Thanasis Petrou

Born in Thessaloniki in 1971. He studied French Literature, Sociolinguistics and comic book creation. From 2005 to 2011, he worked on the magazine 9, published by the Eleftherotypia newspaper. Since 2012, he has been teaching at AKTO.
His works include: The Drummer and His Friends (Vivliopelagos, 2008). Pararlama and Other Stories by Demosthenes Voutyras, script by Dimitris Vanellis (Topos, 2011). The Corpse, scripted by Tassos Zafeiradis and Yannis Palavos, published by Jemma Press – Best Cover 2011 at the Comicdom Awards and a commendation in the Cover Illustration category at the EBGE Awards (in French: Le Croque-mort, published by Steinkis, 2015). Yousouri and Other Fantastic Stories, written by Dimitris Vanellis – Best Comic 2012 at the Comicdom Awards. Actors – Honourable Mention in the Book and Cover Illustration category at the EBGE Awards, (Cartoonark, 2013). The Junkie’s Holy Week (Topos, 2015), scripted by D. Vanellis, based on the short story of the same name by M. Karagatsis. At the Battle of Marathon (Patakis Publications, 2015, 2016 State Book Award for Knowledge) and At the Battle of Thermopylae (Patakis Publications, 2016), comics based on scripts by Katerina Servi. Amanita muscaria, scripted by Pavlos Methenitis (Gnosis, 2016). At Salamis and Plataea, comics based on a script by Katerina Servi (Patakis Publications, 2017). Gra-Grou, a comic book written by Tassos Zafeiradis and Yannis Palavos (Ikaros, 2017, winner of the Best Comic Book and Best Script awards at the Greek Comic Book Awards, 2018). Yiannoulis Halepas, the legend of modern Greek sculpture, script by Dimitris Vanellis (Patakis Publications, 2019). Patience is Required, script by Maria Panagiotou (Mikros Iros, 2021).