Finding the blending point between the everyday and the unknown is a thread that runs through much of Fikaris’s work.  As an artist known for painting his gas-masked characters on the streets of Melbourne as much as he is for publishing countless small press publications, including nearly 20 anthologies of comic book artists in his community.  Fikaris has gone from spearheading Melbourne’s fledgling graphic storytelling movement in the early 2000's as the editor general braddock with his silent army comic art collective, to being a touring artist leaving his printed ephemera wherever he goes.  With a love for collaborating with other art communities  he has travelled to many countries over the years as a comic artist, painter and researcher.  As an avid illustrator FIkaris also enjoys collaborating with others on graphic storytelling projects and over the years has found himself drawing for the words of such unique voices as Harvey Pekar, Nicola Gunn, Osme Gonsalves and Kyle Magee.
 
‘...(Fikaris is) the comic book shamen of the Melbourne scene.’  Smart Arts   RRR FM    2016