#452 - STYLE EXERCISES...

STYLE EXERCISES...

1) Waiting the bus in the cold, dark night

2) Seeing the lights from afar

3) Realizing that the light belong to a truck...

4)...which is hiding the bus
       

#451 - JULES PASCIN AT MARSEILLE

JULES PASCIN AT MARSEILLE

1) Once in Marseille Jules Pascin decided to have a large gathering.

2) He invited all of his friends to a restaurant.

3) They all came - no place to sit was left.

4) He went to a nearby restaurant and dined alone.
        

#450 - 100 COMIC-STRIPS OLDER

100 COMIC-STRIPS OLDER

1) Attention deficiency.

2) "Enemy" of comfort?
    Invisible debt.

3) Art is that kind of egoism you try to share with others.

4) But should you share your obsessions?
       

#449 - AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL

1) Lately, at my work...

2) ...I always find a free elevator.
    (criiiiick!)

3) Today a girl followed me and I explained her why:

4) -Two of the lights have gone off and everybody thinks it's stuck at the 7th floor
    - A-ha!

...and then we went together up to the (*that alien symbol*)th
       

#448 - GIRLS AT SHOPS

GIRLS AT SHOPS

1) -Oh!

2) -Sorry, gal...
    -Hm?..

3) -Can you see if the screws support the glass or if there's a panel?
    -Er, is this really your question?

4) -Can you tell me where the hell did they find 8cm skirting boards?
   -Oh, yeah...
   -You're right...
           

#447 - WE

WE

1) Our reflection isn't we

2) Not even is every possession, if it abridges us

3) Neither everything that amuses us, or everything that enrages us:

4) We are a smile slightly cunning, carved on a grain of rice.

#446 - A GREAT DAY FOR COFFEE

A GREAT DAY FOR COFFEE*

*Kafé (coffee) = Kafé (brown color in greek)
 
     

#445 - MAGICAL IMAGE (find the hidden fetish and win amazing gifts!)

MAGICAL IMAGE (find the hidden fetish and win amazing gifts!)

1) - And where is that... spark plug?

2) That was the first time that Debbie's vespa broke down in the middle of the road...
   - Ouch!
   - Ouch!
   - Hot!

3) With her mobile's battery off, without vehicle assistant and without cigarettes, the young pilot had
    to take some brave decisions.
    - Damn, you're heavy...

4) When, three hours later, her boyfriend found her at last...
    ... she wasn't in a great mood.
    - Hey! You look gorgeous so sweaty! I can see your nipples!
       

#444 - EMPTY HEART

EMPTY HEART

1) The cake I bought for you, was eaten by the crows.

2) And you are nowhere

3) Really, you are nowhere

4) A grey cloud inside my empty heart.

#443 - SEXIST POSTMODERN GUIDE TO BUY A SCOOTER (a comic about design differences between vespa and lambretta)

                               SEXIST POSTMODERN GUIDE TO BUY A SCOOTER

1) - Vespa was destined to be the most popular italian vehicle...

2) - On the other hand, Lambretta is a fine piece of scootering history too...

3) - So, two relatives on the same march, but with a lot of differences too...

    - ...that are well-captured on naturalist Derek Powazek's great words...

4) - Two italian chicks mate, last night in the pub...

    - ...one of them had a great butt...

    

     

#442 - I JUST WALKED OUTSIDE OF YOUR WINDOW

I JUST WALKED OUTSIDE OF YOUR WINDOW

3) Your curtains are very beautiful.
but,
it was you that I missed seeing.

#441 - AT THE FESTIVAL #4 - VIDEO ART

AT THE FESTIVAL #4 - VIDEO ART
*Thessaloniki International Film Festival Special!*
1) - So the director just makes shadows on the projection with his hands, right?
    - Video art. That's what it is.
2) - Video art? It's a performance, since he does it right now.
    - Ok, ok, be quiet now, they'll scold us.
3) - You might even call it an installation.
    - Stop talking!
4) - Whatever it is, it is unwatchable for sure.
    - Sush!
    - Quiet!

