Presentation of the greatest Greek cartoonists

1. GREEK CARTOONISTS

2. THE ORIGIN
 The cartoon spirit in Greece during the 19th century
was represented by magazines like
• “Asmodeos”(Ασμοδαίος) and
• „Asti‟ (Αστυ).

3.  Themos Aninos
(1843-1916) is seen as
the key cartoonist
figure of the 19th
century

4.  Panagiotis Pigadiotis
was the editor of the
magazines„Aristofan‟‟
and „New Aristofan‟‟

5.  Pigadiotis was
acquainted and
cooperated with the
Italian lithographer
Augusto Grossi in
order to draw colourful
cartoons.

6. NOTEWORTHY CARTOONISTS BEFORE
WORLDWAR II
 Dimitris Galanis: he
was awarded in France
and made public the
women‟s suffragette
movement with his
elegant cartoons

7.  Stam-Stam: he has created traditional Greek
figures.

8.  Koumetakis: he
was the creator of
the famous monk
Akakios, a very
popular cartoon
figure that was
used by
advertisement of
pasta.

9.  Theodoridis (Togo): he
is well know for his
work made comments
on the World War II

10.  Fokion Dimitriades
(1894-1977): he is
seen as the most
influential cartoonist of
the early part of the
20th century.
Dimitriades by his work
criticizes the Greek‟s
foreign policy and the
United Kingdom‟s
policy for the Cyprus
dispute.

11. POSTWAR CARTOONISTS

12.  Gallias: he is
the creator of
the “Fat Lady
and (her
husband)
Zacharias” ,a
funny couple
edited in a
magazine
named
“Thesauros”
(=treasure)
which had
many fans.

13.  During the dictatorship
period Kyriakopoulos: ο
and…

14.  Mitropulos
via their cartoons
resist
to the Greek
dictatorship.

15.  Bost: in his comic
strips makes spelling
mistakes on purpose
and creates three
legendary anti-heroes:
Mother
Greece(ΕΛΛΑΣ) , The
hungry
man(ΠΕΙΝΑΛΕΩΝ)
and Miss.
Unemployment. These
figures reveal the
cultural warp of his era

16.  Archelaos/Adona-
ros: (1921-1981)
is famous for his
social comic strip
“Varelofrones” ,a
hypothetical
political party
consisted by
alcoholics.

17. CONTEMPORARY CARTOONISTS
 Stathis: he
published his
first work with
his acute panels
after the
dictatorship‟s
overthrow

18.  Ioannou criticizes the
socialistic government
of our country and the
consumerism.

19.  Arkas

20.  And Kalaitzis are the
only ones who manage
to make a leaving by
their art.

21.  The contemporary
Greek cartoonists as
Maroulakis come
from the city and as a
result the City is their
protagonist

22.  The city and its
terraces oppress their
habitants…
 Kalamaras

23.  The loneliness and the
machines prevail…
 Scoulas

24. -Old lady: Thank God! I can
cross the road to
see my daughter in
law.
The newspaper:Taxi
drivers are on strike.
Kalamaras

25.  They also refer to
the habits of the
„citizens‟
 Pavlidis

26.  and they draw
inspiration from the
European society and
the world stage
 Ornerakis…

27. Their cartoons are
published in limited
circulation magazines
such as “Babel‟‟and
“Para Pente”

28.  And of course in
the internet
http://www.carto
onists.gr/
 Petroulakis