Description: Traces the production and reception of comics in Poland from 1918 through the post-Communist era to identify comics as a lynchpin of nation building and citizenship formation.
Review Quotes: "Comics and Nation is a welcome contribution to the growing interest in Central and Eastern European comics. Stańczyk carefully contextualizes Polish comics history within a web of influences from major comics cultures. Her findings will be valuable to many comics scholars, regardless of the languages and cultures of specialization." --Maaheen Ahmed, author of Openness of Comics: Generating Meaning within Flexible Structures