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An epic, moving graphic novel set in ancient Athens about the birth and the rise of democracy – from the illustrator behind the bestselling Logicomix

About the Author

Alecos Papadatos worked as an animator, animation director and storyboarder for major European animation production companies from 1984 to 1994. In 1990, his love for drawing led him to the print media and he now writes and draws comics for two Greek newspapers. He spent 2003 to 2008 drawing the graphic novel Logicomix, which went on to become an international phenomenon. He lives with his family in Athens.

Abraham Kawa teaches Cultural Studies at the University of the Aegean and focuses on graphic novels and genre fiction. He also writes paranormal mystery and horror novels and, in his academic capacity, he is the author of Virtual Gazes: Postmodern Narrative in Comic Books, Cinema and Literature, and a contributor to books including The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction.

Annie Di Donna has been an animator on many international productions. She works as an art director and colourist for graphic novels.

Reviews

Impressive ... Simultaneously a standout historical examination and a compelling story
*Booklist*

It’s fun, it’s heartbreaking, it’s thought-provoking, and it’s tragic – and it’s absolutely one of the greatest graphic novels I expect to read all year
*i09*

A colorful love letter to Greek history
*Kirkus*

Probably the best and certainly the most extraordinary graphic novel I have ever come across
*Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times on LOGICOMIX*

Logicomix is highly original, a rich and enthralling encounter with myth, maths, theatre and the giants of twentieth-century philosophy
*Posy Simmonds on LOGICOMIX*

An extraordinary piece of work... Its great subject is the historical desire to make the world totally understandable by reason, and it itches us inside the debate
*John Walsh, Independent on LOGICOMIX*