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Mateusz Skutnik
(b. 1976) – a comic-book author, scenographer and scriptwriter.
A graduate of the Faculty of Architecture at the Gdańsk University of Technology, he defended his diploma project at the Chair of the History of Polish Architecture. He has created the ‘Rewolucje’ (Revolutions), ‘Blaki’ (Blaks) and ‘Morfołaki’ (Morpholaks) series, apart from the books he published in comics magazines in Poland and abroad. He and Nikodem Skrodzki have founded and run a magazine, VormkfasA. Magazyna Komiksowa.
Begun in 2004, the Revolutions series is considered the first Polish steampunk comic – set in the stylised realities of the late nineteenth century, with added fantastical inventions and mythical artifacts, clashing the power of the human mind with the forces of nature and the supernatural, all in an atmosphere of the uncanny mixed with the absurd. The titular protagonists of the darker Morpholaks are creatures on the verge of dream and reality, sometimes contacting human beings. The theme of the volumes in this series deals with the relationship between dreams and waking life, truth and fiction. In Blaks, Skutnik does not shy from the oneiric, though this series fully concentrates on one protagonist – a philosophical pessimist – and his thoughts about various aspects of social reality and how an individual might behave.
Skutnik also makes visual narratives in video games; he has created the series Daymare Town and Submachine; the latter is still in progress, and is presently being adapted to card and board games. He has worked with dance theatre: he created the comic-book set designs for Viva La Vida by Okazjonalny Theatre in Sopot, based on the work of Frida Kahlo. He also made the play’s visuals. He worked as a scriptwriter for Tomasz Bagiński’s film ‘Kinomatograf’ (The Cinematographer).
For more on the work of Mateusz Skutnik, see here.
Bibliography
comic books:
- The ordinary day, Ljubljana: Forum Ljubljana, 2004.
- Parabola, seria Rewolucje, vol. 1, Warsaw: Egmont Polska, 2004.
- Elipsa, seria Rewolucje, vol. 2, Warsaw: Egmont Polska, 2004.
- Morfołaki, vol. 1, scen. Nikodem Skrodzki, Katowice: Imago.com.pl, 2004.
- Monochrom, seria Rewolucje, vol. 3, Warsaw: Egmont Polska, 2005.
- Blaki [with Karol Konwerski], Warsaw: Paweł Timofiejuk, 2005.
- Morfołaki, vol. 2, scen. Nikodem Skrodzki, Katowice: Imago.com.pl, 2005.
- Wyznania właściciela kantoru, scen. Jerzy Szyłak, Warsaw: Timof i cisi wspólnicy, 2006.
- Syntagma, seria Rewolucje, vol. 4, Warsaw: Egmont Polska, 2006.
- Alicja, scen. Jerzy Szyłak, Warsaw: Timof i cisi wspólnicy, 2006.
- Pan Blaki, [with Karol Konwerski], Cracow: Wydawnictwo Znak, 2007.
- Czaki, scen. Dominik Szcześniak, Warsaw: Timof i cisi wspólnicy, 2007.
- Morfołaki. Historia najbardziej zapomnianych małoludków i metamorfów, [with Nikodem Skrodzki], Warsaw: Timof i cisi wspólnicy, 2007.
- Paski, Warsaw: Kultura Gniewu, 2008.
- Dwa dni = Two days, seria Rewolucje, vol. 8, Warsaw: Mroja Press / Timof i cisi wspólnicy, 2010.
- Na morzu, seria Rewolucje, vol. 6, scen. Jerzy Szyłak, Warsaw: Timof Comics, 2011.
- We mgle, seria Rewolucje, vol. 7, scen. Jerzy Szyłak, Warsaw: Timof Comics, 2012.
- Komiksy znalezione na strychu, Warsaw: Timof Comics, 2012.
- W kosmosie, seria Rewolucje, vol. 8, Warsaw: Timof Comics, 2013.
- Tetrastych, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Komiksowe, 2013.
- Czwórka, Poznań: Centrala – Mądre Komiksy, 2014.
- Pod śniegiem, seria Rewolucje, vol. 9, Warsaw: Timof Comics, 2015.
- Pełna automatyzacja, [with Jerzy Szyłak], seria Rewolucje, t. 10, Warsaw: Timof Comics, 2015.
- Morfołaki. Nowy Testament, scen. Nikodem Skrodzki, Warsaw: Timof Comics, 2017.
- Morfołaki. Stary Testament, scen. Nikodem Skrodzki, Warsaw: Timof Comics, 2018.
- Apokryfy, seria Rewolucje, vol. 11, Warsaw: Timof Comics, 2018.
- Ostatni Blaki, Warsaw: Timof i cisi wspólnicy, 2024.
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