COMICS IN GREECE

Tasmar’s fine fan art

| Costas Barbatsis

Wouldn’t you like to see one of your favourite comic book artist draw with there own unique style a comic book character?

A comic book character that you are very fond of, well Tasos Maragkos also known as Tasmar is doing exactly this the past four weekends!

Every weekend on a Saturday he posts on Instagram and Facebook fan art of some of our favourite comic book characters

He started with Nada Overdrive

He continued with Asterix.

Than he went onto Popeye.

And the previous weekend he did a character from Lucky Lucke

I’m a big fan of Tasmar’s comics and l do like his style, I’m just waiting to see what comes next so I can choose a fan favourite fan art

I strongly suggest you pop over to his profiles on Instagram and Facebook and check it out!

Κουλούρι by tomek

| Costas Barbatsis

I am very fond of this comic. It’s funny, quirky and unique and it’s written and drawn by Tomek.

I really, really like Tomek’s art, its so detailed and so enjoyable that just by looking through the pages of the comic you get a whole story and then you read it and you get yet again another story!

l didn’t get around to reading all the issues. They are seven issues in total and they were published by Jemma Press from 2011 through to 2016.

The comics is called Koulouri (Κουλούρι) I don’t know why, maybe l should ask at some point.

Well it’s time l started reading my Friday comic, instead of gazing the amazing covers.

Tell you all about it soon.

DEMO CRISIS

| Costas Barbatsis

l went to see the exhibition DEMO CRISIS at the Syntagma metro station exhibition hall. The exhibition is from 1st until the 7th of April 2019 and it’s the 2nd year of a cartoonist exhibition which featured art by Greek and Italian artists.

The image that was used for the events poster was made by Konstatinos Sklavenitis. I am a big fan of his comics and his cartoonist work for the newspaper “TA NEA”, also knowing he would be there gave me the chance to catch up, he is a good friend.

Although it was the day before the exhibition ended there where a lot of people who came to visit. Looking at each of the art that was exhibited made me realize that it takes talent to transmit a message through an image.

At the exhibition was also the cartoonists Panagiotis Mitsobonos and John Antonio. Both of them and Kostas Sklavenitis signed my copy of the exhibition catalogue!

Getting a comic book signed

| Costas Barbatsis

Last Sunday l went to the club for friends of comics, because there was an art meeting and l made sure to bring with me a copy of the comic book Brigands, l knew that the comic book artist Panagiotis Tsaousis who did the art was going to be there

So after l did some drawing l approached Panagiotis Tsaousis and asked him if he would like to sign the issue, he kindly said yes.

He did not only sign it but also made a small sketch, l’m such a happy comic book fan!