Kasia Babis
Kasia Babis | |
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Born | Katarzyna Monika Babis 20 December 1992 Lublin, Poland |
Nationality | Polish |
Pseudonym(s) | Kiciputek, Kittypat |
http://kittypat-daily.tumblr.com/ |
Katarzyna Monika (Kasia) Babis (born 20 December 1992 in Lublin)[1] is a Polish author of comic books, illustrator, painter, author of children's books and political activist. She has used the pseudonyms Kiciputek and Kittypat.[2]
She has published webcomics in Polish on her blog Kącik Kiciputka since 2012[3] and in English at Kittypat Daily since 2016.[4] Her debut in print was the 2014 comic book Tequila, written by Łukasz Śmigiel. In the same year, the first issue of the Rag & Bones comic was published, written by Dominik Szcześniak.[5] She has illustrated books by Katarzyna Berenika Miszczuk and Marta Kisiel-Małecka.[6] 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.[7] Since 2017, she has been publishing English-language comics at The Nib[2]
Since 2015, she has been a member of 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.[8] Since May 2016, she has been a member of Razem's National Council.[9]
References
- ^ Katarzyna Babis. Depresja to nie kwestia nastroju, a gwałt to nie komplement – Wysokie Obcasy
- ^ a b Kasia Babis – The Nib
- ^ Kiciputek at Blogspot
- ^ Kittypat Daily
- ^ Artkomiks.pl – Katarzyna Babis
- ^ Katarzyna Babis – Artystki Lublina
- ^ Nagroda Literacka m.st. Warszawy > Katarzyna Babis "Maja z księżyca"
- ^ PKW – Wybory do Sejmu RP
- ^ Razem – Rada Krajowa
External links
- Kittypat's Daily Comics at Tumblr
- Kasia Babis official Facebook page
- Kasia Babis on Twitter
- Kasia Babis at The Nib