User:Das Petrou

Das Petrou has worked in the animation, comic book and advertising industries. His best known written work is Ring of Roses (1991). This was originally published in 4 parts, as a comic book series. Ring of Roses is a dark, complex thriller, very much in the spirit of the Da Vinci Code, but preceeding that novel by more than ten years. It has recently been republished in book form by Image Books (Calif). Petrou also wrote created a 4-part James Bond comic book series, Light of My Death, working with the artist from Ring of Roses - John Watkiss. It's still the only Bond story which can be considered to be a period piece. Light of My Death is set firmly in 1961, (thirty years before the date it was written). Petrou reasoned that that Bond belongs very much to the cold war period, and outside of this setting he does not really justify his unique persona. Light of My Death was was an extremely well researched story, considering that it was printed in a throw-away format of four 6-page installments in Dark Horse Presents (a 24-page monthly publication). In the 1990 Petrou was a concept and layout artist on two Walt Disney feature films, as well as one feature for Dreamworks. In 1986 Das Petrou`worked for the legendary comic book artist Neal Adams at Continuity Associates, in New York. He`was back in New York in the mid 90s creating promotional sequences for Cartoon Network, CNN and TNT. He was also helped design the successful, animated BBC series Tales of Beatrix Potter, including Peter Rabbit, on which he worked at Grand Slamm Productions in London. Other animation film credits include Raymond Brigg's, Ghost Ship (for Gerry Potterton Productions (Montreal), When the Wind Blows (made through TVC in London) and Cathedral (a documentary for the US TV network PBS). He now works mainly as an advertising creative in London, producing work for Saatchi & Saatchi, BBH, McCann Erickson and CDP among other agencies. The recent publication of Ring of Roses in book form has receieved much critical acclaim. As a result, Petrou has attracted the attention of a major Hollywood studio, for which he is currently preparing a Sci-Fi feature script. Petrou studied Graphic Design at Brighton, and went on to do an M.Phil in Art History and Philosophy, focusing on Existentialism and Phenomenology. He now lives in Brighton with his wife and two young daughters.