Janis Kalaitzis began working for the communist newspaper Avgi and the student magazine Panspoedastiki in the early 1980s. He has done illustrations for children's books, designed costumes and storyboards for films. He is a regular contributor to magazines like Anti, Defi and the socialist daily El Elefteroptipia. His first comic book was 'Gypsy Orchestra', published in 1984.
Lambiek's Kees Kousemaker by Kalaitzis in Barcelona, 1985