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Norbert Rybarczyk - He studied in the Institute of Fine Arts at the Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce. He has participated in many group exhibitions, including in Berlin, Los Angeles and Sydney.

Wojciech Stefaniec - A graduate of art education at the Pomeranian University in Słupsk, where he had an individual exhibition in 2018. He has also taken part in group comics exhibitions, including in Strasbourg or Naples.

Nikodem Cabała - He is a natural artist. He has not completed any art studies. Since 2004, he has worked for “Nowa Fantastyka” as an illustrator. He is a co-author of the “BiOCOSMOSiS” series, the only Polish comics series with two first volumes reprinted by “Heavy Metal”, an American magazine.

Tomasz Samojlik - He is a natural artist. He has not completed any art studies and is a biologist by education. Since 2012, he has been a populariser and a scientist of the Mammal Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Białowieża. He is called the precursor of the Polish renaissance of comics for children after 1989 and one of the most popular modern authors creating works only for younger readers.

Tomasz Leśniak - He graduated from graphic design at the Faculty of European Graphic Arts of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, supervised by prof. Julian Pałka and prof. Mieczysław Wasilewski. His works were published in “Świerszczyk”, “Ślizg”, “Przekrój”, “Newsweek”, “Machina”, “Filipinka” or “Duży Format”.

Tadeusz Baranowski - He studied at the Faculty of Graphic Arts and Painting of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. In 1969, he graduated from prof. Artur Nacht-Samborski and prof. Aleksander Kobzdej’s Study of Illustration, Posters and Graphic Arts. He has participated in exhibitions in Poland and abroad, including in Helsinki, Berlin, Warsaw, Lublin and Sopot.

Mateusz Skutnik - He studied at the Faculty of Architecture of the Gdańsk University of Technology. He graduated in 2001 from the prof. Aleksander Piwek’s Department of History of Architecture and Conservation of Antiques. He publishes his works in Polish and foreign anthologies. He has participated in many comics exhibitions, including in Poland, Belgium or Germany.

Marek Turek - He is a natural artist with no formal art education. He has published his works in many magazines in Poland (e.g. “AQQ”, “Komiks Forum”, “KKK”, “Czas Komiksu”, “Krakers”, “Katastrofa”, “Ziniol”, “KGB”, “Zeszyty Komiksowe”) and abroad (e.g. in the Czech Republic, Macedonia, Slovenia, Italy or the USA).

Sławomir Kiełbus - He is a natural artist. Since the 1990s, he has drawn press comic strips (including for “Angora” or “Super Express”). He created Gwidon and Milkymen.

Sebastian Skrobol - He is a natural artist. He has not completed any art studies. In 2014, he had an exhibition in Wrocław titled “Welcome to my fairytale”. Apart from comics, he also designs and makes original tattoos.