Giorgos Akokalidis

Giorgos Akokalidis was born in Thessaloniki in 1946, where he lives and works as a cartoonist, comic book creator, and graphic designer. He studied graphic arts at the A.T.O. - Doxiadis School. Since 1971, he has collaborated as a political cartoonist with newspapers in Thessaloniki and Athens. Three albums featuring his cartoons have been published. He has illustrated more than 20 books, mainly for children, and is also involved in advertising print media. Over the years, he has collaborated with various theater groups, creating sets and costumes for their performances. In 1981, he entered the world of comics by adapting the eleven comedies of Aristophanes, with texts by T. Apostolidis. He has participated in cartoon and comic exhibitions in Greece and abroad and has received several accolades. In 1991 and 1994, he illustrated two novels by author Kriton Salpigktis in the series "The Cigar Hero," a combined parody of the Greek political scene and the Little Hero. From 2011 to 2012, he collaborated again with T. Apostolidis, designing the graphic novel "Homer's Odyssey." In 2012, he illustrated Kriton Salpigktis's novella "Last Route," a publication dedicated to the memory of Yiannis Maris. Since 2000, he has been directing a workshop on freehand and linear drawing in Thessaloniki.