Postapokalipsa w Krótkich Gatkach, czyli jak przygotować dzieci na (każdą) katastrofę
Postapocalypse in Shorts or How to Prepare Kids For (Each) Catastrophe

Summary/Abstract: Post-apocalyptic literature, including comic and picture books, is a well-known subgenre of popular culture. However, while the mar- ket offers an abundance of works of this kind for adults or young adults, this convention is rarely chosen by the authors of literature aimed explicitly at child readers. One of the few exceptions is the series of eight comic books Bajka na końcu świata written and drawn by Marcin Podolec and published in the years 2017–2023 by Kultura Gniewu. The series presents adventures of the girl named Wiktoria and her dog Bajka who wander through the world after the global catastrophe, i. e. through abandoned and destroyed lands full of all kinds of animal, vegetal and physical anomalies. In terms of the plot, the vision presented in the subsequent volumes draws on a wealth of the gloomy repertoire of post-apocalyptic visions familiar from litera- ture or films for adult audiences. The article attempts to trace how the author narrates the adventures of Wiktoria and Bajka in this damaged and dreadful world in a softened form suited to the perception of the child readers.

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