Janusz Christa (19 July 1934,

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– 15 November 2008,

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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 panel (comics), panels that represent individual scenes. ...

s, creator of the comic book series '' Kajtek i Koko'' and, perhaps his most well-known, the '' Kajko i Kokosz'' series. He debuted in 1957 and many of his works have been printed in the '' Wieczór Wybrzeza'' and '' Świat Młodych'' 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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1934 births Polish comics artists 2008 deaths Recipients of the Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis {{Poland-artist-stub