Pastel Stories

Mateusz Skutnik

I’m an architect. I graduated from the Department of Architecture at the Technical University in Gdansk, Poland. Lately I went back to calling myself an architect, but in a completely different meaning than you could think of. I’m a flash games architect, I design gameplay, structure, I write action script codes to make games work, and finally I design all the graphics I use in my games. My best known game so far is Submachine. Since 2005 this game became an internet phenomenon, gaining each year more devoted fans than anything I created before in my entire life. I’m constantly working on new episodes of this game series, but I also created another family of games, the Squirrel Family. Those are games targeted to younger audience, the design is bright sunny, happy, and cute. Gameplay usually consists of a simple story shown on one game screen. But there are also longer platform games.

I am also a graphic novel artist, and that is my main interest in my creative career, I’ve been drawing comics for 21 years now. OMG that’s a long time… Finding time between dayjob and creating flash games after hours I still find joy and satisfaction in comiclike storytelling. Telling the story – that’s the main thing I want to do in my life. Whether through comics, or flash games – doesn’t matter. I’ve got lot’s of stories in my head, and I’ll keep serving them to whoever wants to listen to them. I usually write stories by myself, my main comic series is Rewolucje, however from time to time I get impressed by other people’s scripts. Not a lot of them: Nikodem Skrodzki, with whom I created the Morfolaki comic series, Karol Konwerski (Blaki and Pan Blaki), Domink Szczesniak (Czaki) and last but not least – prof Jerzy Szylak, together we created Alicja and Wyznania wlasciciela kantoru, and there will be more episodes of Rewolucje comic series by the two of us.

I tend to expand my storytelling to new territories. I create movies, animation, games, comic books… I also created a watercolour set-design based on Frida Kahlo’s works to the show “Viva La Vida” at the Occasional Theatre in Sopot.

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list of awards

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interviews

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13 comic albums so far:

september 2008
Blaki: Paski
60 pages, black and white. Publisher: Kultura Gniewu;

october 2007
Morfolaki, the complete story
scriptwriter: nikodem Skrodzki. 344 pages, black and white. Publisher Timof i cisi wspolnicy;

september 2007
Pan Blaki
in cooperation with Karol Konwerski. 52 pages, black and white, publisher Znak;

march 2007
Czaki
scriptwriter: Dominik Szczesniak. 46 pages, black and white. Publisher Timof i cisi wspolnicy;

october 2006
Rewolucje: Syntagma
fourth album from the Revolutions comic series. 54 pages, colour. Publisher Egmont Polska;

may 2006
Alicja
scriptwriter Jerzy Szyłak, 64 pages, colour, publisher Timof i cisi wspolnicy;

march 2006
Wyznania Wlasciciela Kantoru
scriptwriter Jerzy Szylak. 52 pages, black and white, publisher Timof i cisi wspolnicy;

october 2005
Blaki
in cooperation with Karol Konwerski. 52 pages, black and white, publisher Timof;

may 2005
Rewolucje: Monochrom
third album from the Revolutions comic series. 46 pages, colour. Publisher Egmont Polska;

march 2005
Morfolaki: tom 2
56 pages, black and white, publisher Imago.pl;

october 2004
Rewolucje: Elipsa
second album from the Revolutions comic series. 46 pages, colour. Publisher Egmont Polska;

march 2004
Rewolucje: Parabola
first album from the Revolutions comic series. 46 pages, colour. Publisher Egmont Polska;

march 2004
Morfolaki: tom 1
56 pages, black and white, publisher Imago.pl;

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Comic Magazines and Anthologies I participated in:

November 2009
Greetings from Cartoonia
Revolutions, 20 pages, watercolour, publisher: Stripburger / Forum ljubjlana (sample pages);

january 2008
[fo:pa] kwartalnik literacko-filozoficzny
‘Blaki: the kettle’, three pages, black and white.

october 2006
Paronomazja
comic anthology; ‘Moe’ comics, six pages, black and white;

june 2006
Everything you want to know about football…
comic anthology; ‘Blaki: football’ comics, four pages, black and white;

january 2006
Galera Magazine
# 4, Greece. ‘Blaki: the kettle’, three pages, black and white.

december 2005
Chichot magazine
#4, Poland. ‘Blaki: stereo’ comic stripe, black and white;

november 2005
Chichot magazine
#3, Poland. ‘Blaki: umbrella’ comic stripe, black and white;

november 2005
Galera Magazine
# 2, Greece. ‘Blaki: Oli’ comics, one page, black and white.

