SupeRembets - PJ

Rebetiko, plural rebetika, (Greek: ρεμπέτικο, pronounced [reˈbetiko] and ρεμπέτικα respectively), occasionally transliterated as Rembetiko, is a term used today to designate originally disparate kinds of urban Greek folk music which have come to be grouped together since the so-called rebetika revival, which started in the 1960s and developed further from the early 1970s onwards.

Although nowadays treated as a single genre, rebetiko is, musically speaking, a synthesis of elements of European music, the music of the various areas of the Greek mainland and the Greek islands, Greek Orthodox ecclesiastical chant, often referred to as Byzantine music, and the modal traditions of Ottoman art music and café music.

The word rebetiko or plural rebetika is an adjectival form derived from the Greek word rebetis (Greek: ρεμπέτης, pronounced [reˈbetis]). The word rebetis, is today construed to mean a person who embodies aspects of character, dress, behavior, morals and ethics associated with a particular subculture.The word is closely related, but not identical in meaning, to the word mangas (Greek: μάγκας, pronounced [ˈma(ŋ)ɡas]), which means strong guy.

So, what happens when you mix Greek Rebetiko music with comics is SupeRembets!


PJ - Gannis Papaioannou

When Giannis tasted a radioactive loukoumi (greek delight) offered to him by Markos on a night playing on stage suddenly his eyes turned yellow and a fiery aura covered his whole body. From that night forth, Giannis became PJ, master of the flame, such as his songs that sing the fire in the heart of the loved ones...

See the other SupeRembets:
The X, El Tsitsano, Super Mark

All SupeRembets created with Adobe Photoshop CS6 using a Wacom Bamboo.
Paris Ksintarianos, 2013