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Let’s talk about food!

01/09/2016 by

fringeThe team of Cyprus Comic Con has made sure to satisfy your appetite during the two days of the event! We have secured some great quality food vendors to sell delicious food and refreshing drinks in the outdoor Fringe Festival area, offering a variety of different foods, from pizza and traditional souvlaki and sandwiches to crepes and ice cream!

Please note however that food is prohibited inside the halls so make sure you enjoy your meals outside the premises!

Our Fringe Festival’s food vendors are:

  • Pizza Hut – will offer all pizza combinations from their menu, as well as their tasty goodies from Wing Street!
  • Serial Griller – will serve mostly grilled tastes such as burgers, hot dogs etc.
  • Sir Franjolaki – Sir Franjolaki will serve warm and cold sandwiches, souvlaki in pita etc.
  • Crepart – Will serve sweet and savory crepes
  • Coffeeshop – Will serve all kinds of coffee and savories such as cheese pies, spinach pies etc.
  • Παγωταρία – Will serve ice cream during the hottest time of day!

 

Artist Profile: Chrysso Vassiliou

01/09/2016 by

Chrysso Vassiliou is returning to Cyprus Comic Con as one of our Featured Artists!

Chrysso Vassiliou, (also known as “Chryssv”) is a young self taught freelance artist. She had always loved art but her true passioned awakened about 2-3 years ago, when she started learning digital painting. She loves video games, movies and comics. She is inspired by both eastern(anime/manga) and western cartoons, both 2d and 3d. She has been accepting freelance commissions for the past 2 years, and has been selling her artwork online and showcased her work at several events, including Cyprus Comic Con, Malta Comic Con and Japan Expo!

Stay up to date with Chrysso’s work through her Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and DeviantArt profiles! You can also watch her drawing videos on Youtube and visit her online store!

Currently Chrysso is working on becoming a better artist and improving her skills and aspires to work as a professional illustrator and concept artist in the future, for video games, cartoons and movies. Furthermore, she also hopes to expand my skills and knowledge of 3d-art and modeling.

Featured Sponsor: Sony PlayStation Cyprus

31/08/2016 by

We are happy to inform you that Sony PlayStation Cyprus supports for a third consecutive year Cyprus Comic Con!

SonyPlaystationCyprusFor the last 20 years Sony PlayStation Cyprus have been there, with their European colleagues, at the launch of every console and great game from PlayStation 1 to PS4; from PSP to PS Vita and in last year, the opening of Cyprus PlayStation Store (PSN Store).

As the official distributor in Cyprus for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, they kept Cyprus at the forefront with PlayStation;  supplying the market with the latest consoles, peripherals and games; providing dedicated customer service and support through our service centre, website and helpline; and promoting the latest international PlayStation news as well as local community events through Facebook and their website.

vrExperience PlayStation VR!
Sony PlayStation Cyprus will be demoing the very anticipated PlayStation VR at this year’s Comic Con, from the moment you slip on PlayStation VR, the new Virtual Reality system for PlayStation 4, you’ll experience games in an entirely new way. You’ll be at the centre of the action, living every detail of extraordinary new worlds – and you’ll feel like you’re actually inside the game.

Book your experience by visiting the PlayStation booth!
PlayStation Cyprus are also sponsoring the Cosplay competition again and have also prepared some really amazing surprises for you to experience!

Artist Profile: Andrea Pavlou

31/08/2016 by

Meet our next Featured Artist for CCC16, talented illustrator Andrea Pavlou!

Andrea Pavlou (aka Akina) is a young artist from Cyprus, who throughout her life has been experimenting with different types of art such as fine art, photography, digital film, concept art and illustration. Art has always been a creative outburst, in which she could expand and broaden her artistic side and abilities. Lately, she has been focusing on character and environment design and development, sculpting and concept art, with the help of Digireal Studios. She has just finished school and will go on to study 3D Animation & Computer modelling at the University of Hertfordshire in the UK.

To see more of Andrea’s work, visit her page on Facebook.

For her illustrations she mainly enjoys working with inks and fine liners, to create delicate black and white pieces, with a hint of mystery, focusing on dot work, line work and inking. Andrea’s inspirations mainly come from the Japanese culture, nature, as well as traditional tattoo works. Her photography has been featured in annual calendars and has also worked as freelancer, creating illustrations and designs for tattoos. Her hobbies include crafting inspired from video games and movies, as well as the art of cosplay and cosplay photography.

As an aspiring animator, she is looking forward to exploring different areas of Animation, including 2D, 3D & stop motion animation, visual effects, as well as game design and development. She hopes to travel the world and work in major movie features, as well as become a part-time tattoo artist!

Cyprus Gamer at CCC 2016!

31/08/2016 by

cg_featured_ccc16One of our participants at Cyprus Comic Con is Cyprus Gamer! Cyprus’s top gaming news website will have their own booth and the team has prepared a lot of activities for you as well as competitions throughout the event! will participate for a second consecutive year at our event!

More specifically Cyprus Gamer team has prepared the following competitions: 

1. Mario Kart Competition

At Cyprus Gamer’s booth you will be able to compete in the classic Mario Kart. The winner with the best score will get a Steelseries Siberia 200, a generous prize from G3 Great Games. The next five top scores will win collectible t-shirts of Cyprus Gamer team!

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2. Pac-Man Competition

In Cyprus Gamers’ booth you will be able to find a series of classic arcade machines where you can play Pac-Man. If you will claim the highest score of the con you will win a copy of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (PS4), sponsored by G3 Great Games. The next 5 top-scorers will win a collectible t-shirt from Cyprus Gamer’s team!

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3. Selfie Competition: #iamacyprusgamer

This is a special competition, dedicated to all those who love photography! There will be a special panel at Cyprus Gamer’s booth where you will be able to take a selfie picture. You have to uplooad it and set is as public and with hashtag #iamacyprusgamer. The winner will be chosen at random and will get a World of Warcraft: Legion Collector’s Edition, offered by G3 Great Games. Ten more winners will get a collectible t-shirt from Cyprus Gamer’s team.

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Other activities

At Cyprus Gamer’s booth, there will also be a series of activities! You will be able to see the winners of the first ever Scrapyard War Cyprus. There you will vote for the custom build PC you liked and you will enter automatically to a draw, where you will win a Samsung Galaxy Tab A6, sponsored by Glorious PCMR community.

The winner of the Scrapyard War will get an AMD RX 480 graphic card, sponsored by PC-CY Hardware.

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Play FIFA 16 against Cyprus Gamer’s team!

On Sunday, you will also have the chance to play FIFA 16 against Cyprus Gamer’s team! The competition is on Sunday, September 4th from 13:00 till 16:00. The games will be recorded and will be used as a special episode for the ‘Game Time’ web series. The participants will get a voucher worth of €10 value, sponsored by Gamers’ Boulevard.

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