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Original first page from Powstanie: Za dzień, za dwa, a key graphic novel bridging Polish history and francophone readers. The scenario by Marzena Sowa was first published in French-speaking countries (Belgium, Switzerland, France) as L’Insurrection: Avant l’orage (Dupuis, 2014).
Gawronkiewicz depicts occupied Warsaw just before the uprising, combining realistic architecture with subtly distorted perspectives to convey tension. The muted, cool color palette sets a mood of uncertainty. Two panels show a young girl hanging upside down on a playground frame — a personal touch, modeled on the artist’s daughter, juxtaposing childhood innocence against the looming drama.
The page works as a quiet prologue: the city as a stage for impending events, the child symbolizing fleeting normality, and the artist’s personal gesture adding emotional depth.
Gawronkiewicz depicts occupied Warsaw just before the uprising, combining realistic architecture with subtly distorted perspectives to convey tension. The muted, cool color palette sets a mood of uncertainty. Two panels show a young girl hanging upside down on a playground frame — a personal touch, modeled on the artist’s daughter, juxtaposing childhood innocence against the looming drama.
The page works as a quiet prologue: the city as a stage for impending events, the child symbolizing fleeting normality, and the artist’s personal gesture adding emotional depth.
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