Cartoon Network, featured on Poland's Wizja TV, is the #1 rated channel on
the programming package and now Cartoon Network Magazine rules the
newsstand. The first issue sold over 500,000 copies making it the top
magazine in Poland. In just three days, the magazine sold out and
publishers ordered an immediate reprint. The Polish version of the mag with
comic strips, quizzes, posters and articles featuring Cartoon Net's legion
of toon heroes and heroines is based off the British version and is the
sister publication to Looney Toons magazine "OK," which is also a big
seller in Poland. Warner Bros. Consumer Products, who launched the U.S.
version of Cartoon Network's mag, publish the Polish version via an
agreement with Poland-based Amercom Publishers. The Polish publishing
company has brought in local artists to give the 'zine an Eastern European
feel and will soon bring the mag to fans weekly. There are plans in the
works to launch Hungarian, Czech and Slovak versions of the toon 'zine in
the not-so-distant future.
Rick DeMott
Animation World Network
Creator of Rick's Flicks Picks
