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Abraham Kawa

Biography

Abraham Kawa

Abraham Kawa, PhD, is the author of WHAT SONG THE SIRENS SANG? (2004), a collection of fantasy and horror stories, as well as SCREAMING SILVER (2009), first in his “Pandora’s Box” series of paranormal mystery / horror novels. A researcher of graphic novels and genre fiction, he teaches Cultural Studies at the University of the Aegean. In his academic capacity, he is also the author of the study VIRTUAL GAZES: Postmodern Narrative in Comic Books, Cinema and Literature (2002) and has contributed essays and articles in books such as THE ROUTLEDGE COMPANION TO SCIENCE FICTION and FIFTY KEY FIGURES IN SCIENCE FICTION (both 2009).

Abraham Kawa

Books by Abraham Kawa

Democracy
by Alecos Papadatos, Abraham Kawa, and Annie Di Donna - Graphic Novel

DEMOCRACY opens in 490 B.C., with Athens at war. The hero of the story, Leander, is trying to rouse his comrades for the morrow's battle against a far mightier enemy, and begins to recount his own life, having borne direct witness to the evils of the old tyrannical regimes and to the emergence of a new political system. The tale that emerges is one of daring, danger, and big ideas, of the death of the gods and the tortuous birth of democracy. We see that democracy originated through a combination of chance and historical contingency--but also through the cunning, courage, and willful action of a group of remarkably talented and driven individuals. Alecos Papadatos and Annie DiDonna, artists behind the international phenomenon LOGICOMIX, together with writer Abraham Kawa, deliver a graphic novel bursting with extraordinary characters and vibrant color, one that also offers fresh insight into how this greatest of civic inventions came to be.