#440 - AT THE FESTIVAL #3 - THE RIVER

AT THE FESTIVAL #3 - THE RIVER
*Thessaloniki International Film Festival Special!*
1) - I can't stand it anymore.
    - What?
    - It shows a river flowing for almost half an hour.
2) - What's the meaning of all this?
    - I don't know, I kind of like it! It is ...poetic.
    - But nothing happens!
4) - I'm fed up. I'll go outside for a smoke.
    - Just wait a little bit to see what'll happen.

#439 - AT THE FESTIVAL #2 - TWISTS

AT THE FESTIVAL #2 - TWISTS
*Thessaloniki International Film Festival Special!*
1) - I think that he lives in a dream and in the end he's gonna wake up.
    - Think so?
2) - And she sure is gonna break up with him in the end.
    - Maybe.
3) - And he probably is a ghost.
    - Shut up and watch.
4) - Nothing happened!
    - Well, what a surprise!

#438 - AT THE FESTIVAL #1 - MULTI-CULTI

AT THE FESTIVAL #1 - MULTI-CULTI
*Thessaloniki International Film Festival Special!*
1) - Chinese was fine!
2) - Libanese was nice!
3) - Czech was perfect!
4) - You seem to be more tolerant to ethnic cinema than food.
    - We will go for a souvlaki afterwards, right?

#437 - A FEW MONTHS SINCE THE LAST TIME

A FEW MONTHS SINCE THE LAST TIME

2) - Start before I start hitting you...

3) Forty seven kicks later...
   - C'mon sweetie...
   - Start!

4) The same night...
    - Erm... don't know hun'. First time happening to me...
    -  It's ok dear. Maybe it's because a few months have passed since the last time we did it.
     

#436 - LIKE, IF "LIKE" IS GONNA MAKE YOU SOMEBODY

LIKE, IF "LIKE" IS GONNA MAKE YOU SOMEBODY
                                                         Rita Belieber <3

1) - Is there a director's cut actually shorter than previous cuts?

2) - Well...
    - I...

3) - Did you know that Adolf Hitler has a Kevin Bacon Number 3?

4) - Did you know that Fritz Lang had directed a sheperd epic film called "Laurence of Arcadia"
      in 1937?

#435 - WHERE IN THE NAME IS WALLY?

WHERE IN THE NAME IS WALLY?

1) Behind the fence?
2) In the bushes?
3) Hidden in the grass?
4) In the desert?

Well, if you do find him, tell him that his mother's been looking for him all day, better call 'er.
         

#434 - YESTERDAY ON THE BEACH

YESTERDAY AT THE BEACH... Comic Strip of Mystery

1) Yesterday we went for swimming. I decided to walk on the beach and

    maybe find a good idea for a comic strip.

2) Suddenly I saw something shimmering in the sand. I began to dig furiously. 

    Then I found the best idea I ever had!

3) It was so good, that I fainted! I couldn't bear the idea that I was the first who brought it 

    to the surface.

4) So, I won't tell it to you nor will I draw it, because I don't want to happen to you 

    what happened to me.

      

#433 - STRESS (A COMIC TAKEN OUT OF FANTASY)

STRESS (A COMIC TAKEN OUT OF LIFE)

1) At the beginning,  I was a little confused.
    Wasn't sure if she's true or one of my fantasy's creatures...
    - Hahahaha

2) ... everything she did, was so unreal.

3) When, the same night I left her at her home, my hole body was trembling.

4) There was something... something weird...
    - Phew...
    - I hope he didn't noticed anything.
    - You brought what I asked you?
      

#432 - BOYS WILL BE BOYS

BOYS WILL BE BOYS

1) Rolls Royce

2) Lamborghini

3) Mercedes

4) Fiat Uno 1098cc 1991 economic edition...

