Greece.
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Greece
1904
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Greek comics begin with Stam-Stam's framed comic of 1904 and the first strips of 1927.
Tam-Tam (1950) was the first comics-only magazine, Klassika Eikonografimena (1951) added issues on Greek history from 1953, and comics peaked in the 1980s with Arkas and Giannis Kalaitzis.
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Artists from Greece in the archive.
Comics from Greece in the archive.
Diplomatia en ti lopodytiki, the earliest comic from Greece in the archive.
The decade when the most new comics from Greece began.
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Greece in 3 chapters
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Greece.
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3 chapters
Chapter 1
1904
to 1949
First comics
1904
to 1949
Chapter 01
First comics
In 1904 Stam-Stam (Stamatis Stamatiou) published 'Diplomatia en ti lopodytiki', the first Greek framed comic, and in 1927 Georgios Thomis drew the first Greek strips in Paidiki Zoi. To Periodiko mas followed in January 1939.
1950
to 1979
Chapter 02
Comics magazines
Tam-Tam (1950) was the first comics-only magazine, and Atlantis's Klassika Eikonografimena (1951) added issues on Greek history from 1953.
1980
to today
Chapter 03
Arkas and after
Comics peaked in the 1980s with Arkas and Giannis Kalaitzis, and the magazine 9 revived the scene in the 2000s. Later works include Logicomix by Doxiadis and Papadimitriou and Ta Chronika tou Drakofoinika.
The comics to know
- Diplomatia en ti lopodytikiΔιπλωματία εν τη λωποδυτική1904 · comic stripStam-Stam. The first Greek framed comic.
- Paidiki Zoi1927Carried the first Greek strips, by Georgios Thomis.
- To Periodiko masΤο Περιοδικό μας1939 · comics magazineFirst issue January 1939.
- Tam-TamΤαμ-Ταμ1950 · comics magazineThe first comics-only magazine.
- Klassika EikonografimenaΚλασσικά Εικονογραφημένα1951 · comic book seriesAtlantis. Greek-history issues from 1953.
- 92000 · comics magazineMagazine that revived the scene in the 2000s.
- Logicomix2008 · graphic novelDoxiadis and Papadimitriou
- Ta Chronika tou Drakofoinika
The people to know
- Stamatis StamatiouΣταμάτης Σταματίου1881 to 1946Signed as Stam-Stam; the first Greek framed comic (1904).
- Georgios ThomisThe first Greek strips (1927).
- ArkasΑρκάςBorn 1958Leading figure of the 1980s peak.
- Giannis KalaitzisΓιάννης Καλαϊτζής1945 to 2016Leading figure of the 1980s peak.
- SoloupΑντώνιος ΝικολόπουλοςBorn 1966
- Leandros
More artists from Greece
All 96 artists- Michael DialynasΜιχάλης ΔιαλυνάςBorn 1984 · comics artist
- Alecos PapadatosΑλέκος ΠαπαδάτοςBorn 1959 · comics artist
- Vasilis LolosΒασίλης ΛώλοςBorn 1981 · comics artist
- Ilias KyriazisΗλίας ΚυριαζήςBorn 1978 · comics artist
- Apostolos DoxiadisΑπόστολος Κ. ΔοξιάδηςBorn 1953 · comics artist
- Níkos NikolaḯdisΝίκος ΝικολαΐδηςBorn 1964 · comics artist
- Petros ZervosΠέτρος ΖερβόςBorn 1958 · comics artist
- Tasos ApostolidisΤάσος Αποστολίδηςwriter
- Kyriakos D. KassisΚυριάκος Κάσσης1946 to 2025 · cartoonist
- Chrysanthos Mentis BostantzoglouΜποστ1918 to 1995 · comics artist
- Konstantinos PapamichalopoulosΚωνσταντίνος ΠαπαμιχαλόπουλοςBorn 1975 · cartoonist
- Michális PapastefanákisΜιχάλης Παπαστεφανάκηςcomics artist
More comics from Greece
All 32 comics- Voli radentiΧαμηλές πτήσεις1991 · comic
- ΚΟΜΙΞ1988 · comic book
- FroutopiaΦρουτοπία1983 · comic book series
- Εικονογραφημένος Καραγκιόζης του Σπαθάρη1967 · comic magazine
- Έργα του Αρκά1983 · comic
- 1908 (graphic novel)19082018 · graphic novel
- Oi Komodies tou AristofaniΟι Κωμωδίες του Αριστοφάνηcomic book series
- VavelΒαβέλ1981 to 2008 · comics magazine
- O KokkorasΟ Κόκκορας1981 · comic strip
- MythosΜύθος2005 · comic book series
- ChomateriΧωματερή2001 · comic strip
- KoloubraΚολούμπρα1978 · comics magazine