Katarzyna "Kasia" Monika 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.
| Kasia Babis | |
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 Babis in 2017 | |
| 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 |
Career
editShe has published webcomics in Polish on her blog Kącik Kiciputka since 2012 and in English at Kittypat Daily since 2016, initially using the pseudonyms "Kiciputek"[2] and "Kittypat".[3][4] 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 has also illustrated a My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic tie-in book.[8]
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.[9] 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.[10] Her comics often consist of feminist political satire.[11] Between 2017 and 2019 she worked on art for video games at 11 bit studios.[12]
She contributed art[13] to Guantánamo Voices: True Accounts from the World’s Most Infamous Prison edited by Sarah Mirk,[14][15][16] which was named one of the Best Graphic Novels of 2020 by The New York Times,[17] one of the 2021 Great Graphic Novels for Teens by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA),[18] awarded the 2021 Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize from the Penn State University Libraries[19] and nominated to the 2021 Eisner Award for Best Anthology.[20]
Since 2019, she worked with Macmillan Publishers illustrating the Re:Constitutions graphic novel written by Beka Feathers.[21] According to Publishers Weekly, "this educational comics guidebook to constitutions takes on a commendable international scope", and "Helped along by Babis’s charming if somewhat overly smiley character drawings, the team goes beyond the basics to tackle more substantial examples (such as how Rwanda’s 2003 constitution required 30% of government decision-making bodies to comprise women) and urgent particulars (“the constitution is only as strong as the people who use it”)."[22]
Politics
editIn 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.[23] In May 2016 she was elected to Razem's National Council.[24] 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.[25] She left the party in 2018.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ 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". Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-25.
- ^ Przewodnik Bibliograficzny, Biblioteka Narodowa
- ^ "Nagroda Literacka m.st. Warszawy > Katarzyna Babis "Maja z księżyca"". Archived from the original on 2018-10-31. Retrieved 2017-11-25.
- ^ "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". Archived from the original on 2018-09-01. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
- ^ Acena, TJ (August 26, 2020). "Graphic voices of Guantanamo". Oregon ArtsWatch. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "GUANTANAMO VOICES". Kirkus Reviews. June 12, 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ^ Cannon, Frances (December 22, 2020). "Sarah Mirk's GUANTANAMO VOICES". The Iowa Review. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ^ Sarah, Lakshmi (September 12, 2020). "A New Graphic Novel Makes the Stories of Guantánamo Bay Visible". KQED. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ^ Park, Ed; Chute, Hillary (December 9, 2020). "The Best Graphic Novels of 2020". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 June 2021.,
- ^ "YALSA names 2021 Great Graphic Novels for Teens". American Library Association. January 6, 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ^ Parkin, JK (May 4, 2021). "'Guantanamo Voices' wins the 2021 Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize". Smash Pages. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ And Your 2021 Eisner Nominations Are..., Gizmodo
- ^ Breznican, Anthony (March 12, 2019). "First Look: World Citizen Comics aims to create super-powered activists". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ^ "RE: Constitutions: Connecting Citizens with the Rules of the Game". Publishers Weekly. June 10, 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ^ PKW – Wybory do Sejmu RP
- ^ "Razem – Rada Krajowa". Archived from the original on 2019-08-22. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
- ^ Czarny Protest w Lublinie. Kilkaset osób protestowało na placu Łokietka – Kurier Lubelski
