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Comicdom 2013 – A 3‑Day Event I Truly Enjoyed

Comicdom is an annual comic book event that started in 2007, growing bigger each year with international and Greek guests. I attended in 2013, chatted with favourite Greek artists, bought comics, and connected with fans. Here’s why I can’t wait for the next one.

Comicdom 2013 – a 3‑day event that I truly enjoyed.

Comicdom is a comic book event that started in 2007. Each year it becomes bigger and bigger, with many international guests and local Greek ones.

I enjoyed it the most because I got the chance to chat with several of my favourite Greek comic book artists, buy many comics, and hang out with fellow comic book fans.

Here are some photos of:

Chating with comic book artist George Kambadais
Sitting in the Artist Alley for the Comic Book Club fanzine (which I also participated in)
Getting my comics signed by Kostas Sklavenitis and Othonas Nikolaidis

I had so much fun this year. I can’t wait for the next Comicdom!

My Unpublished Comics – Rough Sketches from ’97 to ’99A comic book draft

From 1997 to 1999, I tried to make my own comic book — one serious project and one small press comic drawn during quiet hours at a Greek coffee shop. Neither got published. Here are the rough sketches and the story behind them.

I’m uploading something that few people have seen.

From 1997 to 1999, I was trying to make a comic book. I knew someone back then, and we were both trying to create our own comic. He liked to write, and I liked to draw. He wanted to do something on a professional level, while I clearly wanted to do a small‑press, self‑published comic. I wasn’t confident enough in my drawing skills to make a comic and seek a publisher. I wanted to start small and develop my skills along the way.

So, daily, I focused most of my time on drawing my “serious” comic book pages. And during the quiet hours — when I was working in a traditional Greek coffee shop — I drew my small‑press comic pages.

The Pages

The following seven pages were the first issue. These are rough sketches, which I preferred to do as a plotline instead of writing it out.

The images after that are the first three pages from the second issue.

Unfortunately, neither of my attempts ended up being published.

pages of first issue

pages of second issue.

A Kind Request

Please be kind. I know these pages are not the best to look at — or the easiest to read if you don’t know Greek.

Hopefully, I will use these characters again at some point in the future.

Thank you for looking.

My First Published Comic – Nightcrawlers (A 3‑Page Story)

Years ago, I published my first comic as an amateur artist — a three‑page story called Nightcrawlers, set in the late‑90s dance music scene. It appeared in a Greek fanzine. Here’s the story behind it, and why the collaboration ended after just one issue.

I’m posting my first published work as an amateur artist. I’m certain that some of you have already seen it — either online or as a sample from my physical portfolio.

This three‑page story was published in a fanzine. The theme of that issue was music from the late‑90s dance scene: jazz, techno, house, progressive trance, and so on. The fanzine was in Greek.

My aim was to show the evening adventures of these characters while they were out at a party or a nightclub — hence the title Nightcrawlers.

The Story of the First Issue

The story follows two young men, both around 21 years old, who are roommates.

Manos asks Giannis if he wants to go clubbing. Giannis refuses rudely — but when Manos mentions that Tonia (a mutual friend that Giannis likes) will be there, Giannis changes his mind.

All three go out, and they end up in a funny situation that escalates into a brawl. In the end, Giannis regrets ever going out.

What Happened After

Unfortunately, the collaboration did not go beyond that first issue. The guy who self‑published the fanzine had to do his military service, and I didn’t try to publish the rest of my ideas on my own.

I hope I make the time in the future to turn those ideas into comic book pages that I can post here. Maybe I will change the title and not focus so much on late‑night adventures in nightclubs. I’ll see.