In 1988, Papadatos won First Prize in the Special Technique (Animated Cartoons) category at the short-length Film Festival of Drama,[2] Greece, for his animated film, Τzitziki and Myrmigi[3] (Greek: Τζιτζίκι και Μυρμήγκι; German: Die Grille und die Ameise), based on one of Aesop's Fables, The Ant and the Grasshopper.
His studio, Spicy Toons, produced TV cartoon commercials in 2D/3D for the Greek and European market as well as animation for educational documentaries.
Logicomix received numerous awards and favorable reviews where Papadatos’ art was described as “crisp and simple in the clear-line manner of Hergé,"[10] as possessing “real graphic verve.
(Even though I’m a text guy, I couldn’t keep my eyes off the witty drawings),”[11] “ingeniously charming,”[12] and “compelling.”[13] Papadatos’ illustrations are found in different Greek and foreign magazines, among them, Athens Voice,[14][15] The Financial Times[16] and Publishers Weekly.
His latest project released in 2015, Democracy, is a graphic novel he co-wrote with Abraham Kawa and co-illustrated with Annie Di Donna.