Piotr Nowacki

(b. 1979, aka Jaszczu) – a comic writer and artist, and illustrator for children’s magazines, school textbooks and YA literature.

Between 2009 and 2011 he was the editor in chief for a comic book quarterly “KARTON”, whose aim was to present to the readers a variety of approaches to cartoon aesthetics.

Together with Bartosz Sztybor and Łukasz Mazur, he is a part of Pokembry, an artists’ collective which designs and publishes small print runs of comics, art books and illustrated books. He runs workshops for children in collaboration with institutions such as the Children’s University in Warsaw, Museum of Caricature in Warsaw, Warsaw Rising Museum or Polish Comics Association.

His comic strips and illustrations have been printed in magazines such as “HIRO”, “Fika”, “Abecadło”, “Akademia Malucha” and “Tropami Przyrody”. The artist’s most recognizable comic series is “Detektyw Miś Zbyś na tropie” (Detective Bear Zbyś Investigates), co-created with Maciej Jasiński.

Piotr Nowacki was twice an award laureate at the “Golden Chickens” Festival, devoted to independent productions. He has received multiple nominations for the International Festival of Comics and Games Award and the Ferdynand the Great Award.