Kamila Krol is a queer Polish illustrator and comics artist based in Wales. Her playful imagery is often inspired by dreams and folklore, with much of her work focused on reviving and re-imagining elements of her Slavic heritage. She’s the author of an award-winning graphic novel Rusalka: Whispers of the Forest and created artwork for clients including ReedPop, Discord Comics, Lucent Dreaming and Beneficial Shock.
She's currently working on a graphic novella Ecstasy of Jenny D, exploring themes of religious trauma, sisterhood and queerness.
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CLIENT WORK FOR
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I was approached by the ReedPOP Team to design the first fully illustrated event map for the 2024 MCM x EGX comicon. In 2025, I have worked with them again on an array of assets for the show map and the official app.
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In 2024, we had a loose visual prompt of a fantasy adventuring party, on which I based the map design.
In 2025, the visual theme was “summer festival”. Based on this I selected a vibrant colour palette and created quirky characters and features to illustrate each area of the show.
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For the 2025 “summer festival” theme I also created bespoke banners for the Fan Hub on the official MCM map.
I also worked on icons and 9 unique character designs, which were used in the mobile games available during the show.
Artist Alley illustration from 2024 (left) and 2025 (right).
Above: characters designed for the personality quiz mobile game in the official MCM app. Below: Illustrated map for the London MCM show 2024.
COVER ART
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COMICS
Author-illustrator publications and comics illustrated for client’s script
Rusalka: Whispers of the Forest - Cover Art
Rusalka: Whispers of the Forest - Comic Page
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Coming in summer 2025!
Original graphic novella described as Bridgerton meets the dancing plague. The story follows sisters Jenny and Paloma Duval, as their rocky journey into womanhood might require some divine intervention.
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“Rusalka - Whispers of the Forest” is a story exploring identity, belonging and control, set in the world of Slavic mythology.
The book received the Broken Frontier Award in the Breakout Talent category (2024) and was nominated as the Best Polish Comic at MFKiG (2024).
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“Pygmalion” is an original short comic published in the BOXES anthology. It follows young Ava as she’s led by Gran into a strange coming of age ritual, which becomes more disturbing with each step they take down the long stairway…
Publisher: Third Bear Press, 2024
Editor: Steven Ingram
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A short folk horror comic written by Laurence Alison for the Madness and Monsters anthology (2024).
This re-telling of the classic fairy tale creates a disturbing metaphor of power imbalance.
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Imagine what would happen if Marie Antoinette rebelled against the stuffy world of Versailles, signed a contract with a seductive demoness and…joined the revolution?
Short original comic created for the award-winning Let Her Be Evil anthology.
Editor: Cassandra Joness | Lettering: Taylor Esposito
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Rusalka - Part 1 is Kamila’s debut self-published comic. Since being funded in 3 hours through a Kickstarter campaign, Rusalka was published in English and Polish version. It was awarded in 2022 by the Polish Comics Association in the Best Debut category and received the 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.
Red Hood and Wolf - Comic Page
Let Her Eat Cake - Comic Page
Pygmalion - Comic Page