Osiedle Swoboda (The Liberty Estate[1]) is a Polish comic book written and illustrated by Michał Śledziński.

The characters (Smutny, Wiraż, Niedzwiedź, Szopa, Kundzio) like rough music, parties, alcohol and other substances.

They are constantly forced to wrestle with violence, boredom, dull hoods and hangovers – everything that today's youth is exposed to.

Distinguishing marks: goatsbeard, a sad facial expression The most famous feat: relieving himself of breakfast in a church Name and surname: unknown Nickname: Szopa Education: unknown Occupation: a drug dealer, occasionally: Santa Claus Family: grandmother and cousin Adrian (both dead), mother Description: a drug pusher with some moral rules.

Distinguishing marks: afro, beard The most famous feat: breaking a rubber plant without using hands Name and surname: unknown Nickname: Wiraż Education: unknown Occupation: lack of a permanent job, occasionally: elf Family: sister Description: he is thought to be the greatest freak in the crew.

Distinguishing marks: a checked hat, a huge nose The most famous feat: destroying the door in Szopa's apartment Name and surname: unknown Nickname: Niedźwiedź Education: Railway High School Occupation: lack of a permanent job, occasionally: a morgue employee, a stretcher-bearer, Santa Claus, a member of a demolition team, a leaflet hander Family: unknown Description: the greatest boozer in the estate.

Distinguishing marks: hairy, unshaven The most famous feat: emptying a bottle of wine in 17 seconds Stories are an inextricable part of living in the estate and are shared by characters of Osiedle Swobda all the time.

Therefore, telling them grows into the local art, the best raconteur – like the ones in tribes – is an extremely important member of "tribal" hierarchy.

Faith in the superiority of knowledge acquired on the street is almost a utopian belief compared by some critics to excessive idealization of Polish peasantry in Little Poland.

Osiedle Swoboda no longer stands out as an innovative project, simply because there is a plethora of comic books with similar subject matter (e.g. Wilq - superbohater).

What still amazes readers is the author's description of ordinary people living in the casual estate enriched with a measure of unusual humour.