Koziołek Matołek
Koziołek Matołek | |
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Anthropomorphic goat | |
Place of origin | Pacanów, Poland |
Koziołek Matołek (
History
Makuszyński and Walentynowicz created four books: 120 przygód Koziołka Matołka ("120 adventures of Koziołek Matołek"), Druga księga przygód Koziołka Matołka ("second book of adventures of Koziołek Matołek"), Trzecia księga przygód Koziołka Matołka ("third book of adventures of Koziołek Matołek") and Czwarta księga przygód Koziołka Matołka ("fourth book of adventures of Koziołek Matołek").
Pacanów, the setting of the comic, is a real town in Poland. Once when Makuszyński and Walentynowicz were sitting in a coffee house in Kraków, they spotted a sad looking man sipping a drink at a nearby table. They asked him why he looked so gloomy, and he told them that he came from the small town of Pacanów and was wondering how to help the town prosper. Makuszyński and Walentynowicz decided then to help him by popularizing the small town in their books.
Story
The stories center around the
The stories have visible
Form
The comic has a specific format: each page is divided into regular, rectangular frames with each illustration accompanied by a rhythmical 8-syllabical quatrain. The most popular illustrations come from the third edition, the first two had a different style of art.
Influence
The comic has influenced many generations of Poles, and some of its phrases have penetrated into the Polish language itself, with expressions like 'w Pacanowie kozy kują' (In Pacanów, they shoe goats), 'pacan' and 'matoł' (slowpoke, dummy).
From 1969 to 1971 an animated series Dziwne przygody Koziołka Matołka (Strange adventures of Koziołek Matołek) was made by Studio Miniatur Filmowych. The animated version was released in a series on 3 DVDs in 2002 and is available internationally; although there are no English language subtitles, the amount of dialogue is very limited. The original comic book has not been translated. Currently Studio Miniatur Filmowych has started work on a full-length animated film about Koziołek Matołek.
There are also four educational games for small children, 'Koziołek Matołek idzie do szkoły' (Koziołek Matołek goes to school), 'Koziołek Matołek wynalazca' (Koziołek Matołek the inventor), 'Szkoła Koziołka Matołka' (The school of Koziołek Matołek) and 'Wesołe przedszkole Koziołka Matołka' (The happy kindergarten of Koziołek Matołek)
The series has also been adopted into a
In 2003 Polish minister of culture Waldemar Dąbrowski organized the celebrations of Koziołek Matołek's 70th birthday in Pacanów.
See also
- Rupert Bear
- Tintin and Milou
References
- (in Polish) Koziołek Matołek wraca na ekrany
- Adventures of Koziołek Matołek on Rotten Tomatoes
- Really Getting Your Goat, Warsaw Voice, 12 June 2003
- Kidsville, Warsaw Voice, 29 May 2003
External links
- (in Polish) Europejskie Centrum Bajki im.Koziołka Matołka w Pacanowie[permanent dead link]
- (in Polish) Festiwal Kultury Dziecęcej, Pacanów 2006 Archived 6 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Polish) Z Koziołkiem Matołkiem za pan brat Archived 1 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine