YouTuber and political activist. She has used the pseudonyms Kiciputek[2] and Kittypat.[3][4]
Career
She has published webcomics in Polish on her blog Kącik Kiciputka since 2012 and in English at Kittypat Daily since 2016. Her debut in print was the 2014 comic book Tequila, written by Łukasz Śmigiel, notable for being one of the first successfully crowdfunded Polish comics.[5] In the same year, the first issue of the Rag & Bones comic was published, written by Dominik Szcześniak.[6] She has illustrated books by Katarzyna Berenika Miszczuk and Marta Kisiel-Małecka.[7] She debuted as a prose writer with the children's book Maja z Księżyca which she also illustrated, and which was nominated to the City of Warsaw Literary Award.[8] Since 2017, she has been publishing English-language comics at The Nib.[4] and in 2019 her cartoon was first published by The New Yorker.[9] Her comics often consist of feminist political satire.[10] Between 2017 and 2019 she has been creating art for video games at 11 bit studios.[11] Since 2019 she has been working with Macmillan Publishers illustrating “Re:Constitutions” graphic novel written by Beka Feathers.
Politics
In 2015 she joined the newly founded left-wing political party Razem. She ran in the 2015 Polish parliamentary election on Razem's Lublin candidate list. She received 631 votes.[12] In May 2016 she was elected to Razem's National Council.[13] In September 2016, she organized demonstrations in Lublin against the proposed legislation to ban abortion in Poland, as part of the nationwide Black Protest movement.[14] She left the party in 2018.
References
- ^ Katarzyna Babis. Depresja to nie kwestia nastroju, a gwałt to nie komplement – Wysokie Obcasy
- ^ Komentatorzy rzeczywistości, czyli 7 rysowników, których jeśli wciąż nie znasz, musisz poznać – NaTemat.pl
- ^ This Comic About How Girls Actually Play With Dolls Is So Spot-On – The Mary Sue
- ^ a b Kasia Babis at The Nib
- ^ Młodzież i kultura popularna. Przyczynek do badań świata społecznego komiksu – The Central European Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities.
- ^ Ciołkiewicz, Paweł. Artkomiks.pl – Katarzyna Babis
- ^ Katarzyna Babis – Artystki Lublina
- ^ Nagroda Literacka m.st. Warszawy > Katarzyna Babis "Maja z księżyca"
- ^ "The New Yorker" opublikował ilustrację polskiej rysowniczki. Kasia Babis się chwali - Gazeta.pl
- ^ Feminism Comic By Katarzyna Babis Perfectly Explains The Double Standard Women Face – Huffington Post
- ^ Katarzyna Babis – gameacademy.pl
- ^ PKW – Wybory do Sejmu RP
- ^ Razem – Rada Krajowa
- ^ Czarny Protest w Lublinie. Kilkaset osób protestowało na placu Łokietka – Kurier Lubelski
External links
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- 1992 births
- Living people
- The New Yorker cartoonists
- Polish comics artists
- Polish female comics artists
- Polish webcomic creators
- Polish children's writers
- Polish women children's writers
- Polish children's book illustrators
- Polish illustrators
- Polish women illustrators
- Left Together politicians
- Polish feminists
- Polish satirists
- Polish women writers
- Socialist feminists
- Video game artists
- Polish YouTubers