october 2005
Chichot magazine
#2, Poland. ‘Blaki: L for love’ comic stripe, ‘Blaki: birds’ comics, one page; black and white;

october 2005
Galera Magazine
# 1, Greece. ‘Blaki: Lotto’ comics, four pages, black and white.

september 2005
Chichot magazine
#1, Poland. ‘Blaki: sport’ comic stripe, black and white;

june 2005
Świat Komiksu
# 38, Poland. ‘Rewolucje: Lebenlang’ comics, one page, colour. Publisher Egmont Polska;

june 2005
Galera Magazine
# 0, Greece. ‘Blaki: Lotto’ comics, four pages, black and white.

may 2005
Kommisja 2005
festival catalogue, Russia. ‘Blaki: Eraser’ comics, one page, black and white. Publisher Kommisja.

may 2005
Haiku Strip 4
comic anthology, Ljubljana, Slovenia. ‘Blaki: Eraser’ comics, one page, black and white. Publisher Buca Vadnov;

october 2004
Człowiek w probówce
comic anthology, Poland. ‘Rewolucje: Lunge’ comics, six pages, colour. Publisher Egmont Polska;

may 2004
Kommisja 2004
festival catalogue, Russia. ‘Rewolucje: Invert’ comics, three pages, colour. Publisher Kommisja.

april 2004
Miniburger: dirty dozen and the lucky thirteenth
collection of comic minialbums, Slovenia. ‘Rewolucje: the ordinary day’ comics , 24 pages,colour. Publisher Strip Core;

february 2004
Kick in the Brain
magazine, Serbia and Montenegro. ‘Rewolucje: Henry’ comics, eleven pages, black and white. Publisher Entropija;

january 2004
Le Velo 33b
anthology, France. ‘Rewolucje: Finnegan i Proust’ comics, four pages, black and white. Publisher La Boite d’Aluminium;

december 2003
Znakomiks
# 9, Poland. ‘Rewolucje: daddy’ comics, five pages, colour. Publisher Studio Domino;

december 2003
Stripburger
# 36, magazine, Slovenia. ‘Rewolucje: Phillip’ comics, four pages, colour. Publisher Strip Core;

winter 2003
Rita Baum
#7, Poland. Several pages from the ‘Alicja’ comic album;

october 2003
Comics 2003
catalogue of the International Comic Festival in Lodz, Poland. ‘Rewolucje: Rentagen’ comics, Five pages, black and white. Publisher Komiks Forum;

october 2003
Wrzesień
comic anthology, Poland. ‘Rewolucje: the fourth battle’ comics, ten pages, black and white. Publisher Egmont Polska;

june 2003
Warburger
comic anthology, Slovenia. ‘the Tree’ comics, three pages, black and white; Publisher Strip Core.

november 2002
Comics against Aids
anthology, poland. ‘Rewolucje: Modest’ comics, two pages, publisher Krajowe centrum ds. AIDS;

june 2002
Madburger
anthology, Slovenia. ‘Pafnutz’ comics, four pages, black and white; Publisher Strip Core. Comics awarded with the anthology award.

november 2001
Świat komiksu
# 25, Poland. ‘Rewolucje’ ‘Finnegan i Proust’ comics, four pages, colour; Publisher Egmont Polska;

june 2001
Stripburek: comics from the other Europe
anthology, Slovenia. ‘Morfołaki: rytuały’ comics, six pages, black and white; Publisher Strip Core.

2000

KKK
# 9/1999-2000, ‘Kkkomikkks’, black and white, two pages;

Mać Pariadka
# 2/2000, ‘Urynoterapia’; ‘Prezenty’, czarno biały, dwie strony;

Katastrofa
Magazyn Komiksowy, wiosna 2000, ‘Morfołaki: O pustelniku’, czarno biały, sześć stron;

Biblia Pauperum
fragment albumu, kolor, jedna strona;

KKK
# 10/2000, ‘Emerytura’, czarno biały, dwie strony;

Lekarstwo vs Klatka
‘Morfołaki: transcendencja’, czarno biały, cztery strony;

1999

AQQ
# 1(17)/1999, ‘Morfołaki: Brzydkie kaczątka’, black and white, five pages;

Lekarstwo
# 3/1999, ‘Morfołaki: Obietnica’, black and white, five pages;

