Alekos – Born in Rome in 1984, he is a comic book artist, architect, and drawing instructor at the University of Bologna and the Scuola Romana dei Fumetti. He works as a comic book artist for Italian and French publishers. In the realm of self-published comics, he founded the independent label Blekbord in 2017, with which he won the award for best self-published work at Lucca Comics and Games 2023. He has also worked as a storyboard artist on various Italian television and film productions.