    - Are there gonna be any girls, where you're going?

dedicated to my first car, that i'm supposed to throw away, but I can't...

     

#431 - MODS vs ROCKERS

MODS vs ROCKERS

1) - Look who are coming.

2) - What's up fagots?
    - Took them out for a pee?

3) - I'm sorry mate, but I think you're a little combative on me, without an obvious reason...
    - ...but if you want to, we may arrange our problems, in other way...
    - M?

4) Indeed, later...
    - So, gents, you're down on score 17-1 and next question is...
    - Which is the population of Nepal?
      

#430 - TRUE STORY

TRUE STORY

1) Many years ago I had an idea...

2) I'll draw a series of faces with standardized expressions and upload them on the internet 

    for everyone to make comics fast and easy!!

3) I would have been famous...

4) YOU DON'T SAY

         

#429 - THE MYSTERIOUS

THE MYSTERIOUS

1) People all around me
2) take the righteous way
3) But the Mysterious one
4) touched me on my shoulder

*Στίχοι του Γ. Σιγανίδη / Lyrics by G. Siganidis

#428 - I LIVE A DRAMA

I LIVE A DRAMA

1) -What a time! I am looking for a woman for so long

2)-Who will not be a victim of this silly tattoo trend

3)-Who doesn't do piercings everywhere, who doesn't change her hair color every week
 -Am I asking for too much?

4)-Hmm...
-Did you check in a retirement home?

#427 - PUBLIC SERVICE ABSURDNESS 02

PUBLIC SERVICE ABSURDNESS 02

Toumba Police Department (flashback)

I am sorry.

Your application was rejected by mistake.

Here's the refund.

You can take in it the tax office. 

Of course we have to charge 8 euros.

It's our Failure Fee.

SIGN HERE

1) - Practice your signature. 2000?

    - Um... yes.

    - Year of birth?

    - 2000.

2) - Eye color? Brown?

    - Um... Blue!

    - Blue? Are you sure?

    - Yes, take a look!

3) - Hmmm! OK!

    - Fee, photographs, ID card, all right!

    - Where does the kid sign?

    - The kid signs nowhere. You sign and we're done!

4) TAX OFFICE

    - But of course the kid had to sign. All the papers were cancelled and I had to do an application
      from the start. But I don't have time because I'm going abroad in a few days. So I have to take
      a 80 euro refund to take back the passport issue fee. What am I supposed to do? Make a 80-euro
      gift to the state because the police made a mistake?

    - I am afraid that's the way it is...

    - The public service tells me I have to go to the Tax Office to get the refund. But at the cashier they
      told me it can't be done.

    - You are absolutely right. But there's nothing we can do.

- So I have to go to Halkidiki to take my money back?

- What can I say? The state is destroyed. Alas!

     

#426 - PUBLIC SERVICE ABSURDNESS 01

PUBLIC SERVICE ABSURDNESS

Troo Storees 1

1) [Toumba* Tax Office, August 18th, 10:30 AM]

    Cashier

    - Hello! I'm here for a refund...

    - I had paid the fee for the issue of a new passport, but the police made a mistake

    - And?

    - They said I had to submit this, in order to take back the money...

                                        *A district in Thessaloniki, Greece

2) - You see it is signed and stamped by the chief offic...

    - You can't take your money back, not here.

    - What? How?

    - Here it's the Toumba Tax Office...

    - But I did pay to the Tax Office, right?

    - Yes, but not here, you paid at the Tax Office in Halkidiki.

    - Wait a minute, I paid to a Tax Office 80 euros, and your Tax Office won't give it back?

    - There's nothing I can do.

    - It is a different Office.

3) - What are you talking about? Isn't this a Tax Office?

    - Yes, but not in Halkidiki.

    - What? Is Halkidiki a different country?

    - Don't shout sir! There's nothing I can do.

    - I just paid a 80 euros fee, and I have to go to Halkidiki to get the refund?

