The Mad Greek

Eraklis Petmezas is an illustrator/storyteller/animal activist living in NC with his partner and their douche cat, Newman. Follow me on Instagram/Twitter: @epetmezas

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Almost time for my favorite con of the year! Hope to see you there.

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Book is finally heading to the printer. Here’s the final cover for Last Cigarette. @erindesigns killed it designing this book. It’ll be premiering at Heroescon next month! Thanks to everyone that has supported it so far. I appreciate you.

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Some of the concept sketches that’ll be in the back matter of, the Last Cigarette.

Books almost ready for the printer.

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These pages are giving me a workout. Hope people dig the final book!

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Going to be a pro at drawing Vespa’s by the end of this book. 😊

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Omg this book may kill me. I hope people will dig this updated version of , Last Cigarette.

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I figured ‘d share this before I start working on the revised version. I originally created this story for an anthology and I had to adhere to a page count. I always thought the story needed to breathe more as may of the panels were overly wordy. I’ve added some story beats in the beginning and extended many pages so that the story can flow better.

I went to Greece and was able to take reference shots, which I’ll use for the revised edition. I hope I’ll do the art justice.

I’ve got a bunch of old pinups from the original printing and new ones coming as well. The new story is about 24 pages which will include these pages and back matter too! Take care.

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Another concept sketch. I hope I’m not biting off more than I can chew redrawing this story. 😳 A lot more reference than I’ve needed in the past.

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A quick fan art digital doodle of one of my faves, Lucky Luke.

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Some more concept sketches. Hope to dive into the new sequeantials shortly for the revised, Last Cigarette. Going to be redrawing the book with a bunch of added story pages.

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Doing some concept drawings before I jump into the sequential pages for the revised, Last Cigarette.

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This is how almost all my jobs turn out. 😢

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Santa doodle inspired by our trip to Iceland.

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Farewell Dark Prince. Black Sabbath blew my mind.

I have so many memories tied to Ozzy and his music. Listening to Sabbath and his early solo albums hanging out with. Wayne Barlow. Working at Record Bar in HS when No more Tears dropped and Christine playing it every time on her shift. Moving back to NJ after college and driving up with my cousin Pete who loved Ozzy. Sadly, they’re both gone now, but I’m hoping he gets a front row seat watching Ozzy perform in whatever afterlife there is.

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Hey gang it’s almost time for Heroescon. Here’s where I’ll be. Hope to see you there.

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Now that it’s at the printer I can show you the cover. My buddy Henry Eudy said some really kind words about the book. 😳😳

My partner @erindesigns killed it with her amazing design skills and she makes my books look so good.

Hope you will pick it up once it’s out. I’ll be premiering it at Heroescon next month. It’s a bit more serious than my last few books, but I hope you’ll dig it. Thanks for the support and encouragement.