Tomasz Lew Leśniak (b. 1977, Warsaw, Poland), "George the Hedgehog. Ziom", sketch for board no. 29, 2005

Literature
published by Egmont, 2005

Biography
Born in 1977. Associated as the creator of such famous and cult characters as George the Hedgehog (Grand Prix of the 1999 Lodz Comics Festival) and Tymek and the Master. Lesniak's other well-known comic series include: "Opowieści wakacyjne ku przestrodze czytelników" (screenplay by Rafał Skarżycki) and "Kfiatuszki" (screenplay by Dennis Wojda). Together with Rafał Skarżycki, they hit the comics section of the skate monthly Ślizg, publishing an 'adult' mutation of the series about Jeż Jerzy, the 'children's' version of which appeared simultaneously in Świerszczyk, as well as in AQQ and Qriozum. Meanwhile, the adventures of Tymek and the Master were published by the influential Belgian comics magazine Spirou. In 2011, George the Hedgehog lived to see an animated cinema version. In addition to comics, Lesniak is involved in graphic design and film animation (for example, he is working on a feature-length film adaptation of Tadeusz Baranowski's comics). Currently in Gazeta Wyborcza we can admire the talent of the cartoonist in a pictorial series entitled. "Poland the Champion of Poland".