Self-published, 2021
Rusalka - Part 1 is Kamila’s debut comic book. Since being funded in 3 hours through a Kickstarter campaign, the comic was published in English and Polish version. It was awarded in 2022 by the Polish Comics Association in the Best Debut category and received Polish Indie Comics Award.
It invites the reader to join Rusalka - a mythical Slavic water demon - in her dark journey of self-discovery, as she finds herself in an ancient Forest and tries to put together her own fragmented memories.
“The contrasting colour scenes for Rusalka’s verdant world and the autumnal human dream one give each a distinctive atmosphere and mood of its own, suiting those different incarnations and timeframes. The carefully crafted beauty of Rusalka’s surroundings can nevertheless lurch suddenly into nightmare horror to remind us that all is not as it seems, and there are some highly imaginative single images to bring the fantastical elements of the story to life.”
“It has this flowing, textured, almost liquid style that sees element throughout the panels of the page. It’s part illustration, part pre-raphaelite painting. All of this perfectly compliments the aquatic theme of the character, and it even feels like it has the flow of an aquatic Studio Ghibli animation like Ponyo at times as well. The pages could literally be dripping it feels so fluid!”
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