    - Calm down sir, I told you. You'll get your refund in the Halkidiki Tax Office, and only the 

      Halkidiki Tax Office. And please keep in mind that you will not take the refund the same day. 

      You have to get a protocoll number, etc...

    - I am sorry.

4) - Are you serious?

    - I am not joking sir.

    - So I have to drive 100 kms to take a refund?

    - I just told you sir. And it'll take more than a day to get the refund.

    - And is there not an interservice communication with the Halkidiki Office to help the situation?

    - No, sir. The network won't allow it.

    - Send them a fax!

    - You should send them a registered letter.

    - And what? Wait an one-hour line in the postal office to send a registered letter which I'll pay? 

      And then drive to Halkidiki anyway to take the money back? Are you out of your mind?

    - I told you sir. You are becoming a nuisance. 

- Where's the director of the office?

- First floor sir. But you won't manage a thing. You'll see.

(2 b continued)

      

#425 - SATURDAY AT THE LAB

SATURDAY AT THE LAB

1) This Saturday I am at the lab doing some measurements.
   *Spectrophotometer

2) Each measurement last for four minutes during which I have completely nothing to do.
    Then Save as and start all over.

3) Outside it's raining, but in here we're having fun,
    - Right buddy?

4) - Buddy?
    - Zzt.

The Spectrophotometer is a friend.
    
    

#424 - THE WATCH. 424

THE WATCH. 424*

(* Codename of a military hospital in Thessaloniki, Greece, also the number of this post. All puns in this strip are lost in translation, as all phrases sound similar in Greek and French, but here goes anyway.)

1) *Crack
    - Halt! Who goes there?

2) *Jump
    - Are you a jumper?

3) - Halt, you!

4) - Halte ici! ("Stop here" in French)

_ 

#423 - RACING VESPAS "OR LIVING NEXT TO POLITE HAIRY PEOPLE"

RACING VESPAS...


1) - F**k off Pinasco...

2) - If I only put you a Simonini in your back and give you a pair of tubeless, Polinis won't even reach your mudflap...

3) - And a front Bitubo, babe...


*Buy now the new vespa upgrades dictionary!

#422 - FETISH

FETISH

3) Sniff*

4) - Can I ask? Do you have this book with more rosin ester phenolic resin in the ink?

    - Next week...

      

#421 - SUBURBAN TANNING

SUBURBAN TANNING (*)

2) Click! Click! Click!

3) - Helloooo! I felt like calling you! Where are you? 
    - Santoriiiiini?
    - No! No! Don't worry! 
    - I have 2 hours free-call!
    - Now tell me!

4) 2 hours later...
    - Yeah...yeah... See ya! Bye!
   Click!

DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME!...

(*) Well, not exactly..:)

#420 - URBAN TANNING

URBAN TANNING

Everybody knows it - only few are those who admit it!..

#419 - RAIN

RAIN

1) At the wet grass lands of north Northumberland, Sir Zoltan Hothorn,

    was finishing his last preparations...

2) He was dreaming years of this day, his flying cherry pitter will leave the english land 

    for the blue sky.

    - Now Now Now!

3) - I don't believe he's ever gonna make it...

4) Against all bad precognitions of his partner, Hothorn finally made it and after 

    a few moments was hurling millions of cherry pits on Newcastle's citizens heads!

    - Holly shit! Bloody London!

         

#418 - HOW TO DRAW USING PERSPECTIVE Lesson 27

HOW TO DRAW USING PERSPECTIVE - Lesson 27

1) - Please count down from 10...

    - 10... 9... 8... 7... 6... 5... 4...

2) - Three... Two... One...

3) - ...Zero! 

    - We have Liftoff!

4) - Take your own appendix out now, smartguy!

        

#417 - MY LIFE NEXT TO CHRISTOFER

MY LIFE NEXT TO CHRISTOFER

1) When I return at home every night, I feel soooooo tired...

2) I hardly eat anything, and seat in my couch.

