Συστατικά: Μία πένα, τόνους μάυρο -και μια ιδέα κόκκινο- μελάνι, τέσσερις -νεκροί- ποιητές & ένας κυνικός, με ερεβώδες χιούμορ δημιουργός. Εκτέλεση: Αφού σιγοβράσει όσο χρειαστεί, τυπώνεται και διανέμεται. Σερβίρεται καυτό (σε αντίθεση με την εκδίκηση), με άφθονο αλκοόλ.
7 Σκοτεινές ιστορίες για τον έρωτα, τη βία, τη ζωή και το θάνατο. (όχι απαραίτητα με αυτή τη σειρά)
> Manolis Frangidis (Μανώλης Φραγγίδης) was born in Thessaloniki in 1980. In 1998 he studies medicine in Siena, Italy, and in 2007 he graduates with honors from Fine Arts Department of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. In 2010 he obtains the postgraduate title "Information and Communication Technologies of Sound and Image for Education and Production" in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. In 2014 he completes his postgraduate studies in Special Needs Education while, at the same time, he is a PhD candidate at the Pedagogical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
> He has organized and participated in art exhibitions, comic conventions, theatrical and film productions and publications in Greece and abroad. His comic albums Comix Noir and Comix Noir II: The Devil You Know are released by the KΨM publications, while his short stories are hosted on the “Αντίθετ� Ημισφαίριο� anthologies by Gamecraft publications/ editions.
> He is a state school teacher of arts in Greek Secondary Education since 2010. He has also been working with Greek and foreign companies as an illustrator of board games released on the global market such as �27th Passenger: A Hunt on Rails� and “Intrigue City� with Purple Games, “Posse: Wild West Justice� with SPHansen Games, “Duel Bots� card game series with Game Crafter, LLC , "Barrage Battle" with MK Games, "Dungeon Alliance" with Quixotic Games and "Nightlancer" with Adversity Games.
Great work! The art has more to do with chiaroscuro block prints than with the usual line art of comics. The structure of the cynical yet poetic text reminds me of Japanese haiku. A really pleasant surprise from Greece. Too bad it's only published in Greek (so far)...
A very dark and gothic collection of short comics, that I enjoyed very much. The panel to panel progression makes you feel that you are watching a well directed short film. My favorite short is "Toy Soldier ".