BIO

Kostas Pantoulas was born in Athens in 1984. He graduated from the Ornerakis School of Applied Arts in 2005 and from the Athens School of Fine Arts in 2014. His most acclaimed work is the comic-book adaptation of previously unproduced episodes from the classic TV series Lost in Space (CBS), written by Carey Wilber (screenwriter for Star Trek and creator of the character Khan). Published in 2016 by American Gothic Press under the title Irwin Allen’s Lost in Space: The Lost Adventures, the series brought these “lost” stories to life for the first time. From 2008 to 2010, he wrote, illustrated, and self-published the comic series Soldier Kane. The series was widely distributed through the Greek press, as well as in bookstores and specialty comic shops, via his own small publishing imprint, Sellos Comics, which he established specifically for this purpose. From 2013 to 2015, he designed the album covers for the vinyl series Gerontopismata by composer Dimitris Karas, featuring prominent Greek artists such as Sokratis Malamas, Vasilis Karras, Vasilis Papakonstantinou, Yiannis Kotsiras, Nikitas Klindt, Panos Katsimichas, Manolis Mitsias, Areti Ketime, and others. Between 2016 and 2023, he illustrated for the comic book titles: Freak Snow/Washed in Blood (script by Kevin Roditeli, Massive Publishing/Behemoth), Gilgamesh Eternal (script by Cameron Kerkau, Zoop), 21st Century Man (script by Atabay Sarami), Platinum Dolls (for Marcus Deleo’s action-figure series), Electromagnate (script by John Rapacciuolo, Annadle), among others. In 2016, he contributed art to the English-Ukrainian webcomic Uptown Chronicles (written by Mikhail Pimenov and Richard Mooney) as part of an anti-corruption campaign in Ukraine.In 2018, he presented his original comic APSIHIA at Comicdom Con Athens. The following year (2019), it was translated and published in Ukrainian and Polish, while his Soldier Kane series was released in Ukraine by UAcomix. In 2020, he created the album covers and the accompanying comic for the Athlien series by music producer KidYoung, featuring Negros tou Moria, KidYoung, Moose, Daree, Musah, and Crazy E. In 2023, he released Soldier Kane: Theta Team, the second volume of his original series, published by Phase Productions and showcased at Athens Con ’23. Other translated works include Kangee (for the Croatian magazine Strip-PREFIKS, 2025) and Metal Girl (for the Dutch-Belgian Knocky Magazine, 2015). In September 2019, he held his most recent solo exhibition, themed “Chaotic Sci-Fi,” in Lviv, Ukraine. That December, he co-founded the popular Greek comic anthology magazine Epifany Comics (2019–2024). From 2022 to 2024, he participated in group exhibitions at Delirium Athens Street Gallery and Antisocial Gallery. Between 2021 and 2025, he taught art at the Ornerakis School of Applied Arts. In 2025, he illustrated the comic accompanying Prins Obi’s album The Secret Life of Mara Gibb and released the first volume of his new fantasy series Thekla, which debuted at Athens Con ’25.