3) I fall asleep, watching an old TV program (a bad melodramatic crap, by Christofer Papakaliatis).

4) The next day I'm on my way to work, feeling sooooo nice... 

    - As I told you mate! 

    - The guy is fucking his sister!!!

           

#416 - HOW TO MAKE A MOJITO!

HOW TO MAKE A MOJITO!

1) Take some fresh mint!

2) Lime!

3) Brown sugar!

4) Throw them all away and buy a gin & tonic!


It's cheaper and it hasn't got tons of sugar.
      

#415 - MISC.

MISC.

1) Statistics show that it is easier to fall in love with a Catherine than with a Maria.
    - It's all about genes!

2) .flac files are completely useless.
    - They take up more space than my old LPs!

3) A new word: INTERNEANDERTHAL
the internet illiterate

4) Mario finally speaks up about Antonis Remos.*
    - You see a succesful singer, I see a failed plumber.

(*Greek pop singer, former plumber)
         

#414 - SIESTA

 

SIESTA

1,2,3,4) *Tzitzitzi... (the song of the ciccada)

   

#413 - PUBLIC, SELF-CLEANING...

 PUBLIC, SELF-CLEANING...

1) Monday

2) Tuesday

3) Wednesday

4) Thursday

It takes its time, but it goes away...
       

#412 - A GOOD SUMMER IS...

A GOOD SUMMER IS...

1) Mosquito-free summer cinema.

2) At least sixty-two icecreams

3) Watermellon without pips

4) Twenty icecreams more.
       

#411 - STUPID ONE.

STUPID ONE.

1) - Tell me everything. Don't forget a thing.
    - I will tell everything.

2) - Should I tell you everything?
    - Everything.

3) - Completely everything?
    - Completely everything.

4) - And in the beginning there was Chaos.
        

#410 - THERE ARE TWO THINGS I JUST CAN'T STAND!

THERE ARE TWO THINGS I JUST CAN'T STAND!

1) To divide numbers...
    - Division is mathematically impossible.

2) ...and wear ties.
    - A tie is a reverse noose.

3) Now that I think of it, the two of them together make a gallows!

4) We must stop using them at once!

Don't you see?
        

#409 - ONION RAIN

ONION RAIN

4) - I had so long to feel touched like this, guys...
    - Kraa!
      

#408 - PIN UPS

PIN UPS

1) The meanings

2) Even if got lost

3) We still have

4) The senses
      

#407 - LEFT HANDED STRIP

1) - In the beginning, I'd practice, making lines...

2) - ...I continued with various and simple shapes...

3) - ...later, I tried to capture a more complicated composition...

4) - ...and in the end, I felt ready to paint CAPPELLA SISTINA!

Eh... and the pencils below the ink, I've also erased them with the left hand!

      

#406 - TOTAL SILENCE

TOTAL SILENCE

1) Speechless they stare at the empty screen, there is nothing to be seen

2) And in the streets outside, neither honks nor sirens

3) Not even a dog's bark

4) The city is eavesdropping at its breath.
      

#405 - FAIRY TALES

FAIRY TALES

1) "There is a magical city, exactly under the fields..."

2) "It has labyrinths, underground lakes and colorful minerals"

3) "And its king is an albino mole!"

3) "Its citizens they say, they jump all day on trampolines while during the night they get drunk
    with lemonade..."
      

#404 - RECYCLING OLD STUFF

RECYCLING OLD STUFF
two old strips with 2 panels each 

1) Useful advice:
    Never ask bearded guys with pointed hats if they have a lighter
   - Hey dude, do you have a light?*
   - ?
  *In Greek: got fire?


2) There's a good chance they're wizards...
    *WOOSH
    ...and they don't want to be bothered.

1) When you are about to swim, don't test if the water is cold with your toes.

2) It tickles.
   *FLUSH

     

#403 - SANTORINI

SANTORINI

1) - See, my love, the sun is coming down

2) *SPLASH

3) *WOOOSH