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Taking Part in the Cosplay Contest


ironmanThis year’s Cosplay Contest will be bigger and better. Expect to see some glorious prizes for the top 10 best costumes. Taking part in the whole process requires a little bit of commitment and a lot of enthusiasm. Here’s are the steps you need to take to make sure you secure a chance to be in the top 10 and help us create a wonderful stage show full of colour and imagination.

  1. Sign up for the contest

    First thing to do is to express your interest in participating in the contest by giving us a few basic details about you and your cosplay. There are two ways to do this:

    • Online: Registrations on the website are currently open and will continue to be so until the night before the event. Signing up online will save you precious comic con time and will allow for the judges to look at and research what you’re cosplaying as – which if not a very famous character will possibly benefit your accuracy mark. Be sure to tick in the form that you will be taking part in the contest!
    • On the day of the convention: The cosplay team will be manning a desk at the entrance of the venue where registrations will continue to be open until early afternoon. You will be prompted to register as you walk into the convention. The exact time of the registration deadline will be announced soon. Be sure not to miss out on registering on time! The cosplay desk will be open until the registrations close and will gladly answer any questions and solve any problems you may have.
  2. Check In

    Regardless of whether you have registered online or not, you will have to drop by the cosplay desk and inform us of your presence and ability to commit to the competition. When checking in, you will receive a wristband with your Cosplayer ID. Anyone who registers on the day of the event is instantly checked in. Cosplayers who have registered online just need to come by and pick up their wristband. The check in closes at the same time as the registrations do. You need a wristband with a Cosplayer ID to be a valid contestant.

  3. Attend the private judging

    According to your Cosplayer ID, you will be assigned into a private judging slot (yes, forget the long waiting times). The judging will take place in a private seminar room where you and 9 other cosplayers will be asked to be your best for the judges. If for some reason, you cannot appear at the judging on the time you were assigned, you will have to make sure to attend during the private judging hours (which will be announced soon) and ask to be fitted into the next group. If you miss out on the private judging, you will be disqualified.

  4. Be ‘backstage’ before the cosplay parade and award show

    All cosplayers will have to meet the cosplay team ‘backstage’ (time and place to be announced soon) so we can sort you into your order of appearance on stage. If you are not present, you immediately forfeit your chance of winning anything.

  5. Take part in the cosplay parade and award show on stage

    The nature of your appearance on stage will reflect how well you did in the private judging. High-scoring cosplayers will earn more stage time. As a high-scoring contestant, be prepared to act out any skits you might have in your pocket – maximum stage time will be 1 minute (unfortunately we cannot provide custom music) . If you don’t have anything prepared, you can just catwalk and twirl to show us your awesome costume. Everyone else will appear on stage in groups. You are all expected to BE IN CHARACTER or at least be in a dancing mood (yes, there will be music playing this time).

  6. Stick around to receive your prize

    If you are one of the winners, you will be held on stage to receive your prizes and a whole lot of clapping and photos!

Final Call for Booth Registrations


Only a handful of booths remain – this is our final call for last-minute sign-ups. If you want to be at Cyprus Comic Con 2015 this is truly your last chance!

The deadline is Wednesday 29th July at 19:00.

Email info@cypruscomiccon.org and make sure you mention;

  • full name
  • telephone number
  • how many booths you need
  • how many tables you need
  • how many chairs you need
  • how many wall panels you need
  • short description of your participation including any relevant pictures/videos etc.

The booths remaining are;

  • 2 artist booths
  • 9 general booths (for shops, non-profits and other relevant groups/individuals)

Super Smash Bros. Nationals Tournament


smash bros cyDo you like Smash Brothers? Do you think you have what it takes to prove you’re the best in Cyprus? Comic Con 2015 is giving you the chance to prove just that!

Sign up and fight your way into the Comic Con 2015 Cyprus Smash Tournament by defeating an opponent in a 3-stock bo1 game and taking a stab at the awesome prizes we have up for grabs this year!

There will be an entry fee of €10 for everyone competing in the main event. Please arrive at the registration area by 13:00. The tournament takes place between 14:00-17:00. All payments will happen during the Comic Con.

To take part in the tournament, you need to register online. The deadline for the registrations is on the 24th of August at midnight and the brackets will be announced on the 25th of August. We will stop accepting registrations on said deadline or when we reach 32 registered players. Please don’t attempt to register past the deadline or during the day of the tournament.

Make sure to read the rules listed on the sign-up form itself before committing.

Sign Up for the Tournament

Bionic sponsors CCC ’15!


Cyprus Comic Con is pleased to announce that Bionic is one of our sponsors for this year’s event, which will take place on August 29 at ‘Filoxenia’ Conference Centre, in Nicosia. Apart from setting up a kiosk on the convention premises, Bionic will be also prepare a number of surprises for our guests!

We welcome Bionic to our Con and we thank them for their support!

Company Profile:
Bionic Electronics H.T. LTD
was formed in 1990. Since, their mission has been to offer technology products and solutions fitted for each customer for their most efficient and productive use of technology.

The company made their first steps focusing mainly on electronic products and computer upgrades, expanding gradually their stock and services, allowing for bigger variety in technological products.
Today, Bionic is one of the biggest retail and wholesale suppliers in electronic accessories, laptops, mobile phones, audiovisual equipment, game consoles etc, with shops in three main cities in Cyprus.

Bionic have their own technical departments, from which they offer fast, quality support on technological products, while the company is also BenQ’s official technical department. Their technical departments offer high quality services for companies and management applications, networking solutions, cabling buildings and any other related services based on each customer’s needs.

Bionic have established a reputation and an image over quality, reliability and customer-oriented policy. Customer service is one of the core values of Bionic from its foundation until today. Bionic is Cyprus’ authorized distributor of the following brands: BenQ, Corsair, Cooler Master, Manhattan, Intellinet, Trust, CSB, Ubiquiti, Patriot, ESET and Satzuma.

Maria A. Aristidou


Maria A. Aristidou is a freelance artist from Larnaca. She currently divides her time between Cyprus and Liverpool, United Kingdom.

Maria uses a very unique medium for her illustrations! She uses different coffee blends in order to illustrate her favourite characters from movies, television and videogames just as if using watercolours.

To see more of Maria’s coffee illustrations, follow her on Facebook, Instagram and Youtube.

Maria studied BA Fine Art Printmaking at the Manchester Metropolitan University and also completed a master’s degree in Arts Health at the University of Central Lancashire.

Her works have been featured in many popular sites, such as: borepanda, geeksaresexy, designtaxi, viralnova, laughingsquid, inquisitr, abcnews, yahoonews, additional acknowledgement by Hugh Laurie himself and many more!

Her main inspiration comes from pop culture phenomena, internet trends, movie characters and science fiction.

We are thrilled to have such a unique artist taking part in Cyprus Comic Con this year and we hope you are all looking forward to seeing her work up close this coming August!

Leave us your comments below and stay tuned for more incredible artwork to be featured at this year’s convention!