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Warsaw Withdraws Comics Festival Funding After Publisher Gives Out Book Mocking Polish Nationalism

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The Jewish Telegraphic Agency reports that Polish comics publisher Timof Comics has been censored by the Warsaw City Council for publishing and giving away a comic book mocking nationalism at a recent comic book event.

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At the Warsaw Comics Festival, co-financed by the Council, Timof Comics also gave away a free comic Poland, The Champion Of Poland, by Tomasz Lesniak and Rafal Skarzycki, ridiculing nationalism, racism, and anti-Semitism.

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Nationalist organizations complained about the content of these comics.

As a result, the city published a statement that they were unaware of the comic, they would not have accepted it if they had, and that funding for the festival has been withdrawn for three years.

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