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About Me

Who is Manolis?

a 26-yo Greek living in Manchester. Originally from the beautiful Milos island, then moved to Athens to study as a chemist and then further away from the nest to Manchester for a -DOOM- pHd. All the while he's spent most his time reading and writing for comics.

Useful Stalking links:

BLOG: LEAVE YOUR SPANDEX AT THE DOOR

EDITOR for THE NEXUS

President of the HELLENIC SOCIETY OF MANCHESTER

Myspace Layouts - Myspace Editor - Image Hosting

My Interests

comics, film, graphic design, anime, music, rpg, writing, clubbing

I'd like to meet:

Matt Fraction, Jason Aaron, Mike Allred, Gail Simone, Neil Gaiman

Music:

Alanis Morissette, Tori Amos, Bjork, Cranberries, Scissor Sisters, Shakira, Alkistis Protopsalti, Haris Alexiou, Nikos Portokaloglou

Movies:

Sin City, Hedwig and the angry inch, Nightmare Before Christmas, Amelie, X-Men 2, Kill Bill, Kika, Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind, Donnie Darko, Connie and Carla do L.A., Magnolia, Memento, Volver

Television:

LOST, Veronica Mars, the 4400, Desperate Housewives, Heroes, Weeds, Six Feet Under, Dead Like Me, Simpsons, Futurama, Clone High, Eglimata, Para Pente, Eisai to tairi mou

Books:

Death Note, NEXTWAVE, Hero Squared, X-Men, X-Statix, She-Hulk, Goon, Testament, Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man, Runaways, Pride of Baghdad, Birds of Prey, Astonishing X-Men, Lucifer

My Blog

DUDE, WHERES MY BLOG?

RELAXThe blog has moved and thrived over at the shiny Blogger/Blogspot site.Our new url is:LYSAD.BLOGSPOT.COMupdated daily (no, really) with news, reviews, videos, interviews and photos.Keep on checki...
Posted by Manolis on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:15:00 PST

Naughty Horoscopes

thanks to Mike for sending this on the bulletin wire, I'm posting only mine, which seems to fit like a glove (wink)Scorpio (Oct. 24 - Nov. 21) --HOLEE SHIT! here comes the masters and mistresses of FU...
Posted by Manolis on Sun, 01 Oct 2006 03:51:00 PST

Which Disney Duck are you?

Which Disney Duck Are You?You're Ludwig Von Drake! You're curious and extremely intelligent, you like being considered very cultured, and you probably are. You're always ready to learn new things, to ...
Posted by Manolis on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 04:09:00 PST

The amazing 3-d pavement artist

These Pics Are REAL. It's all done on flat ground and It's unbelieveable!!! More chalk drawings from Julian Beever. Scroll down slowly and stop at each new frame. Julian Beever is an English artist wh...
Posted by Manolis on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 10:46:00 PST

MySpace is of the devil

well, i don't post on here often, but I had the hugest omen today I couldn't ignore...or what would you call discovering through a thumbnail photo on MySpace that the guy you were seeing briefly a fe...
Posted by Manolis on Sun, 15 Apr 2007 12:39:00 PST

the 2006 Comics Nexus Awards (day 1)

Join us for the live Ceremony CoverageEvery year the Nexus staff gets together and votes for our favourite titles, characters and creators. On Day One of the awards, we're giving out:Best Group/TeamBe...
Posted by Manolis on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 12:49:00 PST

the X-Mas Roundtable

this is a very proud tradition for my columnevery holiday, I ask group of favourite creators to join me for a special roundtable, featuring such classic questions like:-The Fourth Wall breaks, just in...
Posted by Manolis on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 01:01:00 PST

Column .92

COLUMN ..92The weekly columns return!collective covers of the week from the last 6, with my own selection of best ofReviews of titles shipping today:Planetary Brigade Origins 1: AFriendly Neighbourhoo...
Posted by Manolis on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 03:05:00 PST

Mike Carey on Crossing Midnight

Hello all! it's been a long while!This week LYS@D returns with a special Mike Carey interview, where he talks to us about CROSSING MIDNIGHT, his new Vertigo series set in contemporary Nagasaki featuri...
Posted by Manolis on Fri, 24 Nov 2006 08:03:00 PST

Remember, Remember

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Posted by Manolis on Sun, 05 Nov 2006 05:12:00 PST