AQQ
# 2(18)/1999, ‘Żywot Konstantego’, black and white, three pages;

Krakers
# 3(10)/1999, “Morfołaki: Po drugiej stronie”, black and white, two pages;

Czerwony Karzeł
# 3/1999, ‘Wampiurs Wars” (fragment); black and white, two pages;

1998

Krakers
# 3(7)/1998, “Morfołaki: dwaj grabarze i Szczudłak”, black and white, two pages;

1997

AQQ
# 2(14)/1997, ‘Witaj kosmito’, black and white, one page;

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Exhibitions:

12 – 28 may 2006
‘Quinzaine de la BD’
exhibition inDexia Art Center in Brussels. pages from ‘Alicja’ comic album;

march 2006
‘Comics nach polnischer Art’
exhibition, Bremen, Germany; ‘Rewolucje: The ordinary day’ comics , multimedia presentation of the album;

march 2006
Leipzig
comic exhibition during Leipziger Buchmesse, Leipzig, Germany. Pages from revolutions comic series;

28 july – 30 august 2005
Tenerife
Exhibition during the comic festival in Parque Cultural Viera y Clavijo in Santa Cruz De Tenerife. Artwork shown: Rewolucje: The ordinary day (Miniburger edition) / ‘the collector’ story, published in Rewolucje: Elipsa album, also printed in the 36th issue of the Stripburger magazine.

june 2005
‘anti racism comic’
Greece. ‘Blaki’ Oli’ comics;

may 2005
‘Kommisja 2005′
festival exhibition, Russia. ‘Blaki: eraser’ comics;

may 2004
‘Trach!’
festival exhibition Trach!, Lublin, Poland. Pages from ‘Rewolucje: Elipsa’;may2004

‘Kommisja 2004′
festival exhibition, Russia. ‘Rewolucje: Invert’ comics;

may2004
‘Barcelona comic festiwal’
festival exhibition, Barcelona, Spain. ‘Morfs: rituals’ comics from the ‘Stripburek: comics from the other Europe’ anthology;

march 2004
‘Comics in avangarde’
BWA gallery , Wrocław, Poland. ‘Rewolucje: The ordinary day’ comics , multimedia presentation of the album;

2002 – 2004
‘Stripburek: comics from the other Europe’
anthology exhibition. ‘Morfs: rituals’ comics. travelling exhibition, most of european countries;

september 2003
‘I like it, you know?… me too’
Karowa gallery, Warsaw. Poland. Pages from the album ‘Rewolucje: Parabola’;

june 2003
‘Salao Lisboa’
festival exhibition, Lisbon, Portugal. Komiks ‘Morfs: rituals’ comics from the ‘Stripburek: comics from the other Europe’ anthology;

august 2003
‘Sex, art and video tapes’
Modelarnia gallery, Gdańsk, Poland. Pages from the album ‘Alice’;

september 1997
‘Polish comics 1991 – 1997′
Toruń, Poland. ‘Wind of change’ comics;

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Mateusz Skutnik, rocznik 1976, absolwent Politechnik Gdańskiej, wydział Architektury, dyplom w roku 2001. Zajmuje się tworzeniem komiksów według własnych scenariuszy oraz we współpracy z Nikodemem Skrodzkim, Jerzym Szyłakiem oraz Karolem Konwerskim. Twórca serii komiksowych „Morfołaki” i „Rewolucje”. twórca postaci Blakiego, którego najnowsze przygody zostały wydane pod nazwą “Pan Blaki” przez krakowskie wydawnictwo Znak. Wydał w Polsce łącznie 12 albumów komiksowych, zyskując uznanie zarówno czytelników, jak i krytyków komiksowych. Oprócz albumów publikuje również w magazynach komiksowych w Polsce i za granicą. Poza komiksami zajmuje się również zajmuje się realizacją swoich produkcji filmowych wykorzystanych w spektaklach tańca współczesnego. Stworzył komiksową scenografię opartą na twórczości Fridy Kahlo do spektaklu „Viva La Vida” Teatru Okazjonalnego z Sopotu. Od pięciu lat zajmuje się tworzeniem gier komputerowych gromadzących przed monitorami komputerów miliony graczy z całego świata. Najbardziej znane serie gier to Submachine, DayMare Town oraz Covert Front (stworzona wraz z Karolem Konwerskim);

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